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 [...]
Even though we watched the NFL Championship game between the NY Giants and San Francisco 49ers this past Sunday (January 22), we somehow missed Slash’s cameo. The former Guns N’ Roses guitarist was featured in the pre-filmed intro to FOX’s broadcast of the game. In it, Slash plays about of guitar licks while standing in [...]
As anyone with an internet connection or a TV knows by now, Aerosmith frontman and American Idol judge Steven Tyler sang the national anthem at the Patriots/Ravens AFC championship yesterday. His performance has been pretty widely panned by the media, with blogs calling it “off (Francis Scott) key,” “an emergency brake of a voice,” and “especially [...]
Nickelback Responds To Detroit from Nickelback As you may know, fans of the Detroit Lions aren’t exactly pleased that Nickelback are playing the halftime show during the Lions’ Thanksgiving game against the Green Bay Packers. In fact, just under 55,000 fans have signed an online petition to get Nickelback kicked off the halftime show (to [...]
Duff McKagan’s Loaded performed “Fight On” and “We Win” at halftime of the Seattle Seahawk’s game against the New York Giants on November 7. Fan filmed footage of the performance has been posted online. The band has also released a webisode of them fooling around on the field the day before the game. Tweet
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. While the football season kicked off last night, the baseball playoffs are just around the corner. These are definitely two [...]
When he was playing for the NFL, Kyle Turley had a deserved reputation as a badass. Perhaps best known for his time on the New Orleans Saints, he also logged time on the Rams and the Chiefs before retiring in 2007. Since then, he’s gotten into the music industry by both starting a label (Gridiron [...]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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