Aaron Lewis vs. Bruce Springsteen, Weezer’s Metal Album, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of April 17 – April 23, 2021

Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below:

• Staind’s Aaron Lewis slammed Bruce Springsteen for being a liberal.
• Weezer are getting ready to release a metal album, Van Weezer.
• Wednesday 13 says his “close friend” Marilyn Manson is “innocent until proven guilty.”
• COVID-19 denier Ted Nugent got COVID-19.
• Mudvayne will reunite for four major festivals this year.
• Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer is finally out of jail after 89 days.
• Speaking of Jon Schaffer, Dee Snider called the guitarist “a piece of shit” and a “rat.”
• Metal and hard rock musicians reacted to Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict.
• Rob Zombie is rebooting The Munsters.
• King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and his wife, Toyah Wilcox, covered The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” 

That’s all for now. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend as usual and be right back at it full-bore next week.