Guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, has set a March 18, 2014 release date for his debut solo album, "I Am The Fire", in North America. The CD will be released internationally on Century Media ...
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Guitarist Yossi Sassi, founding member of Israel-based oriental folk metallers ORPHANED LAND, has announced his departure from the band. In a statement, he said: "I never thought that someday I'll write these words… yet if there's something stronger than our past — it is our future, and our dreams, as we evolve and understand what ...
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Shooting for the forthcoming rock photography book titled "Before I Hit The Stage: Backstage Rock 'N' Roll Moments In New York City, 2013" wrapped when Andrew W.K. partied hard this past New Year's Eve at Manhattan's Irving Plaza. The book is set to become the first ever published that photographically documents touring rock 'n' roll ...
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GUNS N' ROSES and SIXX: A.M. guitarist Daren Jay "DJ" Ashba has designed his own signature Les Paul guitar, to be released in March 2014 by Gibson. Ashba, who joined GUNS N' ROSES in March 2009 following the departure of Robin Finck, spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald this past February about being in one ...
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"Randy Rhoads Remembered: A Celebration Of A Legend" is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. From the creators of "Bonzo Bash" (the celebration show for LED ZEPPELIN's John Bonham), Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton bring you yet another celebration for an icon! Tichy and Sutton, ...
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Bumblefoot has launched a line of signature guitar cases, via Eastsport, Inc. Solo artist, producer, and lead guitarist of GUNS N' ROSES, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal brought his A-game to the table while crafting his signature series of cases. Using his decades of performing and touring experience, Ron has been hands-on in developing not only fashionable ...
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The world-famous Whisky A Go Go nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California turns 50 years old on Thursday, January 16, 2014. The venue will ring in this historic evening with a show by legendary THE DOORS guitarist Robbie Krieger and his JAM KITCHEN band. Mayor John Heilman will be there to present ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal spoke to Argentina's Vorterix prior to his November 24 appearance at The Roxy Palermo in Buenos Aires. A few excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On recurrecting his solo career: Bumblefoot: "Before GUNS, I was touring all the time, doing my own stuff, putting out ...
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On November 22, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and the drummer of his solo band, Dennis Leeflang, were interviewed on Chile's Radio Futuro prior to their first-ever performance in Santiago the next day. Speaking about first visit to Chile as a solo artist, Thal said (hear audio below): "It's funny… Before GUNS, Dennis ...
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Just in time for Halloween, a scarily impressive alliance of metal and hard rock luminaries has formed to create one of the most depraved abominations of musical crossbreeding in history — an all-metal tribute to the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, available on CD October 22! Never before have such quintessential pop hits as "Beat ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was interviewed on a recent episode of "Met Al Metal", Israel's biggest metal radio show hosted by the brothers Lior and Niv Peleg. You can now listen to the entire show using the audio player below. Thal admitted in a recent interview with the "Totally Driven Radio" podcast ...
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Original KISS members Ace Frehley (guitar) and Peter Criss (drums) reunited on stage for the first time in 13 years this past Wednesday night (October 23) during the all-star jam at the 30th-anniversary party for VH1 Classic "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk's radio show at the Hard Rock Café in New York City. Drummer ...
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Original KISS members Ace Frehley (guitar) and Peter Criss (drums) reunited on stage for the first time in 13 years last night (Wednesday, October 23) during the all-star jam at the 30th-anniversary party for VH1 Classic "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk's radio show at the Hard Rock Café in New York City. Drummer Mike ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was interviewed on a recent episode of "Met Al Metal", Israel's biggest metal radio show hosted by the brothers Lior and Niv Peleg. You can watch video footage of Bumblefoot's appearance below. Thal admitted in a recent interview with the "Totally Driven Radio" podcast that he was not ...
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Just in time for Halloween, a scarily impressive alliance of metal and hard rock luminaries has formed to create one of the most depraved abominations of musical crossbreeding in history — an all-metal tribute to the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, available on CD October 22! Never before have such quintessential pop hits as "Beat ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal held a clinic at the Copenhagen Guitar Show on October 6 in Copenhagen, Denmark. You can now watch video footage of his appearance below. Thal admitted in a recent interview with the "Totally Driven Radio" podcast that he was not pleased with GUNS N' ROSES' shows consistently starting ...
