Remember when Oderus Urungus made an appearance on Dan Patrick’s syndicated program, The Dan Patrick Show? Well apparently the GWAR frontman and the former ESPN personality hit it off. That’s because the show recently premiered a snippet of the theme song GWAR recorded for their “Wheel Of Punishment” segment. It’s not clear whether the song [...]
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
In a continued outbreak of sportscasters apparently unleashing their inner metalhead, former ESPN host and current syndicated sportscaster Dan Patrick recently gave hardcore vocals a whirl. Above, you can hear him screaming along to Hatebreed, and while he isn’t going to be replacing Jamey Jasta, it’s kind of impressive. And funny. Before you know it, [...]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Last week’s ESPN clip suggesting 50-something NFL analyst John Clayton is a metalhead living at home with his parents wasn’t just popular with the metal blogosphere, it was pretty much popular with anyone that has eyes. So it’s no surprise that ESPN has rolled out a blooper reel with some extra footage. It’s not as [...]
Thursday, September 6, 2012
ESPN’s commercials are always funny, even if you’re not into sports. Their new commercial featuring NFL analyst John Clayton is even better. If the ad is to be believed (spoiler alert: it’s not), the 58 year-old Clayton still lives at home, has long hair despite the fact that he’s balding, and is a huge Slayer [...]
Thursday, May 3, 2012
It’s no surprise that Slayer like Jägermeister, especially lead guitarist Kerry King. However, we were a little surprised to see him prominently featured in their new advertising campaign, A Stronger Bond. In the spot,”A Seat at the Table,” rodeo bullfighter Rob Smets walks through a house to find six intimidating-looking men sitting at a table. [...]
Monday, March 19, 2012
This morning, GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus stopped by former ESPN personality Dan Patrick’s syndicated program. The Dan Patrick Show personality Andrew “McLovin” Perloff had to step away paternity-related reason. So who better to fill in on a sports talks show that Oderus himself? While on the show, Oderus talked about everything from Peyton Manning’s future [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Drummer Vinnie Paul (Hellyeah/ Pantera) is taking part in a live chat (which started at 3pm EST today) with ESPN’s SportsNation. Tweet
Friday, October 14, 2011
Back in late September, we reported how Zakk Wylde was competing in ESPN’s Baseball Tonight theme song challenge. And after making it into competition’s final week, Wylde defeated Grace & The Nocturnals, with fans choosing the Black Label Society frontman’s rendition of the theme song as the best via poll. Wylde, a longtime baseball fan, [...]
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
As you may have heard, country legend Hank Williams Jr. said yesterday on Fox & Friends that President Obama playing golf with House Speaker John Boehner was “like Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.” Understandably, his comments gotten him into hot water. In fact, after over 20 years, ESPN dropped Williams from [...]
Friday, September 23, 2011
Throughout the 2011 Major League Baseball season, ESPN has been holding a theme song competition for their show Baseball Tonight. Each week, two artists or bands compete with their recorded version of the show’s theme song. Whoever wins a poll voted on by fans moves onto the next week to face another challenger on the [...]
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.
Unsigned & Streamed alum Pheroze has released a video for the song “Today I Belong To The Dead.” The song appears on Pheroze’s recently released EP, Ennui.
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