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Golden Gods 2013: How Gene Simmons Gets Out Of Interviews And Other Black Carpet Tales

If you've been reading this whiskey-drenched, devil-horn-throwing column every week for more than a year, here's a little thank-you flashback to the beginning. In one of the first Metal Mondays installments, I talked about the Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles--basically the heavy metal Gra ... More >>

The 17 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2013

I'm almost a little bummed that the world didn't end on December 21. No War of the Worlds or 2012 scenes became a reality, although I was so sure that the only reason gas prices were down was because all the rich people were holed up in their submarines, burrowed into the Alps like a goddamn modern- ... More >>

Johnny Depp to Play With Alice Cooper; Here's His Five Coolest Rock Moments

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas--even though Halloween is still just around the corner. As grocery stores begin to stock their Christmas crap decorations, the last show announcements of the year trickle in. Historically, the line up for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding gets announced eve ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Mom Has the Original "School's Out" Panties

See also: Alice Cooper's Ode to Teenage Rebellion Hits Middle Age See also: Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch at Welcome 2 My Pudding See also: Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy In this week's issue, we speak with Alice Cooper about the 40th birthday of his signature ode to t ... More >>

Metal Mondays: The 10 Hottest Chicks in Metal

See also: Those Dungeons and Dragons Nerds Are More Sane Than You While heavy metal is a lifestyle to some people, to many it's just a fashion statement. Take Gossip Girl Taylor Momsen of the Pretty Reckless, for example. She dresses like a hooker, flips people off, and publicly talks about her se ... More >>

Three Creepy Christmas Carolers

​You've got to admit, Up on the Sun has been doing a pretty kick ass job of making the holiday music season, dare we say it, bearable. From posts that include the Christmas Songs That Don't Suck series, to "Un-Christmas" and Metal songs for Christmas lists, we've pretty much got you covered. ... More >>

Andrew Jackson Jihad and Welcome 2 My Pudding Over the Weekend

Melissa Fossum​Andrew Jackson Jihad at Crescent Ballroom Some guy spat on my face, I have random bruises all over my legs, and even though I only drank water, I reek of beer. The crowd booed and yelled "fuck you" to Andrew Jackson Jihad...looks like Andrew Jerkson Jerkwad needs to go back ... More >>

Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch, at Welcome 2 My Pudding

Maria Vassett​ Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian "Head" Welch, and more Comerica Theatre Saturday, December 17 They don't call it a variety show for nothing. Most of the crowd for last night's Welcome 2 My Pudding, the 11th installment of local restauranteur, golfer, and shock rocke ... More >>

Judas Priest at Arizona State Fair, 10/21/11

Maria Vassett​Judas Priest Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair Friday, October 21, 2010 Let's get it out of the way straight off the bat: I've never been big Judas Priest fan. I don't dislike the band, mind you, but I've never really delved in beyond the hits. (I think I have a ... More >>

Six Million Dead: Arizona Death Metal to Rattle Your Brain

www.facebook.com/sixmilliondeadSix Million Dead: A million miles-per-minute.​Heavy metal has a rich and diverse history in Arizona. Our state has had a horde of notable residents: hard rock pioneer Alice Cooper, hair metal singer Bret Michaels of Poison, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, Dave Musta ... More >>

Lil Wayne, "6 Foot 7 Foot"

​Song: Lil Wayne, "6 Foot 7 Foot"Context: I'm seeing Weezy tonight. Can someone tell me what the fuck bananas have to do with the verses on this song? I've consulted Urban Dictionary on the matter and the only connection to slang I see is that the song is about a banana boat, which is apparently a ... More >>

If Video Game Characters Became Rock Stars...

Brütal Legend, a 2009 video game released by Electronic Arts, featured voice work by Jack Black, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford and a soundtrack of more than 100 hard rock and metal songs.​Over the past three decades, two institutions have constantly remained near-unive ... More >>

Beastie Boys, The Rolling Stones, and America's Other Oldest Bands

New Weezer, Rob Halford, Pavement Reunion

Electric Mustache: We Want YouWaved Rumor: Weezer - (If You're Wondering if I want you to) I Want You ToSpin: Q&A: Rob Halford of Judas PriestIdolator: Tracking The Ever-Shifting Priorities Of MTV Networks' Standards And Practices DepartmentSo Much Silence: Good Afternoon, Vintage Photo Of Will ... More >>

British Steel Turns 30, The Sweater Song Turns 15, 50 Cent Turns R. Kelly

Spin: Watch 50 Cent's Sensitive Slow Jam Pitchfork: Buy Billy Corgan Lunch! Rolling Stone: Weezer's "Undone - The Sweater Song" Turns 15: A Look Back Rolling Stone: Rob Halford on Recording at Ringo's, Opening for Led Zeppelin NME: Phil Spector demands iPod for new prison cell Electric Mustache: Vid ... More >>

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Go ... More >>

The Metal Masters Tour at Cricket Wireless Pavilion on Thursday, August 28

Judas Priest singer Rob Halford dishes on Nostradamus

Judas Priest Singer Rob Halford’s Phoenix Favorites

The Top 14 Heavy Metal Men of Arizona

Zia location on east Thunderbird closes; strip mall dying slow-but-obvious death

In-Stores for You Today: June 2

Jocks Rock

Judas Priest singer Rob Halford schedules a meet-and-greet in Phoenix, and gives us some candid Q&A

Metal Health

The freshest stuff is underground

Rock's Greatest Slapstick Moments

Art hurts

Assacre

Aqua man is Austin's power

Gigantour

A shot at redemption

Thrill Ride

The original man's band, refrocked

Some Other Monster

Ten years before short hair, Napster, sobriety and group therapy for Metallica, there was Metallimania

Devil in the Details

New books document heavy metal's ugly history

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

Helloween

The German band rocks Tempe

Mad Max

Metal dad Max Cavalera rocks the thrash scene – and his Phoenix neighborhood

The Kids Aren't Alright

Spun spins cranky youths into an American freak show

Number One With a Mullet

Heavy metal gets the lite treatment in the cliché-studded Rock Star

Hearts and Banjos

Valley rock 'n' roll vets Bruce Connole and Keith Jackson bond -- bluegrass style

Liver Let Die

Trashman misses his brush with God's organ grinder

From Mohawks To Mullets

Images from 25 years of Phoenix music

Flashes

Slow Ride

Trashman goes for a drunken drive through suburbia

Sweet Revenge

The Mr. T Experience pities the fool who falls in love

Pic Hits for the week

Talk Dirty to Me

A sampler box of the best (worst) heavy-metal lyrics of the '80s

You Want Ska With That?

Dave's Big Deluxe--watch out for the special sauce

STU-STU-STUDIOSTHE REEL LOWDOWN ON THE VALLEY'S RECORDING FACILITIES