Sonic Temple Set Times Released

Sonic Temple is a four-day festival that starts next Thursday and it takes place at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. It's a pretty huge event with masses of humanity everywhere. Earlier this week I mentioned I was waiting on the set times and now they are here! I am only going Friday because I wanted to see Metallica. Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie are nice adds for me as is Hatebreed and Upon A Burning Body.

I also love that there is an ASL interpreter for some bands, including the main three acts of the day. I cannot wait to see this person absolutely kill it during Metallica's set.

A Remastered 'Load' Era Incoming

Don't call it reload (ha). Coming June 13, Metallica will release a remastered Load box set on digital, vinyl, CD, cassette - you name it. And yes, you can preorder now.

This set promises 1,800 minutes of music. The full box set offers 301 tracks. It's $275 for the whole shebang but just a copy of the original release remaster is like $30.

2025 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced

Bad Company, Thom Bell, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Nicky Hopkins, Carol Kaye, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden, Lenny Waronker, The White Stripes, and Warren Zevon all made it in this year.

The fact that Billy Idol, Joy Division and Phish didn't make it is criminal, but we must have something to complain about, right? Phish is the most egregious since they won the fan vote, but whatever. At least Bad Company is finally in!

M3 Rock Festival Set Times Announced

Big news for those attending M3 rock festival next weekend! The set times are here. If you are traveling to Maryland for this event, be safe and have fun! Meanwhile, I'm over here waiting for the Sonic Temple set times (impatiently at this point).

Wednesday 13 With Taime Downe - 'No Apologies'

Happy Saturday! This means cardio pilates and tons of errands for me, including the monthly Costco trip which usually involves a ton of frustration in the parking lot and a bill over $350. Meanwhile...

You already know Faster Pussycat was a big influence on Wednesday 13. It's nice, then, that Pussycat singer Taime Downe recorded a new track with Wednesday 13 called "No Apologies." The song is on the new Wednesday 13 album Mid Death Crisis, which is out now. Just listen to all the sleaze influence!

Monsters of Rock Cruise Announces Lineup

Holy cow! Crashdiet and Crazy Lixx on the same boat - I love it! Having Black Label Society as a headliner is interesting and The Darkness is a great get.

Looks like the official event website will be ready for bookings next month. The organizers promise more bands are coming. I'm sure this will be a blast.

Tyketto Post Album Update

Tyketto has recently posted a few updates online about their new album and it seems like everything is now recorded! Apparently, the new album is due sometime this year and the band only announced it just weeks ago. Will be interesting to hear once it is complete.