Hard rock band Santa Cruz has been blasted on social media after footage of the group performing with a pre recorded vocal track went viral. In the video, which can be seen below, frontman Archie Cruz ...

W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless admitted to using backing tracks during the band's live performances, but he insisted they're purely a supplemental tool to give fans the best experience possible.

“I have a problem when you charge $100 to see a live show and the artist uses backing tracks,” Simmons says. “It’s like the ingredients in food, if the first ingredient on the label is sugar that’s at ...

Have W.A.S.P. been using pre-recorded backing tracks live for Blackie Lawless' lead vocal? The rocker has responded. It happened during an interview with The Metal Voice, where Lawless defended ...

The use of backing tracks—pre-recorded material or other selected sonic elements from a band’s record—played during an artists’ live performance is essentially a public secret. The world is familiar ...

The debate over backing tracks rages on, and it seems like every metal musician is being asked in interviews if they support backing tracks. Blackie Lawless thinks they’re fine, Tracii Guns says ...