California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER are bringing their debaucherously fun concert experience to Pennsylvania this September. The band will perform live at two Pennsylvania area drive-ins this coming September as part of the "Fast Cars & Loud Guitars Tour": at the Starlite Drive In in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 11 and the Circle Drive ...
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According to Rolling Stone, SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE will perform live for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic on September 18 as the headliner of Rockin' Fore The Kids at Cleveland's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Also scheduled to appear are the OHIO WEATHER BAND, ...
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Scott Roberts says that he left BIOHAZARD because he "wasn't happy" anymore. Roberts, who played guitar on BIOHAZARD's 2005 album "Means To An End", rejoined the band in June 2011 as the replacement for bassist and co-vocalist Evan Seinfeld. Scott fronted BIOHAZARD for nearly four years before exiting the group in February 2016. Roberts addressed ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell has paid tribute to James Hetfield on the METALLICA guitarist/vocalist's 57th birthday. Speaking to Metal Hammer magazine, Jerry said: "What makes James such a great frontman is his physical presence. Nobody else commands the same kind of respect and attention without it being self-seeking or egocentric. ...
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TOTO guitarist Steve Lukather has confirmed to Tone-Talk that he has completed work on his eighth solo album. The follow-up to 2013's "Transition" is due in the coming months via Mascot. Lukather said (see video below): "I was lucky to get in the studio and cut everything live with the guys ...
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The official music video for "Born Innocent", the title track of the new album from the hard-hitting, melodic heavy metal band ALCATRAZZ, can be seen below. The LP was released on July 31 via Silver Lining Music. Alongside the unique vocal prowess and range of star frontman and founding member Graham Bonnet, ALCATRAZZ's first studio ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD and current VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel has teamed up with singer Jeff Scott Soto (SONS OF APOLLO, JOURNEY), bassist Billy Sheehan (SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and drummer Dave McClain (SACRED REICH, MACHINE HEAD) to record a "quarantine" cover version of the VAN HALEN song "Loss Of Control" ...
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Sammy Hagar has praised Wolfgang Van Halen's new solo music, saying that Eddie Van Halen's son "inherited genetically enough talent for 10 lifetimes." The 29-year-old VAN HALEN bassist has spent the last few years working on his debut solo LP, which he has said will not sound like VAN HALEN or feature guest appearances by ...
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STEEL PANTHER drummer Stix Zadinia says that the band has been using the coronavirus downtime to work on new music. "Satchel [guitar] has been on a writing tear," Stix tells "Dr Gong's Drumcast" in a new interview. "He's writing these great songs. I wish I could even tell you the titles ...
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DOKKEN will release an album called "The Lost Songs: 1978-1981" on August 28 via Silver Lining Music. The official lyric video for "No Answer", the second single from "The Lost Songs: 1978-1981", can be seen below. It wasn't always multi-platinum sales and stadium gigs for DOKKEN. There was a first-phase and there were early days, ...
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When VAN HALEN parted with frontman David Lee Roth in 1985, his eventual replacement, Sammy Hagar, was not the band's first choice to fill Roth's shoes. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen asked Patty Smyth of the group SCANDAL to join the band first, which Smyth has now recounted in a new interview with
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Wolfgang Van Halen says that his upcoming solo album will be a "rock" affair with no special guest appearances by any of his VAN HALEN bandmates. The 29-year-old VAN HALEN bassist has spent the last few years working on his debut solo LP, which he has repeatedly said will not feature any contributions from his ...
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In a new interview with "The Network317 Podcast", David Ellefson was asked to name a band that opened for MEGADETH that really "blew his socks off." He responded (see video below): "I already knew of PANTERA — I was buddies with them; I had already jammed on stage with them — so when they came ...
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David Lee Roth has shared several more pieces of his original artwork which were inspired by the COVID-19 crisis. For the past three months, the VAN HALEN singer has been posting paintings on his Twitter account that reflect the times and channel the mass anxiety around the novel coronavirus. "Social commentary is what I do," ...
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Chris Cornell's daughter Lily Cornell Silver has launched a new IGTV series, "Mind Wide Open", which aims to "help destigmatize the conversation around mental health," according to a press release. Guests will include mental health professionals, public figures, peers, and others who will share their stories and struggles, as well as provide knowledge and insight. ...
