EMP Label Group has released the new RON KEEL BAND album "Fight Like A Band", which hit stores March 1 via the EMP Outlaw imprint. The collection features 11 brand-new songs and fresh recordings of KEEL classics. In addition to a lyric video for the lead track "Road Ready", released in January, the band is ...
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Bassist and producer Jeff Pilson (FOREIGNER, DOKKEN, DIO) recently spoke with Tom Leu of Sound Matters Radio about the just-released self-titled debut album by THE END MACHINE, his new band with his DOKKEN bandmates Mick Brown and George Lynch. (WARRANT and occasional LYNCH MOB vocalist Robert Mason completes the group's lineup.) The full ...
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WINGER frontman Kip Winger has told The News Press that there are tentative plans for the band to write and release a new album in 2020. The disc will be the follow-up to "Better Days Comin'", which came out in 2014. In a recent interview with CantonRep.com, Kip stated about the ...
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Bassist Jeff Pilson (DOKKEN, FOREIGNER), vocalist Robin McAuley (MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP, SURVIVOR), guitarist Reb Beach (WINGER, WHITESNAKE) and drummer Matt Starr (MR. BIG, ACE FREHLEY) have joined forces in a new project whose debut album is expected later this year via Frontiers Music Srl. Speaking to Rock Titan, Starr stated about how his involvement in ...
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Bassist Jeff Pilson (DOKKEN, FOREIGNER), vocalist Robin McAuley (MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP, SURVIVOR), guitarist Reb Beach (WINGER, WHITESNAKE) and drummer Matt Starr (MR. BIG, ACE FREHLEY) have joined forces in a new project whose debut album is expected later this year via Frontiers Music Srl. Pilson is currently tracking the disc at his home studio in ...
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Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, was interviewed by Thomann at last weekend's NAMM show in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what it has been like touring with her longtime boyfriend Josh Villalta, who also plays drums in her solo band and manages her ...
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Kane Roberts's video for the song "Beginning Of The End" can be seen below. The track, which features guest appearances by Alice Cooper and ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz, is taken from Kane's new solo album, "The New Normal", which was released on January 25 via Frontiers Music Srl. Kane has involved some really amazing ...
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DEF LEPPARD's Phil Collen, WINGER's Reb Beach and Lita Ford spoke to Guitar World magazine about the drug and sex excesses of the "hair metal" scene of the 1980s, as portrayed in many of the era's music videos. Asked if things were as wild on the road as they seemed, Beach said: "Things were crazy. ...
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Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, was asked by "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" how the legendary rocker's Christianity has affected the group's touring. "I don't think it affects it that much, because we're all people of faith, we're all people that are really respectful," she said ...
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Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio recently conducted an interview with Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked what her overall experience has been as a woman in metal music, Nita said: "Me personally, I've had really great experiences. ...
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Sally Steele of Vegas Rocks! Magazine conducted an interview with WINGER bassist/vocalist Kip Winger and lead guitarist Reb Beach prior to the band's November 23 show at Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether they think '80s ...
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Kane Roberts is back with a new solo album, "The New Normal", which will be released on January 25, 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official lyric video for the album track "King Of The World", featuring Nita Strauss, is available for streaming below. Kane has involved some really amazing friends in the making of ...
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Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, was recently interviewed by "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon". You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what she plans to do after Cooper retires from touring: Nita: "I'm not sure. I'm not putting ...
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Reformed '90s Madison, Wisconsin alternative hard rockers LAST CRACK have signed to EMP Label Group, the U.S.-based label of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. The band's long-awaited third full-length album, "The Up Rising", will be released on May 31. Recorded during 2017-2019 at Megatone Studios in Madison, the LP will be the band's first studio release ...
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In a brand new interview with "The Roman Show", Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, was asked if there is any other group that she would love to play guitar for. She responded (see video below): "Oh, so many. So many. You know, I love to play guitar; that's ...
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During a recent appearance on "The Classic Metal Show" podcast, DOKKEN vocalist Don Dokken said that the band plans to finish recording their new album — the group's first since 2012's "Broken Bones" — in February, and that it won't be released through recent label partner Frontiers Music Srl. "The whole month of February, I ...
