CRASHDIET and TIGERTAILZ have been confirmed for the inaugural edition of the Stockholm Rock Out festival, set to take place April 30 - May 1, 2010 at Gamla Tryckeriet in Alvik, Sweden. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BADMOUTH (SE) BULLETBOYS (US) CHRIS LANEY (SE) CRASHDIET (SE) DIZZY REED ...
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Due to "scheduling conflicts," former WARRANT singer Jani Lane has cancelled his appearance at the inaugural edition of the Stockholm Rock Out festival, set to take place April 30 - May 1, 2010 at Gamla Tryckeriet in Alvik, Sweden. Replacing Lane on the bill are GREAT WHITE and KIX, both of whom will be making ...
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Due to "scheduling conflicts," MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil has cancelled his appearance at the inaugural edition of the Stockholm Rock Out festival, set to take place April 30 - May 1, 2010 at Gamla Tryckeriet in Alvik, Sweden. Replacing Neil on the bill is SLAUGHTER, who will be making a very rare appearance in ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil has been confirmed for the inaugural edition of the Stockholm Rock Out festival, set to take place April 30 - May 1, 2010 at Gamla Tryckeriet in Alvik, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: VINCE NEIL JANI LANE STEELHEART KEEL DIZZY REED PRETTY BOY FLOYD BULLETBOYS VAINS ...
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Reactivated '80s hard rockers KEEL will release their new album, "Streets Of Rock & Roll", on January 29, 2010 in Europe and February 9 in the USA on Frontiers Records. The new recording contains twelve new rock anthems in the tradition of KEEL's classic "The Final Frontier", "Keel", and "Lay Down The Law" albums: commercial ...
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Reactivated '80s hard rockers KEEL are putting the finishing touches on their new album, "Streets Of Rock & Roll", for a January 2010 release via Frontiers Records. The project is being produced by Pat Regan (DEEP PURPLE, KISS, WARRANT) and will feature guest appearances by Jaime St. James (BLACK 'N BLUE) and Paul Shortino (ROUGH ...
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Reactivated '80s hard rockers KEEL have signed with Frontiers Records, one of the elite labels in hard rock and melodic rock, for the release of two albums in January 2010. The band announced its reunion last November, and enjoyed appearances at major summer festivals such as Rocklahoma, South Texas Rock Fest, the Midwest Rock Fest, ...
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Joe Lynn Turner has spoken to Classic Rock magazine about Ritchie Blackmore's reaction to OVER THE RAINBOW, the band featuring Turner (vocals), Jürgen "J.R." Blackmore (guitar), Greg Smith (bass), Paul Morris (keyboards) and Bobby Rondinelli (drums). "At first Ritchie was fine about it all," he said. "Then certain people — two of them ...
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Reactivated '80s hard rockers KEEL entered a North Hollywood, California studio on June 18 to begin recording their new album, "Streets Of Rock 'N' Roll", for a tentative late 2009 release. The CD is being co-produced and mixed by ace producer/engineer Pat Regan (RITCHIE BLACKMORE, WARRANT, BILLY SHEEHAN, ETC.). Ron Keel's vocals are being engineered, ...
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Vocalist Ron Keel of the reactivated '80s hard rock band KEEL has issued the following update: "We are gathered in North Hollywood to begin sessions for the new KEEL album tomorrow morning. To say the least, we're fired up and really excited about this new project. "Shortly after announcing the KEEL reunion last November, we ...
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TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider joined Joe Leste and the rest of BANG TANGO (including guitarist David Henzerling of BIG COCK, KING KOBRA, KEEL) on stage at this past weekend's (May 9) Desert Invasion festival in Glendale, Arizona to perform a cover of the classic AC/DC track "Highway To Hell". Watch fan-filmed video footage of ...
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California rockers RATT have been confirmed for the third annual Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. At Rocklahoma, RATT will be celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the band's debut album, "Out Of The Cellar", featuring such hits as "Round ...
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STRYPER, NIGHT RANGER, WARRANT, THIN LIZZY and SKID ROW have been confirmed for the third annual Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, July 9: ANTHRAX SAXON OVERKILL METAL CHURCH LEATHERWOLF Friday, July 10: ...
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Rocklahoma, the premier Eighties music festival continues to go global, as international members of the band community will be performing. Rocklahoma features attendance from all over the world, selling tickets throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America and now for the first time, bands coming from all over the world. In addition to the ...
