A new documentary series examines the world of 1980s hair metal music. KCRW talks to director Jeff Tremaine and founding Guns N’ Roses member Tracii Guns.

Check out Ryan Martinie, whose unique style separates him from the rest of the ‘nu-metal’ pack. On Mudvayne's gold-selling ...

Loosely based on Judas Priest, Rock Star saw Hollywood trying to make a metal movie – but does it deserve the hate it gets?

Heavy metal artists are known to live a life of excess and debauchery. But as the industry has evolved, so too have the ...

It took more than three years between the members of Tourists writing their first song and releasing their first album. They ...

One of the things I love about Astell & Kern's hi-res music players is how solid they feel: they're machined from high ...

Astell & Kern has launched a new version of its premium SP3000T hi-res audio player. This version is finished in ultra-pure copper but costs the same as the stainless steel model. One of the ...

Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is regarded as one of the greatest thrash metal bass players of all-time, and September marks the anniversary of his tragic death. Burton served as Metallica's bassist ...

The bassist, who joined the metal giants in 2003 to replace Jason Newsted, makes the admission in a recently released snippet ...

Naturally, each squad is using that to try to build a Super Bowl contender, doling out hundreds of millions of dollars to players to do so. The NFL's competitive nature has created an ever-rising ...