Tag Archives: Vista Chino

Monster Truck are “sittin’ heavy” on their new record

Posted by on November 24, 2015

Canada’s hard rockers Monster Truck have been working tirelessly since the release of their debut album Furiosity back in 2013, joining tours with Alice in Chains and Vista Chino, playing Download Festival and even winning 2013’s Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year and to keep the momentum going, the band just unveiled the details on their sophomore […]

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Guitar Hero Live gets Marilyn Manson, Mastodon

Posted by on May 20, 2015

The latest Guitar Hero Live line-up just got a massive metal boost. Announced earlier this year after a five year hiatus, and with a lackluster opening line-up, Guitar Hero Live has bolstered its metal offerings with some pretty solid acts. Said Jamie Jackson, FreeStyle Creative Director, to Rolling Stone: “It’s been 10 years since the first Guitar […]

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Metal Insider’s Top 5: 20th anniversary albums we’d like to hear live

Posted by on September 22, 2014

Earlier today, Korn confirmed that in honor of their self-titled debut album turning 20 this year that they’d be playing it in it’s entirety. Whether you like Korn or not, this makes sense. The album essentially jump-started nu-metal, and while the band have gone on to become more poppy/electronic/what have you, their first album is […]

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What’s on John Garcia’s ‘Mind?’

Posted by on July 15, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/lA5pjOxR4kw[/youtube] Former Kyuss and current (?) Vista Chino vocalist John Garcia says that he’s been planning on releasing a solo album since he turned 18. It’s only coming to fruition now, and John Garcia will be released on Napalm on August 4th in the United States. “My Mind,” which leads off the album, features former Garcia’s […]

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Robby Krieger (The Doors) to guest on John Garcia’s (Vista Chino, Kyuss) solo album

Posted by on April 4, 2014

John Garcia has been busy with Vista Chino (initially called Kyuss Lives!), but he’s also been taking the time to record his first solo album. Somehow, Garcia has managed to wrangle a legend to guest on the album: guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors. On collaborating with Krieger, Garcia says: “To have Robby Krieger from The […]

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Metal Insider’s top 20 stories of 2013

Posted by on January 3, 2014

As we close the books on the first Friday of 2014, we thought it might be fun to take a look back at the biggest stories on Metal Insider that ran in 2013. Sure, some of them are closely related to each other, others are huge and exclusive stories, others are gossipy and others, well, […]

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Vista Chino’s ‘Sweet Remain’ will give you a contact high

Posted by on December 10, 2013

[youtube]http://youtu.be/3LWvOl8ZqRY[/youtube] Earlier today, CraveOnline premiered the video for Vista Chino (the artist formerly known as Kyuss Lives!)’s first ever music video. “Sweet Remain,” shot by Dale “Rage” Restehgini, is trippy, spacey, and a great representation of what the band is about. Desert rock? There’s a desert in the background. Space? There’s a backdrop of stars […]

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Top 10s of the year from Abigail Williams, Beyond the Shore, Kyng, Venomous Maxiumus and Luder

Posted by on December 5, 2013

As 2013 sputters to a close, it’s time for everyone to look back at the year in music and reflect on what they listened to the most. It’s a little unfair to compartmentalize an entire year of music into a top ten list, but that’s exactly what we’ll be doing starting later this week. We […]

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Top 10s of the year from Gypsyhawk, Skeletonwitch, Black Water Rising, Saxon & more

Posted by on December 4, 2013

It’s December, which means it’s time for that annual rite of passage where everyone attempts to summarize a year’s worth of music into a top ten list. Metal Insider and its contributors will be releasing our lists starting soon, but we’ve also gotten lists from some of the artists themselves. In the latest installment, members of Gypsyhawk, […]

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Top 10s of the year from Anthrax, Broken Hope, SpiralArms, Rivers of Nihil

Posted by on December 4, 2013

It’s December, which means it’s time for that annual rite of passage where everyone attempts to summarize a year’s worth of music into a top ten list. Metal Insider and its contributors will be releasing our lists starting soon, but we’ve also gotten lists from some of the artists themselves. Here’s the first installment, featuring […]

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