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A GoFundMe page has been launched to help founding SAVATAGE bassist KEITH COLLINS who is battling dementia. Collins has been a driving force in the Tampa Bay music scene for decades. As the original bass player in Savatage, Keith helped shape the rise of heavy metal music locally and worldwide. He also published The Spike music magazine and created the Tampa Bay Metal Awards, always working to support and uplift fellow musicians. The GoFundMe page is at gofundme.com/f/support-keith-collins-tampa-bay-music-legend.
Raquel Figlo has been the person working behind the scenes helping artists earn media attention, launch albums, promote tours, build brands, and create careers that last. The veteran entertainment publicist has stepped into the spotlight with the release of her debut book NO ONE IS COVERING YOU now available worldwide in paperback and Kindle through Amazon. Written for musicians, bands, artist managers, record labels, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to build visibility, No One Is Covering You is an honest, practical guide to one of the music industry's most misunderstood subjects: publicity. Drawing from over 20 years of experience, Figlo explains why media coverage isn't based on luck, followers, or hype — it's built through strategy, credibility, relationships, consistency, and stories worth telling.
CHUCK BILLY — the iconic frontman of Bay Area thrash legends and very longtime HardRadio friends TESTAMENT — tells the whole truth in his unflinching memoir, HOLDING MY BREATH: THE TWO TESTAMENTS OF CHUCK BILLY publishing November 10, 2026, from Permuted Press. Structured as two interlocking testaments, the book traces the full arc of a life lived at maximum volume — and then something louder than any riff: the fight to stay alive. The Old Testament plunges readers into the explosive birth of Bay Area thrash metal, the formation of Testament, the rivalries, the brotherhood, and the reckless, glorious chaos of becoming one of the genre's most powerful voices. The New Testament is something rarer and more raw — a frontman at 38, blindsided by a devastating cancer diagnosis, drawing on his Native American and Mexican-American heritage, spiritual healers, visions, and the fierce love of a metal community.
