Rock & Brews restaurants have teamed up with DEF LEPPARD and Seattle-based Elysian Brewing company to introduce Def Leppard Pale to their customers and are offering fans a chance to win tickets to see DEF LEPPARD on tour this year. Known for handcrafted American food, a mix of more than 100 craft and classic styles ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES and current SONS OF APOLLO guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was interviewed by Metal Casino earlier this month at the Swedish festival Helgeå. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On Joe Satriani helping him score the GUNS N' ROSES gig: Bumblefoot: ...
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Ascending Arkansas progressive doom quartet PALLBEARER will head to European shores next week for a run of shows and festival appearances and has announced a fall 2018 North American tour with Sweden's TRIBULATION. In anticipation of the forthcoming tour dates, PALLBEARER has unleashed a live music video for the track "Thorns", taken from the band's ...
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ROCK GODDESS — the female power trio from the days of NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) — has parted ways with bassist Tracey Lamb. The band announced her departure after saying that she would be "unable to perform" with the group at Denmark's Metal Magic festival this weekend due to "unforeseen personal circumstances." ...
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Joe Satriani has announced the details of "Joe Satriani's G4 Experience V5.0: Rocks The Desert", set for January 3-7, 2019 at Hotel Zosa in beautiful Palm Springs, California. The legendary guitarist's fifth annual event will boast the most illustrious and diverse roster of special guests instructors in G4 history, including Rock And Roll Hall Of ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen spoke to "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" about the circumstances that forced him to temporarily leave the band's tour with JOURNEY at the end of May. Replacing him until he returned was TRIXTER's Steve Brown, who previously subbed for Vivian Campbell at several shows in 2014 and 2015 while the ...
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SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan spoke to Australia's The Rockpit about the progress of the songwriting process for the final installment of the band's "United World Rebellion" trilogy. The follow-up to 2014's "Rise Of The Damnation Army - United World Rebellion: Chapter Two" and 2013's "United World Rebellion: Chapter One" will mark the ...
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THE MAGPIE SALUTE, which brings together the reunited guitar team of Rich Robinson and Marc Ford from THE BLACK CROWES, bassist Sven Pipien (also from the CROWES) along with lead singer John Hogg (HOOKAH BROWN, MOKE), drummer Joe Magistro and guitarist Nico Bereciartua, will release its debut album, "High Water I", on August 10. It ...
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World-renowned guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has joined forces with Stingray Qello to release his tour documentary, "Beyond The Supernova", filmed, edited, directed and produced by ZZ Satriani while on tour in 2016 and 2017. The film received high praise from fans and critics, alike, when it made its debut last October at the Mill Valley ...
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Swedish metallers IN FLAMES have recruited American drummer Tanner Wayne, best known for his work with UNDERMINDED, SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS and CHIODOS, to sit behind the kit for the band for their summer 2018 live appearances. Wayne has stepped into IN FLAMES following the apparent recent departure of Joe Rickard, who played on the ...
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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION is planning to enter the studio in January to begin recording its fifth album. The disc will be the follow-up to "BCCIV", which was released last September and marked BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's first studio effort since 2013's "Afterglow". During a brand new interview with the "Iron City Rocks" podcast, drummer ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of CARNIVORE A.D.'s performance at this year's Hellfest, which was held last month in Clisson, France, can be seen below. CARNIVORE A.D. features "Retaliation"-era CARNIVORE members Marc Piovanetti (guitar) and Louie Beato (drums), along with secondary drummer Joe Branciforte sharing drumming duties and Baron Misuraca (VASARIA) on bass and lead vocals. ...
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Joe Rock of West Babylon, New York's WBAB radio station recently conducted an interview with former THE BLACK CROWES and current THE MAGPIE SALUTE guitarist Rich Robinson. During the chat, which can be heard at this location, Rich once again said that there is little hope for a reunion of the group he ...
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HALESTORM has released the official "visualizer" video for its new single, "Black Vultures". Check it out below. The track is taken from the band's fourth album, "Vicious", which will be released on July 27 via Atlantic. Recorded last year at Nashville, Tennesse's Rock Falcon recording studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz, "Vicious" is available for pre-order ...
