ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUIET RIOTS “METAL HEALTH” ALBUM, JOIN A VIRTUAL BOOK EVENT FOR “KEEP ON ROLLIN’ MY FAN CLUB YEARS WITH KEVIN DUBROW AND QUIET RIOT” FEATURING RUDY SARZO, DEE SNIDER, STEPHEN PEARCY AND OTHERS

Join us as we celebrate the Virtual Book Release of Keep on Rollin’ My Fan Club Years with Kevin DuBrow and Quiet Riot. Written by Missy Whitney and published by MiMa Publishing. Featuring photographs by Mark Weiss and Ron Sobol. Foreword by Rudy Sarzo and Afterword by Kevin’s mom, Laura Mandell. Tickets are $10 and […]

GUITARIST MARTY FRIEDMAN DISCUSSES LIVING IN JAPAN AND HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH JASON BECKER

Greg Prato for Heavy Consequence spoke with guitarist Marty Friedman, some highlights from the interview appear below. Heavy Consequence: Is it exciting to be returning to the States to tour with Queensrÿche? Marty Friedman: The focus of myself and my band at this time and putting that Megadeth/Budokan thing in the middle of it just kind […]

FORMER MEGADETH GUITARIST JEFF YOUNG SAYS HE PASSED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN DAVID LEE ROTH’S SOLO BAND, STATING “I THOUGHT HE’D END UP IN VEGAS…AND WHERE DID HE END UP?”

Former Megadeth guitarist Jeff Young spoke with Canada’s The Metal Voice and said that he “passed on” auditioning for David Lee Roth‘s solo band in 1990, not long after exiting the thrash band. Young said (as per blabbermouth.net), “Jason Becker got the [gig], which I’m glad, because that gave him a chance to do one really killer project before he got sick, […]

DOES GEORGE LYNCH THINK THE ORIGINAL LINEUP OF DOKKEN WILL EVER REUNITE? THE GUITARIST SAYS, ” I THINK THAT SHIP HAS SORT OF ALREADY LEFT THE HARBOR”

In a recent interview with iconic guitarist George Lynch, Lynch told  TotalRock‘s Neil Jones, that he did not believe the classic lineup of Dokken would ever reunite. He said (as per blabbermouth.net), “I pretty much doubt it. Mick [Brown, former Dokken, Lynch Mob and The End Machine drummer] has quit playing drums, sold his kit. He’s not a drummer anymore. His […]