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In a new interview with The Aquarian Weekly, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello was asked about all the PANTERA stories he chose to include in his memoir, “Fathers, Brothers, And Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, And Anthrax”, which is due on November 2 via Rare Bird. “These were my brothers,” he said. “I still feel close to Dime [guitarist ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott] and Vinnie [drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott] and all of the PANTERA guys, but Dime and Vinnie, specifically, were the best of the best. When I say people know PANTERA, they know the guys, but the real people that they were…. Dime and Vinnie were good-hearted people. They were the best of the best on Earth. They were just good people aside from the music stuff. They were good people that you wan...

L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis was asked in a new interview with Metal Rules if the band is “in a good place now with the right people.” He responded: “Well, I would like to say yeah, but not really. Everything is cool with Johnny [Martin], our bass player, and Adam [Hamilton], who is our engineer. He has done everything from playing bass, rhythm guitar, and this time [on L.A. GUNS‘ latest album, ‘Checkered Past’] he played drums. Because of the pandemic, we needed to record with someone who had their own setup, and Adam had it. “As much as we would have liked to have brought our touring drummer Scot Coogan in, it just wasn’t possible. He didn’t have a studio, and we didn’t have a way to get him over to Adam. So, unfortunately, he de...

During a recent appearance on The Daily Wire‘s “Candace” show, STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis discussed his controversial new solo single, “Am I The Only One”. The track, which takes aim at liberals and touches on American flags burning and statues that have been removed in the country, was written by Lewis with Ira Dean and Jeffrey Steele. Speaking about how the song was conceived, Lewis said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Me and my friend Jeffrey Steele and another friend, Ira Dean, had gotten together and sat down and decided that we were gonna write an honest song about what we all just had gone through in our own lives with the shutdown and with the craziness that we’ve watched on TV over the last 18 months. And I feel like you don’...

A cause of death has been revealed for actress Julie E. “Tawny” Kitaen, who is best known in the rock world for her appearance in WHITESNAKE‘s video for “Here I Go Again”. A spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in California said that the 59-year-old’s cause of death was dilated cardiomyopathy. The manner of death was ruled natural. According to the spokesman, other significant conditions included mild coronary atherosclerosis (clogged arteries); mirtazapine (antidepressant), mirtazapine metabolite, alprazolam (Xanax), acetaminophen (Tylenol), pregabalin (nerve pain medication) and hydrocodone (opioid). Kitaen died on May 7 at her home in Newport Beach, California. Tawny‘s children — Wynter and Raine Finley, whom she shared...

Fans of Kendrick Lamar are anticipating his DAMN. followup to release on October 22 as tracks from the artist supposedly leaked on the internet. Snippets of several cuts have been circulating, with listeners heavily focusing on one track entitled “Therapy Session #9.” Eagle-eyed fans also pointed out that Lamar’s photo on Spotify was briefly changed, and that October 22 marks the ninth anniversary of good kid, m.A.A.d city. There’s also the matter of his headlining Day N Vegas set in a few weeks, which will hear him perform a career-spanning set from Section.80 to DAMN. K-Dot’s upcoming album was confirmed to be his final record with TDE: “As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years. The Struggles. The Success. And most importan...

The new owners of the elusive Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin have finally revealed their identities. In a new Rolling Stone feature, a group of 74 crypto fans named PleasrDAO confirmed that they were the ones who purchased Shaolin from the federal government in July for $4 million USD. The group is known for purchasing “digital collectibles honoring anti-establishment rebels,” and unlike the album’s previous owner Martin Shkreli, they plan on ideally sharing the Wu-Tang record with the world. “This beautiful piece of art, this ultimate protest against middlemen and rent-seekers of musicians and artists, went south by going into the hands of Martin Shkreli, the ultimate internet villain,” Jamis Johnson, PleasrDAO’s Chief Pleasing Officer, said. Johnson added that they want t...