"Hard To Kill", the fourth studio album from Los Angeles-based hard rockers HEAVEN & EARTH, will be released on October 6 via Quarto Valley Records. A lyric video for the song "The Game Has Changed", taken from "Hard To Kill", can be seen below. Founded by British-born, blues-rock guitar virtuoso Stuart Smith, HEAVEN & EARTH ...
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With a legendary career as a hit-making musician, solid-body electric guitar trailblazer, and an inventor of unprecedented recording techniques, he has impacted and influenced the many facets of the music industry like none other. Filmed live at what was then the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on February 8, 2006, "A Tribute To Les Paul: ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, AEROSMITH spoke to Ultimate Classic Rock about the thirtieth anniversary of the band's return-to-form classic "Permanent Vacation". The album, which was released on August 18, 1987, marked the band's comeback following years of floundering after its initial '70s blockbusters and descent into the throes of drug addiction. ...
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EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has told Great Music Stories that he and his bandmates are "a little bit disappointed" in themselves that they have yet to release the long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Saudades De Rock" album. "We've been writing, we've been working, we've got mounds and mounds of songs that we wanna do, and we're ...
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Billy Ray Cyrus is celebrating his birthday with the announcement of his new album, "Set The Record Straight", due on November 10. The disc features collaborations with Joe Perry (AEROSMITH), George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Bryan Adams, Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION), Jencarlos Canela, Ronnie Milsap and Billy's daughter, Miley Cyrus. "I'm ...
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Brad Whitford has revealed to Billboard Argentina that AEROSMITH recently entered a London, England studio to lay down the first new material since 2012's "Music From Another Dimension!" album. "We actually did some recording while we were touring Europe, and we started recording a new song," the guitarist said. Whitford added that the ...
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Quarto Valley Records has set a September 29 release date for "Hard To Kill", the fourth studio album from Los Angeles-based hard rockers HEAVEN & EARTH. Founded by British-born, blues-rock guitar virtuoso Stuart Smith, HEAVEN & EARTH specializes in melodic, hard rock in the vein of DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW and BAD COMPANY. HEAVEN & EARTH's ...
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John Perry of the 95 WIIL Rock radio station conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne on July 16 at the Chicago Open Air festival in Bridgeview, Illinois. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about some people's claim that "rock is dead," Ozzy responded: "I'm still alive. [But] I ...
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LINKIN PARK bassist Dave Phoenix Farrell has thanked fans for the "outpouring of love and kindness" he has received since the band's lead singer, Chester Bennington, passed away more than a week ago. Bennington was found dead in his home in Palos Verdes, California by one of his employees shortly before 9:00 a.m. on July ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx underwent surgery on Tuesday (July 25) to repair a torn rotator cuff. He posted a couple of post-operation photos and the following message on Facebook: "Rotator and torn bicep fixed. Doctor did a great job." This is the second major surgery of 2017 for Sixx, who previously underwent ...
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Southern California's VALOR & VENGEANCE has released the Adrienne Beacco-directed music video for the song "Sinking Further". The track is taken from the band's debut EP, "Angels And Kings", which will be released independently in the fall. Formed in Huntington Beach in September 2009 by bassist Paul Perry, VALOR & VENGEANCE "[brings] new media culture ...
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According to TMZ, Nikki Sixx is in talks with "American Idol" about joining the judges panel. The producers of the singing competition show and ABC want the MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist as the third judge on the rebooted program, which will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest. ABC has already locked in Katy ...
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Sean Killian, vocalist for influential San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band VIO-LENCE, has been diagnosed with stage 4 liver cirrhosis. The news of Sean's medical condition was revealed by his wife, Dana Rivero Killian, during last night's (Monday, June 19) appearance on the "Thrash Zone" radio show. She told "Thrash Zone" host Billy Boldt ...
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JANE'S ADDICTION will release "Ritual De Lo Habitual - Alive At Twenty-Five" on Blu-ray, DVD, CD and vinyl on August 4. It is presented by Rock Fuel Media in association with Sonic Films, Cleopatra Records and MVD Entertainment Group. Captured live in stunning 4K resolution using twenty cameras, the set sees JANE'S ADDICTION — Perry ...
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Decibel Geek TV has uploaded video footage of the reunited RATT, featuring three members of the band's classic lineup — singer Stephen Pearcy, bassist Juan Croucier and guitarist Warren DeMartini — performing on May 28 at the Rocklahoma festival, which took place at "Catch the Fever" Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. Check ...
