Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has commented on "VH1 Rock Honors", the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration honors the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. "VH1 Rock Honors" was taped Thursday, May 25 at the Mandalay Bay ...
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On June 26, DEF LEPPARD will appear on the syndicated morning show "Live with Regis and Kelly" — hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa — to play one or two songs. For showtimes and ticket information, click here. As previously reported, DEF LEPPARD's covers set "Yeah!" (Mercury/Universal) sold 42,000 copies in the ...
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A video clip of TRIVIUM performing their new song "Detonation" at the Rock am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany on Saturday, June 3 has been posted at YouTube.com. A studio version of "Detonation" will appear on the band's upcoming third album, "The Crusade", due this fall via Roadrunner Records. "The Crusade" was recorded ...
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KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with "in-the-works" photos of the different stages in the completion of KISS frontman Paul Stanley's latest painting, "Beth" — a portrait of original KISS drummer Peter Criss' "Catman" character. This is the final painting in his KISS portrait series, which features "Love Gun" (Paul), "God ...
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More TV-broadcast-quality video clips have been posted online from the the first annual "VH1 Rock Honors", including performances by KISS, JUDAS PRIEST and GODSMACK. Check them out: * JUDAS PRIEST performing "Breaking the Law" and "You've Got Another Thing Coming" (video) * GODSMACK performing a medley of JUDAS PRIEST's "The Hellion", "Electric Eye", ...
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With their new album "Yeah!" still hot off the presses, DEF LEPPARD is ready to celebrate with a summer-long tour. The band will kick off its 54-date tour in fitting fashion Saturday night (June 3), when it shares the stage with some of metal's giants at the Gods of Metal festival in Milan, Italy. The ...
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EVERGREY and NECROPHOBIC have been confirmed for the Mälarrocken festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 in Västerås, Sweden. More information is available at www.malarrocken.se. EVERGREY's latest album, "Monday Morning Apocalypse", was released in April via InsideOut Music. The follow-up to 2004's "The Inner Circle" was recorded at Division One ...
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TRIVIUM bassist Paolo Gregoletto has posted the following update on the band's web site: "Paolo here, just giving you an update before we head out early tomorrow for tour. We have finished tracking all of 'The Crusade', 15 songs total. Mixing has already begun and should be done in the next few weeks! We are ...
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Chris Strauss of People magazine recently conducted a short interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott. An excerpt follows: People: A recent Entertainment Weekly feature shows a picture of you guys from 1984 in matching Union Jack tank tops and short shorts. Do you look back at photos like that and laugh? Elliott: ...
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A video clip of the all-star band consisting of original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, ex-GUNS N' ROSES axeman Gilby Clarke, Rob Zombie (vocals), Slash (guitar; VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Tommy Lee (drums; MÖTLEY CRÜE), and Scott Ian (bass — yes, bass; ANTHRAX) performing the KISS classic "God of Thunder" as a tribute to KISS ...
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TalkingMetal.com teamed up with VH1's VSPOT at "VH1 Rock Honors" for pre-show interviews with the artists that paid tribute to JUDAS PRIEST, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Host John Ostronomy conducted interviews with the members of GODSMACK, FOO FIGHTERS, and THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS. Check out the "VH1 Rock Honors" area of VH1's VSPOT at
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DEF LEPPARD's covers set "Yeah!" (Mercury/Universal) sold 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 16 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This marks the group's tenth consecutive top 20 album, following the success of the band's two-disc best-of set "Rock of Ages: The Definitive ...
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DEF LEPPARD's performance on CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" — which was taped on May 19 — is scheduled to air June 23 (at 12:35 a.m. ET/PT on CBS), the opening night of the band's American tour. For more information about the show, click here. DEF LEPPARD's all-covers album, "Yeah!", has ...
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Beginning tomorrow, VSPOT — VH1's broadband channel — will offer exclusive performances from "VH1 Rock Honors" honorees and tribute bands that will not be seen during the show's television broadcast. Additional VSPOT content will include exclusive interviews with "VH1 Rock Honors" honorees, presenters and performers and "Air to the Throne" air guitar performances from the ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has commented on "VH1 Rock Honors", the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration honors the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on Wednesday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m., "VH1 Rock Honors" was taped ...
