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Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down both used their platform to raise the political consciousness of their fanbases, but which of these veteran rock bands did it the best? That’s the question at the center of this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show. Yes, these two politically-minded bands are friendly. Serj Tankian and Tom Morello even formed the Axis of Justice non-profit organization together. But as both bands would be the first to urge you to vote, this week we’re going to ask you to vote for one of these bands over the other. Rage Against the Machine dom...
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How much progress had Van Halen made on their seventh studio album before parting ways with David Lee Roth in 1985, and how much of that work made its way onto 5150, the band’s first album with singer Sammy Hagar? Naturally, it depends who you ask. Nobody disputes that the band’s original lineup had begun writing some songs for the follow-up to 1984’s smash hit 1984 before personality conflicts and a dispute over Roth’s 1985 covers EP Crazy From the Heat led to the singer’s departure. The band recruited Hagar, fresh off his own platinum sales success with VOA and the hit single “I Can’t Drive ...
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How much progress had Van Halen made on their seventh studio album before parting ways with David Lee Roth in 1985, and how much of that work made its way onto 5150, the band’s first album with singer Sammy Hagar? Naturally, it depends who you ask. Nobody disputes that the band’s original lineup had begun writing some songs for the follow-up to 1984’s smash hit 1984 before personality conflicts and a dispute over Roth’s 1985 covers EP Crazy From the Heat led to the singer’s departure. The band recruited Hagar, fresh off his own platinum sales success with VOA and the hit single “I Can’t Drive ...
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Which is the better Linkin Park album – Hybrid Theory or Meteora? That’s the head-to-head battle that we’re examining in this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show. With Linkin Park’s history very much under the microscope these days thanks to their recently released singles compilation, Papercuts, Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong has decided to dig into the band’s two biggest albums and get a consensus from the listeners as to which is better. Hybrid Theory changed the game upon its 2000 arrival, with songs such as “One Step Closer,” “Crawling,” “Papercut” and “In th...
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Which is the better Linkin Park album – Hybrid Theory or Meteora? That’s the head-to-head battle that we’re examining in this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show. With Linkin Park’s history very much under the microscope these days thanks to their recently released singles compilation, Papercuts, Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong has decided to dig into the band’s two biggest albums and get a consensus from the listeners as to which is better. Hybrid Theory changed the game upon its 2000 arrival, with songs such as “One Step Closer,” “Crawling,” “Papercut” and “In th...
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Judas Priest kicked off the North American leg of their Invincible Shield tour on Thursday at Wallingford, Connecticut’s Oakdale Theatre, delivering a blend of mega-hits, deep cuts and new songs off their 19th studio album. You can see the setlist below. The Invincible Shield tour comes shortly after Judas Priest’s 50 Heavy Metal Years tour, proof of their status as a pillar of the genre. Several songs in the band’s current setlists have been mainstays for decades, a testament to their enduring popularity. In fact, a look at Priest’s setlist from exactly 40 years ago — when the band was at its...
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Here are 10 examples of musicians who only played on a big band’s debut album. It often takes several years for a band to release their first full-length sequence; as such, you’d think that by the time they do – and hopefully reap the benefits of their hard work – everyone involved is there for the long haul. However, the annals of rock and metal music are filled with situations that led people to jump ship before the group put out their sophomore album. Usually, they’re musicians who joined after the project got going, but there have also been numerous incidents of founding members moving on ...
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As we celebrate the anniversary of Godsmack‘s Faceless album this week, it got us to thinking what is the best Godsmack album? So Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong is turning that over to you Godsmack fans for this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club. He’s decided to pit the hugely successful 2003 album Faceless against the band’s 1998 self-titled breakout album, both of which were key records in the group’s musical history. The Godsmack album put the band on the map, with the singles “Whatever” “Keep Away,” “Voodoo” and “Bad Religion” commanding the airwaves and making them a hot new band in the hea...
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Kurt Cobain penned some amazing lyrics for Nirvana, but which were his best? Nirvana changed the face of music and launched a cultural revolution during their relatively short tenure, as fans fell in love with the band’s heavy but incredibly infectious musical vibe. Part of that came from the lyrical output of frontman Kurt Cobain, who often played with contradictions within his lyrics to offer a unique take on his subject matter. Some lyrics were deeply personal, while others were character sketches inspired by the world around him. The end result yielded some of the most memorable and quotab...
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Here are 50 of the most misunderstood songs in rock and metal. Some songs mean exactly what they say, others are open for broader interpretation. And especially if you’re an internationally famous musician, this means a whole lot of people interpreting your work as they see fit. Naturally, it can lead to some incorrect assumptions and downright wild theories. Often, when a song is presumed to be about a particular topic and turns out not to be, it can be difficult to shake the perception people have adopted. It usually takes the artist themselves coming out to clarify the meaning of a song, to...
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