SHARON OSBOURNE REPORTEDLY REQUESTS THE COURT REMOVE LATE HUSBAND OZZY’S ACCOUNTANT AS AN EXECUTOR OF HIS WILL
The Sun reports: Sharon Osbourne has launched a High Court bid to remove her late hubby Ozzy’s long-term accountant as an executor of his will. Papers lodged yesterday show the rocker’s widow, 73, issued a claim against Colin Newman under a law used to remove or replace estate representatives. Ozzy died in July last year aged 76, […]
CREED CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF “WEATHERED” WITH NEWLY REMASTERED DELUXE EDITION OUT NOVEMBER 20TH, PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
Twenty-five years after Creed’s Weathered debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and began an extraordinary eight-week run atop the chart, Craft Recordings celebrates the landmark album with a newly remastered and expanded Deluxe Edition, arriving November 20th—exactly 25 years to the day after its original 2001 release—on 2-LP, CD and digital formats. Featuring the enduring hits My Sacrifice and […]
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 1974 DEMO “GLITTER” TO BE INCLUDED WITH ALEX VAN HALEN’S LIMITED EDITION “VAN HALEN” BOOK
Genesis Publications has revealed that the exclusive seven-inch vinyl record accompanying Alex Van Halen‘s official signed limited-edition book Van Halen will feature Glitter, a previously unreleased demo recorded in 1974. Created exclusively for the Van Halen signed limited edition, the seven-inch picture disc features artwork based on the band’s iconic 1984 tour design. Featuring Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen alongside David Lee Roth and original bassist Mark Stone, Glitter captures Van […]
THE VAN HALEN/SAMMY HAGAR WAR OF WORDS HEATS UP AGAIN WITH THE DRUMMER CALLING THE SINGER “A COMPLETE IDIOT”
Fox News reports: Alex Van Halen has some thoughts about former bandmate Sammy Hagar. During an interview with Brazilian music journalist Marcelo Vieira published earlier this month, Van Halen ripped into Hagar when asked about his 2011 memoir, Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock. “I don’t know what he wrote, and I don’t wanna know,” […]
KISS’ GENE SIMMONS DISCUSSES ORIGINAL BAND MEMBERS ACE FREHLEY AND PETER CRISS
In a new interview with Michael Moynihan of The Moynihan Report, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was asked how much of all the problems he and guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley had with the other original members of the band, guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss, were “money based”. Simmons responded (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net), “It was not money based. It was drugs and alcohol, sadly. Not with Paul or myself. And […]
GOLDEN ROBOT RECORDS TO POSTHUMOUSLY RELEASE JOHN SYKES’ “ONE WAY” EP ON NOVEMBER 6TH
Australia’s Golden Robot Records will release One Way, a posthumous EP from late English guitarist John Sykes (Tygers Of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesanke, Blue Murder, Sykes),on November 6th. The EP is available now to pre-save across all major streaming platforms. Featuring some of the final known recordings from one of rock music’s most revered guitarists, One Way offers fans another opportunity to hear the unmistakable […]