Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate has revealed in a new tweet that he is "still working hard in the studio" on the forthcoming trilogy from his new band OPERATION: MINDCRIME. Tate, who was fired from QUEENSRŸCHE in June 2012, told Heavy Metal Television about the upcoming project: "I love writing stories, and I ...
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook has teamed up with documentary filmmaker Fran Strine and music manager Jamie Talbot to chronicle the story of world-renowned musicians who are not household names, but are instead the session and backup musicians who have performed at concerts and on countless recordings with huge stars yet remain largely ...
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SCORPIONS' legendary "Virgin Killer" album will be released on limited-edition 180-gram vinyl by Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity in April. The LP was mastered for this vinyl release by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. "Virgin Killer" is the first of four studio releases that really defined the SCORPIONS and their highly influential urgent metallic sound. It ...
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Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, Joel Hoekstra (WHITESNAKE, NIGHT RANGER), Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA), Marzi Montazeri (PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS), David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Rowan Robertson (DIO), Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT), Brian Tichy (WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, OZZY OSBOURNE, BILLY IDOL), Phil X (BON JOVI), Mark Zavon (KILL DEVIL HILL) and Michael Angelo ...
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One of the most venerated guitarists ever to grace hard rock music, the late, great Randy Rhoads — best known for his work with OZZY OSBOURNE and QUIET RIOT — will be celebrated in the truest of fashions with the release of "Immortal Randy Rhoads - The Ultimate Tribute" on March 3, 2015 via UDR ...
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Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp is proud to welcome Micheal Schenker of UFO, SCORPIONS, MSG, along with legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward and Glenn Hughes of DEEP PURPLE as special guests at the Masters Of Metal camp. Some of the biggest heavy hitters in the world of metal are coming to Rock 'N' Roll ...
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Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, Joel Hoekstra (WHITESNAKE, NIGHT RANGER), Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA), Marzi Montazeri (PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS), Mike Orlando (ADRENALINE MOB), Rowan Robertson (DIO), Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT), Brian Tichy (WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, OZZY OSBOURNE, BILLY IDOL), Phil X (BON JOVI), Mark Zavon (KILL DEVIL HILL) and Michael ...
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One of the most venerated guitarists ever to grace hard rock music, the late, great Randy Rhoads — best known for his work with OZZY OSBOURNE and QUIET RIOT — will be celebrated in the truest of fashions with the release of "Immortal Randy Rhoads - The Ultimate Tribute" on March 3, 2015 via UDR ...
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One of the most venerated guitarists ever to grace hard rock music, the late, great Randy Rhoads — best known for his work with OZZY OSBOURNE and QUIET RIOT — will be celebrated in the truest of fashions with the release of "Immortal Randy Rhoads - The Ultimate Tribute" on March 3, 2015 via UDR ...
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One of the most venerated guitarists ever to grace hard rock music, the late, great Randy Rhoads — best known for his work with OZZY OSBOURNE and QUIET RIOT — will be celebrated in the truest of fashions with the release of "Immortal Randy Rhoads - The Ultimate Tribute" on March 3, 2015 via UDR ...
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Bob Daisley (pictured), who played bass on the first two solo albums by Ozzy Osbourne, says that he was "devastated" and "flabbergasted" by the August 2002 ruling by the Los Angeles Federal Court dismissing the lawsuit over unpaid performance royalties brought by Daisley and ex-Osbourne drummer Lee Kerslake against Ozzy and the singer's wife and ...
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Heavy Metal Television VJ and BENEDICTUM frontwoman Veronica Freeman recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the upcoming trilogy project from his new band OPERATION: MINDCRIME, Tate said: "I love writing stories, and I love creating musical stories, and I wanted to do ...
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Cuban-born guitarist and composer Robert Sarzo, who spent the past couple of years performing with Geoff Tate's version of QUEENSRŸCHE, wants to make it clear that he has no involvement with Geoff's new band OPERATION: MINDCRIME which recently signed a worldwide deal with Frontiers Music Srl for the release of its forthcoming trilogy project. "The ...
