When Metallica began gathering together everything they had in their vaults to include in a super-deluxe, box-set reissue of their touchstone 1986 LP Master of Puppets, they realized they had a lot more material to work with than on the reissues of their first two albums. “The hardest part of it all was the ‘kitchen sink element,’” Lars Ulrich…… MORE

Texas voters have ratified all seven amendments proposed to the state Constitution. The seven amendments range from issues related to property tax exemptions for disabled veterans to reducing restrictions on Texans borrowing against equity in their homes. Read more about the voters’ decisions here.… MORE

The shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas that left 26 people dead and 20 others wounded has a lot of churches reviewing their own security. Byers First Assembly of God Pastor James Keenum shared how that attack is changing the way they operate when it comes to keeping the congregation safe. Click here to learn…… MORE

Deadly attacks over the past two years, from Orlando, Florida, to Manchester, England, have forced concert organizers to drastically heighten their security, adding measures like anti-drone technology and moving crowd checkpoints far outside venue doors. But the Vegas massacre is causing them to grapple with an entirely new kind of attack. Read here to find out what…… MORE

ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons was experiencing a rare bit of downtime when he phoned into Rolling Stone for a Last Word interview in late October. ZZ Top had just postponed their remaining 2017 dates while bassist Dusty Hill dealt with what a press released called a “tummy ailment,” and Gibbons had yet to begin his current solo tour. That…… MORE