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 ...

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 ...

The subject of backing tracks has been one of the most highly-discussed and controversial topics in rock music over the last year or so. It seems that nearly every interview that's published features ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Back in April, I posted about an enjoyable live performance by The Ting Tings where ...

Everyone from Ronnie Radke to your favorite washed-up rockstar has an opinion on backing tracks, with some feeling like they enhance the show (or are a necessary component for certain bands) while ...

With the recent announcement that Corey Taylor‘s second solo album CMF2 is coming out this September, we’re bound to hear more and more from one of metal’s more outspoken frontmen about a whole mess ...

Amongst all the legal mud Dirt-slinging between Mötley Crüe and retired guitarist Mick Mars is the allegation from the co-founding axeman that his former bandmates have been using backing tracks ...

J Willgoose Esq, of dance-rock duo Public Service Broadcasting claims that credible indie bands have their entire performances pre-loaded on to laptops (Getty) Bands who rely on secret backing tapes ...