Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Alice Cooper and JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS will perform at "Cleveland Rocks: From Our Living Rooms", a benefit concert airing on Fox 8 WJW Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. The special will be presented with limited commercial interruption by Cross Country Mortgage. There will be a ...
Posted in: News
LETLIVE.'s seminal album "Fake History" was released a decade ago today via Tragic Hero Records, an, to celebrate, vocalist Jason Aalon Butler's 333 Wreckords Crew have released a collection of early demos from the "Fake History" process. The raw and real recordings take you inside the making of a modern classic and are available now ...
Posted in: News
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony have commented on the status of SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE's previously announced U.S. tour with NIGHT RANGER. Produced by Live Nation, the outing is scheduled to kick off July 9 in West Palm Beach, Florida at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre and make stops in Tampa, Cincinnati, Dallas, Phoenix and more, ...
Posted in: News
On Saturday, April 11, David Ellefson Youth Music Foundation, the nonprofit charity started by Grammy-winning MEGADETH co-founder and bassist David Ellefson, will partner with Grammy Music Education Coalition to host "Oh Say Can You Stream", a livestream online fundraiser, powered by Cisco Webex to raise money for the "School's Out" initiative which provides online lessons, ...
Posted in: News
One of the strangest things about nostalgia for the '90s is how people tend to focus on grunge and nu-metal as the decade's primary phenomena. Both genres started well and ended badly, leaving a lot of truly dismal music behind. And a few classics, I'll grant you. But smart folk know that the '90s was ...
Posted in: CD Reviews
Sammy Hagar and his CIRCLE bandmates Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson are using the coronavirus downtime to record music. After previously connecting via their smartphones from four separate locations to record a brand new song titled "Funky Feng Shui", they have now regrouped — in a virtual sense — to cover THE WHO's ...
Posted in: News
METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo is apparently using the coronavirus downtime to "chill" and "make music." On Sunday, Trujillo took to his Instagram to share a photo of him sitting on a huge couch, with an acoustic guitar in hand and accompanied by his dog. He captioned the picture: "Chill time with Riffy boy... photo by ...
Posted in: News
A documentary about veteran Swedish hard rockers EUROPE could be on the horizon. Singer Joey Tempest revealed EUROPE's tentative plan to make a film during a recent interview with Tom Cridland of Greatest Music Of All Time. Speaking about EUROPE's future activities, Tempest said: "We get asked a lot about a ...
Posted in: News
FORBIDDEN singer Russ Anderson disclosed earlier on Friday that he entered a rehabilitation facility six months ago, saying he had hit "rock bottom" after "drinking heavily" most of his life. Earlier today (April 3), Anderson issued the following statement via the FORBIDDEN social media challens: "To my fans and friends. Yes, I'm still alive! "October ...
Posted in: News
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, founded in memory of the late rock music legend, commemorated the 10th anniversary of his passing and the formation of the charity with its 10th Anniversary Memorial Awards Gala held on February 20 at the Avalon Hollywood. Hosted by radio and television personality Eddie Trunk, ...
Posted in: News
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted recently spoke to the Palm Beach Florida Weekly about the physical damage that playing heavy metal music and headbanging has done to his body. He said: "I haven't had a direct interaction with anybody other than doctors about that kind of stuff. It's mostly my family ...
Posted in: News
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted and his CHOPHOUSE BAND played two separate benefit shows at the Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta, Florida on February 15 and February 29. Video footage of both performances can be seen below. Named after Jason's four recording studio facilities around the U.S. and featuring a fluid roster of players, THE CHOPHOUSE ...
Posted in: News
Classic rock band REO SPEEDWAGON appears in an episode of Netflix's award-winning drama "Ozark" this season. The episode (Season 3, Episode 3), "Kevin Cronin Was Here", written by Miki Johnson, is named for REO SPEEDWAGON's iconic vocalist Kevin Cronin. Cronin said: "We are big fans of 'Ozark' here in the Cronin house, and have been ...
Posted in: News
Sammy Hagar and his CIRCLE bandmates Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson are using the coronavirus downtime to make new music. The four musicians connected via their smartphones from four separate locations to record a brand new song titled "Funky Feng Shui". The track originated from a jam THE CIRCLE had been playing backstage ...
