…and remember it. What’s your favorite Ratt memory? Playing Madison Square Garden, headlining. I was a big Zep fan, and seeing The Song Remains the Same back in the day…

The future Mrs. Skullia just sent this to me. The description of the video reads: Algonquin park… the music is coming from a headset close to us but the camera…

…Blackwater Park tonight, including the song “Bleak.”) For whatever reason, this line of thought brought me back to one of my favorite albums of last year, Chimaira’s The Infection. The…

…scream his throat raw, but the song has a simple, clap-your-hands-in-time-with-the-song beat, and Sanford Parker’s trippy synths are much more prominent here than they were on Assassins. This song won’t…

…of the time there weren’t any vocals, which placed the emphasis squarely on the epic, monstrous, riveting compositions. All I could do was stand and watch as each moment was…

…another reunited band who, God willing, will be a legacy act and never, ever record another album. Maybe Thayil and the gang still have some creative spark left in ’em,…

…Metal Dudes Day 4: Memphis BBQ and The Walmart Parking Lot Day 3: Louisville Sluggers and Nashville Honky-Tonk Day 2: Scion Rock Fest Day 1: The Calm Before the Storm…

…to the Salt Lick parking lot with Goes Cube, East of the Wall were ready and waiting with a case of beer (Salt Lick is BYOB). We quickly sucked down…

Yesterday I walked by Gramercy Park for the first time in a long while. For those not familiar, Gramercy Park is an NYC park — duh — that takes up…

…Metal Dudes Day 4: Memphis BBQ and The Walmart Parking Lot Day 3: Louisville Sluggers and Nashville Honky-Tonk Day 2: Scion Rock Fest Day 1: The Calm Before the Storm…

…Dallas with a Bunch of Horny Metal Dudes Day 4: Memphis BBQ and The Walmart Parking Lot Day 3: Louisville Sluggers and Nashville Honky-Tonk Day 2: Scion Rock Fest Day…

…Opeth’s Blackwater Park commemorative concert gives our collective nipples the ability to cut glass. Those two days are going to be absolutely epic… and we’re going to have wicked weed…

…no Torah scripture) and cowboy hats: Onwards. Upon arriving in Dallas we were really disappointed. We parked the bus and took a walk around Deep Ellum, Dallas’s “entertainment” district to…

…the US during their first four records. Did one support tour with Nevermore for Blackwater Park, and then after that, it was only top gigs for them. What about Gojira?…

…to poop nothing beats a Walmart — they’re open 24/7, the stalls are big and no one cares. Plus, you can usually park a bus in the back of a…

…showed up. Still, a damn fine night. Tomorrow: The pride and joy of two cities: BBQ in Memphis and the Walmart parking lot in Little Rock, AR. -VN The Story…

…that baby right into the parking lot, beers and whiskey in hand, and much rejoicing and drinking immediately ensued. The SlayRV is a classy fucking affair with enough room to…

…ferocity and Aaron’s take on stage banter (“We’ve got shirts in colors besides black! Gray and red totally match your camo pants and jeans. Coordinating your outfits is for squares!”),…

UPDATE: Reader Ben Alden tells me that Jesse joined the band once again at Northern Lights in Clifton Park, NY. If anyone catches him at any future shows, please let…

…on why metalheads should care about his book, how Linkin Park and Dennis Cooper have inspired his writing, releasing a novel through a record label, and willfully farting in public….