Iconic American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose will be saluted by a stellar lineup of musicians whose own careers were influenced by the legendary and powerful Montrose sound at "Ronnie Montrose Remembered" — one of the most-talked-about shows of NAMM 2020. This celebratory concert highlighting Montrose's career will feature his greatest hits from early MONTROSE, EDGAR ...
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SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt has shared a few photos of the band's last-ever concert, which took place on November 30 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. "A few from the final show taken by none other than my wife and best friend on this earth @lisaholt777 !" Holt wrote on Instagram. "Her new camera is ...
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Video footage of SLIPKNOT's Jay Weinberg laying down the drums tracks for the song "Orphan" during the recording sessions for the band's latest album, "We Are Not Your Kind", can be seen below. SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root told Kerrang! about "Orphan": "This is a demo that came from my garage. It's a metal banger. When ...
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The Geeks, Graves And Good Stuff YouTube channel has uploaded a new video of the graves of PANTERA founders Vinnie Paul Abbott and "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott at the Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Texas. Check out the six-minute clip below. Vinnie Paul's grave marker was officially installed on May 24. ...
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Since 2008's "Full Fathom Five" live LP, all of CLUTCH's albums have been issued via the group's own label, Weathermaker Music. Speaking to Metal Express Radio why the Maryland rockers haven't worked with an outside record label in more than a decade, drummer Jean-Paul Gaster said (hear audio below): "In the ...
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Japanese rock star Yoshiki will team up with American rock legends KISS for a once-in-a-lifetime television performance on Japan's NHK network. The artists will appear together as "Yoshiki feat. KISS" ("YOSHIKISS") during the New Year's Eve "Red And White Music Battle" ("Kouhaku Uta Gassen"), the most-watched television program in Japan, which is also broadcast worldwide. ...
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In celebration of MusiCares's milestone anniversary, Julien's Auctions will host a special online only auction with advance bidding beginning December 27, 2019 to registered bidders on JuliensLive.com who are not able to attend the MusiCares Person Of The Year benefit gala honoring AEROSMITH at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January ...
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HELLYEAH bassist Kyle Sanders spoke to "Rock Inc" podcast host Sean Knight about what it has been like touring without the band's drummer, Vinnie Paul Abbott, who passed away a year and a half ago. "It's been equally awesome and rough at the same time — just a lot of highs ...
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Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo appears to be once again warming up to the idea of one day releasing his autobiography. Anselmo and BloodyDisgusting.com writer Corey Mitchell in 2013 secured a deal with Jeremie Ruby-Strauss, senior editor at Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books imprint, for Anselmo's memoir, which was supposed to be titled "Mouth For ...
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Mike Portnoy's 22-year-old daughter Melody recently challenged the former DREAM THEATER and current SONS OF APOLLO drummer to a game of "Beatles: Name That Tune". You can watch the seven-minute clip below. Portnoy is a sef-proclaimed huge BEATLES fan who is part of the BEATLES tribute supergroup YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD featuring Neal Morse, Paul Gilbert ...
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HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray spoke to KISW's "Metal Shop" about the band's decision to continue touring after playing its first concert with STONE SOUR drummer Roy Mayorga, who stepped in as the replacement for the late Vinnie Paul Abbott. "We did the one show [in May] — that's all we talked about doing after Vinnie ...
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Philip H. Anselmo's EN MINOR played a special hometown show this past Friday, December 20 at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans. The intimate performance served as the band's third time ever playing live. EN MINOR's live lineup features Anselmo alongside Stephen Taylor (SUPERJOINT, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, WOVEN HAND, 16 HORSE POWER), ...
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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA performed a previously unreleased song called "Hey, Can You Hear Me Now?" during its concert on Saturday, December 21 in Newark, New Jersey. The track was originally written by founder/composer/lyricist Paul O'Neill more than three decades ago and was recently uncovered on a cassette tape left behind by the TSO visionary, who passed ...
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HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell spoke to the Edmonton Journal about the band's decision to perform covers of PANTERA's "I'm Broken" and "Walk" during its recent tour as a tribute to HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (formerly of PANTERA), who passed away a year and a half ago. "We've never done anything ...
