3/26: NEW PODCAST REMEMBERING AJ PERO UP NOW.
Attended the wake for Twisted Sister drummer AJ Pero last night in Staten Island NY. Mike Portnoy and I went together to pay our respects to a great guy and drummer that is going to be majorly missed. We went to the evening session and it was jam packed with close friends, family, industry and […]
GENE SIMMONS SLAMS BANDS WHO USE BACKING TAPES AFTER ADMITTING KISS USES THEM AS WELL
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Gene Simmons has criticized bands who use backing tapes – just weeks after KISS admitted using them. In February they confirmed they’d used some non-live elements during a tour of Japan, saying, “To reproduce production here, we play live with extra tracks. Nothing to hide.” Simmons recently told AdelaideNow, “There’s nobody with a synthesizer on […]
MARK TREMONTI RETURNS AND TAYLOR MOMSEN DEBUTS ON THE LATEST EPISODE OF VH1 CLASSIC’S “THAT METAL SHOW”
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Officially reaching the halfway point of filming all new episodes of the latest season of That Metal Show, VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming returns this week with Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge/Tremonti returning to the show and Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless making her TMS debut. In lieu of a TMS Top 5 […]