Alternative Music

Video footage of IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson answering fan-submitted questions during his February 24 spoken-word show at Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas can be seen in two parts below. Dickinson‘s two-month North American spoken-word tour kicked off on January 17 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and will run through the end of March. Bruce‘s spoken-word show is split into two parts. The first section sees him take a humorous and often satirical look at the world from his own very personal perspective, treating the audience to private insights into his drive and ambition, peppered with plenty of MAIDEN anecdotes, and a myriad of other experiences encompassing not just the giddy heights but also the extreme lows, as told first-hand in his inimitable anarchic style, punctuat...

According to TMZ, AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry has found a buyer for his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The 14-room, 7-acre country gated estate, which had an asking price of $4.5 million, includes a heated pool in the shape of a Gibson guitar body, rooftop garden, three-stall barn, high-tech media room, exposed beams, three fireplaces, a gym and a billiards room. The house, which Perry has owned for 33 years, includes his basement studio, where AEROSMITH recorded some of the 2001 album “Just Push Play” as well as 2004’s “Honkin’ On Bobo”. Perry also used the facility to record three of his solo albums. In recent years, Perry has been spending a lot of time in Los Angeles as well as his beach-front condo in Sarasota, Florida. Last August, AEROSMITH and...

DANZIG will embark on a U.S. tour this spring. The two-week trek, which will kick off in early May, will include a special show that will see Glenn Danzig and his bandmates perform the entire 1990 album “Danzig II: Lucifuge”. The tour, featuring from CRADLE OF FILTH and CROBOT, will launch May 5 in Reno, Nevada and end on May 19 in Austin, Texas. The May 7 concert in Ontario, California will include the aforementioned “Danzig II: Lucifuge” performance, as well as a support set by TIGER ARMY. DANZIG 2022 U.S. tour dates with CRADLE OF FILTH and CROBOT: May 05 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort May 07 – Ontario, CA @ Toyota Arena * May 08 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre May 10 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom May 11 – Kansas City, MO @ Up...

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor says that the passing of Joey Jordison broke his heart. The founding SLIPKNOT drummer died “peacefully in his sleep” last July of an unspecified cause. He was 46 years old. Taylor addressed Jordison‘s death publicly during a February 18 question-and-answer session at the annual Mad Monster Party, a three-day fan convention which took place at the Embassy Suites in Concord, North Carolina. Asked how he has dealt with the loss of his longtime bandmate, Corey said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “That’s a tough one. It hit me hard, even though I hadn’t seen him or talked to him in a very long time. And I won’t get into certain things, but I will say that it hit us all really hard. The first person that I called was...

During a new appearance on the “Stop! Drop & Talk” podcast, GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s new studio album. He said (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET) “GODSMACK, I’ll just say, we are all happy and healthy and love one another. And we’re writing music, and we have some cool music happening. And we’re blessed enough to have time… We’re doing it really different this time. We’re taking a couple of weeks on and however long off and then till the man calls, the genius calls. When Sully [Erna, GODSMACK frontman] gets a spark, then we get together. There’s no plan. For however long we can get together, we get together and create together. So it’s a beautiful ...

Ted Nugent has blasted electric vehicles as not environmentally friendly, citing the harmful effects of mining for the rare metals, like the lithium necessary for the vehicles’ batteries, and of disposing or recycling those batteries at the end of their lives. Nugent weighed in on the claim that solar panels and electric vehicles are two prime examples of technologies that can help people minimize their environmental footprint during today’s (Monday, February 28) edition of “The Nightly Nuge”, a news-style clip in which Ted offers his take on the news of our world every night. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The whole electric car debacle? Absolutely an environmental curse. “Let’s examine the science, shall we? Where does all the lit...