Five of the biggest classic '80s rock bands will unite for the summer's "America Rocks Tour". The trek will feature kick-ass sets, headlined by JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE and featuring FASTER PUSSYCAT, BULLETBOYS, PRETTY BOY FLOYD and LILLIAN AXE. First confirmed dates: June 20 - Loveland, CO - Phaze Events Center June 22 - Savage, ...
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JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE kicked off its "High Seas" tour on March 3 at Route 46 in Sanford, Florida. The band's hour-long set featured the following tracks: 01. Call It Rock N' Roll 02. Lady Red Light 03. On Your Knees 04. Save Your Love 05. Face The Day + Guitar Solo 06. House Of ...
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JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE kicked off its "High Seas" tour this past Saturday night, March 3 at Route 46 in Sanford, Florida. The band's hour-long set featured the following tracks: 01. Call It Rock N' Roll 02. Lady Red Light 03. On Your Knees 04. Save Your Love 05. Face The Day + Guitar Solo ...
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Five of the biggest classic '80s rock bands will unite for the summer's "America Rocks Tour". The trek will feature kick-ass sets, headlined by JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE and featuring FASTER PUSSYCAT, BULLETBOYS, PRETTY BOY FLOYD and LILLIAN AXE. Jack Russell's GREAT WHITE went from metal/hard rock to mainstream radio airplay with their breakthrough smash ...
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BULLETBOYS frontman Marq Torien, was interviewed for a recent episode of Steve Mascord's "White Line Fever" podcast. You can now stream the chat using the SoundCloud player below. (Note: The Torien interview begins around the 26-minute mark.) When asked about the reunion of BULLETBOYS' original lineup — Torien on vocals, Mick Sweda on guitar, Lonnie ...
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BULLETBOYS's Marq Torien last week spoke to RadioScreamer about the reunion of the band's original lineup Torien on vocals, Mick Sweda on guitar, Lonnie Vencent on bass and Jimmy D'Anda on drums for a one-night-only New Year's Eve weekend show on December 30 at Hollywood, California's Club Vodka at the legendary Key Club on the ...
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The four original members of BULLETBOYS Marq Torien on vocals, Mick Sweda on guitar, Lonnie Vencent on bass and Jimmy D'Anda on drums have reunited for a one-night-only New Year's Eve weekend show on December 30 and have selected Hollywood, California's Club Vodka at the legendary Key Club on the Sunset Strip as the location. ...
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Bob Ruggiero of Houston Press' "Rocks Off" blog recently conducted an interview with powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rocks Off: How did you hear about [DIO DISCIPLES], and why did you want to ...
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Former BULLETBOYS drummer John Paul Giosa (a.k.a. Johnny G) was killed in a car accident on Sunday in Westchester, California at the age of 42. Giosa veered his black 1998 Volkswagen Beetle off the northbound San Diego (405) freeway near Howard Hughes Parkway for unknown reasons and struck a concrete overpass pillar at 4:04 a.m., ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of BULLETBOYS performing a cover version of WARRANT's "Heaven" as a tribute to fallen WARRANT singer Jani Lane can be seen below. In an interview conducted the day after Jani was found dead in a California motel, BULLETBOYS vocalist Marq Torien stated about Lane, "[Jani] was a very good friend of mine, ...
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A short video interview with BULLETBOYS vocalist Marq Torien conducted on Friday, August 12 in which he talks about the passing of former WARRANT singer Jani Lane can be seen below. Said Torien: "[Jani] was a very good friend of mine, a close friend. We'd done a lot of touring together and pretty much came ...
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ESP Guitars recently conducted an interview with George Lynch, the former lead guitarist for DOKKEN and leader of his own rock bands LYNCH MOB and SOULS OF WE. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is footage of Lynch demoing a couple of guitars. Lynch will release his eleventh solo album in nearly ...
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Scott Iwasaki of GuitarWorld.com recently George Lynch, the former lead guitarist for DOKKEN and leader of his own rock bands LYNCH MOB and SOULS OF WE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GuitarWorld.com: The big news for you is the release of your new solo album, "Kill All Control", on ...
