Billy Sheehan has once again insisted that he was never officially asked to join VAN HALEN. The bassist, whose early band TALAS opened for VAN HALEN in 1980, made the clarification just days after an interview he gave to The Metal Voice quoted him as saying he was "offered" the position ...
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Grammy Award-winning musician and cultural icon Ozzy Osbourne and his son, television star Jack Osbourne, will take part in conversation with comedian, radio personality, author and actor Jim Norton at the 34th edition of the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are Oscar-, Golden Globe- and ...
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Two-time-Grammy-nominated group RIVAL SONS has announced a North American headline tour, set to get underway this spring. The coast-to-coast trek will see RIVAL SONS joined by special guests REIGNWOLF, THE WAR AND TREATY and JJ Wilde on select dates. The tour is set to kick off April 17 at the 1,900-capacity House Of Blues in ...
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe spoke to U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine about "Checkmate", the first single from the band's upcoming self-titled album. "[The track is] the most on the nose politically, but this whole record is political," Blythe says. "There's not a single song [on the album] about an individual. "When ...
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Music industry veteran Michael Alago can be credited with changing the landscape of heavy metal — and rock 'n' roll as a whole — yet his name remains relatively unknown. In his new autobiography, "I Am Michael Alago", available March 2 via Backbeat Books, Alago shares his successes in the music industry, such as signing ...
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QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT played a cover version of the LED ZEPPELIN classic "Whole Lotta Love" during their concert last night (Monday, February 10) in Dunedin, New Zealand. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. This spring, QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT will play their first European dates since the worldwide box office ...
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IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson provided the commentary for the International Fencing Federation (FIE) channel over the weekend in Turin, Italy, which hosted fencing's first foil Grand Prix of the season. You can see video a report on the event's first day below, as well as an interview with Dickinson conducted by Italy's La Stampa. ...
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Former GREAT WHITE and current JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell says that fans of his music should expect no less than three different releases from him in the coming months. "We've got a lot going on," he told "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" (see video below). "We have an album coming ...
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Pop punk is still not dead, and NEW FOUND GLORY is making sure you know it with the announcement of the band's co-headlining tour with SIMPLE PLAN this summer. The "Pop Punk's Still Not Dead Tour" will kick off in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 29 and travel to cities throughout the U.S. with support ...
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As music programs continue to be at risk at schools across the country, hard rock titans GODSMACK are looking to support local music students in New Hampshire by involving them in the filming of their latest single, "Unforgettable", from their current album "When Legends Rise", with two events later this week. First up, the band's ...
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In support of their much-anticipated sixth full-length studio album, "New Empire, Vol. 1", California's own HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD will be teaming up with rock heavyweights BAD WOLVES for an extensive co-headline tour of the U.S. this spring. FROM ASHES TO NEW and FIRE FROM THE GODS will provide direct support for select shows. The slew of ...
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DEFTONES will embark on a North American headlining tour this summer. Support on the Live Nation-produced 20-date trek, which will kick off on July 27 and conclude on September 5, will come from GOJIRA and POPPY. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, February 14 at 1:00 p.m. local time. Citi is ...
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MR. BUNGLE was joined by CRO-MAGS founder Harley Flanagan on stage during the Mike Patton-fronted band's concert Monday night (February 10) at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, New York. Together, they performed a high-energy rendition of the CRO-MAGS classic "Malfunction", with Patton and Harley sharing lead vocals. The Brooklyn concert took place five days after MR. ...
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LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst is among the "Worst Director" nominees at the 2020 Razzie Awards. Also known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, the satirical annual event celebrates the "worst" films, actors, actresses and others in the industry from the past year. Durst earned his nomination for his work on the movie "The Fanatic", which ...
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Joey Kramer rejoined his AEROSMITH bandmates on stage last night (Monday, February 10) during the group's residency in Las Vegas. The drummer played drums with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford at the Park Theater in Vegas, which is where their residency shows are currently being held. After a short film summing ...
