On January 12, David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS singer Myles Kennedy. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current status of SLASH FEATURING MYLES ...
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Australian extreme metallers THY ART IS MURDER were rejoined by their former singer CJ McMahon earlier tonight (Saturday, January 14) on stage at the Unify festival in Tarwin Meadows, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Addressing the crowd at the show, McMahon said that he "was a drug addict" who "got married and did some fucking soul ...
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Legendary guitarist Steve Vai, Colombian singer Juanes and EAGLES guitarist Steuart Smith performed "Hotel California" in front of EAGLES' Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit at the 39th annual Kennedy Center Honors, which aired last night (Tuesday, December 27) on CBS. The event, which celebrated James Taylor, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, Argentine pianist ...
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Mark Dean of AntiHero Magazine recently conducted an interview with Myles Kennedy (ALTER BRIDGE, SLASH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. AntiHero Magazine: Do you have to adopt a different mindset in terms of writing and creating music [in ALTER BRIDGE] compared with what you did in THE CONSPIRATORS ...
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Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach was interviewed earlier in the month on the Fox Business program "Kennedy", hosted by former MTV VJ Kennedy. You can now watch the segment below. Asked if he ever thought that he wasn't going to survive the days of rock and roll debauchery and Sunset Strip excess of the ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was interviewed last week on the Fox Business program "Kennedy", hosted by former MTV VJ Kennedy. You can now watch the segment below. Asked for his opinion on President-elect Donald Trump, Mustaine said: "Well, I'm hoping that the nation gets past all the bickering right now and gets back to being ...
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Danny Vaughn and Michael Clayton are grasping, not merely holding on, as if time is against them and TYKETTO albums are threatened with endangerment. After the melodic rock act's 2008 reformation, Jimi Kennedy and Brooke St. James soon left their brothers with replacements Chris Childs and Chris Green assuming their spots. Following 2012's "Dig in ...
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Following the triumphant sold-out show at the Birmingham Genting Arena earlier this year, Kennedy Street and Kilimanjaro have announced Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW will be returning to tour the U.K. in June 2017. The very special opening night will see them headlining the second annual Stone Free Festival at The O2, London, which will be Blackmore's ...
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A lineup featuring some of rock's biggest artists has been announced for the fifth annual Monster Energy Fort Rock, set to take place Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30, 2017 at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida. South Florida's biggest rock festival will be led by DEF LEPPARD (Saturday headliner), SOUNDGARDEN (Sunday headliner), and ...
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"Electric Sky", a brand video from New York's VISION OF DISORDER, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Razed To The Ground", which wasreleased in November 2015 via Candlelight Records. Produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, DEMON HUNTER, ROB ZOMBIE), it is the band's second recording for Candlelight. "This ...
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ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS singer Myles Kennedy was recently interviewed for the "Journey Of A Frontman" podcast (web site). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about how he manages to have a strong stage presence without appearing pretentious while perfoming ...
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Singer Myles Kennedy, who has fronted Slash's solo band since 2010, was asked in an interview with Music Life magazine if there is a future for the group, dubbed SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS, now that Slash is off touring with the reunited GUNS N' ROSES. Kennedy responded: "We usually have ...
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Hard rock titans ALTER BRIDGE will embark on their first headline tour of 2017 across North America beginning on January 21 in Mobile, Alabama. "The Last Hero" tour will make stops in cities across the country such as Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Las Vegas, Nevada before wrapping up in Seattle, Washington. The tour will ...
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AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry recently got to meet President Barack Obama when their plane was delayed while returning to the U.S. after a South American tour. "We were stacked up over Lakeland [Florida], while his plane landed," Perry told Vanyaland, still buzzing from the encounter. "We were trying to get in ...
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The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions will auction a Hennessey Venom GT Spyder owned by rock and roll legend Steven Tyler at its 46th annual Scottsdale Auction in January 2017. The supercar will also be on display at the 2016 SEMA Show in Barrett-Jackson's booth, November 1-4. This rare supercar is the fifth of only ...
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ALTER BRIDGE recently reached out to a fan who was injured in a shooting last month near the University of Illinois in Champaign, according to Billboard.com. Erik Lasaine, his friend George Korchev and two bystanders were hit by stray bullets on September 25 as they passed by an apartment. A fight that had ...
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ALTER BRIDGE vocalist Myles Kennedy recently performed a short acoustic set in the studios of U.K.'s Kerrang! Radio. Check out video footage below. ALTER BRIDGE's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", will be released on October 7 by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. The CD ...
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ALTER BRIDGE vocalist Myles Kennedy told FaceCulture in a new interview that even though the band's new album is called "The Last Hero", it's not necessarily a politically oriented record. Kennedy explained: "The trick was not to get too directly political, because all that does is piss people off. One of the key ...
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"The Other Side", a brand new song from ALTER BRIDGE, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", which will be released on October 7 by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. "The Last Hero" is now ...
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Sacramento, California's modern death metal extremists THE KENNEDY VEIL have welcomed a brand new vocalist to their ranks. Monte Barnard, best known for his time spent as the high-energy frontman for tech-death shredders ALTERBEAST, as well as his live stints with Aussie deathcore titans THY ART IS MURDER, will take the reigns as the new ...
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"Poison In Your Veins", a brand new song from ALTER BRIDGE, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", which will be released on October 7 by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. "The Last Hero" is ...
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According to MylesKennedy.fr, ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy played an acoustic set at Hard Rock Café in Paris, France on September 8. He was in Europe doing promotion for ALTER BRIDGE's new album, "The Last Hero", and a free gig was planned to finish the day in Paris. ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti ...
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Todd Kerns, the bassist for Slash's backing band, MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS, was recently interviewed by Sally Steele of VegasRocksTV.com. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if he has gotten any "noble advice" from Slash in their years of playing together, Todd said: "He's not the kind of guy to ...
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In a recent interview with Alternative Nation, Myles Kennedy was asked to name something that Slash taught him just by being in a group with him the past few years that he has brought to ALTER BRIDGE. He responded: "How hard he rehearses. When we're preparing for a tour or a record, he ...
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ALTER BRIDGE has released a lyric video for the song "My Champion", taken from the band's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", due on October 7 by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. "My Champion" climbs from a swell of delay into an impressive guitar lick ...
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Video footage of ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy performing an acoustic version of the band's song "Watch Over You" on September 6 at the Bandit Rock radio studio in Stockholm, Sweden can be seen below. ALTER BRIDGE's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", will be released on October 7 via Caroline Records in the United ...
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ALTER BRIDGE's video for the song "Show Me A Leader" can be seen below. The clip is based on a concept created by the band and director Zev Deans that brings life to the story told in the single's lyrics. The animated video shows the world in turmoil as politicians (represented by suits with megaphone ...
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A three-minute video clip in which the members of ALTER BRIDGE discuss their new single, "Show Me A Leader", can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", which will be released on October 7 via Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the ...
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Bobby Blotzer's RATT has announced the addition of Mitch Perry (TALAS, HEAVEN, STEELER, MSG, LITA FORD) on lead guitar and Brad Lang (Y&T) on bass. Says Blotzer: "We have some leaving, and new great musicians coming on board . "Stacey Blades [L.A. GUNS], my longtime friend, just played with us on two huge festivals over ...
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DISTURBED was joined by Myles Kennedy of ALTER BRIDGE for a performance of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence" during last night's (Saturday, August 13) concert at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston, Texas. Video footage of his appearance can be seen below. DISTURBED version of "The Sound Of Silence" has been a huge ...
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