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DEF LEPPARD's all-covers album, "Yeah!", has entered the U.K. chart at No. 52 — the worst chart showing of the band's career, according to the data provided by Rockdetector.com. The following are the first-week U.K. chart positions for all DEF LEPPARD releases going back to 1980: "Yeah!" (2006) - #52 "X" (2002) - ...
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KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer has commented on "VH1 Rock Honors", the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration honors the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on Wednesday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m., "VH1 Rock Honors" was taped ...
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Former ANTHRAX/SEBASTIAN BACH guitarist Paul Crook has posted a number of photos and video clips from "VH1 Rock Honors", the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration honors the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on VH1 on ...
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KISS frontman Paul Stanley has commented on "VH1 Rock Honors", the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock. This year's celebration honors the music and influence of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on Wednesday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m., "VH1 Rock Honors" was taped ...
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Ari Bendersky of The Associated Press recently conducted a short interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott: AP: Why now, after 25 years of playing hard rock, did you decide to cover the glam rock era of the '70s? Elliott: "People would ask if we're a heavy-metal band and we'd say, 'No, that's BLACK SABBATH, ...
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Rock royalty received the ultimate form of flattery as some of today's hottest rock acts honored legendary bands KISS, QUEEN, DEF LEPPARD and JUDAS PRIEST at VH1's first annual "VH1 Rock Honors" Thursday night (May 25). Taped at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, "VH1 Rock Honors", which premieres Wednesday, May 31 at ...
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Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley and ex-GUNS N' ROSES axeman Gilby Clarke joined an all-star band consisting of Rob Zombie (vocals), Slash (guitar; VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Tommy Lee (drums; MÖTLEY CRÜE), and Scott Ian (bass — yes, bass; ANTHRAX) for a rendition of the KISS classic "God of Thunder" as a tribute to ...
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KissKollector.com has issued the following update: "After the announcement of a surprise guitarist to join the all star band that will pay tribute to KISS in Las Vegas tonight for 'VH1 Rock Honors' by playing 'God Of Thunder' on the show, rumors went all over the place about who this might be. Apart from several ...
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KissOnline.com photographer Al Soluri was on hand to capture several photos as KISS rocked the Mandalay Bay Events Center Tuesday night (May 23), rehearsing for tonight's "VH1 Rock Honors" show. KissOnline.com also caught up with KISS frontman Paul Stanley for a quick question: KissOnline.com: Peter Criss [original KISS drummer] recently said that "VH1 ...
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Video footage of DEF LEPPARD's appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Tuesday, May 23 have been posted online at NBC.com. Check out the clips: "20th Century Boy" (T.REX cover) (video) "Rock On" (DAVID ESSEX cover) (video) (wasn't televised) Interview (video) Released earlier this week, DEF LEPPARD's ...
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GODSMACK will be performing a four-song medley of JUDAS PRIEST classics as a tribute to the British heavy metal pioneers at the first annual "VH1 Rock Honors". In a live appearance on the "Rockline" nationally syndicated radio show Wednesday night (May 24), PRIEST frontman Rob Halford revealed that Sully Erna and company will be playing ...
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Launch Radio Networks report: It would be easy for a band to make a covers album that only had famous songs, but the newly released "Yeah!" shows that DEF LEPPARD wasn't afraid to stretch a bit. The album mixes well-known material alongside some more obscure songs, and guitarist Phil Collen told Launch that was a ...
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An all-star band consisting of Rob Zombie (vocals), Slash (guitar; VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Tommy Lee (drums; MÖTLEY CRÜE), and Scott Ian (bass — yes, bass; ANTHRAX) — plus a "special-surprise" second guitarist — will be performing the song "God of Thunder" as a tribute to KISS at the first annual "VH1 Rock Honors". ...
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DEF LEPPARD have posted the following message on their official web site: "If you have read Vivian's [Campbell, guitar] latest diary entry, you've seen that the band is looking to get rid of the stage floor covering bearing its infamous red and yellow logo. The covering was first used on the band's 1999-2000 ...
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According to KissKollector.com, never-before-seen KISS footage from some of the band's legendary '70s concerts will be aired as part of the the new VH1 documentary "Heavy: The Story of Metal", which is scheduled to premiere tonight (May 22). However, the information on VH1's web site only mentions the following about tonight's episode:" 'Welcome To My ...
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