May 25 marks the 70th birthday of SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine. In the video below, his bandmates, as well as members of METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, BON JOVI, DEEP PURPLE, KISS, WHITESNAKE, GUNS N' ROSES, DEF LEPPARD, AC/DC, and many more, wish Klaus a happy birthday. Meine told the Phoenix New Times in a ...
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On June 14, LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler will unveil his fine art debut collection, "Dancing With The Devil". Completed with art team SceneFour, the release is a pioneering effort in the new medium of crafting visual art through drum performance. Over the last 12 months, Adler has been creating an art collection made ...
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Joe Satriani thinks CHICKENFOOT will reassemble before the end of the year to begin working on new music. The supergroup, which features the legendary guitarist alongside former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith, has been largely inactive since 2012 when it toured with ...
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Vivian Campbell says that DEF LEPPARD isn't bothered by the fact that the band has not been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Asked why he thinks the British rock icons — as well as some of their key influences, including bands like JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and IRON MAIDEN — have yet ...
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Fan-filmed video of SKID ROW's May 16 concert at Virgin Oil in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. SKID ROW has collaborated with several other artists, including members of SLIPKNOT and HALESTORM, on the songwriting process for the final installment of the band's "United World Rebellion" trilogy. The follow-up to 2014's "Rise Of The Damnation ...
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JOURNEY keyboardist Jonathan Cain recently spoke with Tigman of the Albany, New York radio station Q103. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On summer tourmates DEF LEPPARD: Jonathan: "They're on their A-game right now. I saw a few shows from recent YouTube postings, and they sound ...
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Veteran rockers CHEAP TRICK have released a brand-new single called "The Summer Looks Good On You" via Big Machine Records. The band co-produced the song with longtime collaborator Julian Raymond, who also worked on CHEAP TRICK's last three albums, 2016's "Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello" and 2017's "We're All Alright!" and "Christmas Christmas". "The Summer Looks ...
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DEF LEPPARD has begun thinking ahead to the follow-up to the band's 2015's self-titled album, according to Joe Elliott. "Def Leppard" was the group's first studio effort since "Songs From the Sparkle Lounge" in 2008. During a brand new interview with the 106.7 The Eagle radio station, the singer stated about the band's ...
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On June 14, LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler will unveil his fine art debut collection, "Dancing With The Devil". Completed with art team SceneFour, the release is a pioneering effort in the new medium of crafting visual art through drum performance. Over the last 12 months, Adler has been creating an art collection made ...
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Def Leppard Pale is what happens when a mega British rock band collides with an American craft brewery. Both fanatics of their craft, DEF LEPPARD and Elysian Brewing are excited to blend their worlds together, music and beer. The beer was brewed to fuse the infamous malt bodies of British ales with the mysteria of ...
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During a recent appearance on the "Trunk Nation" show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106), LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell and singer Andrew Freeman, provided an update on that band's in-progress, as-yet-untitled second album, tentatively due in early 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl. "Vivian just finished up his guitars, I guess, yesterday or earlier this ...
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Iconic rock band POISON, with all original members, will embark on the "Poison…Nothin' But A Good Time 2018" tour later this month. The trek, which is set to launch May 18 in Irvine, California at Five Points Amphitheatre, will also feature CHEAP TRICK and POP EVIL. POISON singer Bret Michaels told SiriusXM's Eddie Trunk: "I'm ...
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"The Fox", the new video from Swedish classic rock connoisseurs GRAVEYARD, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's eagerly anticipated comeback album, "Peace", which will be released on May 25 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was recorded at Park Studios in Stockholm with producer Chips Kiesbye (THE HELLACOPTERS, MICHAEL MONROE, THE ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SKID ROW's May 9 performance at Kulturbolaget in Malmö, Sweden can be seen below. SKID ROW has collaborated with several other artists, including members of SLIPKNOT and HALESTORM, on the songwriting process for the final installment of the band's "United World Rebellion" trilogy. The follow-up to 2014's "Rise Of The Damnation ...
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On May 18, Public Television's critically acclaimed conversation series "Speakeasy" will return to New York City's Iridium to film an all-new episode featuring DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott and Rolling Stone editor David Fricke. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and the show will begin promptly at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available on May 11 ...