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OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, has signed a worldwide deal with Frontiers Music Srl for the release of its forthcoming trilogy project. Named after QUEENSRŸCHE's epic concept album from 1988, "Operation: Mindcrime", Tate's new band includes bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE), drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO), keyboardist Randy ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook joined Alice Cooper on stage on November 26 inside the Pearl at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada to perform the Cooper classic "School's Out". Check out fan-filmed video footage below. Hook played as a member of pop singers Mandy Moore ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate performing the band's song "Jet City Woman" with a backing group consisting of David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Ross The Boss (MANOWAR), Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL) and Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA) during the November 22 "Metal All Stars" concert at Espaço das Américas in ...
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During a recent interview with the "10songs" podcast, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about the dramatic changes in the record industry since his former band released its debut EP in the early 1980s. "When I started out years ago, our band wasn't able to get signed until we did our own record and started our ...
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"Frequency Unknown", the only album released the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE following his dismissal from the band featuring guitarists Michael Wilton and Parker Lundgren, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield, arrived in April 2013 amidst a swarm of controversy. The group had just split in two, with Tate leading an all-new group of ...
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Impact metal channel conducted an interview with powerhouse American singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) before his September 26 concert in Dublin, Ireland. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he is still in touch with the guys from ...
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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate says that he is approaching the songwriting sessions for the forthcoming debut album from his OPERATION: MINDCRIME project in a very different way to how he used to compose music for his former band. "I'm doing a trilogy album," Tate told the "10songs" podcast. "And it's three records, and I'm recording ...
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The T.J. Martell Foundation's Rock 'N' Bowl tournament, held last week at the PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California, brought together a myriad of celebrity rockers, comedians and music industry executives to raise funds for cancer research. The event, chaired by Wendy Dio, president and co-founder of the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And ...
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Vegas Rocks! Magazine is proud to announce the fifth annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Awards 2014. This event celebrates Vegas Rocks! Magazine's 10th anniversary as the first-ever all-rock publication produced in Las Vegas. The 2014 awards show will be held Sunday, November 23 at 8 p.m. at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort. Tickets start ...
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While answering questions from fans on Twitter this past Saturday (October 4), former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate was asked: "Not including yourself, who is your favor[ite] vocalist?" He replied: "Still me" In a recent interview with the Daily Herald, Tate admitted that he was perplexed as to why his former bandmates fired him ...
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Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate says that the upcoming progressive rock trilogy from his new band OPERATION: MINDCRIME will be "very complex" with "a very melodic content" and urges his fans to experience it "one on one" when it is released early next year. Named after QUEENSRŸCHE's epic concept album from 1988, "Operation: Mindcrime", Tate's ...
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"Totally Driven Radio", the weekly radio podcast heard live every Thursday night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST time on the Totally Driven Entertainment Radio Network, recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE and SOULBENDER guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now listen to the chat below. (Note: Wilton calls in at the 18-minute mark and ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE's Scott Rockenfield spoke to Gary Graff of Billboard.com about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's next studio album following the settlement agreement between the band and its former lead singer, Geoff Tate, over the rights to the QUEENSRŸCHE name which gave the moniker to the drummer and his bandmates ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE's Scott Rockenfield spoke to Gary Graff of The Oakland Press about the group's future following the settlement agreement between the band and its former lead singer, Geoff Tate, over the rights to the QUEENSRŸCHE name which gave the moniker to the drummer and his bandmates Eddie Jackson (bass) and Michael Wilton (guitar). ...
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Geoff Tate's version of QUEENSRŸCHE performed its final show on August 30 at Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill in Bolingbrook, Illinois. To mark the occasion, Tate symbolically removed the QUEENSRŸCHE's logo — the so-called TriRyche symbol — from his belt before the final encore song. Fan-filmed video footage of the gesture can be seen below. ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of the August 28 performance by Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE at The Cotillion in Wichita, Kansas can be seen below. In a brand new interview with the Daily Herald, Tate once again admitted that he is still perplexed as to why his former bandmates fired him from QUEENSRŸCHE in June 2012, ...
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On July 26, Glenn Milligan of Metalliville.co.uk conducted a lengthy interview with drummer Simon Wright (DIO, AC/DC, UFO, DIO DISCIPLES, Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalliville.co.uk: I bet you've been asked this a million times, but how did you meet up with AC/DC? How did you get ...
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