GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE ON GLENN HUGHES JOINING RITCHE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW, “WE ENDED IT AMICABLY BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED”
Gary Graff of Billboard spoke with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Highlights from the interview appear below. Billboard: What led you back to rock, and Rainbow, again? Ritchie Blackmore: It was kind of like I was 70, and I just felt like playing some rock n’ roll on a few dates. So I basically put together the […]
SONS OF APOLLO ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF SPECIAL SIX-TRACK EP OF LATEST SINGLE, “ALIVE/TENGO VIDA”
Sons Of Apollo–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force)—released a six-song EP today, Alive/Tengo Vida, which includes three versions of the latest single, Alive, from their number one […]
DEF LEPPARD ANNOUNCE FIRST OF FOUR PLANNED CAREER-SPANNING BOX SETS
On June 1st, 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. This first volume of the band’s complete recorded […]
REMEMBERING DOKKEN’S “ONE LIVE NIGHT” CD/DVD
Since the classic line-up of Dokken has been in the news lately, I thought I would revisit an older release, which I have discussed before, but would like remind you of, again. Back in 1995, when hard rock and metal was out fashion, Dokken released a CD/DVD called One Live Night. It encompasses acoustic performances […]
SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS ANNOUNCE THIRD STUDIO ALBUM OUT THIS FALL
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will return this fall with their as-yet-untitled third studio album. The group-Slash (Guitar), Myles Kennedy (Vocals), Brent Fitz (Drums), TODD KERNS (Bass & Vocals) and Frank Sidoris (Guitar & Vocals)–has entered the studio with producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Alter Bridge, Iggy Pop, Incubus). Expect the group to announce […]
CLASSIC DOKKEN LINE-UP POST VIDEO FOR NEW SONG “IT’S JUST ANOTHER DAY”
In October 2016, the classic lineup of Dokken-Don Dokken (vocals), George Lynch (guitar), Jeff Pilson (bass) and Mick Brown (drums)-reunited to play the Loud Park festival in Japan. Fortunately for fans outside of Japan, cameras were there to capture the performance and now Frontiers Music Srl is set to issue Return To The East Live […]