Canadian rockers NICKELBACK will issue "No Fixed Address", their eagerly awaited eighth full-length album and inaugural release for Republic Records on November 18. Produced by NICKELBACK, the CD's standout lead single "Edge Of A Revolution" is soaring up rock radio charts, becoming one of the band's fastest-rising singles. Fans can already purchase the first two ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger and pop singer Avril Lavigne are reportedly headed for divorce after a year of marriage. Inside sources revealed to Us Weekly, "It's over. He has been going around L.A. telling people that they are divorcing." The 39-year-old Kroeger proposed to the 29-year-old Lavigne ...
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NICKELBACK's video for the new single "Edge Of A Revolution" can be seen below. The track, which hit digital retailers on August 19, is taken from the Canadian act's eighth studio album, "No Fixed Address". The group's first release for its new label deal with Republic, a division of Universal Music, is due out this ...
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Canadian rockers NICKELBACK will release their eighth studio album, "No Fixed Address", on November 4 through the band's new deal with Republic Records. "No Fixed Address" track listing: 01. Million Miles An Hour 02. Edge Of A Revolution 03. What Are You Waiting For? 04. She Keeps Me Up 05. Make Me Believe Again 06. ...
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The official lyric video for "Edge Of A Revolution", the new single from long-running Canadian rockers NICKELBACK, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, due this fall via the group's new label home, Republic Records. "I've been a fan of the band since their inception," Republic Records co-founder and ...
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Once modest champs of the grunge underground, SEETHER have risen through the ranks of AOR to become trusty rock venue fillers. Some would argue this commercial favorability has come at much cost to their original sound and there's evidence of that claim on the trio's latest album, "Isolate and Medicate". Sometimes AOR yields a few ...
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Seattle music legend Rick Parashar, who produced PEARL JAM's "Ten" album and ALICE IN CHAINS' "Sap" EP, has passed away at the age of 50. According to Northwest Music Scene, Parashar died Thursday afternoon (August 14) of natural causes stemming from a pulmonary embolism during which a blood clot moved from his leg ...
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According to Billboard.com, long-running Canadian rockers NICKELBACK will release their new album this fall via the band's new label home, Republic Records. The first single from the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2011's "Here And Now", a track called "Edge Of A Revolution", will be made available on Tuesday, August 19. The song will make ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, a man in Idaho was recently handcuffed, detained and interrogated at gunpoint by police simply for saying NICKELBACK's name out loud in public. Two officers in the city of Cour d'Alene overheard 23-year-old Dylan Swinford and 22-year-old Riker Morrow talking about the band, but thought they spoke ...
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Rocksverige.se conducted an interview with SKILLET after the band's June 5 performance at this year's Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. You can now watch the chat below. SKILLET will join GODSMACK and SEETHER, along with BUCKCHERRY, for the fifth Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival, which kicks off August 15. SKILLET's run with the ...
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FaceCulture conducted an interview with SKILLET frontman John Cooper on May 31 at the Fortarock festival in Nijmegen, The Netherlands . You can now watch the chat in two parts below. SKILLET will join GODSMACK and SEETHER, along with BUCKCHERRY, for the fifth Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival, which kicks off August 15. SKILLET's ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of resurrected cult classic progressive thrashers TOXIK performing on April 27 at Dynamo in Eindhoven, The Netherlands can be seen below. TOXIK recently spent time in the studio mixing its long-awaited comeback album "In Humanity". According to a press release, this CD "will encompass everything TOXIK is known for, as well as ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, the mixing console that was used to record albums like PEARL JAM's "Ten" and SOUNDGARDEN's "Louder Than Love" has been reported as being in desperate need of repairs. So the owners at Seattle's London Bridge Studio launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise money to completely refurbish it ...
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Resurrected cult classic progressive thrashers TOXIK are mixing their long-awaited comeback album "In Humanity". According to a press release, this CD "will encompass everything TOXIK is known for, as well as some surprises." The band is currently rehearsing for its first U.S. shows in over 20 years, as well as for the Keep it True ...