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Legendary rockers AEROSMITH have posted video highlights of the band's recent shows in Tel Aviv, Israel (May 17), Batumi, Georgia (May 20), and Moscow, Russia (May 23). Check out the clips below. AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry recently told the Associated Press that the band will continue playing until at least its upcoming fiftieth anniversary, which ...
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Joe Perry has told the Associated Press that AEROSMITH will continue playing until at least its upcoming fiftieth anniversary, which the band will celebrate in 2020. "I thing that we're gonna keep going," the guitarist said (see video below). "The way it looks to me is the band is gonna stay pretty active over the ...
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Members of METALLICA, PEARL JAM, LINKIN PARK, NIRVANA and JANE'S ADDICTION are among the friends and colleagues who paid their respects to SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell earlier today (Friday, May 26) as his ashes were laid in his final resting place. The private event on the Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery included eulogies by ...
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"Radiation Romeos", the new video from RADIATION ROMEOS, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's self-titled debut album, which will be released on June 2 via Frontiers Music Srl. RADIATION ROMEOS is a new band formed by Parramore "Perry" McCarty, best known for being the frontman of legendary U.S. metal act ...
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According to Billboard, LINKIN PARK's new album, "One More Light", is likely to move around 90,000 equivalent album units in first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes ...
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AEROSMITH's Joe Perry has vowed to "put on a great show" tonight in Russia "in honor of those killed and injured" in Monday's attack outside an Ariana Grande concert in England. In a Twitter message, the guitarist wrote: "I feel terrible about the news today. We knew this was going to eventually happen at a ...
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist Josh Klinghoffer paid tribute to Chris Cornell at their Indianapolis concert Thursday night (May 18) by singing the acoustic "Singles" track "Seasons". Klinghoffer previously performed a Cornell-penned song in November 2016 in Vienna, Austria when he played a solo version of TEMPLE OF THE DOG's "All Night Thing" in honor ...
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SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell died Wednesday night, his representative has confirmed. The representative, Brian Bumbery, called Cornell's passing "sudden and unexpected." He added in a statement: "His wife Vicky and family were shocked to learn of his sudden and unexpected passing, and they will be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause. ...
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According to Licensing.biz, Zynga has released an AEROSMITH-themed slot game as part of its "Hit It Rich!" series. The free-to-play game, which is available on the app store for iPhone and iPad and on Google Play for Android devices, combines casino-style graphics and sounds with some of AEROSMITH's best-known classics. "Zynga has taken ...
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Legendary bass player Rudy Sarzo has joined the new thrash band launched by former ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz and ex-JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo. Since the early 1980s, Sarzo has played with some of the biggest bands and artists in hard rock and heavy metal, including OZZY OSBOURNE (alongside renowned guitarist Randy Rhoads), QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, ...
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"Castaways", a new song from RADIATION ROMEOS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's self-titled debut album, which will be released on June 2 via Frontiers Music Srl. RADIATION ROMEOS is a new band formed by Parramore "Perry" McCarty, best known for being the frontman of legendary U.S. metal act WARRIOR ...
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Video footage of former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo's SUPERJOINT project — previously known as SUPERJOINT RITUAL — performing on April 27 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California can be seen below (filmed by Jake Perry). SUPERJOINT kicked off the second leg of its "Caught Up In The Gears" ...
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AEROSMITH's Joe Perry and Steven Tyler became same-day grandfathers on Wednesday, May 10. According to an announcement on AEROSMITH's Facebook page, the co-founders of the legendary Massachusetts hard rock band both welcomed new family members yesterday, with Tyler celebrating the birth of a grandson and Perry adding a granddaughter. "Congrats to Steven Tyler ...
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"Like An Arrow", a new song from RADIATION ROMEOS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's self-titled debut album, which will be released on June 2 via Frontiers Music Srl. RADIATION ROMEOS is a new band formed by Parramore "Perry" McCarty, best known for being the frontman of legendary U.S. metal ...
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Art connoisseur Jon Bon Jovi and former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted chatted together about art, music and charity at Art New York, which closed yesterday at Pier 94 in New York City. Jon and his wife Dorothea Hurley spent hours at both Art New York and Context New York with Nick Korniloff (founder of Art ...
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