MICHAEL SCHENKER’S “MY YEARS WITH UFO,” TO FEATURE AXL ROSE, SLASH, STEPHEN PEARCY, MEMBERS OF EUROPE, WHITESNAKE AND MORE
Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses),Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Joey Tempest (Europe), Roger Glover (Deep Purple), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Biff Byford (Saxon) and Stephen Pearcy (Ratt) are among the musicians who appear on My Years With UFO, the new album from Michael Schenker on which the legendary German guitarist revisits his classic years with UFO from 1972 to 1978. Due on September 20th through earMUSIC, the 50th-anniversary LP […]
BASSIST MICHAEL ANTHONY ON UNRELEASED VAN HALEN MATERIAL, “EVERY TIME THAT WE WENT INTO THE STUDIO…WE HAD [THE ENGINEER] PRESS RECORD”
Greg Prato for Ultimate Guitar spoke with bassist Michael Anthony about unreleased Van Halen material, the conversation appears in its entirety below. Ultimate Guitar: To the best of your knowledge, how many unreleased Van Halen songs are there from when Dave was in the band? Because if you read old interviews with Dave or Eddie, […]
BLACK COUNTRY RELEASES NEW SONG, “LETTING GO,” FROM NEW ALBUM “V” OUT TODAY
Black Country Communion, the supergroup featuring legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath),guitarist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol),has shared the official music video for its new single, Letting Go. The track is taken from the band’s fifth studio album, V, which is being released today (June 14th). Resonating with the band’s signature fusion of […]
GENE SIMMONS DECLARES THAT HE MAKES MORE MONEY WITH HIS SOLO BAND THAN HE DID IN KISS
During an appearance on the latest episode of Steve-O’s Wild Ride! podcast, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was asked if he now tours and performs with his solo band. He responded (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net), “Yes. Gene Simmons Band already headlined — oh, goodness. We were in South America, São Paulo [in April]… So we’re going to Europe [this summer] to headline festivals and other […]
EXTREME RELEASE VIDEO FOR “BEAUTIFUL GIRLS” (NOT A VAN HALEN COVER)
Extreme has released the official music video for the song Beautiful Girls. The song is off the band’s latest album, Six, which came out in June 2023. The band says about the Beautiful Girls video, which was directed by guitarist Nuno Bettencourt and Rene Rigal, “Today we celebrate ALL the beautiful girls across the world with our new video. Beautiful girls come in all […]
DEF LEPPARD HAS RELEASED A NEW SINGLE “JUST LIKE 73,” FEATURING TOM MORELLO
Def Leppard has released a new single, Just Like 73. You can now listen to the track, which features a guest guitar solo from Tom Morello, below. The song arrives on seven-inch vinyl on August 2nd, and will be available in a special color variant only through the band’s D2C store and in black at all retailers. Making […]