Chad Childers has been a music lover since his parents dragged him along to an Aerosmith/Bachman Turner Overdrive show as an infant. His love of music turned into a career in the mid-90s when he left a job in the Midwest as a librarian and moved to California to intern for Westwood One Radio. That led to work researching for Casey Kasem's countdown shows, writing and producing the alternative and active rock-related prep services SpinFax, The Fax, and Rip, Read and Rock, producing and writing for Westwood One's concert series as well as doing interviews across all music and entertainment formats. Since joining Loudwire in 2012, he's served as senior editor and is one of the writers for the site, while also interviewing bands and covering and photographing music festivals and concerts. He's also written for Ultimate Classic Rock, Pop Crush, Screen Crush and The FW. Twitter: @ChadChilLW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chad.childers
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Glitch Mob have remixed Metallica's 'Lords of Summer' as the official X Games theme song.
Metallica to Headline 2015 X Games in Austin
Metallica are heading to Texas for the 2015 X Games event in Austin next month.
YouTube Star Rob Scallon Records Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ Backwards Then Forwards
Watch as Rob Scallon records and performs Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' backwards.
San Francisco Giants Go ‘Black’ For Third Annual Metallica Day
Metallica returned to San Francisco's AT&T Park for the third annual Metallica Day with the San Francisco Giants.
Watch a Guy Rock 99 Metallica Songs in 10 Minutes!
Need a Metallica refresher course? Watch as this guy rocks through 99 Metallica tracks in 10 minutes.
Steve ‘n’ Seagulls Cover Metallica’s ‘Seek and Destroy’ Over Tea
Steve 'n' Seagulls are back with a bluegrass cover of Metallica's 'Seek and Destroy.'
Study Suggests Metallica Have Mastered the Loudest Album Ever
A new piece penned by mastering engineer Ian Shepherd claims that Metallica have mastered the loudest album in music.
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Admits Losing Phone Containing 250 Musical Ideas
The Metallica guitarist once claimed to have 400 riffs to sift through for the band's next album, but he no longer has access to a whole bunch of them.
Kirk Hammett Estimates Metallica at ’25 Percent, Maybe 30 Percent’ on New Album Completion
Guitarist Kirk Hammett has stated that Metallica is approximately '25 percent, maybe 30 percent' on new disc progress.
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on New Album: ‘We Have Songs,’ But ‘Things Can Shift Drastically’
Metallica's Kirk Hammett offers a new album update.
Hear Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ Get Mashed Up With Hall & Oates’ ‘I Can’t Go for That’
Before you can say "no can do," you should check out this Metallica mashup with Hall & Oates.
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Bruce Sinofsky, the co-director of Metallica's 'Some Kind of Monster' as well as the 'Paradise Lost' documentaries, has died at the age of 58.