The glam band that brought you “Fat Girls,” “Community Property,” “Asian Hooker” and “The Shocker” is back with a brand new CD called Balls Out! I’m talking about the mighty Steel Panther! This four-piece hair metal parody band is probably the most successful cover band turned full-blown rock act…

I can only imagine it looked like a scene out of a Charles Dickens novel. A young street urchin caught in the winter air, peering eagerly at a warm meal behind the storefront’s window, society’s elite inside looking out at him as they devour tacos. Well, if Dickens lived…

Queens-born Andy Shernoff grew up yearning to be a rock star just like fellow Kings County natives Johnny Thunders, Gene Simmons, Joey Ramone, the Fleshtones, and New York Dolls’ Syl Sylvain must’ve done. Founding the Dictators in the early ‘70s, he gradually became a key figure in the rudimentary…

John Taglieri has been playing the Jersey scene for many years, and he is showing no signs of slowing down. He currently has eight albums to his name, and with work commencing on a new CD, and an upcoming “Best Of,” by the end of the year, he’ll be…

As one of the biggest up-and-coming bands in the nation, Five Finger Death Punch is going full-throttle while trying to establish themselves as a legitimate force in the world of heavy metal. Since their inception in 2005, the gang has toured all over the globe, including March 2010’s trip…

Discovering the Truth in Lying with a Rare Folk Trio

I am riding shotgun in a rented van crawling up Fourth Avenue with Common Rotation, a road weary L.A. folk trio who has taken a one-day respite from supporting the Indigo Girls’ American tour to back their favorite…

After banging out hit after hit around the turn of the millennium, the Massachusetts band Staind seemed to be on top of the world. The hard rock quartet was all over the radio with tracks such as “Mudshovel,” “Outside” and perhaps their best-known single “It’s Been Awhile.”

But over…

There is no real crying in metalcore. The genre is limited to hard-hitting bass lines and yo-yo guitar riffs accompanied by the screams and howls of a soul so tormented. Well, that’s just what they want you to think.

Phoenix, Arizona-bred metalcore quintet Blessthefall has experienced an Awakening of…

“We have a bear suit that we bust out at almost all of our shows,” laughs Andres Gonzalez, who plays bass and sings in the fast rising central New Jersey band Root Glen. “Some guy in the crowd at Fontana’s in New York City tried to fight Dave when…

The idea of a farewell tour is bittersweet, especially when you’re a band like Judas Priest that has been in existence for over 40 years. So when the legendary British metal brigade announced that this current world tour would be their last, legions of fans were stunned and saddened.…