The official KISS store, KissWorld, is scheduled to open next year in Melbourne, Australia. But this won't be the first KISS museum in the world. On June 13, 2003, the first KISS museum was opened in Mexico City. It is a huge place and KISS merchandise is displayed in several rooms. It includes a club, ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE will mark their return to the fold with a major marketing deal with the legendary British rock magazine Kerrang!, according to Media Week. The deal has been touted as a significant breakthrough for the Kerrang! stable at publishing giant Emap and will include activity across the magazine, radio and television stations ...
Billboard.com is reporing that memorabilia from AEROSMITH and other multi-platinum recording artists is among the items on the block to raise money for two Recording Academy charities, the Grammy Foundation and MusiCares. The Hope for the Holidays online charity auction will be open through Dec. 9 via www.ebay.com/grammy. In addition to items from an array ...
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tomy Iommi has confirmed to Rolling Stone magazine that he will be issuing a new album next year with ex-DEEP PURPLE vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes. "Glenn's a true professional, and he's very energetic," said Iommi. "He comes up with stuff instantly." Iommi and Hughes — along with ex-JOHN MELLENCAMP drummer Kenny Aronoff — ...
GRIMM, the new Danish collaboration between vocalist Ivan Grosmeyer (ex-FACELIFT) and members of GOD'S SECRET ARMY, have posted a brand-new demo track at their official web site. The song "No Love" was recorded at NoName studio in Copenhagen, Denmark with producer Christian Krause Kjaer and can be downloaded at this location. ...
Several photos of NOTRE DAME's final gig at the Halloween Metal Fest at Musikens Hus in Gothenburg, Sweden on November 6, 2004 have been posted online at Artrock.se. Also available are pictures of the other groups that performed at the show: DESTINY, HAWTHORN and SIN SISTER. As previously reported, NOTRE DAME's performance, which ...
Guitarist extraordinaire Sonny Lombardozzi (ex-INCANTATION, SEVEN GATES, FLESHTIZED) has posted pictures of his his new custom double-guitar by Dean Guitars at Seven7Gates.com. Lombardozzi, who will be doing a guitar clinic at 3rd Fret Music in Gadsen, Alabama on December 4, has inked an endorsement deal with Curt Mangan strings. ...
HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "In addition to the gig in Göteborg on April 30th, we will do one more show in Sweden during the first half of 2005. At the kick-off for Sweden Rock Festival last weekend, it was announced that HAMMERFALL will indeed ...
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian recently spoke to the Chronicles of Chaos extreme metal webzine about the group's recently released collection of re-recordings, "The Greater of Two Evils", and the break-up of his hugely popular side-project S.O.D. (STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH), among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Chronicles of Chaos: ...
