FRANK DIMINO ON ANGEL’S FUTURE, “WHO KNOWS?”
Frank DiMino of Angel discussing the band reuniting for an awards show and their future: “It’s been one month since the Vegas Rocks! Hair Metal Awards and I had such a great time seeing and hanging out with all the guys. It started Saturday when Barry and I went to pick up Punky and Felix […]
METALLICA’S JAMES HETFIELD SAYS THE BAND HAS COMPLETED RECORDING OF THEIR NEXT ALBUM
James Hetfield has confirmed that Metallica have completed recording their 10th album and it’s now in the mixing stage. Additionally, he believes that fans won’t feel let down after waiting eight years for the follow-up to Death Magnetic. Speaking earlier this month, Hetfield told NBC Sports, “We’re mixing it now. Hopefully by fall it’ll be […]
DEF LEPPARD’S JOE ELLIOTT ON THE KEY TO THE BAND’S SUCCESS, “IF I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT, I WOULD BOTTLE IT AND SELL IT”
Shelby Hartin of the Bangor Daily News spoke with Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott. Key quotes from the feature article appear below. On how the band has managed to transcend generations: “If I knew the answer to that, I would bottle it and sell it. If you catch people at a certain age and don’t […]
HOLLYWOOD’S RAINBOW BAR AND GRILL HONORS MOTORHEAD’S LEMMY KILMISTER
Los Angeles’s Rainbow Room Bar & Grill has been a haven for rock’s elite. Located right near some of Hollywood’s most famous concert venues, the Rainbow has been the hang out of Led Zeppelin, Elton John, John Lennon and many more. But there is no rocker more synonymous with the bar than the late Lemmy […]
GUITARIST MICHAEL SCHENKER DISCUSESS THE SCORPIONS, AND HIS STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BROTHER, WITH EDDIE TRUNK
Guitar icon Michael Schenker was recently interviewed on Eddie’s Sirius/XM show, Eddie Trunk Live. Highlights from the discussion appear below as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. On the recent release of the 50th-anniversary deluxe editions of Scorpions’ classic albums: “It’s not 50 years. It’s actually 50 years in 2020. I would count when the first Scorpions album […]
LED ZEPPELIN COPYRIGHT TRIAL BEGINS IN LOS ANGELES
Joel Rubin and Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times reports: Led Zeppelin’s rock veterans Jimmy Page and Robert Plant sat solemnly next to their attorneys Tuesday morning as a jury was selected downtown for a federal copyright trial where they are defending their 1971 epic Stairway to Heaven against claims that they lifted a […]