As previously reported, Green Day will play its first gig in these parts in over three years when the band hits the Pepsi Center on Saturday, August 15. Tickets for that show go on sale Saturday, May 9. Some other big ticket shows, meanwhile, were announced this week, including a trio of shows at Red Rocks with Journey and Heart (Tuesday July, 21), Heaven & Hell (Saturday, August 15) and Crosby, Stills & Nash (Tuesday, September 1). Also, country stars Toby Keith and Trace Adkins will be
13th Planet Records, founded by Ministry's Al Jourgensen, has released a free EP for digital download via Vampirefreaks.com. The EP includes five unreleased tracks and remixes by Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Prong, False Icons and Stayte, plus a video from Ascension of the Watchers (founded by Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell) and a trailer for Ministry's live DVD, Adios Puta Madres. The process for getting the music is absurdly cumbersome - create an account on vampirefreaks.co
Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith are ChickenfootOn the surface it might seem a bit strange throwing Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith together, but the four apparently gelled so well that they decided to form a band under the Chickenfoot moniker. Last fall, they knocked out album helmed by famed producer Andy Johns at George Lucas' Skywalker Studios and they'll be hitting the Fillmore Auditorium Frid
​In the world of heavy metal, lead singers are as indispensible as riffs
and distortion--that is, except for when they get used up and thrown
away like yesterday's drumsticks. While frontmen are the face and voice
of many bands, they seem particularly prone to quitting, dying or
getting fired, leaving groups in the strange position of having to find
an entirely new public image. Some bands, like AC/DC, have managed to
make the most of replacement lead singers. Others, like Van Halen,
haven't.
