Metal playlists from the underground
Aerosmith is a legendary hard rock band from Boston that has been active since the early 1970s. The “Toxic Twins,” Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, have proven to be a very effective partnership for four decades. Aerosmith’s best material was written in the 70’s and their concert setlists today definitely reflect that. Aerosmith is Tyler […]
Aerosmith, arguably the greatest hard rock band of all time, brought their legendary live show back to Jones Beach last night with fellow hard rock icon Sammy Hagar supporting on the “Cocked, Rocked, Ready to Rock” tour. Hagar got the party started right, whipping through classics “There’s Only One Way To Rock,” “Bad Motor Scooter,” […]
BPMD, the iconic group of metal legends Bobby Blitz (Overkill), Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Sons of Apollo), Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and Phil Demmel (Vio–lence, ex-Machine Head) are gearing up to release their debut album of 70s rock cover, American Made, tomorrow June 12th on Napalm Records. This week BPMD unveiled their third single, […]
“Guitars are stupid. Guitarists are stupider. The egos, the lanky physiques, the sweep picking, and drowning out the rest of the band. What if we got rid of these poseurs altogether?” thought every bass player ever. That’s pretty much the vibe we get from The Great Russian Empire, or TGRE for short. This dark rock […]
Dear Millennial EDM Expert Still Living with Parents Because the System is Rigged Against You, It’s time to put down your glow sticks, neon tights, and molly so you can finally do something useful with your lazy existence. Try popping this list of guitar gods from the Gears of Rock before walking down to your […]
How do you accurately determine the best drummers in the history of hard rock and heavy metal? You can’t! On this list you will find 100 awesome drummers that have raised the standards of drumming. The order is far from perfect, but one thing that each of these musicians have in common is that each […]
In this series of posts, the Gears of Rock is counting down the 10 greatest hard rock and heavy metal bands by letter of the alphabet. We call this Top 10 Bands A to Z. Here are the 10 most spectacular bands that begin with the letter A: #1. AC/DC #2. Aerosmith #3. Anthrax #4. Alice […]
Hard Rock vs. Heavy Metal Sometimes it can be challenging to distinguish a hard rock band from a metal band. It is possible for bands to be both, however some bands are either purely hard rock or purely heavy metal. Let’s explore the differences between hard rock and heavy metal bands by considering some real-life […]
Here are the Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands of All-Time updated for 2014. These groups are established, they are hard, and some of them are really heavy. Sure, some are hard rock, others are heavy metal. Some bands on this list, at one time or another, could be considered death, grunge, sleaze, […]
Here is the Gears of Rock’s weekly recap of hard rock and heavy metal news for the May 18-25: “Legendary Child” is the newest single by legendary Boston hard rockers Aerosmith. From the upcoming studio album Music From Another Dimension and soundtrack to the new GI Joe: Retaliation film, the song…read more Axl Rose falls on his ass at Liverpool […]