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Coady Willis has toured alongside High on Fire as a member of both Big Business and the Melvins, so when the modern metal legends needed a new drummer in 2021 they knew exactly who to call. This month, Willis made his recorded debut with High on Fire on their impressive new album Cometh the Storm. We spoke to him about the recording of the record, his recent surprise return to the Melvins, and the future of Big Business. You’ve known and shared stages with High on Fire for years now, but were you still nervous about joining the band? Yeah, I knew those guys. And I’m familiar with the band, and...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Things didn’t explode for Lynyrd Skynyrd right out of the gate. But when they released their second album, 1974’s Second Helping, it would be a different story — one which was overwhelming to the members of the group. Though they were not in the band at the time, current vocalist Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Rickey Medlocke both have vivid memories of what was happening for the Southern Rock legends in that period. For Medlocke in particular, he remembers one key moment where guitarist Allen Collins came walking up and expressed with a sense of wonder, that it seemed like they were going to h...
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“We’re definitely not slowing down, playing less guitars,” says DragonForce‘s Herman Li, referencing the epic song “Burning Heart” and its 13 or so guitar solos. Within a chat with Full Metal Jackie for her weekend radio show, the guitar great spoke on the current state of the guitar solo, with a declaration for some of his fellow players who are downplaying their importance. “I think it’s cool to say something shocking. But to be honest, we all know guitar is not going anywhere,” says Li to the guitar solo detractors. And he points to the band’s Despicable Me 4 trailer nod as yet another sign...
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Things didn’t explode for Lynyrd Skynyrd right out of the gate. But when they released their second album, 1974’s Second Helping, it would be a different story — one which was overwhelming to the members of the group. Though they were not in the band at the time, current vocalist Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Rickey Medlocke both have vivid memories of what was happening for the Southern Rock legends in that period. For Medlocke in particular, he remembers one key moment where guitarist Allen Collins came walking up and expressed with a sense of wonder, that it seemed like they were going to h...
Ultimate Classic Rock
On Friday, April 26, Motley Crue released their first new song since 2019’s “The Dirt (Est. 1981),” the anthemic “Dogs of War.” With John 5 on guitar for the first time with Crue and an utterly crazy music video to accompany it, there was plenty for fans to get excited about with the new song. But for fans who were hoping “Dogs of War” might be pointing to Motley Crue’s next studio album — what would be their first since 2008’s Saints of Los Angeles — frontman Vince Neil had some sobering news. “I don’t think you’re going to see a full-length at any time,” Neil revealed to Chuck Armstrong on F...
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Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil has a simple declaration for the critics who have tried to write them off for decades: “You can’t kill us!” Neil and bassist Nikki Sixx recently spoke to UCR’s Matt Wardlaw about Motley Crue’s new single, “Dogs of War,” out today. You can listen to part of the conversation below. The defiant track marks the first Motley Crue song since 2019 and their first with guitarist John 5, who replaced founding guitarist Mick Mars in 2022. The song switches between grinding alt-metal riffs and eerie, melodic verses, and in the chorus Neil sings, “Don’t let them take the cr...
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Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil has a simple declaration for the critics who have tried to write them off for decades: “You can’t kill us!” Neil and bassist Nikki Sixx recently spoke to UCR’s Matt Wardlaw about Motley Crue’s new single, “Dogs of War,” out today. You can listen to part of the conversation below. The defiant track marks the first Motley Crue song since 2019 and their first with guitarist John 5, who replaced founding guitarist Mick Mars in 2022. The song switches between grinding alt-metal riffs and eerie, melodic verses, and in the chorus Neil sings, “Don’t let them take the cr...
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Days before the May 3 release of P.O.D.‘s latest studio album, Veritas, frontman Sonny Sandoval joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights (April 25) to discuss why he’s so excited for the band’s new music. “I think we’ve just always kind of incorporated everything,” Sandoval explained about the various styles and influences that usually make their way onto a P.O.D. album. With Veritas, though, that wasn’t the case. “This time, it was a song-by-song basis and I think by the time we got to the end and pretty much had the album done, [we realized] it’s just more straight through kind of rocking a...
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Subscribe to Loudwire on Youtube Loudwire was onboard the Summer of ’99 cruise which featured the first pair of performances from the reunited Creed in 12 years and we interviewed the band about the experience. Playing their first show since 2012 on April 18, Creed launched into a mid-afternoon set as the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship departed Miami, Florida for Nassau, Bahamas. Emotions were high onstage and in the crowd, culminating in a powerful exchange between the band and fans. The second set came at night on April 20 and it found the group rotating three songs into the set, ensuring fans ...
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On Tuesday’s edition of Loudwire Nights (April 23), Knocked Loose guitarist and founding member Isaac Hale dove into the band’s upcoming album, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. “I have faith in the music that K.L. puts out, I really do,” Hale told host Chuck Armstrong. “I am pretty self-aware of the type of music that we write and I’m very, very aware of what we’re capable of. I think that I have confidence in K.L. music to be received well and to be good because I love it. I’m a fan of Knocked Loose.” Hale admitted that he’s happy with the reception of the music release from You Won’t ...
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