The Price of Persistence: Inside Chad Gray’s Three-Decade Odyssey Through Heavy Metal, Financial Warfare, and Stage Brutality

Executive Overview Across a career spanning more than thirty years, two defining bands, and multiple eras of industrial and cultural transition, Chad Gray has operated as one of heavy music’s most ferocious frontmen. As the blood-splattered, theatrical centerpiece of Peoria, Illinois math-metal pioneers Mudvayne and the hard-rocking supergroup Hellyeah!, the 54-year-old vocalist has experienced the … Read more

Legacy of a Pop-Punk Pioneer: Hayley Williams Pays Tribute to New Found Glory Founder Chad Gilbert Following His Passing at 45

Executive Overview The alternative music community is mourning the loss of Chad Gilbert, the foundational guitarist, chief songwriter, and creative engine of the seminal pop-punk group New Found Glory, who passed away on September 20 at his home in Nashville at the age of 45. Gilbert’s death comes six months after he shared updates regarding … Read more

In Memoriam: Chad Gilbert, Founding Guitarist of New Found Glory, Dies at 45

Executive Overview Chad Everett Gilbert, the founding guitarist, primary songwriter, and creative engine behind the influential Florida pop-punk band New Found Glory, passed away peacefully on the morning of September 20 at the age of 45. Surrounded by close friends and family, Gilbert took his final breaths with his wife, Lisa, and his mother, Jackie, … Read more

You missed