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LIVE
ON MARS WITH ROB ZOMBIE BASSIST PIGGY D.
Bassist, guitarist, songwriter,
artist. Matt “Piggy D.” Montgomery
is a man of many talents, and those skills led him in
2006 to becoming the bassist for ROB ZOMBIE.
When the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival came to
Bristow, Va., Greg Maki and Jeff Maki of Live-Metal.net
sat down with Piggy to discuss both versions Hellbilly
Deluxe II, the upcoming "Halloween Hootenanny
Tour" with ALICE COOPER,
the ROB ZOMBIE stageshow on Mayhem Fest
and more. |
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NO
PLACE TO HIDE - DRUMMER RAY LUZIER OF KORN
Summer 2010 saw KORN
headlining the third installment of the Rockstar Energy
Mayhem Festival with Ray Luzier pounding out the band’s
infectious rhythms night in and night out right in the
middle of the band’s elaborate oil rig stage setup.
Hours before the band’s bring-down-the-house performance
in Bristow, Va., Luzier talked with Jeff and Greg Maki
of Live-Metal.net about the new album, the personalities
in the band and being the new guy in KORN.
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WEDNESDAY
13 - MURDERDOLLS. MICK MARS AND FRESCA
Eight years after the MURDERDOLLS’
debut album, Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls,
Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison
are back with their sophomore effort, Women and Children
Last. And Roadrunner Records is so excited that it
sent Wednesday out on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival to
do nothing but meet fans and talk to press. At the tour's
stop in Bristow, Va., Greg Maki and Jeff Maki of Live-Metal.net
met up with Wednesday to talk about the new album and
more. |
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KEEPING
BAD COMPANY WITH FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Not
to toot our own horn, but Live-Metal.net has covered and
supported FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH since
before the band even signed with a label to release their
debut album. We’ve watched them grow from playing
the second stage on Family Values in 2007 and the inaugural
Rockstar Mayhem Festival in 2008, to playing the main
stage at the 2010 Mayhem Festival. At the tour's stop
in Bristow, Va., Live-Metal.net sat down with Death Punch
drummer Jeremy Spencer. |
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FILTER'S
RICHARD PATRICK FINDS TROUBLE WITH ANGELS A
clean and sober Richard Patrick is also
a productive Richard Patrick. After relaunching
FILTER a couple years ago with Anthems
for the Damned, he’s back with his band’s
fifth album, The Trouble with Angels. Much of
the 10-song collection is a return to the industrial-flavored
sound of early FILTER but enhanced by
Patrick’s greater proficiency as both a songwriter
and singer. Patrick, never at a loss for words during
an interview, called in to discuss the album. |
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ZAKK
WYLDE TALKS BLACK LABEL SOCIETY'S ORDER OF THE BLACK
Since being replaced earlier this
year as OZZY OSBOURNE’s guitarist
by Gus G., Zakk Wylde
has been able to focus on his own band, BLACK
LABEL SOCIETY, full-time. The latest BLS
album, Order of the Black, recorded in Zakk’s
new home studio (the “Black Label Bunker”),
hit stores Aug. 10. One week before the album’s
release, Wylde answered questions from a handful of journalists,
including Live-Metal’s Greg Maki, in a conference
call. Highlights follow. |
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SILENT
CIVILIAN: SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK It
has not been easy, but Jonny Santos has
persevered. Though he is the only remaining original member,
SILENT CIVILIAN is going stronger than
ever, with an amazing new album, Ghost Stories,
in stores and, for the first time, an apparently stable
lineup. He’s also completed a new SPINESHANK
album that should be released in the fall.At a recent
tour stop at Jaxx in Springfield, Va., Santos sat down
before the show with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki. |
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NONPOINT:
STILL GOING AND GOING AND GOING NONPOINT
has become the Energizer Bunny of hard rock bands. No
matter what happens—changing labels, management,
guitarists—they keep going. The band just released
its sixth full-length studio album, Miracle,
and the touring cycle, which will include a main-stage
slot on the six Ozzfest 2010 dates, is just getting started.
Drummer Robb Rivera checked in with Live-Metal.net’s
Greg Maki to talk Miracle, touring and more.
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HELLYEAH:
DOING THINGS THE COWBOY WAY Largely
on the strength of the Southern rock-tinged single “Alcohaulin’
Ass,” HELLYEAH's debut album sold
well enough to keep the band on tour for nearly a year.
The group went on hiatus in 2008 while Chad Gray
and Greg Tribbett returned to MUDVAYNE
to tour and release two new albums, and reconvened sporadically
throughout 2009 to write and record its sophomore effort,
Stampede. Guitarist Tom Maxwell
called in to talk to Live-Metal.net about the new album. |
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TAPROOT:
A HEAVY ALTERNATIVE WITH GUITARIST MIKE DEWOLF
Tired of "Poem" yet?
