Lava-spewing volcanoes look pretty damn cool on album covers, but the past week has taught us that volcanoes and metal don't always mix so well. As anyone who doesn't live in a torch-lit cave knows by now, an Icelandic volcano erupted April 15, spreading clouds of ash across much of Europe and grounding hundreds of planes...
"There wasn't a lot of pressure. It wasn't like back in the day when we had 300 people breathing down our necks and trying to tell us what to do or make us something we weren't," Keel vocalist Ron Keel explains to Noisecreep. "We just wanted to make something we're proud of that stands up to our previous efforts and hopefully the test of time...
"It's very incestuous," says Tunnel guitarist David Henzerling of the music business. "The difference between then and now is that in the old days, it was very competitive -- go behind the person's back, everyone is an enemy, keep cards close to the vest...
What a hairy situation. Well over a dozen glam bands gathered in Baltimore on May 30 for the inaugural M3 festival. Twisted Sister, RATT, Extreme, Kix, Dokken, Slaughter, Y&T, Gilby Clarke, Keel, Jetboy, L.A. Guns, Jani Lane, XYZ, BulletBoys, Carmine Appice's SLAMM and Steel Panther wowed the large and very drunk crowd.
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