AFTER 40 YEARS, JUDAS PRIEST PERFORM “KILLING MACHINE,” LIVE IN PARIS
On Sunday night (January 27th), Judas Priest started their European tour in Paris, by preforming a song they have not sung live in four decades, Killing Machine. The song was the title track of the second LP they released in 1978, though the record’s name was changed to, Hell Bent for Leather,when it was released […]
DREAM THEATER’S JAMES LABRIE DISCUSSES THE BAND’S LATEST ALBUM, THE HARDEST SONGS TO SING LIVE AND HIS FAVORITE SINGERS
Greg Prato of Songfacts interviewed Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie. Highlights from interview appear below. Songfacts: How is the new album, Distance Over Time, similar or different to previous Dream Theater albums? James LaBrie: Well, it might be similar to some of the earlier albums in the sense that in a lot of ways, we pulled […]
THE CIRCLE, FEATURING HAGAR, ANTHONY, BONHAM, JOHNSON, TO RELEASE “SPACE BETWEEN” ON MAY 10TH, STREAMING NEW SONG “TRUST FUND BABY”
The Circle, Sammy Hagar’s critically acclaimed supergroup also featuring Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson, will release its first album of all-original material, Space Between, on May 10th through BMG. The first single, Trust Fund Baby, can now be streamed below. Hagar said, “Play it on whatever system suits you and crank it up, it f–king rocks like the rest of the album!” […]
DRUMMER CARMINE APPICE STILL HOPEFUL THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE A BLUE MURDER REUNION
Teenage radio host Miles “The Shoe” Schuman spoke with drummer Carmine Appice at this year’s NAMM show (see video below) to ask why he is not playing with John Sykes. Appice explained (transcribed via blabbermouth.net), “Well, because John wants to call it ‘John Sykes’ and not Blue Murder…I mean, it’s not Blue Murder. He’s gonna be doing John Sykes‘ new album. He […]