SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan spoke with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3 about the band's upcoming final chapter of the "United World Rebellion" trilogy, which will tentatively be released later this year. The disc was recorded at a Nashville, Tennessee studio with producer Michael Wagener, who also helmed the ...
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Fresh off a triumphant seven-city North America tour this week, which included a stop at the famous Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES have unveiled the brand-new song "The Boogieman Surprise". At the aforementioned L.A. performance, Steven Tyler, the AEROSMITH frontman and longtime musical partner of Joe Perry, turned up for a guest ...
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Robert Plant says that PINK FLOYD's "quick one-off" show at Live 8 in 2005 was an inspiration for LED ZEPPELIN's final concert two years later. LED ZEPPELIN's December 10, 2007 performance during the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert was chronicled on the band's 2012 "Celebration Day" CD and DVD. The set, which featured Jason Bonham subbing ...
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AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler and Marilyn Manson joined HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES on stage last night (Saturday, May 11) at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The show marked the second concert of a short spring West Coast tour by the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, which features Alice Cooper, AEROSMITH's Joe Perry and actor Johnny Depp. Manson came on for ...
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Alice Cooper has confirmed to the Arizona Republic that he is working on a new full-length album. "There's about four or five songs already written," he said. "I worked with [producer] Bob Ezrin in Nashville the last couple of weeks on a couple things. We worked in Detroit on a few things. And ...
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HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES — featuring Alice Cooper, AEROSMITH's Joe Perry and actor Johnny Depp — kicked off a West Coast tour Friday night (May 10) at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band's 17-song set included five original tracks and three covers from HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES's upcoming second album, ...
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Joe Perry spoke to Coachella Valley Weekly about "Rise", the upcoming second album from HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, which also features shock rock icon Alice Cooper and Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp. The disc will be released June 21 via earMUSIC. "We're really excited about the new record, there's no doubt," Joe said. "After the last ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SKID ROW's May 5 performance at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below. SKID ROW recently inked a worldwide deal with Australia's Golden Robot Records. The the final chapter of the band's "United World Rebellion" trilogy will be released later this year. The disc was recorded at ...
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Veteran hard rock group SKID ROW has inked a worldwide deal with Australia's Golden Robot Records. The final chapter of the band's "United World Rebellion" trilogy will be released later this year. The disc was recorded at a Nashville, Tennessee studio with producer Michael Wagener, who also helmed the group's 1989 self-titled debut and 1991's ...
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BUCKCHERRY is filming a music video for its song "Right Now" today (Monday, May 6) at the Affliction Clothing headquarters in Seal Beach, California. According to singer Josh Todd, the clip, which is expected to be released in the coming weeks, will feature "some great fighters." "Right Now" is taken from BUCKCHERRY's latest album, "Warpaint", ...
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AEROSMITH has released a video of the "Movin' Out" performance from the band's April 23 concert as part of the "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency. "Movin' Out" was the first song that Steven Tyler and Joe Perry wrote together — while sitting on a water bed at AEROSMITH's Boston apartment — and it is ...
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AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry spoke to Billboard about the group's "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency, which kicked off on April 6 at the Park Theater at Park MGM. Asked what made him and his bandmates guys decide a residency was the next move at this point in time, Joe said: "Over the ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of AEROSMITH's April 26 concert in Las Vegas, Nevada can be seen below. The show marked the second consecutive performance the band played without drummer Joey Kramer at the Park Theater at Park MGM as part of AEROSMITH's "Deuces Are Wild" residency. Earlier in the week, Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John Katsilometes ...
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Drummer Joey Kramer will not perform with his AEROSMITH bandmates Friday night (April 26) in Las Vegas. The announcement comes two days after Kramer missed the last concert at the Park Theater at Park MGM as part of the band's "Deuces Are Wild" residency. The news of Kramer's absence from tomorrow night's show was broken ...
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Drummer Joey Kramer did not perform with his AEROSMITH bandmates last night (Tuesday, April 23) as part of their "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency. Filling in for him at the Park Theater at Park MGM was reportedly Kramer's assistant/drum tech, John Douglas. AEROSMITH has not yet publicly addressed Kramer's absence from the concert, but ...
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Lars Ulrich has paid tribute to late composer and conductor Michael Kamen, who spearheaded METALLICA's first performance with the San Francisco Symphony. The concert, which took place in 1999 at the Berkeley Community Theater, yielded the Grammy Award-winning live album "S&M". This September, METALLICA will once again join forces with the San Francisco Symphony for ...
