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O.N.I.’s Jake Olde Opens Up About Personal Journey, Celebrates New Music — Interview Ironshore Group SHARE TWEET "This band came from the band Oni, which was basically me living a lie in a sense." On Friday (Aug. 9), Jake Olde joined Loudwire Nights and opened up about the journey he's been on from his previous band, Oni, to his latest project, O.N.I. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article.

The Least Played Song Off All 19 Rush Albums A Mercury Records and an Anthem Records release; ℗ 2013 UMG Recordings, Inc., Ethan Miller, Getty Images, Roadrunner Records SHARE TWEET With 19 studio albums to their name, Rush have explored a great deal of their catalog log, to the point where even the least played song off each LP, in many cases, still has high count.

11 Forgotten ‘90s Bands Formed by ’80s Hair Metal Legends Epic Records / Angel Air Records / Impact Records / EMI SHARE TWEET The early 1990s weren't exactly kind to hair metal and, as bands dissolved, some were left to start over. Many projects, however, have been forgotten by time. One minute, bands were selling millions of records. The next, record labels were dropping artists, MTV had moved on and every magazine cover seemed to feature someone wearing flannel instead of leather pants.

David Ellefson Talks About Being Part of Back to the Beginning — ‘Dude, Totally, I’m In’ Katja Ogrin, Getty Images SHARE TWEET On Thursday (Aug. 6), David Ellefson joined Loudwire Nights and opened up about the band Kings of Thrash and their love for the legacy of Megadeth, playing with Metal Church and what it was like being part of Back to the Beginning. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article.

11 Most Played Cover Songs During Foo Fighters Live Shows Rich Fury, Getty Images SHARE TWEET If you're going to a Foo Fighters show, you're probably going to see at least one cover song. But the thing about Dave Grohl and crew is that it never really seems to come off as a gimmick. There's usually some reason for a cover song to appear on a Foo Fighters setlist. Most often, it is because the original artist had a major influence on Grohl and other band members.

Guns N’ Roses + Chris Stapleton Performed at Each Other’s Shows in Canada – Watch Guns N' Roses, Jason Kempin, Getty Images SHARE TWEET Guns N' Roses and country superstar Chris Stapleton performed at each other's shows in Toronto, Canada this week. The artists had back-to-back shows at the city's Rogers Stadium, with Guns N' Roses playing Wednesday night (Aug. 5) and Stapleton the following evening.

Peter Katsis, Manager for Smashing Pumpkins, Korn + Others, Has Died at 69 – See Tributes Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage, Getty Images SHARE TWEET Peter Katsis, longtime music manager for some of the biggest rock bands and a co-founder of the Prospect Park and The Firm management and production companies, died on Aug. 6 at the age of 69 from congestive heart failure.

32 ’90s Rock + Metal Songs That Debuted on Movie Soundtracks Nigel Crane, Getty Images / Jeffrey Mayer, Getty Images, Paul Natkin, Getty Images, Patti Ouderkirk, Getty Images, Frank Micelotta Archive, Getty Images SHARE TWEET Here are 32 '90s rock and metal songs that debuted on movie soundtracks. Music has always been an important element of film, whether it's just a score, a sampling of some songs or an entire soundtrack the was curated specifically for it.

7 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week (July 31 – Aug. 6, 2026) Elsie Roymans, Getty Images, Kevin Winter, Getty Images SHARE TWEET It was a light week for new rock and metal tour announcements, so let's take a look and see who is hitting the road when and where. One of the bigger tours announced in the last seven days was a pairing of Drowning Pool and Saliva, who will both be doing 25th anniversary sets celebrating the Sinner and Every Six Seconds albums.

Did Kelly Osbourne + Sid Wilson End Their Engagement? Jesse Grant, Getty Images SHARE TWEET The drama surrounding Slipknot's Sid Wilson continues, as People is now reporting that the Slipknot turntablist and the mother of his child, Kelly Osbourne, have broken off their engagement. Osbourne and Wilson officially confirmed their relationship on Valentine's Day in 2022, with Kelly later becoming pregnant and giving birth to the couple's first child Sidney later that year.