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In a new interview with the “Australian Rock Show”, MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell was asked if there was one piece of advice the band’s late frontman Lemmy gave him that he still carries around with him. He responded (hear audio below): “I guess things just rub off on you over a period of time. When I joined MOTORHEAD, he did say one thing. He said, ‘Look, Phil, I trust you a hundred percent musically. You play what you feel is right. But just don’t wear shorts on stage.’ ‘Cause I think [former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist] Brian Robertson had been wearing shorts on some gigs before me. “I think he just said, ‘Make you’re always not ripping off fans, and they’re getting their value for their buck,’ which is always tru...

In a recent interview with The Pit, HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale was asked if she still panics before she takes the stage at a concert. She responded (see video below): “It’s not necessarily a matter of getting rid of that or calming myself down. It’s just something that’s always been there. And maybe when I was a young teenager, it was a little bit more overwhelming, but it is still this… And I say ‘panic’ in such a positive way. And something different will always trigger it, whether somebody says, ‘Hey, we only have 10 minutes till showtime,’ and then, all of a sudden, I’ll be, like, ‘Oooh’ — [I’ll feel] this electricity. And all of a sudden, your mindset just changes, and it’s almost like you just become sh...

Albuquerque, New Mexico’s mayor Tim Keller donned a MACHINE HEAD hooded sweatshirt when he cast his ballot in the U.S. presidential election. Earlier today (Tuesday, November 3), Keller tweeted out several photos of him at his local vote center in Bernalillo County, in the north-central region of New Mexico, and he wrote in an accompanying caption: “Vote”. A short time later, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn retweeted Keller‘s post and wrote: “Shout out to Mayor Tim Keller of Albuquerque for flying the MH colors while voting!!” This is not the first time Keller has sported heavy metal merchandise in public. Back in December 2018, he wore a PANTERA Christmas sweater for a signing of a bill granting family paid parental leave to city employees. The legisla...

Deen Castronovo says that he would have rejoined JOURNEY “in a heartbeat” if he had been asked to come back to the band. Castronovo‘s 17-year tenure with JOURNEY ended in 2015 when the group fired him after his arrest for a variety of charges involving a former fiancée (including physical abuse, coercion, and unlawful use of a weapon). Drummer Steve Smith, who first played with JOURNEY from 1973 to 1985, returned to the iconic act following Castronovo‘s departure but was fired in March after he was accused by guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain of launching an “ill-conceived corporate coup d’etat” in an attempt to gain control of the band’s name. Castronovo, who has played with THE DEAD DAISIES for the past three years, discuss...