My excitement of the RC Industry Profile invite was quickly squashed when Steve informed me I was chosen because  no one else had answered their phone.
I began my career at RCA Records in their short lived Metal Department.  Looking back now, I think the most “metal” we had was when my change dropped on the floor!
I won that job in a contest of who could maintain their ‘Aqua Net hair’ through various weather conditions, or keep their Devil Horns gesture still the longest. The BMG Wednesday pouch circulated totaled about an acre of forest each time.
I followed that with a stint at Round the Globe Music, owned by Neil Levine. This company was primarily urban music, but had a metal department. Important lessons there included learning who Suge Knight was, and not to make small talk when he called for Neil.  I also learned if I’m alone in the office, don’t answer the door! Continue Reading »

12 Stones’ fourth studio album ‘Beneath the Scars’ and drops May 22. The band once again teamed with producer Skidd Mills (Skillet, Sick Puppies) to record the new 14-track disc.

12 Stones first caught the attention of the mainstream when McCoy collaborated with Evanescence on the 2003 Grammy winning mega-hit ‘Bring Me to Life.’ The Louisiana rockers have sold more than 1 million copies of their albums, in addition to receiving multiple GMA Dove nominations. Continue Reading »

Chickenfoot are heading out on the road this May and June for a North American tour. The Different Devil Tour 2012 is set to kick off with a two night stand on May 4th and 5th in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and will hit major cities across North America before concluding on June 10th at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Continue Reading »

Mastodon have never really done anything the “conventional” way. The Atlanta-based band formulated their own brand of highly-skilled hard rock over a decade ago when others were rehashing 80s metal, and went on to mastermind a string of complex concept albums while much of the music world was centered on making digestible singles. The fact that Mastodon has received an outpouring of critical kudos along with public praise from respected icons from Metallica to The Melvins, The Flaming Lips and CeeLo Green and back, they’ve been humbled by the magnitude of appreciation. But rather than taking time to revel, they prefer to focus their attention on pushing musical boundaries even deeper by exploring their own creative process to the fullest. Continue Reading »