SWORD’S RICK HUGHES DELIVERS SOLO “REDEMPTION,” OUT OCTOBER 24TH; REUNITES MEMBERS OF ONE OF OZZY’S BEST LINE-UPS FOR COVER OF THE WHO’S “THE REAL ME”
Canadian-born Rick Hughes is renowned for his powerful and rangey voice as the lead singer of the legendary metal band Sword, and of the hard-rock band Saints & Sinners. A seasoned performer with hundreds of headlining shows in Canada, America, Europe and Japan over the years, and his superb stage performances while opening for bands […]
GLENN HUGHES EXPLAINS WHY HE DECLINED WORKING JOINING OZZY OSBOURNE’S SOLO BAND
In a new interview with Metal Mayhem ROC, legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes was asked how he was affected by the recent passing of Black Sabbath‘s iconic singer Ozzy Osbourne. He responded (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net): “I’ve known Ozzy and [fellow Black Sabbath members] Geezer [Butler] and Tony [Iommi] and Bill [Ward] since 1970. They took off that year with Paranoid, and I was very friendly with them back then. So I’ve known […]
ROCKERS SAYS THE MOKUMENTARY, “THIS IS SPINAL TAP,” WAS CLOSE TO REALITY
Larry Getlen of NY Post reports: Peter Smokler was a camera operator on the famed rock documentary Gimme Shelter, about a 1969 Rolling Stones concert where a man was stabbed to death. Despite his experience in the genre, Smokler was baffled when director Rob Reiner recruited him to shoot This is Spinal Tap, the 1984 […]