John Parks of Legendary Rock Interviews recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal veterans SAXON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Legendary Rock Interviews: You have been on a real creative tear lately, with the last couple albums being some of the best-reviewed and ...
OnlineDrummer.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Portnoy, who co-founded DREAM THEATER more than 27 years ago, abruptly quit the band in September 2010 while on tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD. He has ...
KillYourStereo.com recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KillYourStereo.com: How far into the future are you looking in terms of where you want to take [NEWSTED]? Newsted: As far as we can. ...
Raymond Westland of Ghost Cult Magazine recently conducted an interview with renowned Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ghost Cult Magazine: Can you takes us through the motions of coming up with the concept behind "The Retinal Circus" to the point where ...
Singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES) joined guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SBIERIAN ORCHESTRA) on stage on August 24 at Ripper's Rock House in Akron, Ohio to perform a couple of SAVATAGE classics: "Edge Of Thorns" and "Hall Of The Mountain King". Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be ...
British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN this week landed at position No. 1 on Billboard.com's "Hot Tours" list of top-grossing tours with $8.5 million in ticket sales from six performances on their summer tour of Europe. The shows were attended by a total of 121,280 fans, including a two-night, sold-out stand on August ...
Shockwave Magazine conducted an interview with ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON drummer Ginger Fish (real name: Kenneth Robert Wilson) during the recently completed Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. Rob Zombie's fifth album, "Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor", sold 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to ...
Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with Swedish melodic metallers AMARANTHE. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. AMARANTHE's sophomore album, "The Nexus", sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 12 on the Top ...
Shockwave Magazine recently conducted an interview with bassist Tobin Esperance of Californian rockers PAPA ROACH. You can now watch the chat below. PAPA ROACH's latest album, "The Connection", was re-released in Europe as a special tour edition on May 6 via Eleven Seven Music. The effort contains a bonus DVD of a concert at Club ...
