rock on the range

Thousands of shirtless, tattooed and eventually sunburned music fans gathered at Columbus, Ohio’s Crew Stadium to pray at the alter of rock for the sixth annual Rock on the Range festival. If you missed out on the 44-band roxtravaganza or if you just want to relive the weekend one image at a time, check out our exclusive photo galleres from Rock on the Range 2012 below.

One of my interviews at this year's Rock on the Range was with front man Jay Buchanan of Los Angeles quartet Rival Sons; he talked about how blues music led to rock, how MP3 players are lowering the quality of music and how the band uses a unique process when recording albums.

I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch at Rock on the Range. He's presumably one of the nicest and funny performers I've ever been able to sit and talk with, not to mention his Hungarian accent is badass. He's currently one of FFDP's guitarists, and opened up about the band's influence on the military, performing for SEAL Team 6, protecting th

I only got to see about five or six performances at last weekend's Rock on the Range, but my two favorites by far were Shinedown and Slash, who made the entire trip just that much better!

Loudwire had a blast at this year’s Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, but the highlight came when we were called upon by the rock gods to sit in a room and have a conversation with Rob Zombie. The rocker and filmmaker was incredibly gracious and offered insight into a number of items on his plate.

One of the highlights of this year’s Rock on the Range is the appearance of metal masters Mastodon and Loudwire was lucky enough to catch up with drummer Brann Dailor before their set today (May 20).

I got the chance to chat with Robert Ortiz,drummer for rock quintet Escape the Fate for the second time within a year and he shared with me who his dream super group would be if he ever decided to form one.

Rock quintet Bobaflex hail from Point Pleasant, West Virginia and have been around for about eight years, living on less than satisfactory sustanace, a few bucks, oh and fans couches.

San Diego, California-based band P.O.D, or Payable on Death visited with me and got right into the topic of religion and how they are negatively labeled a "Christian rock" band.

Drummer Barry Kerch from inspirational rock quartet Shinedown sat down with me to discuss the current state of the band, as well as their new album Amaryllis, which released two months ago.

Maria Brink-fronted quintet In This Moment chatted with us about their upcoming album Blood and exactly what "lit a fire" under them during its prodcution that made it into what it became.

Shinedown have had much success with their latest album ‘Amaryllis,’ which includes their radio hit ‘Bully’ and the new single ‘Unity.’ Loudwire had the chance to catch up with the band’s guitarist Zach Myers backstage at Rock on the Range today (May 19) and he talked about the songwriting process for the album.