METAL SHOP Wishes You A Kick Ass Christmas!

  The fists were pumping on July 8th as Judas Priest and Queensryche hit the stage at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California. Queensryche opened with a great one hour set that included ‘Walk In the Shadows’ and ‘Queen of the Reich.’ They closed with’Take Hold of the Flame.’   Touring in support of…

  This Day In History (Dec. 6, 2003): METAL SHOP signed on 9 years ago today and HAIR BAND RADIO 5 years ago today! We’re just excited we’re still here.   Thanks to everyone who makes this go, including Ralph in L.A. bringing us the front row view at all the big shows. Most important though are…

  The 2006 Gigantour, featuring Megadeth made a stop in Southern California. This year’s show was as good as last year. All of the bands on the tour sounded great and Megadeth played a new song called ‘Washingtons’ and let me tell you it kicks ass. It was fun to hang out backstage while Megadeth…

  In the last few months Megadeth has been on tour with Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath in the USA and South America. So now with some down time and getting ready to do their own headliner tour, why not do a one night show for the fans!!!!     Megadeth did just that and…

  Time to kick Tuesday’s ass with 80’s metal and hard rock… Maiden, Priest, Metallica, DIO, Crue, Scorps, RATT, Megadeth, W.A.S.P., Dokken and more spin 24/7 on METAL SHOP.   Happy Birthday to SKID ROW founder and bassist Rachel Bolan (real name: James Richard Southworth). His stage name ‘Bolan’ is a tribute to one of…

  JUDAS PRIEST celebrates 40 years of heavy metal dominance with ‘Epitaph‘, a 23-song live concert Blu-Ray/DVD from the closing night of the “Epitaph World Tour” – the band’s final world tour – recorded at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo in May 2012.   This release contains live versions of at least one song from each…