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In December 2019, former THE GATHERING singer Anneke Van Giersbergen and Kamerata Zuid chamber orchestra played a number of concerts together in North Brabant, a province in the south of the Netherlands where Anneke was born and raised. The setlist offered a variety of Anneke's own songs with a classical twist, two renditions of her ...
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According to Rolling Stone, Chris Cornell's daughter Lily Cornell Silver will launch a new IGTV series, "Mind Wide Open", Monday, July 20, on what would've been her father's 56th birthday. "Mind Wide Open" aims to "help destigmatize the conversation around mental health," according to a press release. Guests will include mental ...
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A race car previously owned by Eddie Van Halen is being auctioned. Gotta Have Rock And Roll, the East Coast auction house dedicated to connecting serious collectors with rock memorabilia, will the start the bidding the VAN HALEN guitarist's 2000 550 Ferrari custom six-speed at $125,000, opening on July 22 at ...
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STATIC-X frontman Xer0 performed without his now-trademark spiked-up hair during the band's appearance Saturday night (July 18) outside the Q&Z Expo Center in Ringle, Wisconsin. Fan-filmed video footage of the entire concert is available below. The once-named Herd Immunity Fest faced backlash when it was first announced in late June due to its name as ...
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Wolfgang Van Halen says that it's not up to David Lee Roth to decide whether Eddie Van Halen will ever tour again. Eddie's 29-year-old son, who plays bass for VAN HALEN, made the comment shortly after Roth gave an interview to the New York Times in which he said that VAN HALEN is unlikely to ...
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GONE IS GONE, the project featuring MASTODON's Troy Sanders, AT THE DRIVE-IN's Tony Hajjar, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's Troy Van Leeuwen and guitarist-keyboardist Mike Zarin, has released the official music video for a new song called "Everything Is Wonderfall". The track delivers a powerful mantra, a meditation of an uncertain universe that we may ...
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GONE IS GONE, the project featuring MASTODON's Troy Sanders, AT THE DRIVE-IN's Tony Hajjar, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's Troy Van Leeuwen and guitarist-keyboardist Mike Zarin, has released a new song called "Everything Is Wonderfall". "Everything Is Wonderfall" is the first new music from GONE IS GONE since the release of "No One Ever Walked ...
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After effectively saving the world with the very successful "Concert To Save The World" in June, California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER are now back with another virtual concert event, "Rockdown In The Lockdown". The show will take place on Sunday, August 16 from the ultra-sanitized, production-filled, multi-camera Drum Channel Studio at Drum Workshop, located ...
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Wolfgang Van Halen says that he has no intention of copying VAN HALEN with his upcoming solo album. The 29-year-old VAN HALEN bassist has spent the last few years working on his debut solo LP, which he has repeatedly said will not feature any contributions from his father, VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Wolfgang ...
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David Lee Roth says that he doesn't know if Eddie Van Halen will ever tour again. There have been a lot of rumors regarding the VAN HALEN guitarist's supposedly worsening health, including a fall 2019 report from TMZ stating he is battling throat cancer. According to the gossip site's story, Van Halen has been traveling ...
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Canadian producer, engineer, and musician Bob Rock recently spoke to Tone-Talk about his work on the debut album from '80s rockers KINGDOM COME, a band perhaps best known for its uncanny musical resemblance to LED ZEPPELIN. The 1988 LP featured the song "Get It On", which had a stranglehold on AOR ...
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In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have postponed most of their previously announced fall 2020 U.S. tour dates to the summer/fall of 2021. Unfortunately, not every show was able to be rescheduled. About a dozen concerts had to be canceled. Says JUDAS PRIEST: "We have every intention of ...
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"Dirty Like The City", the new music video from the hard-hitting, melodic heavy metal band ALCATRAZZ, can be seen below. The song is taken from the group's upcoming album, "Born Innocent", due on July 31 via Silver Lining Music. Frontman Graham Bonnet comments: "Steve Vai sent us about 60 songs. Out of all of them, ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Wolfgang Van Halen has shared a new audio clip of a song that will appear on his upcoming debut solo album. Wolfgang posted the 34-second snippet on Twitter, captioning it: "Bass & Drums. #WVHAlbum" This past February, it was announced that Wolfgang had signed a deal with Explorer1 Music Group for the ...
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VAN HALEN bassist Wolfgang Van Halen says that he is still "working" on getting his debut solo album released. Earlier today, a fan asked Wolfgang on Twitter when he expects his solo LP to finally see the light of day. The 29-year-old rocker responded: "I'm working on it! The state of the world has really ...
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