Even masterpieces can have imperfections. Sometimes those flaws contrast the overall brilliance, paradoxically elevating the greatness of the piece. Or sure, sometimes, the missteps are just blemishes on an otherwise great work of art, nothing more. (In plain English: sometimes shit songs end up on great albums.) Either way, it can sometimes be fun to …
The Signs were everywhere in 1990. A certain strain of Heavy Metal had become commercialized and commodified to ascend the Pop charts, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Mariah Carey, Wilson Phillips, Madonna, etc. It felt like an invasion of coiffed, lecherous, big-haired dudes on our TVs and radios, either leering through obnoxious hit fodder …
By: Rich Catino “Hair”, Glam Metal’s last stand before hard rock music changed as grunge, alternative, and later in the 90s/early2000’s the worst abomination, nu “Metal”, which was everything to be the anti-metal of Heavy Metal. I knew it when I started seeing the band pictures in Metal Edge and Metal Maniacs magazines, the fashion …
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Clifton, NJ (February 29, 2024) – The Metal Hall of Fame will be featured at Bike Week, the world’s largest motorcycle event in Daytona Beach Florida, from March 6-10, 2024, as part of the Hall’s “Metal Across America Tour.” Fans can stop by the state-or-the-art Metal Hall of Fame Tour Bus located at the Aku …
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Loud, audacious, historic, and a hell of a good time. The 7th annual Metal Hall of Fame gala was an unforgettable evening of tributes, stories, speeches, and live music, featuring a bevy of Heavy Metal elders and rising stars, assembled in Anaheim, CA to induct the Hall of Fame class of 2024. It’s Metal’s biggest …
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1-10-2024 Contact: 973-263-0420 DAVID ELLEFSON, CHRIS POLAND, LONDON, AND OTHERS JUST ADDED FOR 2024 METAL HALL OF FAME GALA Clifton, NJ, (January 10, 2024) – The Metal Hall of Fame is getting ready to rock Anaheim and Southern California once again with the 7th Annual Metal Hall of …
Now listen up. Their sophomore album may have released in September 1983, but Motley Crue’s dominant era truly began in 1984. That’s when the major singles broke, and when many of us first discovered them. “Shout at the Devil” was an absolute obsession in my circles, supplanting Def Leppard’s “Pyromania” at the prime position in …
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12-18-2023 Contact: 973-263-0420 EDDIE TRUNK, MICK MARS, SEBASTIAN BACH, TIM “RIPPER” OWENS, CARLOS CAVAZO, PENELOPE SPHEERIS, BIOHAZARD, WHISKY a Go Go TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE 2024 METAL HALL OF FAME Clifton, NJ, (December 18, 2023) – The 2024 7TH Annual Metal Hall of Fame Gala “The most important night in Hard Rock …
I’d like to talk to you today about someone who is very shy, quiet, and timid. . . Just kidding. As soon as he hit the scene in 1989, Sebastian Bach was subjected to scorn, resentment, love, admiration, envy, and lust from various aspects of the audience. Everyon e had an opinion about Sebastian Bach …
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12-5-2023 METALLICA’S BLACKENED® WHISKEY TO SPONSOR ANNUAL METAL HALL OF FAME GALA Clifton, NJ, (November 28, 2023) – BLACKENED®, the award winning whiskey from Metallica, will be a sponsor of the 2024 Annual Metal Hall of Fame Gala, January 24, 2024, at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove, Anaheim, CA. …
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