Tag Archives: Brad Wilk

Brad Wilk confirms Rage Against the Machine will not tour again

Posted by on January 4, 2024

  Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk has revealed some unfortunate news that the group will no longer be touring or performing live again. Yesterday (3rd), Wilk announced in an Instagram post on addressing the anticipation for new tour dates following canceled shows. Instead of promising a potential return, he explained: “I know a […]

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Audioslave to reunite for anti-inaugural show

Posted by on January 17, 2017

If there’s one band that was pretty successful in their day, but most people haven’t thought about in a while, it’s Audioslave. However, they’ve announced that this coming Friday (20), they’ll be reuniting, along with Prophets of Rage, Jackson Browne, Jack Black and more at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles. The band, which consists […]

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Smashing Pumpkins recruit Brad Wilk for live shows

Posted by on November 18, 2014

Smashing Pumpkins (guess they dropped the “The”) have a new album coming out, Monuments to an Elegy, on December 9th. And while it’s not the doom metal album they were teasing, they will be taking to the road in support of it. Although Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee played drums on the entire album, he’s busy with […]

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Ozzy on Bill Ward’s return to Black Sabbath – not my call

Posted by on November 3, 2014

We’ve already known that after one more Black Sabbath album, the band’s done. But in a recent interview with Billboard, Ozzy not only reiterated that, but said that they’re done for good. “We’re disbanding the name and everything,” he told the magazine. “They don’t want to tour anymore. I get it. But I love it. […]

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Is Rage Against The Machine caput? Brad Wilk thinks so

Posted by on May 1, 2014

Rage Against The Machine haven’t been the most active band in recent years. They haven’t put out an album since 2000 (which was a covers album) and their last performance was in 2011. If you’ve been hoping for the band to get back together soon, it looks like that isn’t going to happen, and drummer […]

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And the winners of the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards are…

Posted by on April 24, 2014

Tonight, the sixth annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards took place in L.A. While the show is still streaming live online, we now know every band and musician who is taking home a Golden God with them tonight. And let’s just say Slayer’s opening set and Nicolas Cage presenting Axl Rose the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime […]

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Headbangers’ Brawl 2/28: Our Predictions For The 2014 Revolver Golden Gods

Posted by on February 28, 2014

Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Yup, it’s that time of year again. The nominees for the 6th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards were announced this week. Thus, the Metal Insider […]

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Guns N’ Roses to headline Golden Gods Awards; Nominees anounced

Posted by on February 26, 2014

The always-polarizing Revolver Golden Gods Awards Show presented by Epiphone has been announced for Wednesday, April 23 in Los Angeles, and they’ve got some pretty legitimate acts playing this time around. Guns N’ Roses will headline the sixth annual event, with Axl Rose (aka the band’s only original member) receiving the ‘Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement’ Award. […]

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Metal Insider’s Top 5: Events In 2013 We’re Thankful For

Posted by on November 25, 2013

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Yup, it’s that time of year again. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we’re continuing our tradition of counting down the top five events and occasions we’re thankful occurred this year. 2013 was a year jam packed with lows and […]

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Ozzy Osbourne says Bill Ward is Incapable of Playing with Black Sabbath

Posted by on August 5, 2013

Original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward is the only thing missing from Black Sabbath’s first #1 album in America, “13,” and the current tour the almost fully-reunited band is taking part in. Though Ward has defended his physical status, Ozzy Osbourne says it is because Ward is “incredibly overweight” and wouldn’t have been able to […]

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