DRUMMER CARMINE APPICE ON VINNIE VINCENT’S SCRAPPED PERFORMANCES, “IF [THE SHOWS] GET CANCELED AGAIN, NOBODY’S GONNA CARE ANYMORE”
Drummer Carmine Appice recently spoke with WSOU. The drummer explained why guitarist Vinnie Vincent canceled the shows he planned to play in Nashville, TN. Appice said [via blabbermouth.net], “Something happened between Vinnie and the promoter. I know there was something going on. I talked to Vinnie a few times, and him and the promoter were not seeing eye to […]
ANVIL RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO TODAY
Canadian Metal heroes Anvil release a new digital single and video for the song Bitch In The Box today. The song is taken from their current studio album Pounding The Pavement. Watch the video, below. Pounding The Pavement was released in January 2018 through SPV/Steamhammer as a digipak version (+1 bonus track and poster), 2LP gatefold colored version, download and […]
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN TO RELEASE “BLUE LIGHTNING” ON MARCH 29TH, LYRIC VIDEO FOR “SUN’S UP TOP’S DOWN,” POSTED ONLINE
Yngwie Malmsteen will release Blue Lightning globally on March 29th through Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group. To call Malmsteen a “maestro” or “virtuoso” is to state the obvious. But such terms don’t do sufficient justice to either his talent or impact. There are innumerable guitarists who have copied a small part of the vast musical spectrum that defines him, but nobody comes […]
KISS’ GENE SIMMONS SAYS FORMER GUITARIST VINNIE VINCENT WOULD “NEVER” BE ALLOWED TO PREFORM WITH THE BAND, BUT ADMITTED HE, AND STANLEY, “LOVE BRUCE [KULICK]
As previously reported, KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons were interviewed by Guitar World. In that interview, Simmons made some statements about former drummer Peter Criss, and guitarist Ace Frehely. The remarks resulted in Frehely posting a very scathing retort via his Facebook page. Additionally, Stanley, and Simmons, also discussed their former guitarists, Vinnie Vincent,, […]
A TALE OF TWO KISS’: ACE FREHLEY REPONDS TO COMMENTS THAT HE WAS FIRED FROM THE BAND
In a new interview with Guitar World (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), KISS main men Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons said that they’re willing to entertain the idea of being joined on stage, for the band’s final world tour, briefly by guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. But, as Simmons put it, “they’re never going to be in KISS again.” “Ace […]
OZZY OSBOURNE’S “NO MORE TOURS 2” UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR LEG POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS, DATES TO BE RESCHEDULED LATER THIS YEAR
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne has been forced to postpone the entire UK and European leg of his No More Tours 2 tour on doctors’ orders. This follows yesterday’s (January 28th) announcement that Osbourne waspostponing the first four dates of the tour because of the flu. After seeing his physician […]
