Funk. Yep, catch me when the time is right, and I very well might be "The Funk Father." I've always had an affection for proper 70s funk and soul - even trying to work some of those grooves into my own jams back in that strange time called "The 1990s." My Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Wah pedal got a...
If you're like me, you've probably already caught a stream of METALLICA's recent, record-breaking performance in Antarctica via one of the unofficial uploads that surfaced earlier this month. If not, or if you want to see it in proper HD (I'm listening to it as I type this), the band has uploaded the full performance to their official channel,...
We're in a new era, and no matter who you supported in the last Presidential election, the result is undeniable: The world is a very different place post-1/20/2017 than it was before. This is where we're at. We've been moving toward it for years, but now, The United States of America is home to scenes that were once thought...
A Father's Day cover song...
Though the song choice seems odd, a cover of the 1992 PATTY SMYTH duet with DON HENLEY, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough," there is a reason why country star TRAVIS TRITT chose to record the song as a duet with his 15-year-old daughter, TYLER REESE...
“We were driving home from a wedding in Florida...
Montreal's SLAVES ON DOPE had a resurgence last year with the release of their fourth studio album, OVER THE INFLUENCE. Now, the band has released an EP of cover songs, cleverly titled, COVERS EP VOL. 1. The five-track digital set features new takes on songs from FAITH NO MORE, LOVERBOY, GENESIS, MARVIN GAYE, and SHERIFF. Tracklisting below...
SLAVES...
What a great way to start the week... FAITH NO MORE have just unleashed the second single from their forthcoming SOL INVICTUS (out May 19 on Reclamation/Ipecac), and they picked the perfect partner to do it with - MARVEL. "Superhero" popped up over on MARVEL.com yesterday, racking up over 107K streams for the song in just 24 hours -...
This month, the new crime drama, Armed arrived in select theaters, a film written, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles. Armed follows the story of Chief (Van Peebles), a former U.S. Marshall, who has fallen on hard times after a raid that went horribly wrong. As Chief struggles to get his life back on track, a former colleague...
Fozzy is back with a new music video that was shot entirely on one of the longest wooden roller coasters in the world.
"Sane" was filmed on location at the Holiday World & Splashin' Safari theme park in Santa Claus, Indiana. In the video, the band — Chris Jericho (vocals), Rich Ward (guitars, vocals), Frank Fontsere (drums), Billy Grey (guitars),...
They've been playing it live for ages (going back at least 15 years), but this past Fall, LIMP BIZKIT unleashed a proper studio version of "Thieves" - their take on the iconic MINISTRY track. While it was available as a free download for a little bit, it doesn't appear to be available for sale anywhere just yet, but should...
This month, Japanese pop/rock band, ONE OK ROCK is set to hit North America hard with the U.S. release of Ambitions, their eighth album overall and first for Fueled By Ramen. Hitting the streets on January 13, the U.S. edition includes a track featuring Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low, while the Japanese version (out 1/11 via A-Sketch) features a...