How can a show featuring Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper get even better for shock rock fans? With the addition of GWAR. More dates for the two shock rockers’ previously confirmed tour have emerged, and GWAR will at least be opening the show at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on June 17. GWAR [...]
Friday, March 8, 2013
Alice Cooper was the original king of shock rock, while Marilyn Manson essentially took over his throne in the late 90’s. Now to the two will be for the Masters of Madness tour this summer. So far, only three dates have been officially announced. And while two leaked dates made its way online earlier this [...]
Friday, January 4, 2013
The 1970′s were a crazy time. Pet rocks, mood rings, polyester leisure suits, and don’t forget Alice Cooper’s Whiplash Mascara. By 1973, Alice Cooper was at the height of his career. Billion Dollar Babies had been released that February, and was a #1 album. Looking to cash in on his success, not to mention his sexually [...]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The most popular Iwrestledabearonce shirt claims “Metal Just Got Gay.” This is probably also the best way to sum up the picture weight loss guru Richard Simmons tweeted out to his followers this past Sunday (5). Under the caption “KISS ME!,” the “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” instructor attached a picture of him in a getup [...]
Thursday, August 2, 2012
FedEx is having a little fun at metal’s expense in a new ad that’s making the internet rounds. A manager or label guy is pissed off at a metal band he’s trying to sell as the “most dangerous band in the world.” The reason? A picture of them was taken in an airport with golf [...]
Monday, July 9, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. If there’s one thing any musician, famous or not, should live by, it’s to have a backup plan. Whether industry tastes change, the lineup changes, you get dropped, or your band just sucks, it can’t hurt to have [...]
Monday, June 11, 2012
Fans who went to see Alice Cooper perform at Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi Friday night (June 8 ) got one hell of a surprise. Out of all the songs the shock rock legend chose to sing that night, he performed the title track from Lady Gaga’s latest album Born This Way. On the one [...]
Monday, May 21, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Previously, we’ve shared our top 5 metal themed movies. However, Vulture.com published a piece recently called “When Rock Stars Cameo As Themselves in Movies,” which listed the top 10 cameos from rock stars playing themselves. Their list was [...]
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Children Of Bodom have recorded covers of everyone from Alice Cooper to even Britney Spears. In fact, they’ve recorded so many over the years that they had enough to compile into Skeletons In The Closest. And for their new compilation album Holiday at Lake Bodom (15 Years of Wasted Youth), the Finnish metal group will [...]
Monday, April 9, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, it was confirmed that Guns N’ Roses would be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame by Green Day. The news made us ask the question “Really?” No offense to the pop punk group, but would [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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