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RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer will be forced to sit out the three shows the band has scheduled this week because he has not yet fully recovered from the neck surgery he underwent last October. He says: "I just can't risk the possibility of further damage," before adding: "I've never once in my life missed a ...
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Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with guitarist Warren DeMartini of RATT. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Speaking to "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" in January 2013, RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer stated about the band's current status: "We're getting ready to do a ...
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Alice Cooper, Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER), Vince Neil (MÖTLEY CRÜE), Tom Keifer (CINDERELLA), Rob Zombie, Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and all four members of KISS are among the musicians who performed on December 5 at a concert and live auction to raise money for the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy at The Orleans Arena in Las ...
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Everyone loves hearing or sharing holiday memories at this time of year, and rock 'n' roll stars are no different. Here are a few of The Pulse Of Radio's favorite seasonal anecdotes collected over the years: Most Christmas memories are good ones, but sometimes the holiday season can be traumatic as well — especially for ...
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On October 31, GuitarMania.eu conducted an interview with SKILLET frontman John Cooper in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. SKILLET's new album, "Rise", debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard album chart, selling 60,000 copies in its first week of release. The band's ninth studio offering also debuted at No. 1 on ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of RATT's entire October 20 performance at the Monsters Of Rock festival in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Wanted Man 02. I'm Insane 03. In Your Direction 04. You Think You're Tough 05. Way Cool Jr. 06. Nobody Rides For Free 07. ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of RATT performing its classic song "Round And Round" on October 20 at the Monsters Of Rock festival in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Speaking to "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" this past January, RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer stated about the band's current status: "We're getting ready ...
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On September 27, Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas conducted an interview with former Roadrunner Records A&R chief and current Nuclear Blast Entertainment president Monte Conner for the "Metal Hammer" radio show on TeamRock Radio. You can listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. Roadrunner Records celebrates its three-decades-plus legacy as one of the ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, SKILLET has always made music a family affair, with frontman John Cooper and his wife, keyboardist Korey Cooper, bringing their kids on the road for several years now. But the Coopers expanded on that recently by including both their son and daughter on their latest album, "Rise". John Cooper ...
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On August 14, Spence of the 95-7 The Rock Station conducted an interview with RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Speaking to "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" this past January, Blotzer stated about the band's current status: "We're getting ready to do a ...
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TheRockRevival.com's Matt Bishop conducted an interview with SKILLET frontman John Cooper backstage at Musikfest 2013 on August 4 at PNC Plaza in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. You can now watch the chat below. SKILLET's new album, "Rise", sold 60,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. ...
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Resurrected cult classic progressive thrashers TOXIK have recruited Ralph Santolla (ex-DEATH, OBITUARY, DEICIDE) as their new second guitarist. Josh Christian, TOXIK's founding member and lead guitarist, comments on Ralph's addition to the group: "Ralph was the first choice. I had talked to other friends about tour spots and playing as guests, but the new material ...
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Roadrunner Records celebrates its three-decades-plus legacy as one of the most highly regarded labels in heavy metal and hard rock history by releasing a four-CD boxed set covering a broad spectrum of heavy music with tracks from dozens of the world's most legendary artists. The set, due for release on October 1, includes 54 tracks ...
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Jonas Nachsin has been appointed general manager worldwide for Universal Music's Spinefarm Records. The label, an international specialist in hard rock and metal music, was founded in Finland in 1990 and has been part of Universal Music since 2002. Under Nachsin's leadership, Spinefarm Records will significantly increase its investment in A&R and build its teams ...
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Shabby Hasan of In The Now Magazine conducted an interview with RATT drummer Bobby "Blotz" Blotzer on July 19 at The Cotillion Ballroom in Wichita, Kansas. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking to "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" this past January, Blotzer stated about the band's current status: "We're getting ready ...
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Lisa Berigan of Big 100.3, Washington D.C.'s home for bigger and better classic rock, recently conducted an interview with guitarist Matthias Jabs of German hard rock legends SCORPIONS. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. On SCORPIONS' ongoing farewell tour: Matthias: "It's a sad thing to say, but ...
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