I have been a fan of Ron Keel (Steeler, Keel, Ron Keel Band) for many, many decades. He proves to us time and time again that he can play many different styles of music and plays them all very well. Having said that, I just LOVE IT when they guy does hard rock and metal […]
Kerrang and other publications, and online sites for that matter know how to stir the pot with these kinds of lists. I may not agree with the order in which they have placed their list, but it’s full of great albums. In recently I have steered away from using the best of anything and swapped […]
JETHRO TULL ADD HAND SANITIZER TO THEIR GRAMMY AWARD WINNING NAME Jethro Tull is a brand, now more so than ever. Sure Ian Anderson is the driving force behind the band, but for any organization to pursue him to use his brand name goes to show how much the band name is valued over his […]
ANTHRAX TO RE-RELEASE 1990’S PERSISTENCE OF TIME Anthrax has been re-releasing albums from their past to mark various anniversaries. On August 21st they will be giving the reissued touch to Persistence Of Time. I know that for a lot of people, Among The Living is their favorite album by the band. But P.O.T. is my […]
NWOBHM – NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL Geoff Barton is the man that coined the phrase NWOBHM at the end of the 70s. He recently created a list with what he deems to be the ten greatest New Wave Of British Heavy Metal bands. He also includes what he feels to be the definitive […]
On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl interviews Klaus Meine of Scorpions and Udo and Sven Dirkschneider of U.D.O. The first interview is with Klaus and topics include the new song Sign of Hope, the new music the band is working on, the song the Zoo, Madison Square Garden, the band’s future touring […]
