Contributions
Backstage bodybuilding at Warped Tour with Bleeding Through's Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati is the frontman for metal band Bleeding Through. You might better recognize him wearing all black or from one of the band’s gory music videos. However, Schieppati has turned over a new leaf, going from blood-curdling screams to barbell curls at Rise Above Fitness—his business and gym based in Huntington Beach, California. Rise […]
If your favorite musicians were part of the Suicide Squad
This year has been quite a doozy for comic book fans. Deadpool rattled the cage, an epic battle raged between Batman and Superman and we tried to mediate the match between Iron Man versus Captain America, but we just couldn’t resist the temptation. The next superhero blockbuster on deck is Suicide Squad. Comprised of villains […]
Fans become the next generation of music industry through TEI workshops
The Entertainment Institute is a firecracker in the revolution of business networking and music education. Started by partners Matt Halpern of Periphery, Kevin Lyman, CEO of Warped Tour and Jen Kellogg, TEI accountant and expert in the concert industry. TEI is a company bringing fans up close and personal with their favorite artists to create […]
I The Mighty Socketwrench: Van upkeep and being a bad*ss bassist w/ Chris Hinkley
Chris Hinkley is a family man, a badass bassist and one hell of an auto mechanic—he’s been working in his dad’s garage since he was 10 years old. “Automotive [care] has been in my family for years,” he says. His grandfather started Hinkley Auto Tech in Castro Valley, California, and it’s been passed down to […]
The top 10 nü-metal bands of all time, ranked
Nü metal has been dressing kids in baggy Dickies and chunky skate shoes for decades and is also a proud sponsor of the labret piercing. The scene has had its ups and downs, but there are bands that prospered which are worth remembering over those that perished. We put together a countdown of the 10 […]
Op-Ed: Black Sabbath “The End” tour is just the beginning for future of metal
It’s 1970. Four Englishmen with long hair and cocaine teeth come together under the name Black Sabbath and release their self-titled debut album. Their lyrics are fantastic and their sound embodies an impending doom while somehow being funky. It’s grave, it’s heavy and it’s good to get stoned to. It’s 2016. Black Sabbath have announced […]
Musicians who could double as the 'Deadpool' cast
Deadpool is the bad-mouthed, badass, ex-mercenary science experiment gone wrong. But only if you consider a $132 million box office weekend to be “wrong.” Deadpool is the one of the few R-rated superhero movies. After a brief (and rather awful) appearance in X-Men: Origins—and 11 years of Ryan Reynolds pushing to shoot an actual Deadpool film—the […]