Steve Baltin
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Thanks Henry Rollins for Straightening Him Out
Slipknot recently celebrated a decade of mayhem, masks and music. When frontman Corey Taylor looks back on the band's eponymous 1999 album, he hears a very young band. "It's kind of cool to kind of listen back and remember where I was at, how frenetic I was, how young I was, cause we all sound like babies on that album," he tells Noisecreep...
Chickenfoot Will Go On, Says Michael Anthony
Maybe the most surprised people on the planet when Chickenfoot -- the band featuring former Van Halen boys Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, as well as Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith -- entered the Billboard top 200 in the top five was Chickenfoot themselves...
Slipknot Will Give Fans Something New at Las Vegas Show
Slipknot, Vegas, Halloween, and Fangoria Trinity of Terrors. What a combination! The possibilities are endless when Slipknot take the stage Halloween night at the Palms as part of the Fangoria-sponsored weekend. So you can imagine Noisecreep's curiosity when Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor gave us this little preview...
Alice Cooper Wonders Where His Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Invite Is
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has opened its doors to more hard rock acts in recent years, with Metallica just this year joining previous entrants like Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Van Halen and, of course, the mighty Led Zeppelin.
But despite a 40-year career that has seen him craft such enduring rock anthems -- such as 'Schools Out,' 'Elected,' 'Eighteen,' 'No More Mr...
Linkin Park Teach Students About Production for Grammy U Program
Recently, 10 very lucky Southern California college students got invited to come down to the San Fernando Valley recording studio -- where Linkin Park are currently recording their follow-up to last year's 'Minutes to Midnight,' again with producer Rick Rubin -- and ask questions of Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda...
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Slash, More Honor Ozzy
There was a symmetry last night to Ozzy Osbourne being honored for his contributions to the Sunset Strip music scene at the House of Blues. The club sits across the street from a hotel that -- while now sporting a new name -- is still known to Angelenos and music historians as the famed 'riot house,' a hotel we're sure Osbourne helped dub and has some fond, if hazy, memories of...
Alice Cooper Wonders Where the Balls Have Gone in Rock ‘n’ Roll
If you're going to talk smack about someone else, you better be able to back it up. Well, when Alice Cooper asks Noisecreep, "Are all American bands metro-sexual now?" dude can back that s--- up. One of rock's living legends, Cooper has had it with the lack of real men in rock...
Atreyu Singer Dialed In on ‘Congregation of the Damned’
Atreyu celebrated the completion of their forthcoming album, 'Congregation of the Damned,' in true rock star fashion, playing alongside Tool, Linkin Park, Alice in Chains and more at the recent Epicenter Festival in Pomona, Calif. "I got the mastered version of the record today, so I can't wait to listen to it," frontman Alex Varkatzas told Noisecreep backstage at the festival...
Read Mo
Tool, Linkin Park, Alice In Chains Rock Epicenter
Proving all things to rock fans -- save for those who prefer the old school stuff -- the Southern California's inaugural Epicenter festival offered something to rock you no matter what your tastes.
New metal? Check, with Hollywood Undead and Atreyu...
Alice in Chains Get OK From Metallica
When Alice in Chains reformed for a benefit in 2005, then added new member William DuVall for a full tour in 2006, a lot of longtime fans of the band called blasphemy at the thought of the Seattle grunge institution going out without late lead singer Layne Stayley...