Well then the music world wraps needs to wrap its
ears around TAPROOT's appropriately titled
fifth album, Plead the Fifth, their first release
for their new label home, Victory Records. It's
is a phenomenal rock album and an early pick for "sleeper
of the year." This is a band that's reinvigorated,
original and confident. During a quick Q&A with TAPROOT
guitarist Mike DeWolf, Live-Metal.net's
Jeff Maki gets the scoop on the new album and more. |
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HAIL
THE VILLIAN: CANADIAN VILLIANS INVADE FROM THE NORTH
Get ready to know HAIL THE
VILLIAN beacuse this summer they takes part in
the first-ever Uproar tour, featuring DISTURBED,
AVENGED SEVENFOLD, STONE SOUR,
HELLYEAH and others. At a stop on the
band's tour with SEVENDUST in
Springfield, Va., vocalist Bryan Crouch
sat down with Live-Metal.net's Greg Maki outside of Jaxx
for a talk about his musical roots, the band’s origin
and the story behind the band's upcoming debut album,
Population: Declining. |
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SEVENDUST'S
CLINT LOWERY ON QUITTING/RETURNING TO THE BAND
After recording two albums with
DARK NEW DAY, serving as a touring guitarist
for KORN and, most importantly, conquering
his inner demons, guitarist Clint Lowery came back home
to SEVENDUST in 2008. This summer will
see the band supporting SHINEDOWN,
but first they’re traveling across the country,
selling out shows of their own. At a recent stop in Springfield,
Va., Clint sat down with Live-Metal.net to discuss his
departure from and return to the band. |
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MUTINY
WITHIN: NOTHING COULD BE BETTER With
a monster of a debut album, MUTINY WITHIN
has stormed the American metal scene in 2010. Heavy, technical
and majestic, the band has been described as a cross between
DREAM THEATER and KILLSWITCH
ENGAGE. At a recent stop at Jaxx in Springfield,
Va., opening for SONATA ARCTICA, bassist
Andrew “A.J.” Jacobs sat
down with Live-Metal.net to discuss his band’s self-titled
debut, touring and more. |
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DROWNING
POOL: RYAN MCCOMBS AND STEVIE BENTON In
the fickle music business of today, DROWNING POOL
has emerged as a survivor. They pressed on after the death
of singer Dave Williams in 2002 and an
unsuccessful attempt to replace him with Jason
“Gong” Jones. Former SOIL
frontman Ryan McCombs came to the rescue
in 2005 and debuted on 2007's Full Circle. Now
they’re back with a self-titled release. McCombs
and bassist Stevie Benton recently checked
in with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki to discuss the
new album. |
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DIRTY
WORK PAYING OFF FOR HALESTORM (LZZY HALE) HALESTORM
has come a long way since Live-Metal.net began covering
the band in early 2006. Extensive touring helped the group
build a following across the nation with only a five-song
live EP available for purchase. And now their 2009 self
titled debut album has already sold 100,000 copies, led
by the seductive hit single “I Get Off.” During
their current tour’s first stop in Springfield,
Va., Live-Metal.net caught up with the band’s dynamic
frontwoman, Lzzy Hale. |
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JON
OLIVA MEETS THE "FATHER OF LIVE METAL"
Jon Oliva, mastermind
of SAVATAGE and JON OLIVA'S PAIN
and co-creator/songwriter of the TRANS-SIBERIAN
ORCHESTRA, recently called in to chat with a
very special guest-interviewer for Live-Metal.net. Oliva
talks about JON OLIVA's PAIN's new album,
Festival, SAVATAGE history,
early influences, songwriting styles and much more in
a lengthly, in-depth interview. |
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THE
RUNAWAYS MOVIE WRITER/DIRECTOR FLORIA SIGISMONDI
After establishing herself as an
artist and music video director (her resume includes MARILYN
MANSON’s “The Beautiful People,”
among many others), Floria Sigismondi
is making her feature film debut as the writer and director
of The Runaways, the story of the 1970s all-girl
rock band, starring Dakota Fanning as lead singer Cherie
Currie and Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett. Live-Metal.net’s
Greg Maki recently caught up with Floria for a quick chat
about the movie. |
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I,
ROBOT: AN INTERVIEW WITH JB OF BLACK ROBOT With
BLACK ROBOT's debut due out in June 2010,
bassist Jonathan “JB” Brightman
checked in with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki to discuss
the album, his former band BUCKCHERRY, and
more. JB goes in-depth about the circumstances that led
to his departure from BUCKCHERRY and
explains how BLACK ROBOT was eventually
born. |
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ELUVEITIE'S
CHRISTIAN “CHRIGEL” GLANZMANN:
METAL FOR ALL FOLKS Now
almost a decade into their existence, ELUVEITIE's
2010 album, Everything Remains (As It Never Was),
is the masterpiece that fans and the metal world have
been waiting for. Not long after the March 9, 2010 release
of the album, vocalist and founder, Christian
“Chrigel”
Glanzmann conducted an in-depth Q&A with
Live-Metal.net's Jeff Maki, who was all but blown away
by the new album. |
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THREE
YEARS OF MADNESS WITH SHINEDOWN BASSIST ERIC BASS
Two years on the road, and no signs
of slowing down. SHINEDOWN plans to tour
into early 2011 behind its 2008 release, The Sound
of Madness, and why not? Each single has been a massive
success, from rock radio staples “Devour”
and “Sound of Madness,” to crossover hits
“Second Chance” and “If You Only Knew.”
