Willie Nelson as Gandalf? Well, I'd imagine Peter Jackson would want him to pronounce the character's name correctly. But he sent an "audition" reel anyway, courtesy of Conan O'Brien's website, TeamCoco.com. Of course, weed plays a starring role in this tape. Did with Gandalf, too!
4 weeks ago These guys have a REALLY creepy aunt!
4 weeks ago I Just turned 21 and really want to party with this guy!
What do Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Ray Luzier of Korn, Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden, Will Calhoun from Living Colour and Toto's Simon Phillips have in common?
They're all huge John Bonham fans...but of course, what drummer isn't right?
This year they all performed at the Bonzo Bash, celebrating the music of Led Zeppelin, and the hugely influential drumming of the one and only John Bonham.
5 weeks ago Here are the lucky KLAQ fans who got to join us for the meet and greet with Escape the Fate last night at the El Paso County Coliseum.
We know that David Draiman has been busy since Disturbed's hiatus began, forming Device, singing on the new Megadeth, and producing the new Trivium CD. We also know that John Moyer joined Adrenaline Mob.
But what have Dan Donegan and Mike Wengren been up to?
There are a couple of funny guys in England, actually there are a lot of funny guys there, but these guys do videos for a music store called Anderton's. One of the guys is Lee Anderton, and the other is a great guitar player and singer named Rob Chapman, who is in the band Dorje and owns Chapman Guitars (with Lee). They do a lot of really cool product demos of the gear they get in, so you can get the scoop on the gear before you buy it.
In a development that's sure to launch a million bad 'Livin' On A Prayer' puns from members of the sports media, Jesse Bongiovi, the son of rock star Jon Bon Jovi, intends to walk on to the footba
This is an exciting time for Sabbath fans, with the first song from the new album "13" coming out last Thursday...all NINE minutes of it...and the new album not too far away. We also have a good clip from yesterday's show in Auckland of another song from the new album, called "End of the Beginning". It sounds oddly familiar, doesn't it? Still cool, though, and Tony can still play his ass off!
If you intend to show the wicked world a cornucopia of green thumb power this gardening season (and you probably don't, but keep reading) you had better start exposing your precious sweet leaf to plenty of Black Sabbath.
Mike Portnoy has been a busy guy since he left Dream Theater a few years ago. He's recorded and released albums with Neal Morse, Flying Colors, Adrenaline Mob; he's done tours for all of these bands, as well as touring with Billy Sheehan, Derek Sherinian and Tony MacAlpine; put out DVDs with them; and worked with John Sykes on an album that may never even get finished.
I've been a heavy metal/hard rock/rock guy for a long time. I listen to a lot of it, a lot of the time. But I can also appreciate when someone is simply amazing at what they do as a musician. It doesn't matter what type of music they create, as long as they are good at it and love what they do. That said...
