Heavy metal (fiend/friend?) Writer, frustrat(or), frustrat(ee), decorated U.S. Navy veteran, Husband(twice), father(three times), grandfather(of seven), FM radio veteran, Concertgoer, music collector, muscle car aficianado. Grown up since five. Child since 45.
Get ready for the rock wedding of the year. After 28 years together, KISS bassist Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed are getting married. The two left viewers hanging on the […]
Iconic rock group MÖTLEY CRÜE wrapped one of summer’s biggest rock tours as headliners and honorees for the Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) live on Sunset Boulevard this past Saturday […]
When the so-called “Big Four of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — play Yankee Stadium on September 14, the concert will be a celebratory and emotional […]
This is one of the final performances by Ronnie James Dio. It’s available on the posthumously released Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell(‘Live in Europe’ for the U.S. market […]
“Big Foot”, the new video from CHICKENFOOT — the hard rock supergroup featuring Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith — can be seen below. CHICKENFOOT has made […]
It’s the end of a MASSIVE summer in metal and hard rock and to celebrate I thought I’d revisit some of 2010’s best releases. If you don’t have these discs […]
Norwegian female solo artist The Commander-In-Chief has released her “brutal, adrenalin-fueled” cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic “Paranoid” as a free download. The track was mixed by PANTERA engineer/producer […]
Mark Morton of Heavy Metal Examiner recently conducted an interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of Florida-based metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Heavy Metal Examiner: […]
I have been a big fan of Lita Ford for a long time. I did come to the game late though not having discovered Lita until the “Kiss Me Deadly,” […]
Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach was joined on stage by the band’s original drummer, Rob Affuso, last night (Thursday, August 25) at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, New York to […]
Heavy Metal Messenger & Deano 