WENDY DIO DISCUSSES RONNIE AND SAYS “MY WHOLE THING IS TO KEEP [HIS] MUSIC AND HIS LEGACY ALIVE”
Greg Prato of Bravewords spoke with Wendy Dio. Excerpts from the interview appear below. BraveWords: How is Ronnie’s autobiography coming along? Wendy Dio: It’s coming along slowly. It’s one of the things I have to get done this year, but we’ve been, so, so busy with a big surprise I will tell you about later […]
AXL ROSE SAYS HE HAS PRESENTED NEW MATERIAL TO BOTH HIS GUNS BANDMATES AND AC/DC’S ANGUS YOUNG
Axl Rose says he’s presented his Guns N’ Roses bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan with new material. The GN’R frontman also hints he might collaborate with his current AC/DC colleague Angus Young. The band hired him to replace Brian Johnson in April, after the singer was advised by doctors to stop performing or risk total […]
ORIGINAL BLACK SABBATH DRUMMER BILL WARD FORMS A NEW BAND CALLED, DAY OF ERRORS
Original Black Sabbath drummer has announced that he has a new band. Posted on his Facebook page, Ward writes: “In the desire to have my drumming spirit continue to live, I’m pleased to say that I’ve helped to create a new three-piece band called “Day of Errors,” accompanied by two guest musicians playing keyboards and […]
VOLBEAT UNLEASH NEW ALBUM “SEAL THE DEAL & LET’S BOOGIE,” ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR WITH GUESTS KILLSWITCH ENGAGE AND BLACK WIZARD
GRAMMY Award®-nominated, gold-certified Danish hard rock outfit VOLBEAT unleashed their anxiously awaited sixth full-length album, Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie [Republic Records], this past Friday in stores and at all digital retailers and can be ordered here. Upon release, the record stormed up the charts hitting #1 in over 15 countries, #1 on the […]
PROPHETS OF RAGE-NCLUDE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE’S TOM MORELLO, TIM COMMERFORD & BRAD WILK; PUBLIC ENEMY’S CHUCK D AND DJ LORD; CYPRESS HILL’S B-REAL-ANNOUNCE “MAKE AMERICA RAGE” AGAIN TOUR
Assembling as a politically-charged response to 2016’s tumultuous election year, the newly-formed Prophets Of Rage, features Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Chuck D, B-Real and DJ Lord. Best described by Morello as an, “elite task force of revolutionary musicians determined to confront this mountain of election year bullshit,” the group combines the sonic firepower […]
DIRECTOR OF DUFF MCKAGAN’S DOCUMENTARY DISCUSSES THE BASSIST, GUNS N’ ROSES AND AXL ROSE
Melinda Newman of Billboard spoke with Christopher Duddy, who directed Duff McKagan’s documentary, It’s So Easy and Other Lies. Portions of the interview appear below. Billboard: You and Duff met in the least rock and roll way possible: walking your kids to school. Duddy: We had moved in to a nice neighborhood in Sherman Oaks […]