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George Lynch, the former lead guitarist for DOKKEN and leader of his own rock bands LYNCH MOB and SOULS OF WE, will release his eleventh solo album in nearly twenty years, "Kill All Control", on July 19 via Rocket Science, Inc. What began as a follow-up to the SOULS OF WE debut, "Let The Truth ...
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"Turn Up The Good (Times)", the new video from KING KOBRA, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new self-titled comeback album, which came out in April via Frontiers Records. Formed in 1984 by legendary drummer Carmine Appice (VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE), Los Angeles heavy metal outfit KING KOBRA recorded ...
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I don't remember KING KOBRA to be a "bad" band; I just don't remember much at all about 1985's "Ready to Strike" and 1986's "Thrill of a Lifetime" beyond Carmine Appice occupying the drum stool and all that bright 'n shiny blond hair. More importantly with regard to the new self-titled album, I don't remember ...
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Reformed '80s Los Angeles rockers HURRICANE will play their first show on Saturday, July 2 at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California with ALCATRAZZ. HURRICANE is a powerful hard rock band from Los Angeles that formed in 1984 by guitarist Robert Sarzo, and bassist Tony Cavazo. Cavazo, former QUIET RIOT and SNOW bassist, ...
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George Lynch, the former lead guitarist for DOKKEN and leader of his own rock bands LYNCH MOB and SOULS OF WE, will release his eleventh solo album in nearly twenty years, "Kill All Control", on June 21 via Rocket Science, Inc. What began as a follow-up to the SOULS OF WE debut, "Let The Truth ...
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Frontiers Records has set an April 15 European release date (May 5 in North America) for the new self-titled comeback album from KING KOBRA. Formed in 1984 by legendary drummer Carmine Appice (VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE), Los Angeles heavy metal outfit KING KOBRA recorded two critically acclaimed albums for Capitol Records — the ...
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Video footage of SLAYER's Dave Lombardo performing the LED ZEPPELIN classic "No Quarter" at the "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same: A Double Encore!" event on January 12 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below. Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the ...
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Video footage of ANTHRAX's Charlie Benante performing at the "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same: A Double Encore!" event on Thursday, January 13 at the Galaxy Theater in Anaheim, California can be viewed below. Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the first "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The ...
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BULLETBOYS' self-titled debut album was a smash success during the heyday of heavy metal, going platinum and spawning the MTV and radio singles "For The Love Of Money", "Smooth Up In Ya" and more. Now original BULLETBOYS members Marq Torien (vocals) and Lonnie Vencent (bass) have reunited to perform the LP from beginning to end ...
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More video footage from the "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same: A Double Encore!" event on Wednesday, January 12 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California and on Thursday, January 13 at the Galaxy Theater in Anaheim, California can be viewed below. Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and ...
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Video footage of QUIET RIOT's Frankie Banali performing a drum solo at last night's (Wednesday, January 12) "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same: A Double Encore!" event at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below. Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the first ...
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Canadian blues rock singing sensation Sass Jordan, SLAYER's Dave Lombardo, former HOLE/MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Samantha Maloney and world-renowned drummer Jojo Mayer have been added to the lineup of musicians taking part in "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same: A Double Encore!", which will take place on Wednesday, January 12 at the Key Club in West ...
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BULLETBOYS frontman Marq Torien has joined the Hollywood, California-based rock band VICIOUS LICKS. The singer made his live debut with the group on December 4, 2010 at Hollywood's Three Clubs. Fan-filmed video footage of three songs from the Three Clubs show — "Hate To Love You", "I Can't Survive" and "Shadow" — can be viewed ...
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Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the first "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same" John Bonham tribute show on September 25, 2010, Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton agreed to look into doing it again. The problem was Tichy would be on tour next year with WHITESNAKE for ...
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Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, SOULS OF WE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: What's the situation with [LYNCH MOB singer] Oni Logan now? I mean, he's been on and off from this band and lately you used ...
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Members of TOOL, GUNS N' ROSES, RATT, CINDERELLA, QUIET RIOT, BULLETBOYS and SCORPIONS are among the musicians who performed this past Saturday (September 25) at "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same", a special concert honoring John Bonham at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. September 25, 2010, marked the 30th anniversary of the passing of ...
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