According to Times Online, veteran rock band QUEEN has quit the beleaguered music label EMI for its rival Universal. QUEEN, which been with the heavily indebted British label for almost 40 years, is believed to have been lured to Universal with a new contract worth tens of millions of pounds. People familiar with ...
May 2010 - Blabbermouth Archive
Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist GILBY CLARKE Talks About Motorcycle Hit-And-Run Accident
Rockerrazzi.com conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA guitarist Gilby Clarke at the sixth annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit to celebrate women in recovery and salute former first lady Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center, which was held this past Friday, May 7 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, ...
RATT Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket'
Late last month, vocalist Stephen Pearcy of California rockers RATT was interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket". Listen to the program in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Pearcy interview begins around the one-hour, 11-minute mark). ...
EXTREME Frontman Interviewed On 'Hard Rock Nights'
Gary Cherone, vocalist for reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME, was the special guest on the April 30-May 6 edition of "Hard Rock Nights". Cherone joined host JT to discuss the band's new DVD, "Take Us Alive", as well as its last studio effort, "Saudades de Rock", which was released in 2008. Cherone also talked about ...
SAWTHIS: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online
Italian thrash-death metallers SAWTHIS (formerly SOTHIS) will release their sophomore album, "Egod", on May 17 via Scarlet Records. The CD was recorded at Petemkin Studios with producer Paolo Ojetti (INFERNAL POETRY). 13 songs were written for the album and 10 of them were tracked for the final product. Daniele "Axo" Galassi from INFERNAL POETRY played ...
NIGHTFALL: More New Album Details Revealed
Reformed Greek metallers NIGHTFALL — featuring frontman and lyricist Efthimis Karadimas alongside Evan Hensley on guitar, Stathis Kassios on keyboards and Jörg Uken on drums — have entered the studio to begin tracking their new album, "Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants", for a late 2010 release via Metal Blade Records. The CD is being ...
'Black Sabbath And The Rise Of Heavy Metal Music' Book Extracts Available
Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series have just released "Black Sabbath And The Rise Of Heavy Metal Music", a new hardcover book by author Dr. Andrew L. Cope. What follows is the book's official description. The definition of "heavy metal" is often a contentious issue and in this lively and accessible text Andrew Cope presents ...
FLESH MADE SIN Begins Recording New Album
After several months of writing and pre-production, Dutch black/death thrashers FLESH MADE SIN have entered Aftermath Studios in Kaatsheuvel, Holland with producer Marco Stubbe to begin recording their new album for a late 2010 release. According to a press release, FLESH MADE SIN "will continue and further evolve their epic darkness invoked by its predecessor, ...
It's Official: JOEY BELLADONNA Rejoins ANTHRAX For Tour, Studio Album
With rumors swirling since ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello were seen together with former ANTHRAX vocalist Joey Belladonna late last month in New York, the band — Benante, Bello, and guitarists Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano — is elated to announce that Belladonna has officially rejoined the band. In his once and ...