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"Burning Daylight", the new video from TONY HARNELL & THE WILDFLOWERS FEATURING BUMBLEFOOT, the collaboration between former TNT singer Tony Harnell and GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, can be seen below. TONY HARNELL & THE WILDFLOWERS FEATURING BUMBLEFOOT recently released its debut album via CDBaby.com. The track listing for the effort is as ...
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Just in time for Halloween — the first-ever all--metal tribute to the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, will be released, featuring an all-star lineup that will raise the dead! "Thriller – A Metal Tribute To Michael Jackson" features outstanding performances by Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), Danny Worsnop (ASKING ALEXANDRIA), Elias Soriano (NONPOINT), Lajon Witherspoon (SEVENDUST), Phil ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was interviewed on the latest episode of "Totally Driven Radio", the weekly radio podcast heard live every Thursday night from 8 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EST on the VOC Nation Radio Network. You can now listen to the podcast using the audio player below. Asked about GUNS N' ...
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Knockout Live, the leader in global IPTV Networks announced today, via Knockout For A Cause, the assignment of popular guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal as the 2013-214 Chairperson. The talented musician, known for his lead guitarist position with the mega group GUNS N' ROSES, accepted the position as the 2013-14 Chairperson for the Rock2Live Music Series. ...
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Geeks Of Doom recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Geeks Of Doom: The three guitar players in GUNS N' ROSES [including DJ Ashba and Richard Fortus] all have different styles and come from different backgrounds, musically. Do ...
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Sex, Drugs And Guns N' Roses and Bumblefoot Italia conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal during his recent Italian tour. You can now watch the chat below. Thal recently told Rolling Stone that there is music ready to go for GUNS N' ROSES' follow-up to 2008's "Chinese Democracy". He explained, ...
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GUNS N' ROSES and SIXX: A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba is engaged to marry his actress/model girlfriend. Ashba, who joined GUNS N' ROSES in March 2009 following the departure of Robin Finck, proposed to Nathalia Henao, and he took to his Twitter page to announce that she "said yes." He added: "We can't thank you all ...
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GUNS N' ROSES has released the following statement via its social media sites: "Generally speaking, at this time, we have no information on tours, albums, or DVDs. When things get confirmed, we will let you know. Thank you for your patience." GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal recently told Rolling Stone that there is ...
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John Doan of MusicFrenzy.net recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. You can now listen to the chat at this location. Thal recently told Rolling Stone that there is music ready to go for GUNS N' ROSES' follow-up to 2008's "Chinese Democracy". He explained, "There's a ...
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InsideOut Music has teamed up with Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian and Sixthman to bring Progressive Nation to the high seas in 2014! The inaugural sailing will take place February 18-22, 2014 on the luxurious Norwegian Pearl heading from Miami to Great Stirrup Cay and Freeport, Bahamas. This music festival at sea gives you an experience ...
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A.L.I.V.E.!, the new band put together strictly out of a passion for '70s-era KISS — featuring Rex Brown (bass; PANTERA, KILL DEVIL HILL), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (guitar; GUNS N' ROSES), Brian Thomas Tichy (drums; WHITESNAKE, QUEENSRŸCHE, OZZY OSBOURNE, S.U.N.) and Mark Zavon (guitar; KILL DEVIL HILL) — was interviewed on a recent installment of Dean ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal makes a guest appearance in the track "In My Head" from New York-based, female-fronted rockers CILVER. The official video for the song, which is available on Amazon, can be seen below. "'In My Head' is the reaction to the pressure you feel from a society ...
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A.L.I.V.E.!, the new band put together strictly out of a passion for '70s-era KISS — featuring Rex Brown (bass; PANTERA, KILL DEVIL HILL), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (guitar; GUNS N' ROSES), Brian Thomas Tichy (drums; WHITESNAKE, QUEENSRŸCHE, OZZY OSBOURNE, S.U.N.) and Mark Zavon (guitar; KILL DEVIL HILL) — made a surprise appearance last night (Monday, July ...
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Scotty Mars of "The Scotty Mars Show", which airs on the Live 105 radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist DJ Ashba. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Ashba, who joined GUNS N' ROSES in March 2009 following the departure of ...
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