TWISTED SISTER was joined by QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali for a two-song set on Sunday, May 15 at the first annual Vegas Rocks! Hair Metal Awards at the Casablanca Event Center At Eastside Cannery Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Video footage of the "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" performances can ...
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Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT), Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE) and Mikkey Dee (MOTÖRHEAD) paid tribute to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister by performing the classic MOTÖRHEAD song "Ace Of Spades" on Sunday, May 15 at the first annual Vegas Rocks! Hair Metal Awards at the Casablanca Event Center At Eastside Cannery Casino ...
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THE JELLY JAM — featuring DREAM THEATER's John Myung, DIXIE DREGS/WINGER's Rod Morgenstein and KING'S X's Ty Tabor — will release its epic new album, "Profit", on May 27 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group. A track from the CD, titled "Stain On The Sun", can be streamed below. "Profit" is a glorious and affecting ...
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THE JELLY JAM — featuring DREAM THEATER's John Myung, DIXIE DREGS/WINGER's Rod Morgenstein and KING'S X's Ty Tabor — will release its epic new album, "Profit", on May 27 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group. "Profit" is a glorious and affecting cinematic experience; full of suspense, the record follows the heroic yet daunting journey of ...
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Vegas Rocks! Magazine has announced that SCORPIONS will make an appearance to receive the "Classic Rock Outstanding Lifetime Achievement" award at the first annual Vegas Rocks! Hair Metal Awards. In addition, German metal queen Doro Pesch will be presented with the "Metal Goddess" award at the event, which will be held Sunday, May 15 at ...
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DEF LEPPARD has postponed the remaining dates on its current tour to give singer Joe Elliott time to rest his vocal cords. The band wrote on its web site that the concerts on its winter tour were being postponed "due to illness. All shows from Feb. 2 (San Antonio, Texas) through Feb. 17 (Allentown, Penn.) ...
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DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott was forced to sit out part of the band's inaugural "Hysteria On The High Seas" cruise after coming down with "severe laryngitis." He was unable to join his bandmates for Saturday night's (January 23) concert aboard the MSC Divina, having already taken part in an unplugged storytellers concert and VIP ...
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HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale joined HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES on stage last night (Thursday, September 24) at the Rock In Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to perform the LED ZEPPELIN classic "Whole Lotta Love". Professionally filmed video footage of her appearance can be seen below. HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES' touring lineup features Alice Cooper on vocals, Duff McKagan ...
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Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH), Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), Perry Farrell (JANE'S ADDICTION) and pop superstar Kesha are among the guest musicians who performed with HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES during the band's live debut Wednesday night (September 16) at the 500-capacity The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES' touring lineup features Alice Cooper on ...
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Radio.com 's video interview with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry (AEROSMITH) about their HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES supergroup can be seen below. In 1972, on the Sunset Strip at a club called the Rainbow Bar & Grill, the Hollywood Vampires were born in the upstairs bar. It was a gathering place for the rock stars ...
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A cover version of THE WHO classic "My Generation" from HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, the supergroup featuring Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper, can be streamed below. In 1972, on the Sunset Strip at a club called the Rainbow Bar & Grill, the Hollywood Vampires were born in the upstairs bar. It was a gathering place for the ...
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According to RollingStone.com, HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, the supergroup featuring Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, will play its first live shows in September. Rounding out the band's lineup will be former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum. The first HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES concerts will take place at the The Roxy ...
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In 1972, on the Sunset Strip at a club called the Rainbow Bar & Grill, the Hollywood Vampires were born in the upstairs bar. It was a gathering place for the rock stars living in or passing through L.A. "To join the club, one simply had to out drink all of the members," says Alice ...
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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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FOZZY and STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Talking Metal" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. STUCK MOJO is working on material for a new album — its first to feature the lineup of Rich "The Duke" Ward on guitar, Bonz ...
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STRYPER guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet has clarified his recent comments regarding the quality of the new rock albums being released today, explaining that "we all need to strive to write, record and produce great music." In a new post on his Facebook page, Sweet wrote: "I know sometimes things that I say in interviews ...
