MICK MARS DISCUSSES HIS SOUND ON HIS SOLO RECORD STATING HE DIDN’T WANT TO SOUND LIKE “AN OLD ROCKER THAT’S PLAYING 1980S MUSIC”

Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars was a recent guest on Kalamazoo’s WRKR‘s, The Rocker Morning Show. Snippets of what was discussed appear below as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. When asked about the variety of sounds, and musical styles, covered on his debut solo album, The Other Side Of Mars. He said , “I think that me being on my own really […]

DEL LEPPARD FRONTMAN JOE ELLIOTT IS NOT A FAN OF THE TERM “HEAVY METAL”

During a new appearance on the Rockonteurs With Gary Kemp And Guy Pratt podcast, frontman Joe Elliott once again dismissed suggestions that Def Leppard is a heavy metal band. He said (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net), “I have an issue with the term ‘heavy metal’ because everybody outside of rock always thinks if you’re a heavy metal band, it’s like bad news… You […]