Archives for December 2014

Here’s the new Christmas card sent out by Iron Maiden to the members of its official fan club (IMFC). Could it be a tease for an upcoming album? Mascot Eddie is leaving a studio with an enigmatic sign that says “UROTON 51.” And if you’ve been reading about Iron Maiden’s award-winning Trooper beer and drooling, you can hit the pause button on your salivary glands ... [read more]

Awwwwww! Slayer cares. Check out little Gypsy, who was placed in a happy home in Indianapolis thanks to the thrash metal band. The band’s publicist explained how Gypsy found a new home: “[Slayer guitarist] Kerry [King] and some of the crew went to dinner at Kerry's favorite steak house in Indy, St. Elmo's Steak House. Afterwards, the assistant tour manager, Jess [Cortese] saw a ... [read more]

A Rock & Roll Christmas Tale: A Winner’s Wrap-Up! KICT/Wichita, Kansas, listener Seth Bate recently won our killer prize package to catch the Broadway-bound metal musical, Dee Snider’s Rock & Roll Christmas Tale in Chicago. Seth wrote us to share his (and wife Jenny’s) experience...check it out: We can’t say enough about what a great time we had as the winners of ... [read more]

Andrew Horn's documentary on the American rockers premiered in a non-competitive sidebar at the Dutch festival Much like the legendary glam-metal band whose grindingly arduous rise to fame it lovingly chronicles, shock-rock-doc We Are Twisted Fucking Sister! is superficially "controversial" (profanity in the title!), essentially conventional, but very, very, very ... [read more]

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