Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine performing during the March 21 "Experience Hendrix" concert at Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "tristanfabriani"). The show marked one of the first few times Mustaine used a wah-wah pedal live. Mustaine admitted in an Instagram video message that he had ...
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TOOL is working on the artwork for its long-awaited new album. The news of TOOL's progress on the follow-up to 2006's "10,000 Days" was revealed by METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett during a recent interview with New Zealand's The Rock. Asked what advice he had for TOOL so that the Maynard James Keenan-fronted outfit ...
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This past Friday (March 22), MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine took part in a signing at the Heavy Metal booth the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), a Chicago fan convention dedicated to comics, pop culture, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. He was also interviewed by Syfy Wire about MEGADETH's new graphic ...
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Danko Jones — the namesake front man of the Canadian hard rock power trio DANKO JONES — recently spoke with Mark Strigl of the "Talking Metal" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below (interview starts at the 54:45 mark). A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's evolution: Danko: "We started ...
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According to The Blast, ex-KORN drummer David Silveria has countersued the group, claiming his former bandmates owe him almost a million dollars. The 46-year-old musician, who left KORN in late 2006, sued his former bandmates in February 2015, claiming that his exit from the group was merely a hiatus and that he was ...
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On March 21, Jason Becker, the guitarist/composer who has had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease) for 30 years, underwent an operation to drain the abscess in his lung. According to his mother, Patricia Becker, "All went well and we are waiting on the lab results, but the doctor was encouraging and didn't ...
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FOO FIGHTERS guitarist Chris Shiflett will release his fourth solo album, "Hard Lessons", on June 14 via East Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, the disc features 10 new songs, including the lead single "Welcome To Your First Heartache", which can be streamed below. Ahead of the release, each digital ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Something Good" from THE DAMNED THINGS can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming second album, "High Crimes", which will be released on April 26 via Nuclear Blast. The supergroup comprised of members of EVERY TIME I DIE, ANTHRAX and FALL OUT BOY recently ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine performing during the March 14 "Experience Hendrix" concert in Raleign, North Carolina can be seen below. The show marked the second time Mustaine used a wah-wah pedal live, following his appearance at the March 12 "Experience Hendrix" stop in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mustaine admitted in an Instagram video message ...
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On May 17, Music Theories will release "Behold Electric Guitar", Paul Gilbert's newest album with 12 new original songs, all with Paul's most expressive, and inspired guitar playing to date. After his recent move to Portland, Oregon, Paul set out to connect with the best and grooviest musicians in the area, and record an album ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's 1985 hit "Home Sweet Home" and THE WHO's "Baba O'Riley" are featured in the trailer for season three of Netflix's Emmy-nominated series "Stranger Things". Set in the 1980s, the supernatural drama follows the residents of a small Indiana town in the aftermath of a boy's mysterious disappearance. The cast includes Winona Ryder, David ...
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GRETA VAN FLEET, BLACK KEYS and ROBERT PLANT & THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS are among the artists who will perform at Woodstock 50, set to take place August 16-18 in Watkins, Glen, New York — about an hour-and-a-half away from the original Woodstock site. Several acts who took part in the 1969 festival — DEAD ...
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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke says that it would be "an honor" to have THE MARS VOLTA perform at his inauguration if he were to win the 2020 election. As a high schooler in El Paso, the former Texas congressman was in a called band FOSS with Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who would go on to front ...
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"War", the new David Gesslbauer-directed video from EMIGRATE, the side project of RAMMSTEIN guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe, can be seen below. The song is taken from EMIGRATE's third album, "A Million Degrees", which was released last November 30 via Spinefarm Records. If there's a description that, personally and professionally, fits Kruspe like a Savile Row ...
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Ted Nugent has announced 13 new U.S. shows, which are set to take place between the middle of July and end of August. The trek will once again feature Greg Smith (BILLY JOEL, ALICE COOPER, RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW) on bass, Jason Hartless (JOE LYNN TURNER, MITCH RYDER) on drums, and the Motor City Madman himself ...
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The official video for "Wired For Madness - Part 1" from DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess can be seen below. The song is taken from his brand new spiralling and stunning solo album, "Wired For Madness", which will be released on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. Speaking about the video, Rudess ...
