“THE LOST WEEKEND” CHRONICLES A 1984 CONTEST WINNER’S TIME WITH VAN HALEN
Page Six of the NY Post reports: In 1984, MTV gave contest winner Kurt Jefferis a chance to party all weekend with his heroes: the notoriously depraved band Van Halen. The then-fledgling music-video channel flew Jefferis and a pal from Phoenixville, Pa., to Detroit, where they met up with the band at Cobo Hall. First […]
FORMER KISS GUITARIST VINNIE VINCENT DISCUSSES “SPEEDBALLJAM,” HAVING LIVE RECORDINGS OF KISS’ “CREATURES” AND “LICK IT UP” TOURS, PLUS WORKING ON THEIR “REVENGE” ALBUM
Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent was a guest on the April 19th edition of Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon. Excerpts from the interview can read below, as transcribed by me, for EddieTrunk.com. On his not doing many interviews anymore: “I am just inundated with interview requests and I will not do them any longer…they’re flatlined […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE BASSIST NIKKI SIXX RESPONDS TO JAKE E. LEE CLAIMS HE WAS ASKED TO REPLACE MICK MARS
As previously reported, former Ozzy Osbourne, and current Red Dragon Cartel guitarist, Jake E. Lee, recently recounted that Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, and drummer Tommy Lee, asked him replace guitarist Mick Mars, in the band. Sixx responsed by tweeting, “Isn’t it funny how the has been’s, never was’, washed up long ago small career […]
EXODUS CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE RELEASE OF “NO LOVE (LIVE AT DAY IN THE DIRT 1984)”
The formation of the beast we now call Exodus began in Richmond CA in 1979, and although many started their journey as fans a few years down the line, there is no debating that the early 80’s was a time for major growth in the world of Thrash Metal, especially in the Bay Area of […]
STRYPER’S MICHAEL SWEET SAYS HE COULD HELP VAN HALEN CREATE THE “BEST ALBUM SINCE ‘WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST’
Stryper frontman/guitarist Michael Sweet says that he would love to help Van Halen make another classic album along the lines of their first three releases. “Chances are in this lifetime it’ll never happen, but if it ever did, and we co-produced [the LP] together, and I was able, as a fan, a singer, a guitar player, a writer, […]
ACCEPT STREAM NEW SINGLE, “LIFE’S A BITCH”
Accept have released a special seven-inch vinyl single, featuring a brand new studio track titled “Life’s A Bitch“ as well as Restless And Wild (Live at Wacken 2017), on the B-side. Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann says, “We love the title of the single… Who does not agree to that ‘life’s a bitch?’ It is universal, even if the stories are different. Everybody knows […]