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MACHINE HEAD To Be Rejoined By Guitarist LOGAN MADER For ‘The More Things Change…’ 25th-Anniversary Play-Through
MACHINE HEAD will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band’s second studio LP, “The More Things Change…”, with a special full-album play-through this coming Friday, March 18 at 3:00 p.m. PDT. Joining MACHINE HEAD‘s Robb Flynn and Jared MacEachern for the event will be original “The More Things Change…” guitarist Logan Mader. MACHINE HEAD said in a statement: “To make this landmark anniversary extra special, we’re delighted to announce that Robb and Jared will be joined by original guitar player, Logan Mader, for a not-to-be-missed full play-thru of the band’s second album. Join us live at 3 PM, Pacific on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube. Please double check your local time zone as USA has now switched to daylight saving hours. Beers UP!...
ALICE IN CHAINS’ JERRY CANTRELL Shares Animated Video For ‘Siren Song’
ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell has released a Nate Merritt-animated video for “Siren Song”. The track is featured on Jerry‘s latest solo album, “Brighten”, which came out last October. Says Cantrell: “I had a great time working with the very talented Nate Merritt and Josh Richman on this video to bring ‘Siren Song’ to life through animation. Nate‘s imagery is beautiful and impactful, a perfect visual companion to the music that tells the story I started out with, and travels far beyond it. A true collaborative effort, great work guys.” Cantrell is preparing to hit the road in North America in support of “Brighten”. The trek will kick on March 24 at the Palace Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota and make s...
RUSH’s GEDDY LEE To Appear In Next Episode Of CBC Mystery Drama ‘Murdoch Mysteries’
RUSH‘s Geddy Lee will make a guest appearance in the next episode of the long-running CBC mystery drama “Murdoch Mysteries”. The episode, dubbed “Devil Music”, will premiere in Canada this coming Monday, March 21. A 15-second clip of Geddy‘s appearance in the show is available below. Set in Toronto at the dawn of the 20th century, “Murdoch Mysteries” is a one-hour drama series that explores the intriguing world of William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), a methodical and dashing detective who pioneers innovative forensic techniques to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders. Murdoch‘s circle of associates includes Constable George Crabtree (“Jonny Harris”, “Hatching”, “Matching And Dispatching”)...
Identity Of SLIPKNOT’s TORTILLA MAN Officially Confirmed
SLIPKNOT has finally officially confirmed the identity of its latest recruit, the percussionist nicknamed Tortilla Man. As widely speculated, SLIPKNOT‘s newest member is the multi-instrumentalist Michael Pfaff. Pfaff previously played keyboards with SLIPKNOT‘s Shawn “Clown” Crahan in the band DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS and is also a member of the Iowa-based duo THE SNACKS. Earlier today, the band’s official Instagram account released a photo of a masked Pfaff promoting his upcoming Reddit AMA, with Michael holding a handwritten sign in the picture that says: “I Am Michael Pfaff, AMA Wednesday 3/16/22, 2 pm CT”. Tortilla Man joined SLIPKNOT in May 2019, when he was first featured in the video for comeback single “Unsainted”. Since then, there ...
Netflix Tests New Fee for Sharing Passwords Between Households
The modern American family is held together as much by shared streaming passwords as it is by love. Many first calls from college are prompted by a blank Netflix login screen, and every additional personal account represents someone who knows the secret word, one our most prized shibboleths. Netflix knows we love those people, even when they live in other households, and it’s now trying to puzzle out exactly how many more dollars per month we love them. In a new blog post, the streaming giant announced that it would test new multiple-household password-sharing fees in three markets: Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. Of course, they didn’t use the word ‘fee,’ but that’s what you’re left with once you’ve translated from the original corporate gobbledygook: “We’ve been working on ways t...
SXSW Review: Richard Linklater Goes to the Moon, But Keeps Things Grounded in Apollo 10 1/2
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. The Pitch: Anyone and everyone who was alive in the summer of 1969 likely knows where they were when they saw the first men landing on the moon on their television screens. But for young Stan (Milo Coy), his experience was a li’l different. Turns out, months before the iconic trip, the suburban Houstonite was approached by a couple of NASA suits for a once-in-a-lifetime mission. You see, due to an engineering blunder, they’d built the lunar module juuust a bit too small for an adult astronaut. So they needed a kid. And Stan, of course, is the perfect candidate. Related Video This didn’t happen, of course; it’s the stuff of childhood reverie, and adult Stan (Jack Black), who narrates, establishes early that he was a “fabuli...
