Launch Radio Networks reports: DEEP PURPLE's appearance at the California Jam concert in 1974 should be available on DVD by the end of this year. It features the group's Mark III lineup — with frontman David Coverdale and singer-bassist Glenn Hughes joining guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, and drummer Ian Paice — coheadlining the ...
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Australia's Inside_Out666 recently conducted an in-depth interview with legendary bassist Bob Daisley (RAINBOW, OZZY OSBOURNE, MOTHER'S ARMY, URIAH HEEP, KAHVAS JUTE, LIVING LOUD). Several excerpts from the chat follow: Inside_Out666: You mentioned to me at The Basement that you were going to be working on Gary Moore's next album. What details can you ...
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DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy (drums) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards) are among the guest musicians on former SPOCK'S BEARD/TRANSATLANTIC frontman Neal Morse's new progressive rock masterpiece, "?" (The Question Mark Album). The album will be released in the U.S. on November 1 through Metal Blade Records and in Europe on October 24 through InsideOut Music. Other ...
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According to Deep-Purple.net, DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of Ian's 40th year on the road, featuring remakes of tracks spanning Ian's entire career — will be made available on the new DualDisc format; regular stereo CD on one side, DVD on the other. Gillan has used this to ...
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DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has posted the following message on his official web site: "I'm in the New York area the day after the anniversary of 9/11. I'm about 20 hours into this trip for various reasons, but I'm headed home for a few days. I just got the mark of the Devil when ...
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The Deep Purple Fan Forum recently conducted a short e-mail interview with bassist Bob Daisley (OZZY OSBOURNE, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, URIAH HEEP). A few excerpts from the Q&A session follow: The Deep Purple Fan Forum: Other than LIVING LOUD, what projects do you have coming up? Bob Daisley: "I've been asked to play ...
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According to the official web site of The Hell Blues festival, DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse's solo band (STEVE MORSE BAND) will be joined by former PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord during their Sept. 9 appearance at the festival in Trondheim, Norway as part of the "Classic Rock in Hell" concert. In addition, a local newspaper ...
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DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse recently took time out to write a letter about his NASA experience. Read the letter at this location. DEEP PURPLE's new album, "Rapture of the Deep" is scheduled for release on October 21 via Edel Records. The band spent five weeks at a Los Angeles studio earlier this ...
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DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan recently spoke to Rockdetector.com's Garry Sharpe-Young about his upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of Ian's 40th year on the road, featuring remakes of tracks spanning Ian's entire career. An excerpt from the chat follows: Rockdetector.com: Ex-SCORPIONS man Uli Jon Roth, a genius on the guitar but ...
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DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse appears on a tribute to PINK FLOYD's "The Wall", called "Back Against the Wall". Former YES member Billy Sherwood produced the tribute, which also features Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, and Alan White from YES, Robby Krieger from THE DOORS, Ian Anderson from JETHRO TULL, Tommy Shaw from STYX, ...
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DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has posted a two-part letter at his web site offering a recap of his recent activities. A few excerpts from the letter follow: "We ended up being able to play on 'Live 8' by virtue of some excellent planning. Our managers got together with Ryan Aviation in Rockford, Illinois, and ...
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Jukebo.cx recently conducted an interview with guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Jukebox: The first time I heard the debut HALFORD record, "Resurrection", it stunned me. To me, that record was a defining moment in metal for the 21st century. Not just because ...
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SOUL SIRKUS, the new band featuring Neal Schon (JOURNEY) on guitar, Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on vocals, Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) on bass and Virgil Donati (STEVE VAI, RING OF FIRE) on drums, have posted the following message on their official web site: "Word in from Jeff, he and Marco will be ...
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In a recent online interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe , original ALICE COOPER GROUP drummer Neal Smith (BOUCHARD, DUNAWAY & SMITH) spoke about the possibility of a reunion of the original band with Alice Cooper. An excerpt from the interview follows: Rock N Roll Universe: How realistic is it for fans ...
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Ozzy Osbourne spoke this week to Steve Morse of the Boston Globe about the 10th anniversary of Ozzfest, which is scheduled to kick off today in Mansfield, MA. Several excerpts from the interview follow: ''I was saying to my wife Sharon, 'How long is Ozzfest going to go on?' And Sharon said, 'Darling, believe me, ...
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BOUCHARD, DUNAWAY & SMITH, featuring Joe Bouchard (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT), Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith (ALICE COOPER BAND) will be performing at the B.B. King's Blues Club in New York City on Friday September 2, 2005. It will be a fully seated show with standing room at the bar. Tickets go on sale July 19. ...
