GUITARIST PAUL CROOK DISCUSSES MEATLOAF, ANTHRAX AND SEBASTIAN BACH

Ville Krannila for kkdowning.net’s steelmill spoke with guitarist Paul Crook. Highlights from the interview appear below. Steelmill: Why is Meat Loaf’s band called Neverland Express? Paul Crook: Jim Steinman is a huge fan of Peter Pan. Steelmill: Any more Meat Loaf albums planned for the future? Paul Crook: Meat has talked about a couple of […]

MARILYN MANSON STREAMS “WE KNOW WHERE YOU F–KING LIVE”

Marilyn Manson has released a stream of his new single, We Know Where You F–king Live. Listen to it below. The song is the first track to emerge from Manson’s forthcoming album Heaven Upside Down, which is due for release on October 6th. Speaking about the new material last year, Manson said, “It’s not very […]

GENE SIMMONS AND ACE FREHELY TO PERFORM AT BENEFIT FOR HURRICANE HARVEY VICTIMS

Ace Frehley and Gene Simmons will perform live together for the first time in 16 years for The Children Matter benefit concert in St. Paul, MN, which will benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey. The concert—which will take place on September 20th at CHS Field Stadium—will also feature Don Felder and Cheap Trick. One hundred percent […]

9/11: SCORPIONS IN STUDIO TOMORROW, MORE

Just back from a trip to L.A. and Dallas. L.A. for work with STP and a few other things, Dallas for fun to see my Giants. Sadly that didn’t go that well, but still a good time and huge thanks to my friend Doug Burgess for the great seat and hospitality. We’ll see the Cowboys […]

WATCH WOLFGANG VAN HALEN PLAY PART OF “ERUPTION”

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of his father’s iconic instrumental solo, Eruption, Wolfgang Van Halen, has posted a video, of himself, playing the piece. Listen to it below. Eruption appeared on Van Halen’s self-titled debut album the following year and was released on the B-side of Runnin’ With the Devil – although Eddie himself had […]