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YouTube Video Awesomely Combines ‘Star Wars’ and AC/DC
There are some things that make such an awesome amount of sense that the mind boggles at why nobody had thought to do them before. Combining AC/DC and Star Wars is most certainly one such thing. As UltimateClassicRock points out, somebody has gone and done exactly that...
Rihanna Samples Metallica for New Song ‘Red Lipstick’
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Metallica has been making headlines with their recent Lou Reed collaboration, but an artist from the other side of the musical spectrum has also decided that she could do with some of the San Francisco metal masters' heavy riffage...
Music Students Cover Judas Priest
The students of Aaron O'Keefe music school have mastered the tools of serious shreddage. According to Blabbermouth, in May the students took a daytrip to Reba McEntire's Starstruck Studios in Nashville Tennessee. There the students laid down covers of Judas Priest's gems 'Painkiller' and 'Cathedral Spires...
Steven Tyler Creates Cabbage Patch Doll for a Good Cause
What image is conjured up by the descriptors "cute", "cuddly," and "children's toy?" If you answered Steven Tyler, then shame on you. I know young children who have burst into tears of horror simply at seeing his face in a magazine.
So perhaps it was an attempt at revamping his image when Steven Tyler decided to launch his very own children's toy...
Ozzy Osbourne Reportedly Trashed Hotel Room With Dead Shark
Ozzy Osbourne is notorious for his mind-bogglingly wild behavior both on and off stage. From biting the heads off doves and bats to snorting a line of ants, the Black Sabbath frontman's behavior has been unpredictable to say the least, at once exhilarating (and sort of disturbing) for fans and abhorrent to PETA...
Stray From The Path Do Just That and Flip Their Van
Touring ain't easy folks. There's the constant hours on the road, tonnage of gear to lug around, crammed into a tiny van, long commutes, bad food, and no sleep. Then there's the accidents. In a very literal interpretation of their name, Stray From The Path flipped their van while traveling in between tour stops, according to MetalInsider...
Detroit Lions Fans Protest Upcoming Nickelback Halftime Show
It is the first time in years that the Detroit Lions haven't been terrible. It is also the first time in years that people are even thinking about Nickelback, because much like the Detroit Lions, Nickelback have a long and storied history of being terrible...
Judas Priest Frontman Rob Halford Sued by Longtime Manager
"Well Frankie Lee and Judas Priest/ They were the best of friends/ So when Frankie Lee needed money one day/ Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens." Judas Priest derived their band name from a fictitious fiscal dispute, a Bob Dylan song about money tearing two friends apart, and now that situation is becoming a reality for the heavy metal gods...
Rock Radio Legend Jim Ladd Fired
It has been no secret that radio as a media format is in the midst of a slow decline. One of the most recent casualties is classic rock radio legend Jim Ladd. The KLOS-FM disc jockey was one of over a dozen employees suddenly fired by Cumulus Media last week, according to Fishbowl LA...
Alan Meltzer, Founder of Wind-Up Records, Dies at Age 67
Music mogul Alan Meltzer passed away suddenly over the weekend, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He was 67 years old.
Meltzer was the founder and former chairman of Wind-Up Entertainment, record label which he helmed from its inception in 1997 to his departure in 2010...