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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was interviewed on the latest episode of Full Metal Jackie‘s nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic, Flynn said: “A MACHINE HEAD show is like a religious experience. It’s so much of a community — the crowd singing along and thrashing along is such a big part of the show. “I talk to people in the industry, and many of the venues are talking about opening up, and they’re only gonna be able to be 25 percent capacity. And I’m, like, 25 percent? That sucks. It’s the whole everybody mashed up against each other and arm-to-arm and sweating on each other and singing along, that connection of people, that makes it so much f...

Since their first appearance together in 2009 when QUEEN members Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared as guests on the finale of the eighth season of “American Idol” on which Adam Lambert was a contestant, the combination of QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT has gone from strength to strength becoming one of the world’s biggest drawing touring bands. Their most recent tour of Oceania saw them selling out to massive audiences, with a single show at Sydney’s ANZ stadium drawing a record crowd of over 60,000. To date the band has played to a worldwide audience approaching four million. Had this been different times, Brian, Roger and Adam would have just ended a further tour with a colossal run of 27 shows across nine European countries. However, the arrival of COVID-19 forced their ...

STEEL PANTHER guitarist Satchel has weighed in on Nikki Sixx‘s claim that he doesn’t get the credit that he deserves as a bass player. Last week, the MÖTLEY CRÜE rocker was asked by a fan on Twitter to name “the most underrated bass player ever.” Sixx replied simply: “Me”. Asked in a new interview with Pennsylvania’s 97.9X radio station for his take on Sixx‘s comment, Satchel said (see video below): “The most underrated bass player? [Laughs] Does he play the bass in that band? [Laughs] “Nikki Sixx, I don’t think anybody really gives a shit how well he plays the bass. “Listen, everybody loves MÖTLEY CRÜE, everybody loves those songs,” he continued. “I give it up for CRÜE — I love ’em; they’re gre...