FORMER GUNS N’ ROSES GUITARIST SLASH SAYS THE HE AND AXL ROSE HAVE REPAIRED THEIR ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIP

Blabbermouth.net reports that former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has confirmed that he has rekindled his friendship with the band’s lead singer Axl Rose — six years after the frontman called him “a cancer.” Speaking to Aftonbladet TV in Sweden (see the video below), where Slash was making a special appearance on Friday (August 21st) […]
MOTORHEAD FRONTMAN LEMMY KILMISTER SAYS “I DRINK VODKA AND SMOKE A PACK A DAY”

Larry Getlen of The New York Post: For the past 40 years, Lemmy has lived up to his reputation as a hard-rocking, hard-living metal god. As frontman for the British band Motorhead, he counts among his die-hard fans Dave Grohl and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan. But now, at age 69 and living with diabetes […]
GUITARIST GEORGE LYNCH DISCUSSES LYNCH MOB’S NEW ALBUM, DOKKEN, AND WHEN WRITING MUSIC, WHO HAS BEEN HIS FAVORITE VOCALIST

Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with iconic guitarist George Lynch about Lynch Mob’s new album, Rebel and other subjects. Excerpts from interview appear below. Songfacts: Let’s start by discussing the new Lynch Mob album, Rebel. George Lynch: I think we retained the core aspects of the Lynch Mob formula, if there is such a thing: […]
FORMER WHITE LION VOCALIST, MIKE TRAMP, RELEASES VIDEO FOR NEW SONG, “GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT”

Give It All You Got is the first official radio single and video from Mike Tramp’s upcoming album Nomad. This summer Mike Tramp was back in Copenhagen where the video for Give It All You Got was filmed and edited. Tramp has this to say about the production. “For Someone who was a big part […]
OPERATION: MINDCRIME RELEASE “BURN” VIDEO, VIEW IT HERE

Operation: Mindcrime have released a video for their track Burn from the band’s frothcoming debut album The Key, which will be released on September 18th through Frontiers Music. Tate says, “We’ve thrown out the rules for this record, and it’s been really liberating. I’m a fan of old prog, and that music didn’t stick to […]
GUITARIST DOUG ALDRICH JOINS GLENN HUGHES’ SOLO BAND

Glenn Hughes says Doug Aldrich was the only man for the job when he needed to recruit a guitar player for his solo band. The former Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Country Communion and California Breed singer hits the road for a UK tour in October, starting at Norwich Waterfront on the 19th. It comes at […]