The highly celebrated and long-awaited trilogy known as "The Decline Of Western Civilization" will receive a deluxe box set release on June 30 from Shout! Factory. The four-disc set will be available in both Blu-ray and DVD formats, and will contain Penelope Spheeris's "The Decline Of Western Civilization" (1980), "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part ...
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In a brand new interview conducted earlier today (Friday, June 12) at the U.K.'s Download festival, vocalist Neil Fallon of Maryland rockers CLUTCH revealed that the band's new album, "Psychic Warfare", will be released "the third week of September" via the band's own label, Weathermaker Music. "It's got eleven songs on it, and it's probably ...
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and his soon-to-be-ex-wife Perla Ferrar, have put their mansion in the Mulholland Estates, a guard-gated community in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles, on the market for $11 million. The 11,000-square-foot, three-story Tuscan Villa-like home on Clerendon Road includes six bedrooms, ...
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DEF LEPPARD's inaugural "Hysteria On The High Seas" will sail January 21-25, 2016. In addition to DEF LEPPARD, the cruise will feature performances by LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell's LAST IN LINE, CiNDERELLA's Tom Keifer, WINGER's Kip Winger, MR. BIG's Eric Martin and THE WINERY DOGS' Richie Kotzen. A new promotional video can be seen below. ...
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According to News-Press.com, AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams has sold 13,223-square-foot, seven-room south Fort Myers, Florida mansion for the full asking price of $6,995,000. The rocker purchased the house in 2010 for $5.1 million. The home sits on 2.5 acres and features seven full bathrooms, two half bathrooms and two guesthouses. Back in 2010, ...
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According to the Los Angeles Times, POISON singer Bret Michaels has purchased a home in Westlake Village, California for $3.49 million. The 2.6-acre property, which was built in 1989, includes a two-story 6,683-square-foot house with six bedrooms and six bathrooms, plus a powder room. There are also a library/office, a family room wet ...
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U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner and bassist Ian Hill at this year's Rock On The Range, which was held May 15-17 at MAPFRE Stadium (formerly Crew Stadium) in Columbus. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about when fans can expect to see the follow-up to ...
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On May 14, Missouri's KSHE 95 Real Rock Radio conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. Asked what hobbies he likes to partake in when he is on the road, Tipton said: "I play a bit of golf. Not too much ...
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Kristyn Clark of Pop Culture Madness conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph at the fifth annual Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion, which took place May 2-3 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway just outside Charlotte, North Carolina. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). ...
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According to the the Los Angeles Times, NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor has put his home in Beverly Crest, a neighborhood in the hills of the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California, on the market. The musician is asking $4.495 million for the house, which he purchased in 2007 for ...
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In an age where heavy metal music cruises with high-profile lineups are becoming a dime a dozen, it's about time that true guitar pros, gearheads, theorists and hobbyists have a voyage of their own. Imagine a cruise exclusively planned for guitarists and instrumentalists, featuring performances and personal lessons from some of the greatest guitar gods ...
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"Little Brother Is Watching", the video for the title track of the new solo album from GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, can be seen below. Released on February 24, the disc was composed, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Bumblefoot at his studio in New Jersey, and also features drummer Dennis Leeflang and ...
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SOIL's tour bus was involved in a road accident last night following the band's concert in Des Moines, Iowa. SOIL singer Ryan McCombs writes on Instagram: "At 4:33 a.m., the last thing you want to hear in your bunk is a combination of the driver yelling, 'HOLD ON!!', the sound of the bus flying off ...
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DEF LEPPARD has announced the inaugural "Hysteria On The High Seas" sailing January 21-25, 2016. You and DEF LEPPARD will set sail from beautiful Miami, Florida, sailing four nights on the elegant MSC Divina. Your days and nights will be filled with music, theme nights, and special events. During your Caribbean adventure, the ship will ...
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According to Naples Daily News, AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams has put his 13,223-square-foot, seven-room south Fort Myers, Florida mansion on the market. The rocker is asking $6.95 million for the house, which he purchased in 2010 for $5.1 million. The home sits on 2.5 acres and features seven full bathrooms, two half bathrooms ...
