Watch Animals as Leaders shred through a blazing seven-song set at livestream event

Animals as Leaders performed a livestream event on July 9, and now footage from the gig has finally made its way online.

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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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