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Steven Tyler joined BACKSTREET BOYS on stage in Las Vegas this past Friday night (April 19). The AEROSMITH singer made an appearance after the BACKSTREET BOYS presented a female fan with a rose, as they usually do, while performing the song "Shape Of My Heart". This time, the fan turned out to be Aimee Ann ...
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HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES return with new music in the form of their explosive second album, "Rise". Rock and roll royalty Joe Perry, Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp, and shock rock icon Alice Cooper join forces once again for the unmissable rock album of 2019. "Rise" will be released June 21 via earMUSIC. The first singe, "Who's Laughing ...
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A number of AEROSMITH fans are concerned about Joe Perry's health after a newly posted video showed the guitarist struggling to perform one of the band's classic songs. The clip in question, which was filmed on Saturday (April 13) during AEROSMITH's Las Vegas residency (and uploaded by YouTube user "Toshi Aizawa"), sees Perry sloppily working ...
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In a new interview with the "BREWtally Speaking" podcast, BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd once again admitted that he gets a lot more inspiration from the current hip-hop scene than he does from new rock artists. "I think hip-hop is really where there's some crazy stuff happening — really great stuff," he said (hear audio below). ...
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David Coverdale has slammed former A&R executive John Kalodner as a "pain in the arse" who has "burnt pretty much every bridge of everyone he's worked with." Kalodner, whose tenure spanned posts at Atlantic, Geffen, Columbia and Sanctuary, was legendary for discovering, signing and working with a wide array of artists, and for his signature ...
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AEROSMITH kicked off its "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency Saturday night (April 6). Prior to the band's performance at at the Park Theater at Park MGM, a half-hour documentary was shown to attendees, featuring interviews with members of AEROSMITH, along with various other artists and celebrities. AEROSMITH's 16-song set included early classics such as ...
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In a new interview with "The Liquid Conversations", BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd admitted that he listens to a lot more hip-hop than he does new rock artists. "I just think that hip-hop is so exciting right now," he said. "There's a lot of risk taking. It's just nasty, and it's fucking intimidating sometimes… It's just ...
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AEROSMITH has shared more video footage from the rehearsal sessions for its "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency. The legendary rockers recently announced 17 additional dates for their headlining residency at Park Theater at the new Park MGM resort. America's all-time top-selling rock 'n' roll band will launch "Aerosmith: Deuces Are Wild" on Saturday, April ...
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Californian rockers BUCKCHERRY have announced the dates for leg two of their "Warpaint" North American tour. The trek starts on May 18 in Waco, Texas and runs through August 15 in Kansas City. On top of touring all major markets in the U.S., the band will visit ten Eastern Canadian cities on this run. JOYOUS ...
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The musical game-changing collaboration between AEROSMITH and RUN-DMC performing "Walk This Way" will be featured in an all-new episode of "The Goldbergs" airing on Wednesday, April 3 at 8 p.m. on ABC-TV. "I grew up listening to AEROSMITH because my two older siblings were both huge fans of the band," said Adam F. Goldberg, executive ...
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The official music video for "Final Resting Place", the first single from STEVIE D FEAT. COREY GLOVER, a musical partnership between producer and multi-instrumentalist Stephen DeAcutis a.k.a. Stevie D and legendary singer Corey Glover (LIVING COLOUR), can be seen below. The track is taken from STEVIE D FEAT. COREY GLOVER's debut album, "Torn From The ...
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SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan is not convinced KISS's "End Of The Road" tour will actually mark retirement for the 1970s theatrical rock behemoths. The New Jersey rockers go back a long way with KISS, with a dispute over whether to tour with the New York icons said to have played a part in the ...
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Bret Michaels says that POISON will return next year with "an incredible tour" and "hopefully" at least one new song. In 2018, POISON completed the "Nothin' But A Good Time" tour with CHEAP TRICK and POP EVIL. POISON's last album of new material was 2002's "Hollyweird". An album of covers, "Poison'd", followed in 2007. During ...
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Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum songwriter, vocalist, and frontman Scott Stapp spoke to iHeartRadio heritage rock station WJRR about his new single, "Purpose For Pain". The song, which was released last Friday, is taken from the CREED frontman's upcoming album, "The Space Between The Shadows", due in July via Napalm Records. "It's a bangin' rock track," Stapp ...
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