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Rocklahoma, the premier eighties music festival in the United States being held July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma announces Thursday as "Heavy Metal Day." General Manager of Catch the Fever Music Festivals Mark Nuessle had this to say, "Rocklahoma is a celebration of the eighties music that made rock great! Our Thursday lineup consists of a ...
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Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of legendary British heavy metallers SAXON. Watch the chat in four parts below. SAXON has been confirmed for the third annual Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. Also scheduled to ...
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WARRANT, DANGER DANGER, BANG TANGO, L.A. GUNS, FASTER PUSSYCAT, LILLIAN AXE, BATON ROUGE and WARRIOR have been confirmed for the third annual Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. So far, thirty-two acts have been announced out of over ninety groups that will ...
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British heavy metal legends SAXON have confirmed a headlining show at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City on May 19. Tickets go on sale on March 8. Sweden's Metal-TV.com recently conducted an interview with SAXON singer Biff Byford. Watch the chat below. SAXON has been confirmed for the third ...
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Sweden's Metal-TV.com recently conducted an interview with singer Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. Watch the chat below. SAXON has been confirmed for the third annual Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. Also scheduled to appear are TWISTED ...
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British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for the third annual Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. Also scheduled to appear are TWISTED SISTER, GREAT WHITE, NELSON, KEEL, KIX, HARLOW, GYPSY PISTOLEROS and ex-SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell's new band HERMAN ZE ...
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SEVEN MARY THREE, DAYS OF THE NEW and SPONGE are no longer part of this year's South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place May 22-24, 2009 in downtown San Antonio, Texas at Hemisfair Park. Meanwhile, Russia's ANJ has been added to the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ADLER'S APPETITE ANJ ...
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Eighties famed rock band TWISTED SISTER will be headlining Sunday, July12 at Rocklahoma. TWISTED SISTER is celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of "Stay Hungry", which includes rock anthems "We're Not Going to Take It" and "I Wanna Rock". Dee Snider of TWISTED SISTER and host of the "House of Hair" had this to say about ...
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Vocalist Ron Keel of the reactivated '80s hard rock band KEEL is featured in the new TheRightToRock.com podcast. The 20-minute interview is available for download at this location. KEEL recently inked a deal with the Maryland-based label Chavis Records. The group plans to release a new CD by summertime. Chavis CEO Bill Chavis ...
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TWISTED SISTER, RATT and EXTREME will headline the M3 Rock Festival, an East Coast '80s- and '90s-focused rock and heavy metal music event set to take place Saturday, May 30 at Columbia, Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion. The festival will feature two stages and 16 bands playing all their hits, 10 hours of music and a ...
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Original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler and his band ADLER'S APPETITE have been confirmed for this year's South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place May 22-24, 2009 in downtown San Antonio, Texas at Hemisfair Park. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ADLER'S APPETITE AXE DANGEROUS TOYS DAYS OF THE NEW DRIVIN' ...
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Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have been confirmed for this year's South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place May 22-24, 2009 in downtown San Antonio, Texas at Hemisfair Park. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AXE DANGEROUS TOYS DAYS OF THE NEW DRIVIN' RAIN KEEL MAD TEMPLE QUEENSRŸCHE S.E.X. ...
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GREAT WHITE and NELSON have been confirmed for the third annual Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. Also scheduled to appear are KEEL, KIX, HARLOW, GYPSY PISTOLEROS and ex-SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell's new band HERMAN ZE GERMAN AND FRIENDS. Rumored acts include ...
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Los Angeles-based band HARLOW has been confirmed for this year's Rocklahoma festival, set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. HARLOW will perform on Friday, July 10. Also scheduled to appear are KEEL, KIX, GYPSY PISTOLEROS and former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell's new project HERMAN ZE ...
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KEEL, S.E.X. DEPARTMENT, MAD TEMPLE and SNAKE SKIN PRISON have been confirmed for this year's South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place May 22-24, 2009 in downtown San Antonio, Texas at Hemisfair Park. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AXE DANGEROUS TOYS DAYS OF THE NEW DRIVIN' RAIN KEEL MAD TEMPLE QUEENSRŸCHE ...
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Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have been confirmed for the Thunder Of Gods open-air festival, set to take place May 7-10, 2009 on the RP Campgrounds in Dripping Springs, Texas. The following groups are scheduled to appear, among many others: ABSU BLOODSOAKED BOZO PORNO CIRCUS CADAVERIA (Italy) CAUSTIC HELSTAR IGNITOR IMPALER MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL ...
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