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SOUL SIRKUS, the new band featuring Neal Schon (JOURNEY) on guitar, Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on vocals, Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) on bass and Virgil Donati (STEVE VAI, RING OF FIRE) on drums, have posted the following message on their official web site: "There have been many inquiries made about the live ...
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BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi recently took time out of his schedule to record the guitar parts for a remake of "Trashed" from BLACK SABBATH's "Born Again" album, which featured Ian Gillan (DEEP PURPLE) on vocals. The new version of the track will be included on Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of ...
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THE STEVE MORSE BAND, featuring DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse, will appear at the Hell Blues Festival in Norway on September 9. Steve will also reportedly host the HELL BLUES BAND at the "Hell Blues Night Extravaganza" on September 10. DEEP PURPLE are in the process of recording a new studio album, with vocalist Ian ...
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According to a post at Deep-Purple.net, DEEP PURPLE's new studio album is coming along well, with 12 basic tracks now recorded by mid-May. Ian Gillan is taking a break and will complete the vocals by mid-June, before producer Mike Bradord gets down to the mix. With regards to the musical direction of the new material, ...
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YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD, the BEATLES cover band consisting of Paul Gilbert (RACER X, ex-MR. BIG) on guitar, Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) on drums, Neal Morse (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) on guitar and keyboards, and Matt Bissonette (DAVID LEE ROTH) on bass, have issued their long-awaited live DVD, entitled "One Night in New York City". Recorded live at ...
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WHITESNAKE have announced the addition of bassist Uriah Duffy to the group's ranks. This young up-and-coming bassist has established himself as one of the few top-choice working musicians in all of the California Bay Area, having previously played with CARMINE APPICE/PAT TRAVERS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, and CHRIS CATENA, among others. Uriah grew up on the East ...
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WHITESNAKE have added more dates to their current U.S. itinerary. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 22 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Jun. 23 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre Jun. 25 - L.A, CA @ House of Blues Jun. 26 - L.A, CA @ House of Blues Jun. 29 - Alpine, CA ...
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The following update has been posted at VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony's web site: "LOS TRES GUSANOS and SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABORITAS began their nine-date summer party with three sold-out shows at the Cabo Wabo South Shore Room in Lake Tahoe, NV April 29-May 1. "The GUSANOS tore through a bevy of HAGAR and ...
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LIVING LOUD — the new "supergroup" consisting of Bob Daisley (OZZY OSBOURNE, RAINBOW, URIAH HEEP) on bass, Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE, KANSAS, DIXIE DREGS) on guitar, Don Airey (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW) on keyboards, Lee Kerslake (URIAH HEEP, OZZY OSBOURNE) on drums and Jimmy Barnes (COLD CHISEL) on vocals — will release a live recording of ...
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Steve Morse of The Boston Globe has issued the following report: Joe Perry is taking a visitor down to the Boneyard. It's the basement studio in his home, where AEROSMITH recorded the albums "Just Push Play" and "Honkin' on Bobo". Perry and Steven Tyler also wrote a lot of the "Get a Grip" ...
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WHITESNAKE mainman David Coverdale has issued the following update on the band's bassist search: "We have had a list of potential players for some time now...quite some time before we announced it on [the official WHITESNAKE] web site. Each member of the band has promoted particular players, so we never had to advertise the matter...and ...
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According to WHITESNAKE mainman David Coverdale, the group's vacant bassist position "is slowly, but surely, being narrowed down… altho' I would not suggest you holding your collective breath. We'll announce [the new bassist] probably just before the [U.S.] tour starts" in mid-June. As previously reported, WHITESNAKE recently parted ways with bass player/singer Marco Mendoza in ...
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SOUL SIRKUS, the new band featuring Neal Schon (JOURNEY) on guitar, Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on vocals, Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) on bass and Virgil Donati (STEVE VAI, RING OF FIRE) on drums, have posted several live video clips recorded during the band's appearance in Boulder, Colorado on April 17. Check out ...
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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) singer Chris Logan has just finished tracking vocals for a bonus track to be featured on the new LEGACY album re-release. The tune is called "So Long". LEGACY features founding member Marten Andersson (LIZZY BORDEN, GEORGE LYNCH, STARWOOD) on bass and the world-renowned Jonas Hansson (SILVER MOUNTAIN, JONAS HANSSON BAND) on ...
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