Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On performing signature GUNS N' ROSES song "Sweet Child O' Mine" with Fergie and THE BLACK EYED PEAS when the pop band opened for U2 ...
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Legendary drummer Carmine Appice (SLAMM, VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE, TED NUGENT) was a recent guest on the "Hard Rock Nights" show. The interview is now available for streaming in two parts below. Fuel Records released Carmine Appice's latest GUITAR ZEUS album, "Conquering Heroes", on August 25. The double-disc set, which features 24 of ...
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U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine has posted a six-and-a-half-minute video clip of legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) talking about his upcoming first true solo album, simply entitled "Slash". Watch the footage below. "Slash" will be released in North America in April via EMI Label Services and in the U.K. on May ...
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VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has contributed a guitar solo to the forthcoming solo album from ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy. "As always, he knocked it out of the park!" Myles states. "They don't call him one of the best guitarists of all time for nothing." Slash recently announced via his MySpace page that ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Andrew Stockdale of the Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER was interviewed for the latest installment of the Kerrang! podcast. You can now watch the chat below. WOLFMOTHER's second album, "Cosmic Egg", sold 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 16 on The Billboard 200 chart. ...
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Several new video interviews with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) can be viewed below. Slash has announced via his MySpace page that he has tapped ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy as the lead singer for his upcoming solo tour, which will take place this spring following the release of Slash's self-titled solo ...
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Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) has issued the following update via his MySpace page: "Things are ramping up towards the release of my solo record. "There's a lot of cool shit going on. But, more importantly, there is George Lopez's Help Haiti benefit show at the Nokia Theater tomorrow night. I am ...
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Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) will release his first true solo album, simply entitled "Slash", in North America in April via EMI Label Services and in the U.K. on May 10 through Roadrunner Records. The album features an all-star roster of guest musicians, including Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Rocco DeLuca, Fergie, Dave ...
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Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) will release his first true solo album, simply entitled "Slash", in North America in April via EMI Label Services. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Slash on the 'Slash' project. EMI Label Services and Caroline Distribution will be providing unique marketing and promotion ...
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Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER will support KISS on the following German dates: May 25 - Leipzig, Germany - Arena May 26 - Berlin, Germany - O2 World May 31 - Hamburg, Germany - Colorline-arena The Rad Report conducted an interview with WOLFMOTHER bassist Ian Peres when the band played at the historic Fox Theatre in ...
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Two members of the U.K. metal outfit AFTER DEATH drowned on Thursday (January 21) while swimming at the Atalaia beach in Aracaju, in the northeastern part of Brazil. 21-year-old guitarist Leon Villalba and 18-year-old bassist Timothy Kennelly, along with their bandmates, were in the middle of an extensive tour of Brazil as the support act ...
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Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer Carmine Appice (SLAMM, VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE, TED NUGENT). The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Fuel Records released Carmine Appice's latest GUITAR ZEUS album, "Conquering Heroes", on August 25. The double-disc set, which features 24 ...
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The Rad Report conducted an interview with bassist Ian Peres of the Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER when the band played at the historic Fox Theatre in Oakland, California on November 23, 2009. The three-and-a-half-minute clip, which includes performance footage, can be viewed below. WOLFMOTHER's second album, "Cosmic Egg", sold 28,000 copies in the United States ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of WOLFMOTHER's November 23, 2009 concert in Oakland, California can be viewed below (courtesy of "Bad2b2"). WOLFMOTHER's second album, "Cosmic Egg", sold 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 16 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on October 27, the group's first ...
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Mistress Carrie of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF has posted the following message on her official blog: "One of the benefits of being the Music Director of WAAF is hearing new music WAY before anyone else! "Today I got a chance to hear some of the new Slash [VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES] ...
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VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has just released a two-track CD single in Japan containing the song "Sahara" (featuring singer Koshi Inaba of the Japanese hard rock duo B'Z) and a version of the GN'R classic "Paradise City" (featuring CYPRESS HILL and Fergie [a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson] of the BLACK EYED PEAS). Both tracks ...
