Iron Maiden’s blockbusting A Matter Of Life And Death was released on this day in 2006

If you’re driven to be a truth-teller, you might, at some point, find yourself blacklisted. I’ve only been blacklisted once (that I know of), and it was after I did an interview with a band that went very, very south. I wove what happened into the article — a risk to be sure, and one that was met with both praise and a smidge of in...

Twilight director Chris Weitz has opened up about nearly casting Taylor Swift as an extra in 2009’s New Moon but ultimately deciding against it. Guesting on Twilight star Ashley Greene’s The Twilight Effect podcast, Weitz said Swift had asked to be an extra in the movie, but he declined because he thought she’d be t...

Gord Lewis, guitarist for early Canadian punk greats Teenage Head, was found dead in his Hamilton, Ontario apartment Sunday at age 65. Lewis’ body was discovered after several news outlets received emails from his son, Jonathan Lewis, informing them that his father was dead. Police told the CBC that there were signs of foul play at the...

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