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According to the Los Angeles Times, Ozzy Osbourne and his wife, Sharon Osbourne, are selling two unfinished houses in Hollywood Hills West, priced at $1.999 million each. The larger three-bedroom, three-bathroom property contains a 2,538-square-foot Contemporary house built in 1961. The smaller property includes 2,038 square feet of living space. Both houses have ...
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Former DROWNING POOL and current SOIL frontman Ryan McCombs was interviewed last month on the 94.9 K-Rock (WRHK) radio station in Danville, Illinois. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about his health three months after he suffered a stroke following the completion of SOIL's European tour with (HED)P.E. ...
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When the outspoken Gene Simmons of KISS declared in an interview with Esquire last year that "rock is finally dead," a wave of response followed, both in agreement and dissent. Whether dead or alive, one thing is for certain: backstage at a rock concert is not the same as it used to be. Authors and ...
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"The Art Of Rush" is a 272-page coffee table book that delves into the 40-year relationship with RUSH and their longtime artist and illustrator Hugh Syme. The stunning book begins with a foreword penned by Neil Peart, and contains original illustrations, paintings, photography, and the incredible stories behind each album that he has designed with ...
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The highly celebrated and long-awaited trilogy known as "The Decline Of Western Civilization" will receive a deluxe box set release on June 30 from Shout! Factory. The four-disc set will be available in both Blu-ray and DVD formats, and will contain Penelope Spheeris' "The Decline Of Western Civilization" (1980), "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part ...
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Because of the blunt extremity of their music, ENSLAVED may not always get the widespread attention of IRON MAIDEN or MASTODON, who have both conjured more than one masterpiece in their esteemed careers. Most ENSLAVED fans would have no qualms in saying "Below the Lights" and "Isa" are inarguable masterpieces, like OPETH (for all intents ...
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Former ADRENALINE MOB drummer Mike Portnoy will rejoin his bandmates on stage tonight (Saturday, March 21) at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey as they pay tribute to their fallen drummer, A.J. Pero (also of TWISTED SISTER). Also appearing with ADRENALINE MOB will be former BREAKING BENJAMIN drummer Chad Szeliga. Says ADRENALINE MOB: "A.J. ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of TWISTED SISTER drummer A.J. Pero's final performance with ADRENALINE MOB, which took place this past Thursday night, March 19 in Baltimore, Maryland as the support act for DROWNING POOL, can be seen below. A review of the concert can be found on the Rock N Roll Experience web site. ...
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MOTÖRHEAD's Motörboat will embark on its second voyage September 28 through October 2, 2015 on Norwegian Sky, departing Port Miami, with stops in Nassau and the private picturesque island of Great Stirrup Cay in The Bahamas. The Loudest Boat In The World will feature performances from some of the greatest heavy rock bands in the ...
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SRO Magazine's rock reporter Ferg recently conducted an interview with DROWNING POOL guitarist C.J. Pierce. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for DROWNING POOL's follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" album, Pierce said: "We have tons of stuff. We have more new songs now than our entire ...
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According to Le Journal De Montréal, DEF LEPPARD will perform on the season finale of "La Voix", Quebec, Canada's version of the popular sing-off competition show "The Voice". Also set to appear on the April 12 episode are Jean Leloup, Kelly Clarkson, Cœur de Pirate, Louis-Jean Cormier, Melissa Etheridge, Patrice Michaud, Ariane Moffatt ...
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STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static died after mixing a cocktail of Xanax and other powerful prescription drugs with alcohol, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. The 48-year-old Static, whose real name was Wayne Richard Wells, was just getting ready to head out on co-headlining tours with POWERMAN 5000 and DROWNING POOL when he was found dead at his ...
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DEF LEPPARD has completed recording its new album for a late 2015 release. The news was revealed by the band's lead singer, Joe Elliott, during the intro to his radio show which is currently being broadcast on Planet Rock in the U.K. Joe said: "Yes, I do sound very jolly, don't I?! I'm jolly because ...
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JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner was interviewed by U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how JUDAS PRIEST was re-energized by his addition to the band following the departure of original lead guitarist K.K. Downing in 2011, Faulkner said: "The whole re-energizing ...
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German death metal veterans MORGOTH will release their new studio album, "Ungod", on March 30 in Europe and April 7 in North America via Century Media. The CD will contain 11 tracks of dark and dismal death metal, combining the untamed ferocity of MORGOTH’s infamous EPs with the atmospheric density of the band’s two legendary ...
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