Alternative Music

Despite having to cancel two shows on its current U.K. run due to singer Chris Jericho‘s hospitalization, FOZZY has vowed to go ahead with the tour’s final concert Sunday night (December 12) at the O2 Academy Islington. But this isn’t gonna be just a typical FOZZY gig. Instead, it will be the “Ultimate Fozzy Fan Fest”, a unique night with FOZZY that London fans will talk about for years to come. Due to doctors ordering Chris not to sing tomorrow night due to medical reasons, the show will start with a world-exclusive premiere listening party of FOZZY‘s upcoming album, “Boombox”. The LP isn’t due out until April 15, 2022, but you’ll hear all 12 new songs for the first time ever in a live setting with the bandmembers themselves. The...

During an appearance on the “Hardcore Humanism” podcast, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell discussed his plan to return to the road, both with his band and as a solo artist in support of his recently released solo album “Brighten”. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “This year and a half has been really difficult for the whole planet. Everybody’s trying to figure out how to navigate this new element in our lives. Fortunately, we’ve had pretty good medicine so we haven’t had to deal with this for most of humanity; this is just like a regular occurrence. With COVID, it made the making of the [‘Brighten’] record pretty difficult. We were lucky enough to get most of the work done with the basic tracks right ...

Former GUNS N’ ROSES and current SIXX:A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba opened the 13th annual Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards last night (Friday, December 10) in Las Vegas with a performance of his new single “Bella Ciao”, a modern-day EDM-driven makeover of the Italian folk classic fueled by his signature guitar work, creating a dance/rock hybrid called GDM (Guitar Dance Music). The inspired reimagining, complete with big bass, bone-crushing guitar and an infectious beat set the stage for the awards which aired live on ESPN+ and will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports on Tuesday, December 21 at 9 p.m. Prior to the event, Ashba said: “I’ve been a huge fan of MMA for years and am very honored to be performing and presenting an award at the World MMA Awa...

On Saturday, December 4, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain performed a set of MAIDEN classics — including the song “The Writing On The Wall” from this year’s “Senjutsu” album — with TITANIUM TART at the 12th-anniversary celebration for Rock N Roll Ribs, the barbecue restaurant owned by McBrain and close friend Mitch Tanne, in Coral Springs, Florida. Fan-filmed video footage of the entire show is available below. Also appearing at the event were MADE OF METAL, KINLIN, ANGELS OF WAR, CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE and SCHOOL OF ROCK. A barbecue joint with a musical bent, Rock N Roll Ribs showcases its love for smokey Southern cooking with food like barbecued pork and chicken and clever takes on MAIDEN songs, like “Final Frontier” dog, “Moonchild Mahi...

In a new interview with “The Scotty Mars Show”, THREE DAYS GRACE singer Matt Walst weighed in on the online feud between fellow Canadian rockers Danko Jones and MONSTER TRUCK frontman Jon Harvey. Danko has been very critical of Jon‘s contribution to Kid Rock‘s new single, “Don’t Tell Me How To Live”, in which Kid — whose real name is Robert “Bob” Ritchie — rants against “woke” culture and the mainstream media at a time when “every opinion has a millennial offended.” Speaking about whether he and his bandmates ever voice their political views publicly in order to sway their fans one way or the other. Matt said: “I feel like that has become a thing now, where either you’re left or right. We tend to just...

During a recent appearance on Mitch Joel‘s “Groove – The No Treble Podcast”, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello was asked if he and his bandmates knew they had something special when they were working on the music for their classic 1987 album “Among The Living”. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “At that time, this music was on the rise. We just had come out with ‘Spreading The Disease’. [Singer] Joey Belladonna is in the band. We had a great singer, we had great music — things were working. We knew while writing those songs and knowing the singer we had and knowing what we can do, the next step, I think it all came to play. So as we were writing those songs, we knew it was special. I do think we knew it. But you know what? Yo...

Spider One, founder and frontman for the veteran industrial rock group POWERMAN 5000, was the featured guest on a recent episode of “Podsauce”, a new podcast discovery show that covers the world of podcasting to help consumers find new series. The musician, whose given name is Michael David Cummings, spoke about diving into the podcasting world by writing, narrating, and producing the immersive scary story podcast “Bleeders DIEgest”. He also talked about growing up with his brother, actor-singer-songwriter Rob Zombie, in a small town where television and music were the gateways to the world. “[There’s] only a couple of years difference in age [between us], so we grew up loving all the same stuff,” he told “Podsauce” hosts Alesha Reneé a...

Brent Smith says that SHINEDOWN‘s recently completed seventh studio album is a “controversial” and “provocative” effort which delves into “different subject matters” that the band has never addressed in the past. The SHINEDOWN singer discussed the new LP in a recent interview with 95.9 The Rat‘s Carl Craft. Speaking about the album’s more “stripped-down” approach, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We wanted to push everything to the front. And what I mean by that is we’ve proven that we can make these records that there’s a lot of musicianship involved in it, and we have layered our records over the years because we love music and we love sound and we try to make really cinematic records. So wi...

CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho‘s ashes have finally been buried — nearly a year after his tragic passing at the age of 41. He was laid to rest at the Malmi Cemetery, a large cemetery located in the Malmi district in Helsinki, Finland. Australian-born music publicist Kelli Wright, who says she married the musician three years before his death, announced Alexi‘s burial in a social media post on Friday (December 10). She wrote: “Finally, with extremely mixed emotions, I can announce MY late, unconditionally and forever loved husband’s ashes were buried yesterday on our 4 th Wedding Anniversary. The family Laiho plot is where he was buried. Alexi and Kelli 2005 – eternity”. A large tombstone has been ordered for Alexi‘s grave, but it is not yet in pl...

SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian has called out the members of LED ZEPPELIN for commemorating the 14th anniversary of their concert for a charity formed by Atlantic Records founder and CEO Ahmet Ertegun, a man Serj says gave his philanthropic support to Turkey’s denial of the Armenian Genocide. After ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page took to his Instagram on Friday (December 10) to share a few photos of the 2007 performance, Serj regrammed the post and added the following message: “Dear Mr. @jimmypage. Its very admirable that @ledzeppelin played a tribute show in 2007 for Ahmed Ertegun as the man who signed your band to Atlantic records. What you likely don’t know is that man spent millions of dollars on think tanks and chairs at various US universities all with the goal ...

Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson is parting ways with several signed pieces of the band’s gear. Ellefson‘s official merchandise site has listed five signed MEGADETH-related items, including an album-used Hamer 12-string bass guitar (price: $1,500), a tour-played black Jackson CBXM IV David Ellefson X Series signature bass ($1,500), a tour-used Jackson X Series David Ellefson signature series concert bass CBX five-string bass guitar ($2,500), MEGADETH tour-used Hartke Hydrive 8×10″ cabinets in flight cases ($4,000) and a MEGADETH tour-used flight case with five Hartke LH1000 Heads ($6,500). Ellefson was fired from MEGADETH earlier this year after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving the bassist were posted on Twitter. At the time, Ellefs...