Prior to this, he cemented his name in the heavy metal music scene in the ‘80s as one of the founding members of the iconic ...

Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad crowd and then go home. There's little room for ...

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill has named his all-time bass idol and the album he says is "probably" his No. 1 desert island album all in the same breath. Hill, the lone remaining original member of the ...

Geezer Butler is patient zero for heavy metal bass riffs. He played bass for Black Sabbath. One of the greatest rock bands of all time and true pioneers in the heavy metal genre. Along with playing ...

Washington -- A drill sergeant from Larose has been named "soldier of the year" by Army Times newspaper. The award winner, Staff Sgt. Joseph Fontenot, left a career as a heavy-metal bass player with ...