Articles Tagged “news”
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Slipknot's Shawn 'Clown' Crahan Creating Documentary on Eating Disorders
Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Slipknot percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has worked in an innumerable amount of projects during his career, both on and offstage. Crahan is currently pursuing his latest endeavor, a documentary about eating disorders, and he’s reached out to Slipknot fans and the general public to contribute to the project. Slipknot are currently on a short break, only playing a small handful of European festival dates this summer. During our recent interview with Slipknot singer Corey Taylor , he revealed that Slipknot would likely release their next album in late 2014 / early 2015.
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Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell Recalls Epic Prank War with Van Halen During 1991 Tour
TinyPic It’s story time with Jerry Cantrell ! In a recent fascinating and hilarious interview, the Alice in Chains mastermind spoke about the essential art of the prank. When two bands have been touring together for some time, pranks are bound to happen, and Cantrell went into detail about an epic prank war between Alice in Chains and Van Halen from 1991. During an interview with Jim Dunlop , Cantrell recalled Alice in Chains and Van Halen constantly one-upping each other during the 1991 tour, which led to onstage pranks involving unattractive strippers, dismantling gear mid-performance, invading the stage dressed only in women’s underwear and more. “A lot of pranks get pulled on stage, it’s kind of a tradition to f— with each other at the end of the tour, especially the opening bands,” describes Cantrell. “I remember the Van Halen guys got us like four times in one set, back in ’91, at the end of that tour.
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Corey Taylor Recalls Intense Meat Loaf Encounter on Sneak Peek of 'That Metal Show'
Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine returned on June 1 for Season 12 of ‘ That Metal Show ’ and closed out the night scoring the highest rated telecast on VH1 Classic this year. With guest Jason Newsted and appearances by drummer Carmine Appice and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta checking in online, the episode proved to be a great start to what is sure to be a heavy hitting season.
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GWAR, Whitechapel, Goatwhore + More Join Lineup of Phil Anselmo's Housecore Horror Film Festival
Housecore Phil Anselmo ‘s inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival has just gotten more brutal! The horror gathering already boasted a solid lineup of all types of heavy bands, but Anselmo has just announced an updated lineup that is absolutely must-see. When it comes to bands, Anselmo unveiled in April that Down , Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals , Crowbar , Eyehategod, Warbeast were set to occupy the Housecore bill. In a massive update, the lineup has been 100-percent completed, with metal royalty such as GWAR , Goatwhore , Pig Destroyer , Whitechapel , Repulsion, Pallbearer and many others confirmed to perform at the three-day event
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Guns N' Roses Roll Big at Brooklyn Bowl Gig
Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images Fans never quite know what they’re gonna get with a Guns N’ Roses gig, and when the setting is a bowling alley / rock club in Brooklyn, N.Y., there’s truly no telling what could happen. On Thursday night (June 6), Axl Rose and company rolled (pun intended) into the Brooklyn Bowl and scored big with the fans who were lucky enough to attend such an intimate GN’R gig. Walking into the club and seeing people bowling at about 10 or so lanes at one side of the venue was a bit surreal. Was this really happening? Were the mighty Guns N’ Roses really about to play a bowling alley
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Nine Inch Nails Lose Another Member as Guitarist Adrian Belew Announces Exit
Facebook: Adrian Belew In the wake of some big news from Nine Inch Nails , including a new single, details of a new album and the announcement of a North American tour, yet another member of the revamped industrial giants has announced his departure from the band. Guitarist Adrian Belew, who contributed to ‘The Downward Spiral,’ ‘The Fragile’ and ‘Ghosts I-IV,’ just became the latest member of the new NIN lineup to take his leave from the group. Belew, of course, was the longtime frontman for iconic prog act King Crimson , also has also worked with Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Porcupine Tree + many others.
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Metallica’s Robert Trujillo + James Hetfield Talk Orion Music + More Festival at Press Conference
Photo by Anne Erickson Metallica ‘s Orion Music + More festival takes place at Detroit’s Belle Isle this coming weekend (June 8 + 9), and frontman James Hetfield and bass player Robert Trujillo are already in town, taking in the Motor City. Yesterday (June 6), the singer and bass player joined Kyle “Gumby” Gunter and Hiran Deraniyagala of Detroit-based metal band Battlecross and others at a press conference in advance of the event. Loudwire was in attendance at the press conference, and the Metallica members talked about what they plan to play out at the festival (although they’re keeping it spontaneous), what they hope to accomplish from this year’s Orion fest (admitting it’s not making them any money) and how Hetfield’s kids are getting him into electronic music. Read their answers below: On what to expect from Metallica’s set at the 2013 Orion Music + More festival: Hetfield: There’s always an anniversary of some album, so everyone’s expecting some anniversary; some album in its entirety
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Marilyn Manson Reaches Out to Michael Jackson's Daughter Paris After Apparent Suicide Attempt
Cooking Vinyl Marilyn Manson is a self-proclaimed poster boy for all things society fears, but all those who pay close attention understand that Manson is a man of heart. Following the apparent suicide attempt of late singer Michael Jackson’s 15-year-old daughter Paris, Manson reached out to the teen, offering her well-wishes and generosity. Manson has been connected to far too many negative news reports throughout his career, with the singer claiming to have been blamed for a grand total of 36 school shootings during a recent interview with Larry King. Early in the morning of June 5, Paris Jackson cut her wrists with a meat cleaver, swallowed a number of pills and left a suicide note. Reasons for the attempt have been attributed to stress in school, boy trouble, the untimely death of her father, an upcoming court appearance regarding Michael Jackson’s death and not being allowed to attend a Marilyn Manson concert.
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Dave Mustaine Berates Booing Concertgoer With Homophobic Slur + Sexually Suggestive Profanity
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has been vilified for his beliefs and actions for quite a while now. His take on controversial subjects has created a “what will he say next?” stigma which has followed the musician throughout many albums and tours. In Mustaine’s latest WTF moment, the frontman kicked a fan out of Megadeth’s June 5 show in Manchester, England, calling the fan a “c–t” and a “f–got” during a pause between songs. According to this fan-filmed footage, Megadeth left the stage for 15 minutes during their British concert.
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Kerry King Issues Message to Fans on International Slayer Day
Today, June 6, is one to celebrate in the metal community. Back on 6/6/06 the first International Day of Slayer was celebrated, and now, the heavy metal holiday rings in its seventh year anniversary and continues to be a cause for metal fans to unite. In a new video message to fans, seen above, Slayer guitarist Kerry King spoke about the International Day of Slayer and how it was hard not to be consumed with thoughts of Jeff Hanneman , Slayer’s founding guitarist who tragically passed away on May 2 of this year
