...And F*ck You Too 0 Special Counsel Ted Nugent Completes Inquiry of Capitol Riot; Determines Violence to Be the Fault of Black Lives Matter and Antifa April 15th, 2021 at 11:34am Axl Rosenberg FBI director Christopher Wray has said otherwise.
Metal Legacies 0 Sammy Hagar “Would Have Been Embarrassed” if Van Halen Had Changed Their Name to Van Hagar April 15th, 2021 at 10:39am Axl Rosenberg Hagar believes record execs thought “If this doesn’t work, at least you can go back with Van Halen again. But if you’re Van Halen and it don’t work, now you’ve ruined Van Halen.”
Metal Legacies 0 Van Halen’s Record Label Wanted the Band to Change Names When Sammy Hagar Joined April 14th, 2021 at 7:52am Vince Neilstein Fans jokingly refer to the Sammy era as Van Hagar, but Warner Brothers actually lobbied for a name change.
But What Does Corey Taylor Think? 0 Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan Explains Why the Band’s Mythical Album Look Outside Your Window Remains Unreleased April 10th, 2021 at 11:14am MetalSucks It may be a branding issue, Clown says: “It doesn’t carry the Slipknot name.”
...And F*ck You Too 0 Mensa President Ted Nugent Wonders Why “COVID-1 Through -18 Didn’t Shut Anything Down” April 8th, 2021 at 9:36am Axl Rosenberg This guy doesn’t have two brain cells to rub together.
Symphonies of Sickness 0 Jason Becker Hospitalized April 8th, 2021 at 9:01am MetalSucks Earlier this week, Becker’s mother revealed that her son has been “experiencing shortness of breath and a rapid heart rate.”
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down’s Serj Tankian: “The Whole World Felt Relief” When Donald Trump Lost April 7th, 2021 at 10:30am Vince Neilstein “Hopefully Biden’s administration opens the doors to some of those ideas that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and some other progressives were pushing for.”
Breaking the Law 0 Leaked Court Document Shows Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer May Get a Plea Deal April 6th, 2021 at 8:42am Vince Neilstein Schaffer and the government have been in discussions about a plea deal that would see charges lessened in exchange for cooperation in other related cases.
Upcoming Bullsh*t 0 Fear Factory Tease New Singer, Debut Siqq Riff April 5th, 2021 at 9:37am Axl Rosenberg The new singer is definitely not Howard Jones, Tommy Vext, or the lady from Conflict.
Breaking the Law 0 Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Agrees to Delay ‘Speedy Trial Act’ Rights Citing Covid-19 Restrictions April 2nd, 2021 at 11:10am Vince Neilstein The guitarist will remain in jail while he awaits trial.
Interviews 0 The Triumphant Return of Genghis Tron March 31st, 2021 at 3:46pm Axl Rosenberg The seminal “Nintendocore” band takes us behind-the-scenes of their line-up changes and bold new musical direction.
The Webernets 0 Slipknot’s Clown is Selling an NFT Now March 31st, 2021 at 9:16am Vince Neilstein It’s an animation of his face and mask with bats flying out of his mouth. That’s it.
Coronavirus 0 Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia: “Will We Ever Go Back To Normality?” March 30th, 2021 at 10:04am Vince Neilstein The frontwoman says “we are not out of this damn pandemic yet.”
New Stuff 0 Wacktivist: Still Wack March 26th, 2021 at 1:32pm Axl Rosenberg This is the bringing a tuna fish sandwich on a crowded airplane of metal songs.
Metal in the Media 0 System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian Calls Kanye West a “Very Good Friend” March 24th, 2021 at 9:40am Vince Neilstein The System bassist is united with the rapper’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, over their shared Armenian heritage.
...And F*ck You Too 0 Racist Ted Nugent Says He’s Not Racist March 22nd, 2021 at 10:01am Axl Rosenberg He conveniently fails to mention his defense of South African apartheid, his use of the n-word, his claim that Jews are evil, and about a thousand other stupid things he’s said over the years.
Pummeling Politics 0 Danko Jones Says Iced Earth Is “a Fake Band” and Jon Schaffer Is “a White Nationalist Piece of Dog Dung” March 22nd, 2021 at 9:37am Axl Rosenberg Racist fans rushed to Schaffer’s defense.
Everyone's Replaceable 0 Cannibal Corpse Drummer on Former Guitarist Pat O’Brien: “No Comment” March 16th, 2021 at 12:39pm Axl Rosenberg O’Brien, you’re likely aware, was arrested and charged with burglary and aggravated assault in late 2018.
Metal Legacies 0 Former Metal Edge Editor Gerri Miller Dies; Members of GN’R, Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Anthrax, and More Pay Tribute March 16th, 2021 at 10:49am MetalSucks One fan aptly describes Miller as “the Helen Gurley Brown or the Anna Wintour of the ’80s rock scene.”
Breaking the Law 0 Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Has Finally Been Moved From Indiana’s Marion County Jail March 15th, 2021 at 1:09pm MetalSucks Incidentally, today is the guitarist’s 53rd birthday.