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Torche Guitarist: ‘A Bat Peed in My Eye’
Remember that time Ozzy bit the head off a bat? Batkind sure does, and last week, one particularly spiteful winged mammal took revenge on heavy metal musicians everywhere and "pissed straight into" the eye of Andrew Elstner, guitarist for the Florida band Torche, Pitchfork reports...
Headbanging Painters: Viral YouTube Video Shows Home Improvement — The Metal Way
Brushes are for wussies. Rollers, too. If you're a metal head, and you want your house painted with the same aggressive spirit that drives your music and lifestyle, you need to hire the three headbangers in the viral YouTube video below...
Ronnie Montrose Death ‘Still Under Investigation,’ Police Reveal
When Ronnie Montrose died last month, an official statement on the guitarist's website said he'd "battled cancer, and staved off old age for long enough." The implication was that the 64-year-old hard-rock legend had succumbed to prostate cancer, which he'd been fighting publicly for years, but according to Classic Rock Magazine, this might not be such a clear-cut case...
Gene Simmons Endorses Mitt Romney: KISS Rocker Calls America ‘A Business’
Republicans tend to get the military vote, and if Mitt Romney wins the party nomination, he might add the support of the KISS Army. Earlier today, in an interview with Fox and Friends, Gene Simmons endorsed the former Massachusetts governor, Rolling Stone reports...
Vince Neil Strip Club Commercial: Girls Girls Girls Gets Groaner of an Ad
Sex sells, but it doesn't sell itself. Even strip clubs need commercials, and as such, Vince Neil has filmed an ad for his brand-new Las Vegas nudie bar, Girls Girls Girls. In the short clip (below), the Motley Crue frontman explains what sets his gentleman's establishment apart from the other 9 million in town...
Teen Heavy Metal Fan Beaten in Britain, Called ‘Freak’ During Attack
Just two miles from the park in Lancashire, England, where 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster was beaten to death in 2007, evidently for looking like a goth, another young metal fan has been the victim of a savage attack, the Manchester Evening News reports...
Eric Ellis Gang Trial: Ex-Bury Your Dead Guitarist Accused of Violent Crimes
Back in 2009, Eric Ellis told Noisecreep a harrowing story about the night he was beaten with a hammer and bat as part of a gang initiation in Milwaukee. Ironically, the former Bury Your Dead guitarist is now on trial in Florida for his role in a Jacksonville gang, Lambgoat...
Fred Durst Firing Limp Bizkit Members? DJ and Drummer Could Be Out
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Since Limp Bizkit signed with Cash Money Records, frontman Fred Durst has been talking enthusiastically about delving further into hip-hop and moving his band in bold new directions. As he embarks on this sonic journey, TMZ reports, he may do so without DJ Lethal and drummer John Otto, both of whom he's considering firing...
Queen Extravaganza: ‘Official’ Tribute Show Launches in May
The arena-rock grandeur of Queen can never be duplicated, but nine musicians -- four vocalists and five instrumentalists, all selected through a 12-week online talent search -- are hoping to come as close as possible. May 26 marks the start of the Queen Extravaganza Tour, an "official tribute show" spearheaded by the iconic British band's drummer, Roger Taylor...
Great White Trademark Suit: Jack Russell Sues Former Bandmates Over Name
The name Great White will forever be associated with the Station nightclub fire of 2003, a tragedy that claimed 100 lives in Rhode Island, but that hasn't stopped singer Jack Russell from battling the rest of the group for use of the moniker...