Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali recently spoke to Metal-Exiles.com about working with Blackie Lawless in W.A.S.P. and the break-up of QUIET RIOT, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Metal-Exiles.com: You played on the new W.A.S.P. releases, "The Rise" and also "The Demise". Tell us about working on these release ...
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MelodicRock.com is reporting that former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has commented on the upcoming release of a concert DVD from the late '80s version of QUIET RIOT via Music Video Distributors and 2RS Studios. Due on November 16, "Quiet Riot: '89 Live In Japan" hails from the days when original singer Kevin ...
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The New York Post's "Page Six" column reports: "Catwalking rock scions sexed up the Buddhist Punk fashion show the other night at the Maritime Hotel. Keith Richards' daughters Theodora and Alexandra joined Mick Jagger's daughter Lizzy on the runway, along with Christina Amphlett from the DIVINYLS, wannabe rocker Gina Gershon and actual models Rie Rasmussen, ...
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A brand-new POWERMAN 5000 track, entitled "The Last Night On Earth", has been made available for download at this location (MP3, 2.2 MB). "The Last Night On Earth" is one of three new POWERMAN 5000 songs recorded recently at guitarist Adam 12's studio, Qi (prounounced "chee") Lab Studios in Los Angeles, CA for ...
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POWERMAN 5000 have set an October 26 release date for their collection of rarities, "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Vol. 1". The 20-track disc, due via singer Spider One's Megatronic Records (distributed by iMusic), will include B-sides and rare early recordings made between 1991-1996 at the very beginning of the Boston band's career. ...
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Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali is included in a new Ludwig ad which was published in the latest issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Check out the ad at this location. Commented Banali: "I am very proud to have been included in the latest Ludwig Drums advertisement which made its debut in the ...
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Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisited about his current activities and the possibility of a QUIET RIOT reunion in the future. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Classic Rock Revisited: Will there be a QUIET RIOT reunion? If so, who will be invited back and who won't ...
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Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has issued a statement disputing published reports that he is featured on the new Stephen Pearcy (ex-RATT) solo album, "Fueler". "I did record three songs for Stephen late 2003 and the drum tracks turned out unbelievably well," Banali writes in the statement. "However, there seemed to have been a ...
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Former RATT singer Stephen Pearcy will be filming a video for either "Overdrive" or "Drive With Me" from his upcoming solo release, "Fueler". The video shoot will take place later this month. The album, which features former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali on three cuts, will be released in late August through Pearcy's own Top ...
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ARTILLERY guitarist Michael Stützer interviewed Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. for Denmark's Antenna magazine (formerly Metal Reference) when the American shock rockers paid Copenhagen a visit in order to promote their new album, "The Neon God". What follows are several excerpts from the interview: Antenna: Drummer Frankie Banali keeps coming and going, and what's ...
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MINISTRY frontman Al Jourgensen has told Release magazine that he has his life exactly planned out now that he's quit using heroin. "I was a heroin addict for 20 years and was asleep for like nine," he said. "Now I know exactly what I want to do: Two more MINISTRY albums, one more ...
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Former QUIET RIOT vocalist Kevin DuBrow and drummer Frankie Banali will reunite for two shows at the end of the month. The first show will take place on Thursday, June 24 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando, FL as part of the acclaimed "Velvet Sessions" series and the second show will happen on Monday, ...
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ANTHRAX's official German web site, www.anthraxband.de, has posted an interview with ANTHRAX members Charlie Benante (drums), Scott Ian (guitar) and temporary bassist Joey Vera. What follows are a few excerpts from that interview: Anthrax.de: I promised you sometime ago that I will not ask you anything about the split with Frank. But I ...
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THE DARKNESS have won the "Songwriter Of The Year" award at the U.K.'s prestigious Ivor Novello awards, which honor the best British songwriters and composers. The band's members — Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain and Ed Graham — were jointly named winners at the ceremony in London on Thursday (May 27). Justin Hawkins raised ...
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Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has issued a statement in response to the news that the group's cover of SLADE's "Cum On Feel the Noize" was selected by Guitar One magazine as the top rock cover of all time. In a posting to his official web site, Frankie wrote: "It is so ...
