charm city devils

Maryland's Charm City Devils have been out causing a ruckus throughout the U.S. on their Sinners Ball Tour. The band is out in support of SINS, their latest album of hook-filled hard rock. It looks like the road carnage will continue as the band recently announced a new slew of dates opening for Taproot starting this week (May 30)...

Most people probably became aware of the song "Man of Constant Sorrow" when it was prominently featured in the the 2000 Coen Brothers film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, but the song has a deeper history than that. Written in 1913 by a folk singer named Dick Burnett and has been covered by a number of singers throughout the last nine plus decades...

"I think music is always changing and mutating and I really love how it turned out for us," Charm City Devils singer John Allen tells Noisecreep about the band's newest single, a cover of the folk classic "Man of Constant Sorrow." Most people know "Man of Constant Sorrow" from the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou... Read More ... Read More ...

How could it be? Vince Neil, lead singer of Mötley Crüe, the self-proclaimed "loudest band in the world" is sick of boobs? Seriously? In a recent interview, Neil admits that seeing women flash him from the audience doesn't exactly have the same appeal as it once did. "After...

"It's been a blast, the time of our lives," says Charm City Devils lead singer John Allen of his experience on Crüe Fest 2. CrüeFest 2 just wrapped up. While Mötley Crüe have announced plans to take next summer off, Charm City Devils says touring is in their near future for quite some time ... and the accommod...

Tommy Lee is still on the disabled list, so Mötley Crüe has tapped drummer Frank Zummo of Street Drum Corps to fill in for the band's next three shows. Zummo makes his debut with the Crüe tonight in Virginia Beach, Va. and will also play shows in Bristow, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina. Zummo says Mö...

"It's a blast. We're having the time of our lives!" exclaims John Allen of Charm City Devils when questioned about playing Crüe Fest 2. Picture it: Thousands of sweaty bodies, shoved together in an air tight room, everyone sloshing in spilled beer. As ...

Playing the Detroit area on Aug. 15 has special meaning for Charm City Devils lead singer John Allen. "I love Detroit," the Maryland native told Noisecreep. "I love that area. I love the rock 'n' roll up there. The other thing I love about it is you guys have a Maryland guy as a Detroit Lions new NFL head coach (Jim Schwartz)...

St. Louis' Cavo are stoked. The rockers' single, 'Champagne,' is one of the most-requested songs in the nation, and the act is appearing on the Crüe Fest second stage this summer. "It's like the main rock tour of the whole summer," frontman Casey Walker told Noisecreep. "It...

We weren't sure if we would, but lo and behold, we have indeed survived our first weekend in this post-Michael Jackson world. Jackson's passing got us thinking whether there was a heavy metal equivalent...meaning, is there one person in heavy metal whose death would elicit even a slightly similar outpouring of mourning and a sense of international loss...