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Guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has issued the following update: "We're a little more than two weeks away from the LAYN [Los Angeles Youth Network] 'Slash & Friends' fundraiser, November 22nd at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood, California. George Lopez is hosting an indulgent night of rock & roll with special guests Ozzy ...
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Legendary drummer Carmine Appice (SLAMM, VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE, TED NUGENT) will make a special appearance at J&R Music and Computer World on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. to celebrate the release of his latest GUITAR ZEUS album, "Conquering Heroes", with a short performance, followed by an autograph signing session. The ...
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Slash has tapped ALTER BRIDGE's Myles Kennedy to sing on the final song of the legendary VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist's upcoming self-titled solo album, due in Europe in early 2010 via Roadrunner Records. "This track is awesome, [and] it completes the record," Slash writes on his Twitter page. "Myles did an amazing job and ...
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"Cosmic Egg", the second album from the Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER, sold 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 16 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on October 27, the group's first CD since the departure of drummer Myles Heskett and bassist/keyboardist Chris Ross was ...
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Legendary drummer Carmine Appice (SLAMM, VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE, TED NUGENT) will appear live in person at Best Buy (3415 E. Foothill Blvd.) in Pasadena, California on Saturday, November 7 for a CD signing, performance, and a drum-off contest. The Best Buy in-store appearance begins at 2:00 p.m., with Appice accompanying a set ...
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METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "We're hitting the Apple iPhone App store again, this time so that you can play games on your phone! With all of our kids wild about it, we thought it would be super-cool if you could play Tap Tap METALLICA style, so we hooked ...
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Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER played an acoustic set this past Saturday (October 24) at 23rd Bridge School Benefit, the annual concert organized by Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, to raise money for the Northern California school cofounded by the latter. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance, which took place in Mountain View, California, can ...
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Fresh from a sold-out European club tour and an explosive performance on "Later with Jools Holland" on BBC2, Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER has announced a month-long European tour kicking off in January 2010. The dates are as follows: Jan. 13 - Ireland, Dublin, Olympia Jan. 14 - UK, Glasgow, Academy Jan. 15 - UK, Newcastle, ...
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"Astral Hand", the new video from German metallers MOB RULES, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on April 18 at Jahnhalle in Nordenham, Germany. Directing the video was Ronald Mattes from ROAX Film, who also worked with the band on the "Black Rain" and "Last Farewell" clips. "Astral Hand" comes off MOB RULES' ...
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"Cosmic Egg", the second album from the Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. Due on October 27, the group's first CD since the departure of drummer Myles Heskett and bassist/keyboardist Chris Ross was recorded in Los Angeles with heralded U.K. producer Alan Moulder. ...
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Legendary drummer and philanthropist Carmine Appice was recently interviewed by Alice Cooper for the "Nights with Alice Cooper" radio show to support the recent GUITAR ZEUS CD release, "Conquering Heroes". The interview is scheduled to run on Alice's show on Tuesday, October 20 as part of the annual Halloween celebration broadcasts. "It was great talking ...
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"New Moon Rising", the new video from the Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER, can be viewed below. The kaleidoscope of visual feats features an onslaught of color, effects and cut up animation pieced together resulting in a journey to the decade of rock 'n roll. Prepared by New Zealand directors Special Problems, the clip is an ...
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"Astral Hand", the new video from German metallers MOB RULES, will be premiered on Friday, October 16 on iMusic 1 TV. It will then be shown every Friday and Saturday on iMusic1 Rocks between 11 p.m. and midnight. The "Astral Hand" clip was filmed in April 18 at Jahnhalle in Nordenham, Germany. Directing the video ...
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German metallers MOB RULES will release their sixth album, "Radical Peace", on November 13 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Bazement Studio with longtime engineer Markus Teske (VANDEN PLAS, SPOCK'S BEARD, OASIS). A single, "Astral Hand", preceded the full-length CD on October 9. "Radical Peace" track listing: 01. Children Of The Flames 02. ...
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