Michael Jackson

During an Aug. 6 show featuring Ratt and Extreme at New Jersey's Starland Ballroom, nostalgia reigned supreme for rock hounds who were enjoying a massive dose of '80s glam rock. During their set, Extreme ace guitarist Nuno Bettencourt asked the crowd who plays 'Guitar Hero...

Man, did we have a busy weekend, as we're sure you did. On Saturday, we braved the L.I.E. traffic to head out to a poolside barbecue with the relatives. Luckily, this year, no one blacked out and fell in the pool. We also caught a baseball game, an epic fireworks display, and even managed to make it to the beach for a few hours...

It's been one week since the death of pop icon Michael Jackson, and Jerry Cantrell, guitarist of Alice in Chains, still can't believe he's gone. Or that Farrah Fawcett's gone, too. But one thing's for sure. Both Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney respect the King of Pop for a myriad of reasons...

Alex Skolnick of Testament admits that Michael Jackson didn't replace Judas Priest in his tape deck, but the 'King of Pop' still had a profound effect on the shredder. "When 'Thriller' came out in 1983, MJ had been someone my peers and I mistakenly thought of as a 'disco' artist," Skolnick told Noisecreep...

Pop star Michael Jackson was known for his voice, his dance moves and songwriting ability. As the investigation into his death heats up, musicians from all genres continue to remember Jackson and his legacy. Queensrÿche front man Geoff Tate remembers being inspired by Jackson at a very early age. "I ...

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...

Touring this summer with his League of Gentleman and L.A. Guns, guitarist Tracii Guns paused to remember Michael Jackson. Tracii has a special bond with the King of Pop – he was a backup dancer in the "Beat It" video when he was just 17. "Th ...

While the late, great Michael Jackson wasn't exactly a figure in the metal scene, one crucial, essential piece of his enduring legacy - the visually stunning "Thriller" video - has an indirect link to metal and that's the fact that it featured zombies, which are much more metallic than they are pop oriented...

Mike 'Gunface' McKenzie of Boston's deathcore giants The Red Chord told Noisecreep about the significance of Michael Jackson in his life. "'Thriller' was the record that made me realize music was awesome. I was probably five years old when I first heard it, but that record made a huge impact on me...

Today, musicians from all genres are remembering Michael Jackson and his music. Progressive rockers Bigelf took a break from the road to exclusively talk to Noisecreep about Jackson and the biggest selling album of all time, 'Thriller.' "Today, darkness falls across the land...