SINGER UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER SAYS HE WILL PERFORM ACCEPT SONGS ONE MORE TIME AND THEN “CLOSE THE CHAPTER”
Vocalist Udo Dirkschneider says he’s planning a 2016 tour where he’ll perform songs from his former band, Accept, one last time. The singer co-founded the band in 1976 then left in 1987. He returned in 1992 after the band had split three years previously and exited again when the group disbanded in 2005. He declined […]
BON JOVI RELEASE A PAIR OF LYRIC VIDEOS FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING “BURNING BRIDGES” ALBUM
As previously reported, Bon Jovi will be releasing their album, Burning Bridges, on August 21st. The band has released a pair of lyric videos, for the songs We Don’t Run and Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning, from the forthcoming album. Listen to them below. A spokesperson for Bon Jovi said, “Burning Bridges, which will […]
SONGFACTS TOP TEN BANDS MOST LIKE SPINAL TAP, SEE WHO MADE THE LIST
Spinal Tap may have been based on a fictitious band, but Jeff Suwak and Ed Pearce of Songfacts have created a list of real bands that they think are most like Spinal Tap. What follows is their criteria and then which bands made their Top Ten list. First, the criteria: 1) Offensive Album Covers: Album […]
CINDERELLA FRONTMAN REMINISCES ABOUT SHOOTING THE COVER FOR “NIGHT SONGS” AND DISCUSSES THE ROCK SCENE
On August 2nd, 1986 Cinderella released their debut album, Night Songs. Tom Keifer remembers when he shot the cover with photographer Mark Weiss. As Tom recalls, “It was shot in the historic district of Philadelphia … but the most interesting thing that I remember about that shoot was that the album was called Night Songs […]
KING DIAMOND ANNOUNCES “ABIGAIL IN CONCERT 2015” TOUR, WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, EXODUS
King Diamond will be back on tour soon for an extra special event for fans – one not to be missed. As part of the set, the band will be performing the classic 1987 album Abigail in its entirety. The tour will begin on October 29th and runs through December 5th with legendary bay area […]
QUEENSRYCHE RELEASE TRACK LISTING AND COVER ART FOR “CONDITION HUMAN”
As previously reported, Queensryche will be releasing their second album with frontman Todd La Torre, entitled Condition Human, on October 2nd through Century Media Records. The band has released a picture of the cover, which can be seen below, the track list. Condition Human track listing: 1. Arrow Of Time 2. Guardian 3. Hellfire 4. […]