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Weezer‘s very well-known for their earworm rock songs, but did you know they get heavy? Rivers Cuomo‘s not-so-secret secret is that he loves a good riff. While many musicians who grew up on a steady diet of KISS and Metallica end up starting their own metal bands, Cuomo decided he would channel that energy into Weezer. In Weezer’s 30+ year career, the band has played everything from pop music to emo. Cuomo’s insatiable workrate at writing songs has spawned hundreds, if not thousands of songs. Of those many, Cuomo has certainly gotten heavy, adding an edge to Weezer one might not expect if thei...
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Geezer Butler says he and his Black Sabbath bandmates felt a sense of shock when they watched KISS for the first time. It was 1975 and Gene Simmons and company were out opening for Sabbath on their U.S. tour. During a recent conversation with Rock Cellar, Butler admitted his band was taken aback by the theatrics of their opener. “KISS was the first band that ever used stage production,” the bassist explained. “Up until KISS came, bands like Black Sabbath used to just go on and plug in and play. KISS was the first one to use pyro. You’ve never seen that. I mean, the shock of that. And they were...
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We gathered clips of Zakk Wylde telling us his funniest Ozzy Osbourne stories for a new video compilation on our YouTube channel. Wylde first joined Osbourne’s group in 1987 after the Prince of Darkness split with Jake E. Lee. Though his first tenure with Osbourne only lasted until 1992, Wylde helped write some of the singer’s biggest songs, including “Mama, I’m Coming Home,” “No More Tears” and “See You on the Other Side.” After the formation of his own band Black Label Society, Wylde returned as Osbourne’s guitarist again from 2001 until 2009, and then again in 2017. Anyone who’s worked with...
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One of the biggest Scorpions songs almost had a much different name (and probably a lot less airplay) because it was pretty extreme. Original Title For “Rock You Like A Hurricane”In an interview with Classic Rock about the making of 1984’s Love at First Sting, Scorpions members broke down how they eventually landed on the songs that formed the iconic album. Love at First Sting saw that band take more of a melodic approach while not completely abandoning their sound. Herman Rarebell, Scorpions drummer from 1977-96, recalled tours with Aerosmith, Foreigner and Journey helped convince the hard ro...
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On the newest episode of The Metallica Report podcast, James Hetfield answered fan questions and named one new band he’s heard that has him really excited — Category 7. It’s a new band with a lot of familiar faces, including one member who was once asked to join Metallica decades ago. And even though Category 7 is full of some of Papa Het’s pals, he wasn’t aware of them until he caught them on the radio, so his initial reaction was an unbiased one. Regarding how he keeps up with new music, the Metallica frontman explains, “I flip through Sirius a bunch. It’s just so easy to go on to your playl...
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“I should have done it. Do it, ladies and gentlemen. Reach out.” Ahead of A Day to Remember‘s show in the Kansas City area on Sunday, June 9, frontman Jeremy McKinnon spoke with Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong about one of his dream collaborations and why it will never happen. The conversation aired exclusively on Thursday’s edition of Loudwire Nights (June 13). “I remember back in the day,” McKinnon told Chuck, “Tom Petty would have been up there for me. There was a time where I was considering putting together a more, just like, singer-songwritery — my own stuff. I do that on the side a...
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During a fan Q+A on The Metallica Reportpodcast, James Hetfield named the two deep cuts that Metallica discuss adding to their setlist the most often, but don’t. The frontman joined the podcast’s host Steffan Chirazi for the latest episode, where he answered fan-submitted questions. One fan specifically asked which of the band’s “rarely played or deep cut songs” come up in discussion to play live the most often, yet fail to make it onto the setlist. “‘The Frayed Ends of Sanity,’ most of the time, or ‘Dyers Eve.’ Those are the two,” Hetfield responded. “We have played them in the past, and they...
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System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian is staying busy despite his band’s somewhat sporadic and sparse touring schedule. Blabbermouth is reporting the SOAD bassist is part of a new project called Seven Hours After Violet that comprised of heavy hitters from various metal acts. In addition to Odadjian, Seven Hours After Violet also includes Left To Suffer vocalist Taylor Barber, California-based deathcore outfit Winds of Plague‘s Michael Montoya and Josh Johnson, and former American Idol contestant Alejandro Aranda, who also performs under the moniker Scarypoolparty. The band has already dropped its...
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Refused vocalist Dennis Lyxzen suffered a heart attack in his hotel room and has issued a statement on his current condition. Lyxzen’s Instagram post shows him lying in a hospital bed with wires and tubes running across his body. He flashes a peace sign hand gesture at the camera and offers a written update, recapping the medical emergency. Reassuring fans, the 51-year-old vocalist said he feels okay “under the circumstances,” but the experience was “extremely painful and wildly scary.” He also thanks the “wonderful doctors and nurses” at the hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. As a result, Refused h...
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Slipknot‘s mystery member spoke for the first time in a new masked interview, alongside bandmates Shawn “Clown” Crahan and new drummer Eloy Casagrande. While Slipknot confirmed Casagrande’s identity on social media in April, just after their very first live performances with him, they’ve yet to share the name of the mystery member, who replaced Craig Jones in the summer of 2023. Instead, they’ve simply referred to him as “Samples.” In a new promotional interview for their mask collaboration with the video game Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, fans can hear Mr. Samples speak for the very first ...
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