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THE MAGPIE SALUTE guitarist Rich Robinson (ex-THE BLACK CROWES) recently spoke with Cindy Miller of the New Bern, North Carolina radio station 106.5 WSFL. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On THE MAGPIE SALUTE's forthcoming debut album, "High Water I": Rich: "We went into the studio ...
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Nashville Casket Sales owner Joe Stacey has told Fox 17 that his company made the KISS casket that Vinnie Paul Abbott will be buried in later today (Saturday, June 30) in Arlington, Texas. "For whatever reason, the original company lost the license to make a KISS casket," Stacey said. "Now, we're the only ...
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Six Hundred Four, a luxury sneaker brand that creates limited edition shoes based off art pieces, announces a limited-edition collaboration with iconic rock band DEF LEPPARD launching for pre-order today. Only 604 individually numbered pairs will be produced and exclusively available to purchase at SixHundredFour.com. Consisting of four styles, the premium collection draws ...
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California metallers IMPENDING DOOM have released the official music video for the song called "Paved With Bones". The video was directed by J.D. Butler and shot at the band's recent sold-out album release show at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California. The band comments: "We wanted to have an event in our hometown where fans could ...
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Two-time-Grammy-nominated blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa returns with a brand-new studio album, "Redemption", which will be released on September 21 via his own record label J&R Adventures. As part of today's announcement, he shares the official music video for the hard-hitting title-track single "Redemption". "Redemption", Bonamassa's 13th solo studio album and third in a row of ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS will release its new album, "Rainier Fog", on August 24. The latest single from the effort, "So Far Under" can be streamed below. About "So Far Under", ALICE IN CHAINS vocalist/guitarist William DuVall says: "It's about feeling completely up against it — outnumbered, surrounded, facing seemingly unbeatable odds and being really pissed ...
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DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li has confirmed to Guitar Interactive magazine that he is working on "some solo guitar music for the first time." He said (see video below): "I started a few months ago. "Of course, I've loved guitar music for years — [Joe] Satriani, Steve Vai, all the instrumental guys — but I'm trying ...
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HALESTORM vocalist/guitarist Lzzy Hale, drummer Arejay Hale and guitarist Joe Hottinger recently spoke with Sweetwater's Nick Bowcott. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's longevity: Lzzy: "It's just great that we're still here. We say it every single night — we have so much ...
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Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar has confirmed the initial lineup and details of his inaugural "High Tide Beach Party & Car Show", set to take place on Saturday, October 6 on the shores of Huntington Beach, California. SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE (featuring Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson) and REO SPEEDWAGON will headline, with ...
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HALESTORM will release its fourth album, "Vicious", on July 27 via Atlantic. The second single from the disc, "Black Vultures", can be streamed below. Recorded last year at Nashville, Tennesse's Rock Falcon recording studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz, "Vicious" is available for pre-order at all DSPs and streaming services. Deluxe album packages are available for ...
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THE DEAD DAISIES have released a new single and music video for "Dead And Gone", one of the crowd favourites off their latest album, "Burn It Down". The clip combines classic performance elements intertwined with appearances from the Undead, which were created, filmed and edited by legendary horror visionary Tony Valenzuela. During the last run ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has told Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station that the band has begun compiling ideas for the follow-up to 2015's self-titled album. "[We're] always working on stuff," he said (hear audio below). "We've got three [songs] on the go already. Joe's [Elliott, vocals] got one, Sav's [Rick Savage, ...
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Drummer Jason Bonham (BONHAM, THE CIRCLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EVENING) was recently interviewed by Tigman of the Albany, New York-based radio station Q103. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On his upcoming summer tour with FOREIGNER and WHITESNAKE: Jason: "I am so ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has confirmed to NorthJersey.com that the band plans to soon begin the process of writing its first album since 2015's self-titled effort. "It will be done when it's ready," he said. "You see what works and does not work and what clicks. The great thing is we continue ...
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California metallers IMPENDING DOOM have released a new song called "War Music". The track is taken from the band's upcoming LP, "The Sin And Doom Vol. II", which will be released on June 22 via Entertainment One. IMPENDING DOOM commissioned artist Colin Marks (FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, WHITECHAPEL) to create the cover art for the latest release. ...
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Dash Cooper — son of Alice Cooper, and front man of the band CO-OP — was recently interviewed by RadioactiveMike Z. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On CO-OP: Dash: "We've got a classic rock undertone, but we've got that modern overtone of guitar over [the] ...
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