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Kane Roberts is back with a new solo album, "The New Normal", which will be released on January 25, 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl. The album track "Forever Out Of Place", featuring Kip Winger, is available for streaming below. Kane has involved some really amazing friends in the making of "The New Normal", including Alice ...
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Candace of Albany, New York radio station Q103 conducted an interview with ALICE COOPER lead guitarist Nita Strauss prior to the band's October 4 concert at The Palace Theatre. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether she's bothered by the fact she's often surrounded by male ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of STRYPER's September 8 performance at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois can be seen below. This has been a challenging summer for STRYPER. On August 11, guitarist Oz Fox suffered a medical emergency while performing with a side project in Las Vegas. An onstage seizure led to the discovery of ...
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After heavy touring for the first part of 2018, STRYPER will return to the road this fall for the second half of its "God Damn Evil" world tour. And there is good news for STRYPER fans… guitarist Oz Fox intends to return to the road for most of the dates this fall. This has been ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE has sent a cease-and-desist letter through the band's attorney to right-wing British parliamentarian and broadcaster Nigel Farage over his use of the name "Farage Against The Machine" for his podcast, which was launched in March. The letter asks Farage to immediately stop using the title, ...
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According to Variety, Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has acquired digital worldwide rights for the documentary "The Life, Blood And Rhythm Of Randy Castillo". Written and directed by Wynn Ponder and produced by Michael Bell, "The Life, Blood And Rhythm Of Randy Castillo" tells the ...
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On March 23, Frontiers Music Srl will release a box set collecting all the solo works of acclaimed Grammy-nominated composer Kip Winger into one collection. The set will be comprised of Kip's solo albums, including: * This Conversation Seems Like A Dream (1997) * Down Incognito (1998) * Songs From The Ocean Floor (2000) * ...
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On March 23, Frontiers Music Srl will release a box set collecting all the solo works of acclaimed Grammy-nominated composer Kip Winger into one collection. The set will be comprised of Kip's solo albums, including: * This Conversation Seems Like A Dream (1997) * Down Incognito (1998) * Songs From The Ocean Floor (2000) * ...
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Six-time Grammy Award-nominated musical virtuosos DIXIE DREGS are gearing up for a national U.S. tour starting February 28. The performances will mark the first time in 40 years the original band — Steve Morse (guitar), Andy West (bass), Allen Sloan (violin), Steve Davidowski (keyboards) and Rod Morgenstein (drums) — will share the stage. Tickets are ...
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The official video for the song "Water" from THE JELLY JAM — featuring DREAM THEATER's John Myung, DIXIE DREGS/WINGER's Rod Morgenstein and KING'S X's Ty Tabor — can be seen below. The track is taken from THE JELLY JAM's latest album, "Profit", which was released on May 27 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group. "Profit" ...
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Don Dokken has confirmed that DOKKEN is planning to begin writing a new studio album this fall for a tentative 2018 release. The disc will mark the band's first collection of all-new material since 2012's "Broken Bones" effort. Speaking to "The Classic Metal Show", Don stated about DOKKEN's next disc (hear audio below): "Well, it ...
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Melodic rock band GIANT reunited for an appearance at "The Thrilla For Toddzilla" benefit concert to aid Nashville musician Todd "Toddzilla" Austin, who lost most of his belongings as well as pets in a recent house fire. The original GIANT lineup of Dann Huff, David Huff, Mike Brignardello and Mark Oakley was joined by Tyson ...
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Details for the eighth annual Monsters Of Rock Cruise have been announced. Departing out of Miami, Florida, the five-day/five-night full ship charter cruise will set sail February 11-16 aboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas (a new ship for Monsters Of Rock) and visiting two new ports: Falmouth, Jamaica and the private isle of Labadee. ...
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The newly reunited RATT — featuring singer Stephen Pearcy, bassist Juan Croucier and guitarist Warren DeMartini — has been confirmed to perform at next year's edition of the M3 Rock Festival, set to take place on Friday, April 28, 2017 and Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The festival billing ...
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