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In a recent interview with BigMusicGeek.com, CINDERELLA guitarist Jeff LaBar was asked if he thinks there will ever be an all-new studio album from the band. "The last time we had a label behind us was back in 2000 and those are the demos that turned into Tom's [Keifer, guitar/vocals] solo record," he ...
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"The Life, Blood And Rhythm Of Randy Castillo", a rock documentary produced by Cinema 1 Film & FX and 18 Lights Pictures, has been selected to open the Red Nation Film Festival in Beverly Hills, California on November 4. "The Life, Blood And Rhythm Of Randy Castillo" is the story of the late, legendary drummer ...
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THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who recently joined Alice Cooper's touring band, was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Sixx Sense" radio show hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx. You can now listen to the chat below. Legendary rocker Alice Cooper kicked off his summer run with three shows ...
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THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who recently joined Alice Cooper's touring band, was interviewed on the August 10 edition of "The Louvau Show" on the 93.9 KWSS radio station in Scottsdale, Arizona. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. (Note: The Strauss interview begins around the 19-minute mark.) Legendary ...
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Joe Dolan of JoeDolanPR.com has uploaded video footage of L.A. GUNS' July 25 performance at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. Check it out below. The current lineup of L.A. GUNS includes singer Phil Lewis (GIRL, TORME), guitarist Michael Grant (ENDEVERAFTER, ASSASSINS), drummer Steve Riley (W.A.S.P., STEPPENWOLF) and bassist Scotty Griffin ...
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Legendary rocker Alice Cooper kicked off his summer run with three shows in Michigan this weekend before joining MÖTLEY CRÜE's final tour as a very special guest on July 2, running through late November. The trek marks the debut of Alice's new guitarist Nita Strauss, who was recently ranked #1 on Guitar World's list of ...
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All Axess has uploaded a couple of video guitar lessons from THE IRON MAIDENS' Nita Strauss, who recently joined Alice Cooper's touring band. The first lesson is in improvisation in the key of "A" major. The breakdown of the lick allows different approaches and voicing of playing the first 8 notes of the ...
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Guitarist Nita Strauss, who recently joined the ALICE COOPER band as the replacement for Orianthi, says that she is "honored and excited" to have been chosen to tour with the legendary rocker. Strauss, a longtime Ibanez signature series endorsee who made her name with THE IRON MAIDENS, FEMME FATALE and LA Kiss, will hit the ...
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"Tin Soldier", the new video from WINGER, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Better Days Comin'", which will be released on April 18 in Europe and April 22 in North America via Frontiers Records. Fans who preorder the album now from iTunes will receive instant downloads of "Rat ...
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"Midnight Driver Of A Love Machine", the new video from WINGER, can be seen below. The clip portrays the band on a live stage performing the opening track of their forthcoming album, "Better Days Comin'", to be released on April 18 in Europe and April 22 in North America via Frontiers Records. Fans who preorder ...
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"Rat Race", the new video from WINGER, can be seen below. The clip, which was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee with director Jason Green, alternates between black-and-white performance footage and color montages of life's daily rat race. "In this day and age, how quick you think, hard you try, no matter how fast you run, someone ...
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One of the most misunderstood hard rock bands to come out of the '80s is returning with its first album in five years. WINGER — Kip Winger on vocals/bass, Reb Beach on guitar, John Roth on guitar and Rod Morgenstein on drums — will release "Better Days Comin'" in North America on April 22 via ...
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SIN CITY SINNERS' brand new CD, "A Sinners Christmas 2", was made available on November 26 at TheSinCitySinners.com and iTunes and includes guest performances by Tiffany, Mark Kendall (GREAT WHITE), Frank Dimino (ANGEL), Ron Keel (KEEL) and Paul Taylor (WINGER) This will be SIN CITY SINNERS' fifth CD release and it includes the brand new ...
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Rock 'n' roll fans were treated with a once-in-a-lifetime experience at a charity concert to raise money for music education. Alice Cooper, all of the members of KISS, Rob Zombie, EUROPE and dozens of other rock legends came together at THE Fundraiser in Las Vegas, Nevada and performed for thousands of fans at the Orleans ...
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