Les Claypool on Covering Rush, New Primus and Delirium, and His Thoughts on Maynard’s Wine
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Les Claypool catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Primus’ upcoming continuation of their A Tribute to Kings tour, where they play the 1977 Rush album A Farewell to Kings in full (get your tickets here). Related Video The legendary singer/bassist goes on to discuss his fandom for Peter Gabriel, XTC, and Jerry Reed before giving us an update on the next Primus release (an EP that will feature a 13-minute song), a project with Sean Lennon that has something to do with animation, “a twang thing” with Billy Strings, and the possibility of another Oysterhead album. Advertisement Claypool then heads back to 2002 to talk about ...
South Park 25th Anniversary Concert to Feature Primus and Ween
Comedy Central will celebrate South Park’s 25th anniversary by staging a one-night-only concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, featuring performances by Primus and Ween. “South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert” goes down on Wednesday, August 10th at Red Rocks. A ticket registration period runs now through Sunday, March 20th through AXS.com. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will also be appear at the concert. In a statement, the duo quipped: “We’re so excited to go home and play at Red Rocks, a place that’s been known for hosting the most legendary Artists and Musicians. Until now.” Advertisement Related Video Primus’ and Ween’s connections to South Park date back to the show’s very beginning. Primus frontman/bassist Les Claypool wrote and recorded South Pa...
NIGHTWISH’s FLOOR JANSEN Unveils Cover Artwork Of ‘Fire’ Solo Single
NIGHTWISH‘s Floor Jansen has unveiled the cover artwork of her new solo single, “Fire”. Check it out below. The track will be released on March 25. Less than two months ago, the 41-year-old Dutch-born singer, who made her live debut with NIGHTWISH nearly a decade ago, stated about the musical direction of “Fire”: “It’s a pop song, so it’s not metal, it’s not rock, but it’s definitely me.” Jansen went on to explain that the track will not necessarily be representative of all the new solo music she has been working on in recent months. “I guess it’s more of a mash-up [of styles] actually,” she said, referring to her upcoming collection of solo material, “though it’s not so extreme as in genres, li...
KORN’s Touring Bassist ROBERTO ‘RA’ DÍAZ Gets Pied For His 38th Birthday
KORN‘s touring bassist Roberto “Ra” Díaz celebrated his 38th birthday onstage during the band’s headlining concert Tuesday night (March 15) at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Video footage and photos of the celebration — which included Díaz getting pied in the face — can be found below. A member of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES since 2016, Díaz is filling in for KORN‘s original bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu who announced last June that he would sit out the band’s tour dates in order to “heal” after “falling back” on some of his “bad habits.” Regarding how KORN ended up recruiting Díaz to fill in for Fieldy, guitarist Brian “Head” Welch told 97.9 GRD: “Well, there’s COVID and everythi...
STEVE VAI Guests On Debut Episode Of ‘Yngwie Malmsteen’s Coffee Talk’
Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen has launched a new interview series dubbed “Yngwie Malmsteen’s Coffee Talk”. In the first episode, Yngwie sits down with fellow iconic axeman Steve Vai. Check out part one of the chat below. This past January, Vai spoke to Myglobalmind about what it was like for him to join Malmsteen for a performance of the Swedish guitarist’s classic song “Black Star” during their joint “Generation Axe” tour, which took place over several legs between 2016 and 2019. He said: “I can’t play like Yngwie; nobody can play like him. Nobody can play like me. Nobody can play like anybody. What I did was take the harmony or melody of the song and play it the way I would do it. It was challenging because there ...
Comedian – WITHOUT WAVES
RATING: 8.5/10 Exactly five years on from the release of their excellent “Lunar” debut, WITHOUT WAVES are in an uncompromising mood. “Good Grief” kicks off the Chicagoan quartet’s second album with a flurry of machine-gun riffs and cudgeling, syncopated beats, and the impact is undeniable. When the song takes a peculiar detour through dubbed-out post-rock before exploding again with even more unhinged intensity, this band’s subversive streak is writ large across every note. You might even call WITHOUT WAVES a progressive metal band, were it not for the fact that no prog metal band has ever sounded like this before. Songs like “Animal Kingdom” and “.algorithm” are unashamedly extreme and often fiendishly complex, but they also refu...