Posted in: News
"Creation", the new video from the Georgia heavy metal powerhouse IRIST, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's debut full-length album, "Order Of The Mind", which will be released on March 27 via Nuclear Blast. Although IRIST's record-release show was cancelled due to COVID-19, the "Creation" clip gives fans a taste ...
Posted in: News
PAPA ROACH has released the official music video for its song "Top Of The World". The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Who Do You Trust?", which arrived in January 2019. The disc was produced by Nick "RAS" Furlong and Colin Cunningham except for "Top Of The World", which was produced by Jason ...
Posted in: News
The official music video for the song "Salvation" from Arizona thrash metal veterans SACRED REICH can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Awakening", which was released last August via Metal Blade Records. SACRED REICH's first LP in 23 years was produced by Arthur Rizk, who has previously worked with ...
Posted in: News
Paul Bostaph says that he is working on a musical project with a "friend" of his who is "very familiar" to everyone. The former SLAYER drummer addressed his future plans while responding to a fan question on Instagram. Asked if he has any "post-SLAYER projects" in the works, Bostaph responded: "yes! Something is brewing with ...
Posted in: News
Former SACRED REICH guitarist Jason Rainey died Monday night (March 16) of an apparent heart attack. His death was confirmed by his wife Renee Novak, who wrote on Facebook: "My husband Jason Rainey passed away a hour ago. Most likely a heat [sic] attack. They worked on him for a half hour but they couldn't ...
Posted in: News
During an appearance on the latest episode of Doc Coyle's (GOD FORBID, BAD WOLVES) "The Ex Man" podcast, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Charlie "The Engine" Engen spoke about how he landed the gig as the replacement for FIVE FINGER's original drummer, Jeremy Spencer. Spencer, who co-founded the band with guitarist Zoltan Bathory, underwent back ...
Posted in: News
Frontiers Music Srl has announced the signing of Jason Bieler to the label for a brand new solo album. The LP will see Bieler working with a diverse array of musical friends, a list of whom will be revealed at a later date. When Bieler was reached for comment about signing with Frontiers, he said: ...
Posted in: News
SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE has canceled its previously announced South American shows, which were scheduled to take place later this month, "due to the escalation" of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Sammy announced the tour cancelation in a video message last night. An accompanying statement reads as follows: "The upcoming SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE ...
Posted in: News
OVERKILL singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth says that he doesn't have a problem with the band's former guitarist Bobby Gustafson. Gustafson joined OVERKILL in 1982 and played on the band first four albums — "Feel The Fire" (1985), "Taking Over" (1987), "Under The Influence" (1988) and "The Years Of Decay" (1989) — before being shown the ...
Posted in: News
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sammy Hagar is planning to launch a a Las Vegas residency this summer. The series will tentatively open in June at the "Celestia" tent inside the STRAT Hotel, Casino and SkyPod, formerly known as the Stratosphere. Sammy would then settle into a one-weekend-per-month residency, with ...
Posted in: News
In a recent interview with Gabriel Gignac, frontman Kyle Thomas of New Orleans-based thrash metal pioneers EXHORDER discussed the reasoning behind the long period of inactivity between studio albums before the release of last year's "Mourn The Southern Skies". Although EXHORDER had several reformations since its original dissolution in 1994, the band had long failed ...
Posted in: News
In a brand new interview with Nick Perkel of Aquarian Weekly, vocalist Kyle Thomas of New Orleans-based thrash metal pioneers EXHORDER was asked if he was aware of his band's influence on PANTERA's decision to move from a power metal act to a more aggressive form of thrash. He responded: "A ...
Posted in: News
JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EVENING has announced "The Ten Years Gone Tour", set to take place in North America this summer. Bonham spent nearly a decade touring as JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE before changing the band's name to JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EVENING. Bonham later explained that the switch was prompted by a request ...
Posted in: News
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, founded in memory of the late rock music legend, commemorated the 10th anniversary of his passing and the formation of the charity with its 10th Anniversary Memorial Awards Gala held on February 20 at the Avalon Hollywood. Hosted by radio and television personality Eddie Trunk, ...
Posted in: News
Rex Brown says that he is up for teaming up with Philip Anselmo and Zakk Wylde for a special tour celebrating the music of PANTERA. Brown made the comment in response to an interview "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's longtime girlfriend Rita Haney gave last month in which she said she would "definitely" be in favor of ...
Posted in: News
