Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

Umphrey’s McGee returns with their fifth studio album in their storied decade-plus career. Death by Stereo , which was released on September 13, is a varied collection of tunes spanning multiple genres from garage punk to metal to progressive rock to country to funk to 70s R&B and 80s synth pop.

Jani Lane, the 47-year-old frontman of 80s hair band Warrant was found dead yesterday in a hotel in Woodland Hills, and the Los Angeles Police Department has launched an investigation into the cause of death. [ more › ]

You have every right to be offended and hilariously entertained by Steel Panther. With their full-immersion interpretation of hair metal's heyday, the line between parody, homage and reality are beyond blurred.

You have every right to be offended and hilariously entertained by Steel Panther. With their full-immersion interpretation of hair metal's heyday, the line between parody, homage and reality are beyond blurred.

The year 1990 was the beginning of the end for the pompous hair metal which had dominated the 80s. While grunge would deliver the final, knock-out blow the following year, Pantera would arguably land the first shot with their major label debut, Cowboys From Hell.