Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy recently spoke to Remo percussion about his current projects and future plans. Check out the footage in two parts below. Just days after it was announced that he'd been dismissed as the touring drummer for AVENGED SEVENFOLD, Portnoy revealed that he tried to rejoin DREAM THEATER, and was rebuffed. ...
According to the St. Petersburg Times, the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team, as part of this season's outdoor concert series, tapped original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley to perform March 11 after the Ottawa Senators game. To promote Ace's participation in the event, the marketing team hung banners of Frehley around the St. Pete ...
21-year-old "American Idol" contestant James Durbin took to the stage earlier tonight (Tuesday, March 1) performing a cover version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "You Got Another Thing Coming". His rendition marked the first time, according to AEROSMITH singer and "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler, where a JUDAS PRIEST single was performed on the "Idol" ...
A number of high-quality photos from the February, 27, 2011 show from the "Power Of Metal" tour — featuring NEVERMORE, SYMPHONY X, PSYCHOTIC WALTZ , MERCENARY and THAUROROD — at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium can be found at Metal-Experience.com. PSYCHOTIC WALTZ's setlist was as follows: 01. Ashes 02. Spiral Tower 03. Haze One ...
Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Chris Adler of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: What inspired you to write "The Making Of New American Gospel"? Chris Adler: There's every reason it shouldn't have been the first one. It's ...
Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach recently entered a Los Angeles studio with his new, young, virtuosic guitarist Nick Sterling and producer Bob Marlette (BLACK SABBATH, SHINEDOWN, ATREYU, FILTER) to fine-tune the material that will appear on Bach's next CD, tentatively due this summer via the Italian label Frontiers Records. States Sebastian: "We have written ...
Veteran German thrashers SODOM were joined on stage by 73-year-old Tunisian-born German schlager singer Roberto Blanco on the last night of their European tour on February 20 at Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Their performance of Blanco's 1972 hit "Ein Bisschen Spaß Muss Sein", a renowned German party song, was filmed for the German Alzheimer's Association's ...
On the last night of METALLICA's massive "Death Magnetic" tour in December 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, Marcus Teague of The Vine conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich exclusively for So What!, the official METALLICA fan club magazine. A couple of excerpts from the portion of the chat that did not make ...
Revolver TV has uploaded video footage of Full Metal Jackie's interview with guitarist/vocalist vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER. The chat — the audio portion of which originally aired on the January 14-16edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show — can be viewed below. Entire interview (audio):
British heavy metal legends SAXON have written two tracks for the forthcoming film "Hybrid Theory", starring Noel Clarke ("Kidulthood"), Martin McCann ("Killing Bono", "Clash Of The Titans"), Martin Compston ("Disappearance Of Alice Creed"), Craig Conway ("Descent, Dog Soldiers", "Doomsday") and directed by James Erskin ("One Night in Turin"). Shooting will begin in June this year. ...