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Jason Becker, the guitarist/composer who has had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease) for 30 years, has posted the following message on his web site: "Hi everyone, "I'm feeling very grateful for the blessings in my life — for you all, and for your prayers and their effect on me. I had an ...
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This past August, SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson stopped in to meet all of his adoring fans at Sam Ash's New York City store to take photos and sign their gear, including his new Jackson Pro Series Signature Mick Thomson Soloist SL2. Check out a video recap below. As previously reported, Thomson and his SLIPKNOT bandmate ...
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Philip H. Anselmo's EN MINOR will play a special hometown show this Friday, December 20 at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans. The intimate performance serves as the band's third time ever playing live. EN MINOR's live lineup will feature Anselmo alongside Stephen Taylor (SUPERJOINT, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, WOVEN HAND, 16 HORSE ...
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The career of Gary Moore was a jagged timeline, full of twists, turns and wild tangents. And yet, through it all, the Irishman never lost faith in the power of live music. On December 2, 2009 — just fourteen months before his tragic death aged 58 — the fabled guitarist played a special one-off club ...
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The "Appetite For Distortion" podcast recently conducted an interview with PAPA ROACH bassist Tobin Esperance. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what has changed in PAPA ROACH's career over the last 20 years: Tobin: "Mainly, recently because people they say, 'Wow, 20 years!' We're celebrating ...
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SLIPKNOT's Jim Root and Mick Thomson have been named winners of this year's Music Radar poll for "Best Metal Guitarists In The World." The pair received over 17,000 votes, beating out such names as James Hetfield (METALLICA); James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch (KORN); Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Söderberg (AMON ...
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During a recent interview with Tommy Sommers of Three Sides Of The Coin, rock legend Alice Cooper spoke at length about HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, his side project with actor Johnny Depp and AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. "Right now," Alice explained, "Johnny's doing movies and Joe's doing the [AEROSMITH] residency in Vegas, and ...
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Paulie Walnuts of HardDrive Radio recently conducted an interview with HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how his recent JASTA solo record, "The Last Chapters – Volume 2" came about: Jamey: "I don't know if it was something ...
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"Inside Out", the new music video from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's eighth album, "F8", due on February 28 via Better Noise Music. Fans who pre-order the album digitally will receive an instant download of "Inside Out" along with two other new tracks before the ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Bruce Dickinson's one-man speaking show on December 13 at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland can be seen below. The performance, dubbed "What Does This Button Do?" after the IRON MAIDEN singer's autobiography of the same name, featured a comedic routine as well as an unscripted question-and-answer session with fans. Dickinson told ...
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According to Eonmusic, Bruce Dickinson has revealed that he has been in discussions about bringing IRON MAIDEN's epic "Empire Of The Clouds" to the live stage along with other MAIDEN classics, in an orchestral setting. Dickinson, a huge fan of DEEP PURPLE, whose Jon Lord recorded the "Concerto For Group And ...
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's Jason Hook has thanked fans for ther support after undergoing surgery to have his gallbladder removed. Hook's operation took place Thursday night, just hours after the band was forced to postpone a show in Duluth, Minnesota. The final two concerts of FIVE FINGER's fall 2019 tour were also postponed: Saturday (December ...
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's Jason Hook is recovering after undergoing surgery to have his gallbladder removed. A representative for the heavy metal band told TMZ that the guitarist had been experiencing pain that prompted two visits to the emergency room. Finally, during a third ER visit, doctors determined Jason needed to ...
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X JAPAN drummer Yoshiki joined KISS on stage during the legendary rockers' December 11 concert at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan to perform two songs: "Beth" and "Rock And Roll All Nite". A few minutes after KISS left the stage following the completion of the band's regular set, Paul Stanley re-emerged and told the crowd: ...
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On February 21, 2020, legendary SAXON frontman Biff Byford will step into the spotlight with his first-ever solo album, "School Of Hard Knocks". You can now watch the official music video for the disc's title track below. The English North is everything you saw in "Game Of Thrones" and more. It is the true heart ...
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