ROB HALFORD TO RELEASE HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, “CONFESS,” ON OCTOBER 2020
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford will release his autobiography, Confess, in October 2020. Known as “The Metal God” by his devoted, global fan base, Halford has always subverted the norm, and Confess will offer readers a compelling, heartfelt and honest look at the struggles Rob has faced with addiction and his sexuality as well as exploring his music and his many brushes with controversy. […]
GEORGE LYNCH AND TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA SINGER DINO JELUSICK JOIN FORCES IN DIRTY SHIRLEY, STREAM FIRST SINGLE “HERE COMES THE KING”
Frontiers Music Srl has announced the signing of Dirty Shirley, a new band project featuring guitarist George Lynch (The End Machine, KXM, Lynch Mob, ex-Dokken) and vocalist/keyboardist Dino Jelusick (Animal Drive, Trans-Siberian Orchestra). Dirty Shirley’s self-titled debut album will be released on January 24, 2020. The disc’s first single, Here Comes The King, can be streamed below. Croatian singer Dino Jelusick, over the course of just […]
SLAYER’S TOM ARAYA AND KERRY KING TALK ABOUT “SLAYER: THE REPENTLESS KILLOGY” FILM AND PLAYING THE L.A. FORUM
In a new video released today (10/30), Slayer’s Tom Araya and Kerry King share the story behind the previously-unseen short film and boundary-pushing music video trilogy that is set to be presented alongside Slayer’s entire 2017 concert shot at the Los Angeles Forum. Slayer: The Repentless Killogy will see its one-night theatrical screening take place […]
ANTHRAX’S CHARLIE BENANTE SAYS THE BAND DESERVES TO BE IN THE ROCK N’ ROLL HALL OF FAME
Earlier this month, the nominees for 2020’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were announced. In a recent interview with Anthrax’s Charlie Benante on Eddie’s Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation, the topic of the Rock Hall was brought up – with the drummer saying his band deserve to be inducted into the famed hall. He said, “The reason why […]
KISS’ PAUL STANLEY PRAISES LED ZEPPELIN, AND SAYS JIMMY PAGE IS “THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL GUITAR PLAYER”
KISS’ Paul Stanley spoke with Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk podcast about attending a Led Zeppelin concert when he was just 17 years old in New York. Portions of the interview appear below (as per blabbermouth.net). “I saw Zeppelin in, I think it was August of ’69 — between the first and second [records],” Stanley said. “And they were actually playing ‘What […]
JUDAS PRIEST GUITARIST K.K DOWNING REMINISCES ABOUT THE 80’S, BANDS BEOMING MORE GLAM, AND HOW “TURBO” WASN’T AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY HOPED IT WOULD BE
Greg Prato’s new book Take It Off – Kiss Truly Unmasked is out in November, and promises to lift the lid on the story of KISS in the 1980s, a period when the band ditched the make-up, established themselves as an MTV mainstay, and wrote some of their biggest hits. In this excerpt, former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing looks back […]