In anticipation of his upcoming book, "18 And Life On Skid Row", iconic rocker Sebastian Bach will embark on a U.S. spring tour that will incorporate an intimate acoustic set followed by a full electric live show. Says Bach: "'An Evening With Sebastian Bach'. No, that doesn't mean we're going to end up in the ...
March 2016 - Blabbermouth Archive
Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL Wishes His Former Bandmates Well
Ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal says that he had "a lot of fun" playing in the Axl Rose-fronted group and wishes his former bandmates "well." Just days after guitarist DJ Ashba quit GUNS N' ROSES last July, a source confirmed to Detroit music writer Gary Graff that Thal was also no longer a ...
SLASH Gets New GUNS N' ROSES Guitar Pick (Photo)
Dunlop has created new Tortex guitar picks for Slash that the guitarist will presumably use during GUNS N' ROSES' upcoming tour. The new pick, which can be seen below, features GUNS N' ROSES' "bullet" logo, which is synonymous with the band's classic lineup. GUNS N' ROSES has six shows scheduled so far, all in April: ...
KITTIE: Title Of Upcoming Career-Spanning Documentary Revealed
Canadian all-female metal band KITTIE has set "Kittie: Origins/Evolutions" as the title of its upcoming career-spanning documentary. Director Rob McCallum states in a new Facebook video update (see below): "This is going to be somewhat of a two-part documentary. The first part will be 'Origins' and it will look at the first ten years of ...
ACE FREHLEY Featured In 'Me And My Guitar' Interview With TOTAL GUITAR
Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recently showed U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine one of the initial run of signature Les Paul custom Gibson guitars made for him during his reunion era with KISS. Check out the clip below. Frehley will release "Origins Vol. 1", a collection of twelve newly recorded classics from Ace's formative ...
ANTHRAX's IAN, BELLO Discuss New Song 'Blood Eagle Wings' (Video)
Louder Noise has uploaded a new video clip in which ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Frank Bello discuss the band's new song "Blood Eagle Wings". The multipart eight-minute epic is taken from the band's latest album, "For All Kings", which was released on February 26 via Megaforce in North America and Nuclear ...
IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN Shows Off His New SONOR Drum Kit (Video)
British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have a released a new one-and-a-half-minute video clip in which drummer Nicko McBrain shows off his drum kit for the band's "The Book Of Souls" world tour. In a recent interview with Metal Shock Finland, McBrain stated about his return to Sonor drums: "I left [Sonor] in '92 and ...
BEHEMOTH Bassist Blasts Concert Venues That Charge Exorbitant Percentages For Merch Sales
BEHEMOTH bassist Tomasz Wróblewski (stage name Orion) has slammed concert venues that have begun charging exorbitant percentages to allow a band to sell its merchandise at shows. Hall fees are fees charged by a venue for selling artists' merchandise there. These fees are usually a percentage cut of the merchandise take and are paid to ...
COREY TAYLOR Wants To Give Metal And Hard Rock 'A Little Spotlight' On His Radio Show
SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has just launched a new radio show on Apple Music's Beats 1. Titled "A Series Of Bleeps With Corey Taylor", the first installment aired yesterday (Wednesday, March 2) on Beats 1. The shows will also be available on demand within Beats 1. "They asked me to do exactly ...