Get ready for rock n' roll history as the third annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Awards 2012 gets ready to rock the Joint on Sunday, August 26 at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Vegas Rocks! Magazine is proud to be celebrating its eighth anniversary in a big way as the rock 'n' ...
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DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll has joined AC/DZ, the San Francisco Bay Area-based AC/DC tribute band formed by legendary thrash singer Steve "Zetro" Souza (HATRIOT, TENET, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, EXODUS, LEGACY) and executive producer Walter Morgan (organizer of the Thrash Of The Titans 2001 benefit concert). Will will sit behind the kit for AC/DZ whenever ...
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Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Chris Green of U.K. metallers FURYON. You can now listen to the chat below. FURYON's debut album, "Gravitas", was released on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. FURYON is a new band from the U.K. who ...
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The third in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Gravitas", the debut album from U.K. metallers FURYON, can be seen below. The CD was released on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. FURYON is a new band from the U.K. who like ...
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Several hard rock musicians have commented on the passing of broadcast legend Dick Clark, the creator and longtime host of the "American Bandstand" show. Clark became a national icon in the late 1950s, having hosted "American Bandstand" for more than 30 years. KISS frontman Paul Stanley stated about the 82-year-old the youthful-looking television personality, who ...
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"Don't Follow", the new video from U.K. metallers FURYON, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's debtu album, "Gravitas", which was released on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. FURYON is a new band from the U.K. who like nothing more than to challenge expectations. ...
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Jack Russell of GREAT WHITE will participate in the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp during the first week of May in Hollywood, California. Jack will attend a number of events, including the opening-night jam which is being hosted by Kip Winger. "I am really looking forward to jamming with Kip, and other old friends, and ...
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Due in stores nationwide in North America on June 5 via Versailles Records, the first "definitive" tibute to Ozzy Osbourne's 40-year reign as the Prince of Darkness over the ever-thriving heavy metal genre he helped invent, "No More Tears: A Millennium Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne - 1971-2012", features rock and metal superstars and many of ...
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Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE will release their 11th studio album, "Hell Is Coming To Breakfast", on April 24 via Roxx Records. In addition to seven brand new tracks and various demos, the effort includes the original acoustic demo version of the song "Sin" featuring late WARRANT singer Jani Lane in what is said to ...
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Several rock and metal musicians have reponded to the news that legendary guitarist Ronnie Montrose died after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. Montrose passed away yesterday (Saturday, March 3) at the age of 64. Myles Kennedy (ALTER BRIDGE, SLASH): "Sad to hear Ronnie Montrose passed away. 'Rock Candy' was one of the first songs ...
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The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Gravitas", the debut album from U.K. metallers FURYON, can be seen below. The CD will be released on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. FURYON is a new band from the U.K. who ...
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The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Gravitas", the debut album from U.K. metallers FURYON, can be seen below. The CD will be released on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. FURYON is a new band from the U.K. who ...
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U.K. metallers FURYON will release their debut album, "Gravitas", on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. FURYON is a new band from the U.K. who like nothing more than to challenge expectations. Raised on a diet of heavy metal, prog, and classic rock, FURYON mix all these components ...
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Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Brian "Head" Welch (KORN), THE TUBES, Bruce Kulick (KISS), John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION), Kip Winger (WINGER) and Orianthi are among the musicians who performed this past Saturday night (December 17) at the original shock rocker Alice Cooper's eleventh annual Christmas Pudding concert on at Comerica Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Fan-filmed ...
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Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Brian "Head" Welch (KORN), THE TUBES, Bruce Kulick (KISS), John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION), Kip Winger (WINGER) and Orianthi are among the musicians who performed this past Saturday night (December 17) at the original shock rocker Alice Cooper's eleventh annual Christmas Pudding concert on at Comerica Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. A ...
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Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Brian "Head" Welch (KORN), THE TUBES, Bruce Kulick (KISS), John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION), Kip Winger (WINGER) and Orianthi are among the musicians who performed last night (Saturday, December 17) at the original shock rocker Alice Cooper's eleventh annual Christmas Pudding concert on at Comerica Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Proceeds benefit ...
