Swedish garage rockers THE HELLACOPTERS are working on their first album in more than a decade. The news of the group's recording activity was broken by guitarist/vocalist Nicke Andersson during an appearance on the latest episode of "Dr Gong's Drumcast". Nicke said: "We're working on a new HELLACOPTERS album. We recorded ...
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"44 Undead", the new video from Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album "Sliver & Gold", which will be released on March 1 via Century Media Records. The disc will contain 10 sizzling new songs following the exact same recipe that has made BACKYARD BABIES ...
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"Good Morning Midnight", the new video from Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album "Sliver & Gold", which will be released on March 1 via Century Media Records. The disc will contain 10 sizzling new songs following the exact same recipe that has made BACKYARD ...
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Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES will release their new album, "Sliver & Gold", on March 1, 2019 via Century Media Records. The disc will contain 10 sizzling new songs following the exact same recipe that has made BACKYARD BABIES one of the most consistent rock bands of our time: a perfect balance between sleazy, punky, all-out ...
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According to BACKYARD BABIES guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson), the title of the Swedish hard rock group's forthcoming album, "Sliver and Gold", is a play on words. "It is going to be a bit like if you cut yourself with a piece of sliver," he told Metal Casino prior to the ...
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Veteran Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES have released a new single, "Shovin' Rocks". The track is taken from the band's forthcoming album, "Sliver And Gold", which is scheduled for an early 2019 release via Century Media. The band comments: "We will soon enough celebrate 30 years as BACKYARD BABIES, with the original lineup intact, and 'Shovin' ...
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The world's only online casino for hard rockers — Metal Casino — is now boosting its marketing outreach with ambassador and partner Ozzy Osbourne in a unique campaign. Starting February 26, the casino is going to be increasingly visible on both Facebook and Instagram. After the casino's successful launch in August 2017, Metal Casino will ...
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Video footage of former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe performing a new song called "One Foot Out Of The Grave" on the Finnish reality singing competition "The Voice Of Finland" can be seen below. Playing bass in Monroe's backing band for "The Voice" performance was Swedish musician and BACKYARD BABIES guitarist/vocalist Dregen, who left Monroe's ...
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Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES will release a new concert DVD, "Live At Cirkus", on February 24 via Gain Music Entertainment, which is distributed and partly owned by Sony Music. The was filmed at the band's February 10, 2016 headlining concert at Cirkus in Stockholm. The DVD contains singles like "Th1rt3en Or Nothing", "Brand New Hate" ...
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Robert "Strängen" Dahlqvist, who played guitar for the Swedish garage rock band THE HELLACOPTERS for nearly a decade, has passed away. He was only 40 years old. Dahlqvist was a member of THE HELLACOPTERS from 1999 until the group disbanded in 2008. Since the split, he pursued a solo career and fronted the group DUNDERTÅGET. ...
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Members of SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE, TRIVIUM, FEAR FACTORY, SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL THAT REMAINS, OTEP, STRYPER, ANTHRAX and LIVING COLOUR are among the rockers who have reacted on social media to Donald Trump winning the presidential election. SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor was among the most vocal critics of the president-elect, writing on Twitter: ...
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The original lineup of the Swedish garage rock band THE HELLACOPTERS celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the release of its debut album, "Supershitty To The Max!", with an appearance at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival earlier today (Friday, June 10) in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen ...
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The original lineup of the Swedish garage rock band THE HELLACOPTERS will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the release of its debut album, "Supershitty To The Max!", with an appearance at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival on June 10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. One week earlier, on June 3, the band will release ...
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Ozzy Osbourne, Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE), Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH), Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT), Krist Novoselic (NIRVANA), Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES), Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER), are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the death of legendary MOTÖRHEAD bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy found out on ...
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The original lineup of the Swedish garage rock band THE HELLACOPTERS will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of its debut album, "Supershitty To The Max!", with an appearance at next year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-11, 2016 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Also planned for next year is ...
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According to SVT.se, the original lineup of the Swedish garage rock band THE HELLACOPTERS will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of its debut album, "Supershitty To The Max!", with an appearance at next year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-11, 2016 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Also ...
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Reunited Swedish sleaze rockers BACKYARD BABIES played their first comeback show on June 5 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg. Fan-filmed video footage of their appearance can be seen below. BACKYARD BABIES have released a new single, "Th1rt3en Or Nothing", via Gain Music Entertainment, which is distributed and partly owned by Sony Music. A ...
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Reunited Swedish sleaze rockers BACKYARD BABIES have released a new single, "Th1rt3en Or Nothing", via Gain Music Entertainment, which is distributed and partly owned by Sony Music. A new full-length album, "Four By Four", will follow on August 28. Listen to "Th1rt3en Or Nothing" on Spotify. "We are extremely pleased to continue our ...
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Former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe has renewed his recording contract with Universal Music/Spinefarm Records and has begun work on a new solo album, to be released in the fall. Says Monroe: "Once again, it's time for a new Michael Monroe album! "We are happy to have recently renewed our deal with Universal Music/Spinefarm and ...
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Reunited Swedish sleaze rockers BACKYARD BABIES have inked a deal with deal with Gain Music Entertainment, which is distributed and partly owned by Sony Music. The band will release a new album in late August. A single will precede the full-length effort in May. "We are extremely happy and proud of our new partnership with ...
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Five years after they announced that they were going on an "indefinite hiatus," Swedish sleaze rockers BACKYARD BABIES are back and are working on a new studio album for a 2015 release. The band has also been confirmed for next year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2015 in ...
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Swedish guitarist/vocalist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) recently visited Finland's Radio Rock to talk about his autobiography and his evening with American film director Quentin Tarantino. Check out the clips below. Dregen earlier in the year announced his departure from former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe's solo band to focus on a solo career. ...
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Swedish guitarist/vocalist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) has announced his departure from former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe's solo band to focus on a solo career. Dregen has played guitar in Michael Monroe's live band since the summer of 2011, and he also played on the band's latest album, "Horns and Halos". Replacing him ...
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Carmziofa of United Rock Nations conducted an interview with BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) on December 4, 2013 in Paris, France. You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25, 2013 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD was ...
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Mick Burgess of Metal Express Radio conducted an interview with former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe on November 27 at Northumbria University Student Union, Newcastle, England. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Monroe's new studio album, "Horns And Halos", was certified gold in Finland for sales in ...
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BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) and Nicke Andersson, former ENTOMBED mainman/drummer, co-founder of THE HELLACOPTERS and now the driving force behind IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC, were recently interviewed by Germany's EMP Rock Invasion. You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25, ...
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RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson). You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD was issued via Spinefarm Records in the U.K. on September 30. The ...
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"Stained Glass Heart", the new video from Michael Monroe, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, über-energetic frontman and iconic rock 'n' roll legend, can be seen below. The track marks the third single from his new studio album, "Horns And Halos", out now on Spinefarm Records. "I'm feeling quite excited about our new 'Stained Glass Heart' video," says Michael ...
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Johnny H of Über Röck recently conducted an interview with BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Über Röck: How does it feel to finally have your own [solo] record out there? Dregen: I have been doing this for ...
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Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: [Your new album] title, "Horns And Halos", makes me think of those old cartoons where the character's got the devil on one shoulder and an angel on ...
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