Chad Childers has been a music lover since his parents dragged him along to an Aerosmith/Bachman Turner Overdrive show as an infant. His love of music turned into a career in the mid-90s when he left a job in the Midwest as a librarian and moved to California to intern for Westwood One Radio. That led to work researching for Casey Kasem's countdown shows, writing and producing the alternative and active rock-related prep services SpinFax, The Fax, and Rip, Read and Rock, producing and writing for Westwood One's concert series as well as doing interviews across all music and entertainment formats. Since joining Loudwire in 2012, he's served as senior editor and is one of the writers for the site, while also interviewing bands and covering and photographing music festivals and concerts. He's also written for Ultimate Classic Rock, Pop Crush, Screen Crush and The FW. Twitter: @ChadChilLW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chad.childers
Chad Childers
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Encore! Encore!
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Hear (and see) the band's four-song performance.
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See why the music may have traveled that far.
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Check out their performance of 'Isolation.'
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The singer toured with the traveling production between 2004-2012.
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Did everyone judge too harshly?
Ted Nugent Proclaims ‘You Can’t Cancel Me’ While Replacing Recently Dropped Show
After a recent show was canceled, Ted's heading across the state border.
‘MTV News’ Shut Down After 36-Year Run
The end of an era.
Robert Trujillo Names His Favorite Metallica Album
And he disqualifies their newest one.