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A collection of previously unreleased demos by Joe Satriani's first band, THE SQUARES, will be made available on April 5 via his own Strange Beautiful Music imprint. The song "So Used Up" from "Best Of The Early '80s Demos" can be streamed below. THE SQUARES featured Andy Milton, who passed away in 1999, on bass ...
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AXS TV has announced the return of the popular music interview series "Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar", premiering Sunday, May 5 at 8 p.m. ET. Hosted by beloved rock showman Sammy Hagar, the upcoming series puts the spotlight on 12 all-new episodes as The Red Rocker (Hagar) talks and rocks with a ...
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A new trailer for "High Crimes", the upcoming album from THE DAMNED THINGS, can be seen below. In the trailer, guitarist Joe Trohman discusses the band's new single, "Cells", and the idea behind the accompanying music video. The "Cells" clip was directed by Brandon Dermer, who has previously worked with PANIC! AT THE DISCO and ...
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METALLICA will team up with the San Francisco Symphony on September 6 to open the new Chase Center in San Francisco. The classical musicians and classic rockers will be the first acts to perform at the new 18,064-seat arena that will serve as home to the NBA team Golden State Warriors in the fall. The ...
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Sammy Hagar has announced the lineup for the sixth annual "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" benefit concert, set to take place on May 15 at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Artists performing at "Acoustic-4-A-Cure VI" include (in alphabetical order): Tom Johnston (THE DOOBIE BROTHERS), Chad Kroeger (NICKELBACK), Lukas Nelson, Joe Satriani, Rick Springfield, Nancy Wilson (HEART) and SAMMY HAGAR ...
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Slash (GUNS N' ROSES), Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT), Brian May (QUEEN), Matt Sorum (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER), Joe Bonamassa (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION), Brian Wilson (BEACH BOYS) and Stevie Van Zandt are among the musicians who have reacted on social media to the passing of Dick Dale. The guitar player and singer-songwriter known as "the King ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of pop singer Kelly Clarkson performing a cover version of the AEROSMITH classic "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" on March 16 at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland during her "Meaning Of Life" tour can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Steve Easton"). Although "I Don't Want To ...
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Guitarist Joe Satriani recently spoke with Rob Rush of the Long Island, New York radio station 94.3 The Shark. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On being influenced by Jimi Hendrix: Joe: "It's an interesting story. I grew up in a little section of Westbury, and ...
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JUDAS PRIEST's Richie Faulkner has implored Joe Bonamassa to "stop acting like a spoilt tit" after the blues/rock guitar titan complained about an online article based on one of his tweets. The online exchange started when Bonamassa shared a brief video of him playing some shredding metal licks and riffs on an electric Steinberg six-string. ...
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THE MUTE GODS, featuring Nick Beggs (STEVEN WILSON, STEVE HACKETT), Roger King (STEVE HACKETT) and Marco Minnemann (THE ARISTOCRATS, THE SEA WITHIN), will release their third studio album, "Atheists And Believers", on March 22. The official music video for the track "One Day", which features Alex Lifeson of RUSH as a guest, can be seen ...
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Former lead guitarist and songwriter of THE EAGLES, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and New York Times bestselling author Don Felder will release new solo album, "American Rock 'N' Roll", on April 5. Slash (GUNS N' ROSES), Sammy Hagar (VAN HALEN, CHICKENFOOT), Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT), Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT) and ...
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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, will undergo an operation to drain the abscess in his lung on March 21. According to his mother, Patricia Becker, this "should be an outpatient procedure, if all goes well. He is off the antibiotics for now ...
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MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine will use a wah-wah pedal live for the first time during tonight's (Tuesday, March 12) "Experience Hendrix" concert at the Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mustaine revealed his plan in an Instagram video message earlier today. He said (see below): "Tonight's gonna be the first time I'm ever gonna use a wah-wah ...
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A collection of previously unreleased demos by Joe Satriani's first band, THE SQUARES, will be made available on April 5 via his own Strange Beautiful Music imprint. The song "Never Let It Get You Down" from "Best Of The Early '80s Demos" can be streamed below. THE SQUARES featured Andy Milton, who passed away in ...
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