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As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively revealed on March 3, former ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello has joined the reunited HELMET, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has confirmed in the latest installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail". "Frankie is in HELMET and I wish him nothing but the best," Ian writes. "He's playing with John ...
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Former QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow says that he was misquoted in the QCTimes.com interview which attributed the following statement to him: "The gift out of all of this [QUIET RIOT's break-up] is that I don't have to work with any of those people ever again." In an e-mail sent to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, DuBrow ...
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ANTHRAX vocalist John Bush recently spoke to Australia's Full Strength about the departure of longtime bassist Frank Bello. "Yeah, that's a real bummer of a topic," Bush admitted. "Frankie has been a main player in ANTHRAX for years. There were just a couple of things that happened recently [including a rumored physical altercation ...
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Drummer Frankie Banali's (ex-QUIET RIOT, W.A.S.P.) web site is currently hosting several photos from the March 18 in-store book signing for "Food That Rocks", the rock and roll cookbook co-authored by Cindy Coverdale, wife of WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale. In addition to Cindy, David and co-author Margie Lapanja, others in attendance at the Virgin Megastore ...
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THE DARKNESS bassist Frankie Poullain spoke to the Cleveland Free Times about the group's over-the-top image, which has led Spin writer Chuck Klosterman to write in the February issue of the magazine that "THE DARKNESS cannot succeed in America," citing the little-known fact that Americans don't love to laugh and rock at the same time. ...
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Frankie Banali's (ex-QUIET RIOT, W.A.S.P.) official web site has posted a photo of some of the artists that attended the Randy Rhoads Hollywood's RockWalk induction ceremony on Thursday, March 18. Posing for the group shot were Banali, Yngwie Malmsteen, John5 (MARILYN MANSON), Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY), Nuno Bettencourt ...
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Legendary OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads' induction into Hollywood's RockWalk earlier today turned downright embarrassing when the bronze bust unveiled during the ceremony and later installed along the RockWalk posthumous inductee wall displayed the guitarist's often-misspelled last name as "Rhodes" (an error that has since apparently been corrected). Check out photos from Getty Images:
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When Cindy Coverdale, wife of WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale, decided to write a rock and roll cookbook, "Food That Rocks", she wasn't sure how her new career would go over with her husband. "After all," Cindy laughs, "he was used to being the one who got the attention while I did the wife and mother ...
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ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and guitarist Scott Ian have issued separate statements confirming the departure of bassist Frank Bello. What follows are Charlie and Scott's statements in their entirety: Charlie Benante: "Hey everyone in Anthraxland, I know things are getting out of control and I wanted to speak to our friends about this situation. The ...
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Hollywood's Virgin Megastore will host a celebrity book signing for the rock & roll cookbook, "Food That Rocks", on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the authors, Cindy Coverdale (wife of WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale) and Margie Lapanja, many of the book's contributors will be there signing copies of the book ...
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W.A.S.P. will be issuing their new album, "The Neon God: Part One – The Rise", on April 6 through Sanctuary/Metal-Is Records. Described as "a conceptual rock opera that explores the tragedy and consequences of one boy's search for acceptance and purpose in his existence," "The Neon God: Part One – The Rise" reportedly "delves into ...
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THE HOLLYWOOD ALLSTARS, the new band featuring Jeff Pilson (ex-DOKKEN, DIO) on bass, Chas West (ex-BONHAM, LYNCH MOB) on vocals, Alan Krigger (ex-GIUFFRIA, HOUSE OF LORDS) and Frankie Banali (W.A.S.P., ex-QUIET RIOT) on drums, and Carlos Cavazo (ex-QUIET RIOT) on guitar, will be performing at Paladino's (6101 Reseda Blvd.) in Tarzana, California on Friday, February ...
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Former RATT singer Stephen Pearcy has released more details about his forthcoming solo effort, "Fueler", due in April/May through his own Top Fuel Records. According to a posting on Pearcy's web site, former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali plays on three cuts on the album, which will also be packaged as a DVD of live, ...
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Former QUIET RIOT singer Kevin Dubrow recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisited about the group's decision to split up and his future plans. Asked about the band's breakup, Dubrow said, "Everyone always asks, 'Why did you break up?' The question they should be asking is, 'Why did you stay together so long?' Considering the dynamics ...
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