Freddy Villano

Freddy Villano is a professional bassist, writer, theater-maker and certified Alexander Technique teacher. He has toured and recorded with artists such as Quiet Riot, Widowmaker (featuring Dee Snider of Twisted Sister), David Bowie guitar legend Earl Slick, and countless independent bands, including American Mafia, The Crows, and Red56. He's currently holding down the low end for ’80s metal icons the Rods, whose new album Rattle the Cage (featuring Freddy on bass) was released on January 19, 2023. He studied at City College of New York/CUNY and at Dell’Arte International.

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Four and a half years after Slayer’s last performance in 2019, guitarist Kerry King returns to the throne with his first solo outing, From Hell I Rise.

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Coheed and Cambria’s Universe Keeps Expanding

From fantasy to reality, guitarist and singer Claudio Sanchez charts a new course on The Father of Make Believe, the newest part of the concept rockers’ Vaxis series.

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Killswitch Engage’s Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel

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Joe Dart, Pino Palladino, and Tim Commerford Talk StingRay

The three bassists—whose collective work spans Vulfpeck, D’Angelo, Rage Against the Machine, and much more—cast a wide musical net with their StingRay basses.

A History of the Iconic StingRay Bass

Sterling Ball tells the story of an instrument that reaches back to the earliest days of electric-guitar manufacturing. In the hands of players including Pino Palladino, Joe Dart, Tim Commerford, and Tony Levin, it continues to live on the cutting edge.

Slayer’s Kerry King Reclaims the Throne

Four and a half years after Slayer’s last performance in 2019, guitarist Kerry King returns to the throne with his first solo outing, From Hell I Rise.

Judas Priest: Defenders of the Faith

On their new album, Judas Priest brandish an Invincible Shield of righteous heavy metal.

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From fantasy to reality, guitarist and singer Claudio Sanchez charts a new course on The Father of Make Believe, the newest part of the concept rockers’ Vaxis series.

What Lindsay Ell, Joshua Crumbly, Jennifer Batten, Earl Slick, and other traveling artists ask for on the road, and the lessons they’ve learned.

The metalcore pioneers return with an album for the times, This Consequence, that explores division, war, and other modern-day troubles to the tune of the band’s tandem guitar duo’s brutal, lockstep riff-ery.

The three bassists—whose collective work spans Vulfpeck, D’Angelo, Rage Against the Machine, and much more—cast a wide musical net with their StingRay basses.

Sterling Ball tells the story of an instrument that reaches back to the earliest days of electric-guitar manufacturing. In the hands of players including Pino Palladino, Joe Dart, Tim Commerford, and Tony Levin, it continues to live on the cutting edge.

Four and a half years after Slayer’s last performance in 2019, guitarist Kerry King returns to the throne with his first solo outing, From Hell I Rise.

On their new album, Judas Priest brandish an Invincible Shield of righteous heavy metal.