Fan-filmed video footage of RATT's December 26 performance at the Hard Rock Rocksino in Northfield, Ohio can be seen below. According to RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer, a court ruling was made last month denying RATT guitarist Warren DeMartini's request for an injunction to prevent Blotzer from using and touring under the RATT trademark. DeMartini filed ...
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SKID ROW Splits With Singer TONY HARNELL
Vocalist Tony Harnell has confirmed that he has parted ways with SKID ROW, less than a year after he first joined the band. Harnell wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday (December 29): "I'm sorry to inform everyone that I'm no longer the lead singer for SKID ROW. I thank the fans for their love ...
STUCK MOJO Parts Ways With Vocalist BONZ, Bassist COREY LOWERY; New Album To Arrive Next Year
Rap/metal pioneers STUCK MOJO have confirmed that they have parted ways with vocalist Bonz and bassist Corey Lowery, a year after playing a well-received reunion show in the band's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Two new members have already been recruited and a new studio album has been completed, with tentative plans to release the CD ...
ANTHRAX To Sign Copies Of 'For All Kings' Playing Cards At Vintage Vinyl In New Jersey
On January 15, 2016, ANTHRAX will release a deck of custom "For All Kings" playing cards at indie record stores. There will be a download card inside that contains two tracks from the album prior to street date. On February 26 — the official "For All Kings" release date — the whole album will unlock. ...
Man Throws Beer Bottle At Bartender For Changing Music From BLACK SABBATH To Christmas Song
A 33-year-old man in Madison, Wisconsin was arrested after he threw a beer bottle at a bartender who changed music in the bar from BLACK SABBATH to a Christmas song, police said in a press release posted Monday. The incident happened at about 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve at the Farm Tavern. "He got upset ...
OZZY OSBOURNE Remembers LEMMY: 'He Was My Hero'
Ozzy Osbourne, one of the few musicians who knew Lemmy Kilmister from his early days in HAWKWIND through four decades of MOTÖRHEAD, has paid loving tribute to his longtime friend in a piece of RollingStone.com. He wrote, in part: "All I've done since I heard the news [of Lemmy's death] was reflect on ...
METALLICA's LARS ULRICH On LEMMY: 'His Spirit Will Always Live In Us'
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has penned a lengthy tribute to MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy Kilmister for RollingStone.com in which looks back on the influence Lemmy had not just on METALLICA but also on him personally. "I was down at [Lemmy's] 70th party [on December 13 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood], ...
ZAKK WYLDE On Paris Concert Massacre: 'It's Ridiculous, Man'
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde has commented on the events of November 13 in Paris, France, when more than 129 people were killed in seven coordinated terrorist attacks. The greatest number of deaths took place at the Bataclan, a French music venue where EAGLES OF DEATH METAL were performing when terrorists began a siege ...
ANNIHILATOR Planning First Concert Blu-Ray, Acoustic CD/DVD
Veteran Canadian metallers ANNIHILATOR have re-signed with UDR Music for two more studio albums. The band's leader, Jeff Waters, states: "That will put us at 17 studio CDs when that deal is over! Add that to the mega-package(s) we are planning in 2016 and it's gonna be a fantastic four more years with them, us ...