Bands using backing tracks during live shows continues to be a hot button topic these days, and Mammoth WVH's Wolfgang Van Halen has made his stance known. As you might expect, with Van Halen taking ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - So, all you rock fans, it seems at least a couple of times a year there’s a kerfuffle concerning bands and artists using backing tracks during their shows. If you have no idea what ...

Backing vocals are the sort of thing, you might not miss until they're gone. On these five tracks, that is very much the case ...

Backing tracks are a valuable practice tool for musicians of all levels. Let’s face it, we don’t all live in a major city where we can play with top players every night and sometimes we need some ...

Exploring the often forgotten story of The Andantes, the Motown in-house backing vocalists who performed - uncredited - on ...

Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale is the embodiment of rock 'n' roll spirit, so it should come as no surprise that she is not keen on the use of backing tracks onstage. It disappoints her when she learns ...

"We've used technology since '87," Sixx said on Twitter, adding a list of specifics. He said the group employed "sequencers, sub tones, background vox tracks, plus background singers and us. [Motley ...

If the backing track on Beyoncé’s new recording of the Beatles’ “Blackbird” sounds especially familiar, there’s good reason for that. It turns out that the cover version she recorded for her “Cowboy ...

Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx often takes to social media to express his unfiltered opinions. Today, the musician took aim at a new, currently unnamed target. Sixx vented his frustration with bands ...

Fans are wondering if Taylor Swift lip-syncs in her Eras Tour. With lip-syncing becoming a controversial topic, as some artists don’t sing live and simply mime along to a backing track, some wonder if ...