I did my fourth interview with Rob Halford two weeks before Judas Priest released Nostradamus, the band's first concept album.
Category: heavy metal
Testament guitarist Eric Peterson has been playing the crap out of Rainbow’s Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
“I still go back and revisit a lot of ['70s rock]. The Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush records, the early Rush stuff like Hemispheres."
40 years ago today Heavy Metal Parking Lot captured ’80s metal mania before a Judas Priest show
On May 31, 1986, Jeff Krulik and John Heyn drove into the parking lot at Capitol Centre in Landover, Maryland, and started videotaping.
Lacuna Coil guitarist Cristiano Migliore is okay with singer Cristina Scabbia being hotter than him
The rhythm guitarist for the Italian gothic-metal group is fine with the fact that his band's sexiest member gets all the glory.
That time Canadian rock great Ian Blurton raved to me about Welsh prog-metal band Budgie
I interviewed Canadian musician Ian Blurton back in September of 2005, when he was touring with his rowdy riff-rock band C'mon.
Metallica documentarian Joe Berlinger was fascinated by the dynamic between James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
Directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky spent the better part of three years working on the documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.
Iron Maiden announces world tour with Megadeth and Anthrax, but Vancouver’s not included (yet)
Nothing says heavy-metal at Halloween like Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie the Head comin' at ya with a fearsome grimace.
That time 21-year-old Lars Ulrich told me how Metallica was approaching the subject of death on the new Ride the Lightning LP
Way back in March of 1985 I did my first interview with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who was 21 at the time.
God bless Geoff Tate’s lead vocals on Queensrÿche’s “Spreading the Disease”
One of my favourite prog-metal albums of all time is Operation: Mindcrime, released by Queensrÿche in the Year of Our Metal Lord, 1988.
Great White updated the lyrics in their new cover of the Who’s “Substitute” to make a point
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 8, 1984 By Steve Newton "Fashions and trends are such a big part of our society right now," says Great White singer Jack Russell. "One week something is in, and the next week it's completely out again. And 'Substitute' really deals with that a lot--that was the main reason we wanted … Continue reading Great White updated the lyrics in their new cover of the Who’s “Substitute” to make a point
New Black Sabbath book details Ozzy Osbourne’s drunken chicken-slaughtering binges
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON SEPT. 9, 2004 By Steve Newton How Black Was Our Sabbath By Graham Wright and David Tangye. Sidgwick & Jackson, 237 pp, $34.95, hardcover. The subtitle of this new book on British heavy-metal legends Black Sabbath is An Unauthorized View From the Crew, as it was penned by Dave Tangye (assistant to vocalist … Continue reading New Black Sabbath book details Ozzy Osbourne’s drunken chicken-slaughtering binges
Analyzing the endless attraction of metal masters Iron Maiden
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MAY 28, 2008 By Steve Newton Iron Maiden is huge again. The British headbangers have embarked on a massive world tour that has brought metal maniacs out of the woodwork in droves. A 42,000-capacity stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, sold out in one week, and 125,000 tickets were sold in just over … Continue reading Analyzing the endless attraction of metal masters Iron Maiden
Krokus guitarist Fernando von Arb says that The Blitz producer Bruce Fairbairn is a very normal human being
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON FEB. 1, 1985 By Steve Newton Swiss heavy-metalists Krokus were scheduled to play the Commodore Ballroom late last year, but touring commitments with Sammy Hagar forced cancellation of the gig. And it's too bad, because--since the band is touring behind their strongest LP yet--the show promised to be an exciting one for … Continue reading Krokus guitarist Fernando von Arb says that The Blitz producer Bruce Fairbairn is a very normal human being