While gearing up for a U.S. arena tour supporting NICKELBACK,
bassist Eric Bass called in to talk to
Live-Metal.net. |
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MEGADETH'S
CHRIS BRODERICK: SHREDDING IS HIS BUSINESS In
March 2010 MEGADETH embarked on the month
long Rust In Peace 20th anniversary tour. Fans
all know who the guitarist was on that album, so how would
newest member, Chris Broderick be recieved?
Does he feel the pressure from fans clamoring for Marty
Friedman and the Rust In Peace lineup?
Live-Metal.net sat down with Broderick backstage at Rams
Head Live in Baltimore, Md., prior to MEGADETH's
ill-fated show that ended after just three songs on March
16, 2010. |
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GARY
HOLT AND THE EXODUS THRASH METAL MACHINE Prior
to MEGADETH's Rust In Peace
tour's stop at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, MD on March
16, 2010, Live-Metal.net chatted with EXODUS
guitarist Gary Holt as he lounged in
the back of the band's tour bus. Holt talks about the
band's upcoming album, the MEGADETH tour
and current EXODUS vocalist Rob
Dukes. |
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MNEMIC:
PRONOUNCED "NIM-IK" With
2010's Sons of the System, Danish industrial
metallers MNEMIC has unleashed its strongest
effort, an album that is the equivalent of a decaying
industrial world. Prior to the release of the album, Live-Metal.net
conducted a question-and-answer session with vocalist
Guillaume Bideau. He talks all about Sons of the System,
MNEMIC's writing process and everything
else "pronounced nem-ik." |
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THE
RETURN OF PURE EVIL: ARCH ENEMY'S CHRISTOPHER AMOTT
Following the recent release of
re-recorded songs from their first three albums, aptly
titled The Root of All Evil, ARCH ENEMY
embarked on the U.S. “Tyrants of Evil” tour
in January 2010. On the first night of tour, Live-Metal.net’s
Jeff Maki and Ryan Mavity talked with guitarist Christopher
Amott backstage while in Towson, Md. Chris talked
about the tour, his time away from the band, The Root
of All Evil and a solo album he plans to release
in 2010. |
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HERE
COME THE RIOT BRIDES OK,
so by now everyone's heard about the new movie, The
Runaways, due out in March 2010 starring Dakota Fanning
and Kristen Stewart. Well, to gear you up for that, check
out a current, real-life RUNAWAYS, the
new all-female rock band, RIOT BRIDES,
featuring Abby Gennet (former SLUNT
vocalist). Following a trail blazed by THE RUNAWAYS
in the 1970s, the RIOT BRIDES are out
to show that girls can rock just as hard and with as much
attitude as the guys. |
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SURVIVOR:
AN INTERVIEW WITH FORMER KISS GUITARIST BRUCE KULICK
Ace Frehley was first and Tommy
Thayer wears the makeup now, but no KISS
guitarist has had a longer tenure than Bruce Kulick.
Kulick went his own way when the original lineup reunited
in 1996, forming UNION with former MOTLEY
CRUE singer John Corabi and
releasing two criminally overlooked albums. Solo releases
followed in 2001 and 2003, and since 2001, Kulick has
been a member of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD.
On Feb. 2, Bruce unleashes his third solo album, BK3.
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CONSPIRACY
THEORY: AM CONSPIRACY'S JASON 'GONG' JONES
Jason “Gong” Jones came to the attention
of the music world when he became the singer of DROWNING
POOL following the 2002 death of Dave
Williams. He’s spent more time, though,
in his new band, AM CONSPIRACY, whose
self-titled debut comes your way Jan. 12. In a recent
interview with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki, Jones
discussed the band’s formation, the new album, why
his previous band was not a good match, touring with Dimebag
Darrell Abbott and more. |
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NONPOINT
CUTS THE CORD: VOCALIST ELIAS SORIANO
It’s been almost 13 years since NONPOINT
formed in South Florida, and suddenly everything is new
again. New management, new label, new guitarist, one new
release available and another in the can. First up: the
digital-only acoustic EP Cut the Cord, featuring
new takes on five songs from the first three NONPOINT
albums. Frontman Elias Soriano checked
in with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki to give us the
details on all of the latest NONPOINT
happenings. |
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