Shayne Mathis
@metalshayne.bsky.social
Present: Heavy metal marketing and editorial stuff at Believe Music. Past: YouTube Music, writing words about music on the internet, Full Metal Hipster podcast. I probably won’t follow you back.
My elevator pitch for Airheads 2 is The Lone Rangers are retired but their kids have a band and they get into hijinks. Like they take over the Spotify office in LA because they’re mad Sleep Token gets more streams than them or something. Also, the kids are played by the actors’ real life children.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My elevator pitch for Airheads 2 is The Lone Rangers are retired but their kids have a band and they get into hijinks. Like they take over the Spotify office in LA because they’re mad Sleep Token gets more streams than them or something. Also, the kids are played by the actors’ real life children.
I would also force Hollywood to make more Reign of Fire moves.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I would also force Hollywood to make more Reign of Fire moves.
Airheads 2, baby
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Airheads 2, baby
Aging as a music fan means watching all the guys you thought were cool when you were young slowly turn into lame-asses.
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Aging as a music fan means watching all the guys you thought were cool when you were young slowly turn into lame-asses.
I have waited so long but it’s finally Blind Guardian Day!
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I have waited so long but it’s finally Blind Guardian Day!
There’s a guy at this show who’s like 6’5” and he clobbered 4-5 kids in the pit doing Mike Haggar’s spin move from Final Fight.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
There’s a guy at this show who’s like 6’5” and he clobbered 4-5 kids in the pit doing Mike Haggar’s spin move from Final Fight.
So much dumb social media discourse is the result of someone posting a selectively cropped screenshot of an article.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So much dumb social media discourse is the result of someone posting a selectively cropped screenshot of an article.
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
NYC is expensive, loud, and smells like a filthy toilet but you can also randomly stumble across a raclette pop-up so it balances out.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NYC is expensive, loud, and smells like a filthy toilet but you can also randomly stumble across a raclette pop-up so it balances out.
JD Vance sobbing and screaming in the bathroom because another father abandoned him.
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
JD Vance sobbing and screaming in the bathroom because another father abandoned him.
HIRS, y’all! HIRS!
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
HIRS, y’all! HIRS!
In 2024 I went to 83 shows. Tonight I’m going to my 82nd for 2025 and I’m on pace to close out the year with 92 shows attended. I could have hit at least 100 but there was a month or two where I didn’t go to any. Please help me I’m so tired.
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In 2024 I went to 83 shows. Tonight I’m going to my 82nd for 2025 and I’m on pace to close out the year with 92 shows attended. I could have hit at least 100 but there was a month or two where I didn’t go to any. Please help me I’m so tired.
There’s a Shane Mathis I discovered years ago who was a gospel singer haha
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There’s a Shane Mathis I discovered years ago who was a gospel singer haha
The Living Colour boys have still got the juice btw
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Living Colour boys have still got the juice btw
At the end of the show he had all the house lights turned on and played Killing in the Name with the audience doing the lyrics.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
At the end of the show he had all the house lights turned on and played Killing in the Name with the audience doing the lyrics.
I was on the fence about going tonight but I’m so glad I did. This was nuts.
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I was on the fence about going tonight but I’m so glad I did. This was nuts.
I’m seeing Tom Morello’s solo tour tonight and I hope he tries to do the rapping during the RATM medleys in the setlist.
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I’m seeing Tom Morello’s solo tour tonight and I hope he tries to do the rapping during the RATM medleys in the setlist.
If I was running a metal blog or podcast, instead of covering crap like band drama or whatever, I would interview Patti Harrison about being the funniest comedian in the world and also having excellent taste in music.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If I was running a metal blog or podcast, instead of covering crap like band drama or whatever, I would interview Patti Harrison about being the funniest comedian in the world and also having excellent taste in music.
I’m reading that Greg Ginn interview in the New York Times and thinking about the 2008 movie The Rocker where Dwight Schrute plays a washed-up hair metal drummer from the 80s who joins a high school rock band.
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m reading that Greg Ginn interview in the New York Times and thinking about the 2008 movie The Rocker where Dwight Schrute plays a washed-up hair metal drummer from the 80s who joins a high school rock band.
I logged into Facebook for the first time in a while and one of the first things in my feed was a suggested post from a guy having a meltdown because there are too many anti-Trump memes being posted in an It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia group.
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I logged into Facebook for the first time in a while and one of the first things in my feed was a suggested post from a guy having a meltdown because there are too many anti-Trump memes being posted in an It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia group.
Look, Yyou have to go see Die Spitz live if you like loud guitars. They still have a few dates left in Philly, DC, and Nashville on this tour. What a band!
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Look, Yyou have to go see Die Spitz live if you like loud guitars. They still have a few dates left in Philly, DC, and Nashville on this tour. What a band!
Die Spitz holy shit
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Die Spitz holy shit
I can’t wait for these files to come out and they’re full of redactions that look like this.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I can’t wait for these files to come out and they’re full of redactions that look like this.