Celebrate ‘Christmas in L.A.’ With Crewest Studio’s Hip-Hop Holiday Jingle
Most Americans (and famously Bing Crosby) dream about fresh snowfall come Christmas day. For residents of sunny L.A.—or Angelenos, as they like to be called—the…
Day: December 18, 2023
How To Put On a Successful House Show
Me at a recent sold out/at capacity house concert I recently played an at-capacity (AKA sold out) house show with a fellow musician. Some things…
Photos – Sleep Token Unveil Creepy New Masks to Mark ‘A New Era’
Ahead of their headlining performance at the OVO Forum in London in front of over 12,000 fans, members of Sleep Token, who go by the…
Nikki Sixx Says Rock Hall of Fame Is ‘Not Some Elite Club’
Motley Crue is not a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but that doesn’t mean guitarist Nikki Sixx doesn’t have an opinion…
New Book Unravels the Nick Drake Enigma
Is there anything more romantic than a flowy-haired, misunderstood musician who left a beautiful corpse? That’s the stereotype ascribed to Nick Drake, the immensely talented…
‘A Knight Rider Christmas’ at 40: The Story of the Most Delightfully Ridiculous Holiday Song Ever
The 1980s were possibly the most fertile decade for the consumerist cash-grab intersection between notable pop culture IPs and novelty Christmas music. A plethora of…
Queens of the Stone Age’s Burning House of Love
Queens of the Stone Age closed their first North American tour since 2018 on Saturday night as if they’d never been away, hitting the road…
Israeli heavy metal drummer of band Persephore accidentally killed by IDF after being mistaken for Hamas terrorist
Yotam Haim, the drummer for Israeli heavy metal band Persephore, was killed by the Israel Defense Force on Friday (December 15) after being mistaken for…
Free Radical were working on a ‘Timesplitters 2’ remake when the studio was shut down
A former Free Radical developer has claimed the studio were working on an expanded remake of Timesplitters 2 when they were shut down. READ MORE:…
Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein on how grief influenced new album ‘Little Rope’: “I really needed to keep going”
Sleater-Kinney‘s Carrie Brownstein has opened up about how losing her mother influenced their new album ‘Little Rope’. The US rock duo – comprising Brownstein and…
Watch: MARK TREMONTI Performs ‘Christmas Special’ Concert In Orlando
December 18, 2023 On December 16, Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, author as well as founding member of hard rock bands ALTER BRIDGE, CREED and TREMONTI,…
MÖTLEY CRÜE’s NIKKI SIXX On ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: ‘If You Get In, That’s Cool, And If Not, It’s Not A Big Deal’
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx says that “people get too worked up” about which artists get inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.…
European Union Targets Elon Musk’s X Over Spread of Illegal Content
The company, formerly known as Twitter, insists it is “cooperating with the regulatory process.” Elon Musk looks up as he addresses guests at the Offshore…
Nikki Sixx Says Rock Hall of Fame Is ‘Not Some Elite Club’
Motley Crue is not a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but that doesn’t mean guitarist Nikki Sixx doesn’t have an opinion…
Why ‘Free Bird’ Never Gets Old for Skynyrd’s Rickey Medlocke
Some understandably assumed that Lynyrd Skynyrd had finally hit the end of the road following the death of guitarist Gary Rossington earlier this year. They’d been…
25 Classic Christmas TV Episodes
Christmas is a time when loved one gather together and appreciate all they have … then turn on the television for some good, old fashioned…
Keith Richards Year by Year: 1963-2023 Photographs
The long, legendary and sometimes dangerous career of Keith Richards has now lasted for more than six decades. Find that hard to believe? Here’s proof:…
Meshuggah Drummer Explains Why They Don’t Play ‘Chaosphere’ Live
Meshuggah drummer Tomas Haake was the guest on Full Metal Jackie’s weekend radio show, on hand to discuss the 25th anniversary reissue of the band’s…
32 Bands That Don’t Actually Have ‘The’ in Their Names
So many of rock and metal’s best bands have ‘The’ in their names… and so many of rock and metal’s best bands don’t have ‘The’…
2023: The Year Country Broke
When Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March, it wasn’t exactly a surprise. After all, his 2020 sophomore…