WOLFGANG VAN HALEN’S MAMMOTH ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL “THE END” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
As the band is currently turning heads on the road in support of Bush, GRAMMY® Award–nominated songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Wolfgang Van Halen and his band Mammoth are announcing more US headline tour dates. The End Tour continues this summer with more headline performances added in-between previously announced support dates for rockers, Creed. The lineup comprised of Van Halen with guitarists […]
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: ARE THERE ANY BANDS WHERE YOU LIKED AN ALTERNATIVE LINEUP BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL?
Yes, the ’84 Whitesnake lineup of David Coverdale, John Sykes, Cozy Powell and Neil Murray was, in my humble opinion, hands down the best lineup, perfection. Also, while I love High N’ Dry, I think I might be partial to the Steve Clark/Phil Collen lineup of Def Leppard. If I can think of any other […]
SHARON OSBOURNE SAYS THAT BLACK SABBATH’S FIRST MANAGER, JIM SIMPSON, HAS RETURNED THE BAND’S DEMO TAPES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, BACK THE MEMBERS
Sharon Osbourne, the wife and manager of the late Ozzy Osbourne, has settled a legal dispute with Jim Simpson, the first manager of Black Sabbath, over Simpson‘s plans to release an album of tracks from the pre-Black Sabbath days of Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Simpson, who managed the band in their earliest days, announced last year — weeks prior to Osbourne‘s passing — that […]
ARMORED SAINT RELEASE SECOND SINGLE, “HIT A MOONSHOT,” FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM, “EMOTION FACTORY RESET”
Armored Saint have released their second single, Hit A Moonshot, from the band’s forthcoming new album, Emotion Factory Reset, due out May 22nd. Hit A Moonshot is a band favorite. A “moonshot” is a baseball term referencing a homerun that’s hit at a high angle and distance. An avid sports fan, Armored Saint vocalist John Bush was considering the parallels between sports […]
LISTEN TO GRAHAM BONNET, BOB DAISLEY, DON AIREY, CARMINE APPICE AND BUMBLEFOOT REINVENT RAINBOW’S “LONG LIVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL”
When you’re gathering guests for a Rainbow tribute album, whom better to invite than some of the people who made Rainbow such a great band in the first place? That’s what Cleopatra Records has done. Due on June 19th, Ride The Rainbow – The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow is an absolutely star-studded journey through the many faces of the Ritchie Blackmore-led […]
DAVID LEE ROTH REVEALS THAT HE SOLD HIS PUBLISHING CATALOG EIGHT MONTHS AGO
Original Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth spoke with the Associated Press on April 10th at this year’sCoachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California, where he joined singer Teddy Swims for a rendition of Van Halen classic song Jump. Roth said, as per blabbermouth.net, “I sold my publishing eight months ago, ask me how I feel.” After the Associated […]