New format wherein I interview a guest. This week it’s my brother, “Dave,” and we discuss Metallica letting down the “lost suburban boys” of the 1980s, Nirvana before they got famous, the real Seattle Sound (the Melvins, the Accused, and Coffinbreak), violent moshpits back in the day (eg. at NoMeansNo), desert island playlists, Courtney Love, Nicke…

This week’s top stories: Ghost beats Slipknot to win a Grammy; Alice Cooper has two new albums in the works; Lita Ford dishes about Tony Iommi’s alleged violence and impotence; Stryper bear false witness against themselves via backing tracks; Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malnsteen, and Nuno Bettencourt have themselves a wanky little guitar god tou…

This week’s top stories: Stone Temple Pilots is looking for a new singer; James Hetfield figures Metallica will never get to play the Super Bowl halftime show; Geoff Tate is working on a jazz record; the Bataclan will reopen later this year; and Spirit’s lawsuit against Led Zeppelin goes to trial in May. Plus: Pyra gets Sonata Arctica and Stratovar…

This week’s top stories: Megadeth’s new album launches at #3 on the Billboard charts while Justin Bieber’s album is #2 (but you already knew that); Indeed.com shows us a parallel universe where Lita Ford is a dorky librarian/high school band teacher; Bret Michaels fancies himself a luggage designer, the better to transport wigs and bandanas; Vince …

This week’s top stories: Guns N Roses has an innovative new plan to sell $2500 VIP packages that don’t involve meeting the band; Vince Neil signs up to get fired by the Terminator on the new Celebrity Apprentice; Scottish pigeons look forward to a new bronze statue of Bon Scott to crap on; Nickelback infuriates hipsters by starting work on a new al…

This week’s top stories: Black Sabbath breaks out the golden oldies for their final tour; Dee Snider works with one of Katy Perry and Kanye West’s songwriters; turns out Lemmy died from prostate cancer; the reunited Guns N Roses are back to the same old, same old… namely, rehearsing without Axl; and Mick Mars is busy making some new “slamming” rock…

This week: Metallica’s lawyers get “overzealous” against a tribute band; Nickelback vs. Lloyd’s of London; Lemmy’s funeral watched by over a quarter million folks online, including 2 of Motörhead’s guitarists; Guns N Roses’ Dizzy Reed plays with a GNR tribute band; Alan Niven says Izzy Stradlin’s still waiting to decide on playing Coachella with th…

This week’s news stories: Nikki Sixx is on vacation but still wants your attention; Guns N Roses are confirmed as Coachella headliners though the line up remains unconfirmed; petitions to Lemmy-fy everything; Steven Tyler goes twangy again; Sebastian Bach wants his old gig back; Peter Cetera might well play with Chicago at the Hall of Fame inductio…

This week: Lemmy dies, Tommy Lee gets stuck on his roller coaster at the final Mötley Crüe show, Guns N Roses reunion rumors intensify due to Billboard reports and a weird trailer in movie theatres, Tony Harnell dumps Skid Row via social media, AC/DC outsells ’em all concert-wise, a Ratt sets off a fire alarm, and more. http://rocknrollblathershow.…

On this very first episode of The Rock N Roll Blather Show: Columbia House refuses to stay dead; Ukraine bans Fred Durst; Don Dokken dares defy the PC thought police; in a shocking twist, it turns out Scott Weiland didn’t die of ebola; there will be new Nine Inch Nails crap in 2016; Vince Neil sells his water wasting house, gets sued by investors, …