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Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Brian "Head" Welch (KORN), THE TUBES, Bruce Kulick (KISS), John Corabi (MTLEY CRE, UNION), Kip Winger (WINGER) and Orianthi are among the musicians who will perform at the original shock rocker Alice Cooper's eleventh annual Christmas Pudding concert on Saturday, December 17 at Comerica Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Proceeds benefit Alice's ...
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On October 17, keyboardist Jordan Rudess of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER gave Keyboard magazine a "tour" of his stage rig. The footage, which was filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C., can be seen below. Rudess in 2009 recorded solo piano versions of some of DREAM THEATER's favorite ballads as well as creating ...
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Keyboardist Jordan Rudess of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER has scheduled an "Evening With Jordan Rudess" solo concert at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City on November 12. Rudess in 2009 recorded solo piano versions of some of DREAM THEATER's favorite ballads as well as creating some original, progressive piano pieces for an ...
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It is totally derivative of a potpourri of '80s glam rock and hair metal bands, including the glammed up look of the band members themselves; the album clearly one for fans of that definitively love-hate era. And it would seem that's exactly what Sweden's CRASHDIET intended with new album "Generation Wild". It's fortunate that CRASHDIET ...
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John Corabi, former lead singer of MTLEY CRE, THE SCREAM and UNION, will perform with SCRAP METAL at the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den in Uncasville, Connecticut on Friday, August 5. Also scheduled to appear are Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW) and Janet Gardner (VIXEN). SCRAP METAL, the celebrity rock supergroup whose members have sold ...
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Beginning July 4, Las Vegas' "favorite" band SIN CITY SINNERS will be rocking the Crown Theater inside the Rio hotel in Las Vegas every Monday night until the end of the month. Each show will feature a special guest sitting in and jamming with the band. July 04 - George Lynch of DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB ...
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Sammy Hagar (CHICKENFOOT, ex-VAN HALEN), Phil Collen (DEF LEPPARD), Mark Hudson (AEROSMITH producer), Ronnie Montrose (MONTROSE), Kip Winger (WINGER) and Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO, BLUE YSTER CULT) took part in the latest edition of the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp, which was held May 10-15 in Hollywood, California. Hagar told the ...
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The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund has teamed with the Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project (AEACP) to create one-of-a-kind guitars painted by the project's elephants in Thailand to raise money and awareness for both organizations. Wendy Dio, president and founder of Stand Up And Shout, board chair Gloria Butler and ...
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Video footage of MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee performing the CRÜE classic "Kickstart My Heart" with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, SOULS OF WE) and members of Lynch's Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp band SONS OF SCARY during the Atlantis edition of the Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp, which took place February 17-20, ...
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Sammy Hagar (CHICKENFOOT, ex-VAN HALEN), Phil Collen (DEF LEPPARD), Mark Hudson (AEROSMITH producer), Ronnie Montrose (MONTROSE), Kip Winger (WINGER) and Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT) will take part in the next edition of the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp, set to take place May 10-15 in Hollywood, California. According ...
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Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE, ex-DIO) has released the following statement to Classic Rock Revisited regarding the passing of former THIN LIZZY guitarist, noted session player, and blues rock icon Gary Moore: "I spent today rediscovering some of the work he did. Nobody ever played with more emotion than Gary Moore. He played with unmatched ...
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Z Records has announced the signing of Los Angeles-based melodic rockers STEELE. The band's self-titled debut, which was originally released in 1996 via the now-defunct Alfa Brunette label in Japan, will be re-released under the new title "Tricks Up My Sleeve" with two bonus tracks on May 3. After much searching, Z Records finally located ...
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Junkman of Vintage Rock conducted an interview with drummer Brian Tichy (WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, OZZY OSBOURNE, VELVET REVOLVER) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 13-16. You can now watch the chat below. WHITESNAKE will ...
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