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Axl Rose has broken his three-month social media silence to once again bash the Trump administration. The GUNS N' ROSES frontman took to his Twitter account on Monday to share a photo of a New Hampshire voter wearing a hat that reads "Make The White House Great Again." Although Axl chose not to caption the ...
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EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt says that he and his bandmates are "extremely lucky" to have survived a ferry ride between Sweden and Finland Sunday night after Storm Ciara battered northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains. The San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal legends, who are currently taking part in "The Bay Strikes Back" ...
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THE DEAD DAISIES — the hard rock "collective" founded by Australian musician and businessman David Lowy — will embark on a massive European tour this spring/simmer — a combination of arena and amphitheater shows with both JUDAS PRIEST and FOREIGNER, performing at some of the most famous and coveted festivals such as Graspop Metal Meeting ...
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Let's face it, ANNIHILATOR is Jeff Waters. The mainman, founding member, guitarist and vocalist of the Western Canadian thrashers has had a revolving door of members, and he has trudged through trends as well as the trials and tribulations that any long-running band endures. The band's apex had arguably come at its onset a whopping ...
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Former SKID ROW singer Johnny Solinger has been forced to reschedule his previously announced solo shows later this month due to injuries sustained in a car crash late last year. Solinger, who was a member of SKID ROW from 1999 to 2015, appearing on the "Thickskin" and "Revolutions Per Minute" albums, as well as the ...
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In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, frontman Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR provided an update on the songwriting process for the band's next full-length album. He said (hear audio below): "This new record's coming out amazing, and it's writing itself. Of course, I have a ...
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According to TMZ, Joey Kramer will rejoin his AEROSMITH bandmates on stage tonight during the group's residency in Las Vegas. Sources "with direct knowledge" tell the site the drummer will play drums Monday night with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford at the Park Theater in Vegas, which ...
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In a recent interview with Kerrang! Radio, Corey Taylor was asked if the brotherhood in SLIPKNOT has carried him and his bandmates through the past 20 years. He replied: "There have definitely been more tense moments than good ones. We're all frenetic; we all come from different backgrounds musically, environmentally, culturally. ...
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Dave Grohl, members of ANTHRAX, Lita Ford, CYPRESS HILL's Sen Dog, members of IN THIS MOMENT, Chris Broderick, BMX legend Rick Thorne, and Sebastian Bach were among dozens of musicians who came together at Dimebash 2020 to pay tribute to "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the late co-founder and guitarist of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN, in front of ...
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Drum-cam footage of SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph performing the songs "Postmortem" and "Hate Worldwide" during the band's September 14, 2019 concert at the Riot Fest in Chicago, Illinois can be seen below. SLAYER played its final concert on November 30, 2019 at the Forum in Los Angeles. Bostaph, who was previously SLAYER's drummer from 1992 ...
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A 22-year-old black metal fan has pleaded guilty on Monday to setting fire to three black churches in Louisiana. Holden Matthews admitted in court to setting fires to St. Mary Baptist Church Greater Union Baptist and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church over a 10-day period in March and April 2019. All three churches are historically black ...
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE has announced a 40-date world tour. The seven-month run, which kicks off on March 26 in El Paso, Texas and goes through Saturday, September 12 in Vienna, Austria, marks the first time the reunited quartet — Zack De La Rocha, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commferford — as toured together ...
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In a brand new interview with Sonic Perspectives, guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen was asked about the status of THE WINERY DOGS, his power trio with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH). He said: "We did a North American tour last ...
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In a brand new interview with Pozzo Live, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE frontman Chris "Motionless" Cerulli was asked how he and his bandmates manage not to kill each other when they spend so much time together on a tour bus. He responded (see video below): "Man, that's a tough one. I think ...
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NEW FOUND GLORY will release its tenth studio album, "Forever + Ever x Infinity", on May 29 via Hopeless Records. The band has put together a quintessential record, supremely catchy with sing-along anthems, trademark breakdowns, and sweetly poignant lyrics. "This is the record our fans have been waiting for us to make," guitarist Chad Gilbert ...
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