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On June 1, Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe fires the first salvo in DEF LEPPARD's projected four-volume career-spanning box set series, when the appropriately dubbed "Volume One" appears in multidisc LP and CD collections. The collection arrives in time for this summer's highly anticipated DEF LEPPARD co-headline tour with JOURNEY. To promote the arrival of "Volume One", DEF ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell was recently interviewed by Todd "Crash" Davis of the 101.9 The Keg radio station in Nebraska. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether DEF LEPPARD has started work on the follow-up to 2015's self-titled album: ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS have announced the first 37 U.S. dates of the "30th Anniversary Digital Dictator World Tour 2018". A total of 45 dates are confirmed for the U.S. and Canada, where the tour has grown to seven weeks from the originally planned four weeks due to the overwhelming response ...
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Riccardo Ball of "The Metal Bar" recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked how the members of DEF LEPPARD remain friends aefter being together for so long, Vivian said: "Well, I think we all know that the band is more important than any ...
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UMe has announced the release of "Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story, The Soundtrack" on June 8. The album comes on the heels of the film's streaming debuts on Hulu and Amazon Prime following last year's successful theatrical run and the DVD/Blu-ray releases. The soundtrack is the first official career retrospective compilation for the guitar ...
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Phil Collen says that DEF LEPPARD isn't bothered by the fact that the band has not been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Asked why he thinks DEF LEPPARD has yet to get the nod, the guitarist told Tigman of the Albany, New York radio station Q103 (hear audio below): "I have ...
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Last November, drum legend Gene Hoglan unveiled his fine-art debut collection. Completed with art team SceneFour, the release was a pioneering effort in the new medium of crafting visual art through drum performance. In the clip below, shot during the production of his art collection, Gene discusses "The Full Rah", one of his favorite pieces ...
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Swedish classic rock connoisseurs GRAVEYARD have released the first trailer for their eagerly anticipated comeback album, "Peace". The disc was recorded at Park Studios in Stockholm with producer Chips Kiesbye (THE HELLACOPTERS, MICHAEL MONROE, THE NOMADS) and engineer Stefan Boman (BURT BACHARACH, ALICE COOPER, DEF LEPPARD, KENT). Commented the band: "As you may know, we've ...
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RIVERDOGS, the band featuring DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell, played its first show since 2004 last December at the Frontiers Rockin' Christmas Bash 2017 at The Canyon club in Agoura Hills, California. Award-winning filmmaker Sebastien Paquet captured the group during the week of rehearsals and showcases leading up to the show ...
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British rockers PRAYING MANTIS will release their 11th studio album, "Gravity", on May 11 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official music video for the disc's opening track, "Keep It Alive", can be seen below. "Gravity" track listing: 01. Keep It Alive 02. Mantis Anthem 03. Time Can Heal 04. 39 Years 05. Gravity 06. Ghosts ...
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DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott's "Songs From The Vault" show will premiere on Thursday, April 19 at 4 p.m. EST on SiriusXM's DeepTracks (Ch. 27). In his youth, Elliott was creatively influenced by the music of the late '60s and early '70s, including legendary acts like T.REX and MOTT THE HOOPLE, plus David Bowie's "Ziggy ...
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British rockers PRAYING MANTIS will release their 11th studio album, "Gravity", on May 11 via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc's opening track, "Keep It Alive", can now be streamed below. "Gravity" track listing: 01. Keep It Alive 02. Mantis Anthem 03. Time Can Heal 04. 39 Years 05. Gravity 06. Ghosts Of The Past 07. ...
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Steve Vai says that "it would be fantastic" if AC/DC made a new studio album with Axl Rose on vocals, explaining that the legendary hard rock outfit "can't make any mistakes." Ever since AC/DC completed the tour cycle for its 2014 album "Rock Or Bust" nearly two years ago — a turbulent trek that weathered ...
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2018 marks the 30th anniversary of VICIOUS RUMORS' critically acclaimed "Digital Dictator" album. To celebrate this epic milestone, the band has decided to perform its metal magnum opus in its entirety on a world tour in a city near you. The "Digital Dictator World Tour" starts September 6 and goes through the month of October ...
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LAST IN LINE singer Andrew Freeman spoke to the "Ouch You're On My Hair" podcast about the band's upcoming sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2019. Asked if the new LAST IN LINE material represents a musical progression from the group's 2016 debut, "Heavy Crown", Freeman said: "There's a progression, for sure. Jimmy's [Bain, bass] ...
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