PANTERA VOCALIST PHIL ANSELMO DOES NOT PLAN TO COMMEMORATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF DIMEBAG’S DEATH
Jon Wiederhorn of Yahoo Music reports: It’s hard to believe that on December 8th, a full decade will have passed since Pantera guitarist Darrell “Dimebag” Abbott and three other people were shot and murdered by a former Marine 90 seconds after Damageplan hit the stage at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio. Various individuals […]
ORIGINAL KISS DRUMMER PETER CRISS IMPLORES MEN TO TAKE CANCER WARNING SIGNS SERIOUSLY
Peter Criss has reinforced his message that men should take cancer warning signs seriously. The original KISS drummer was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 after noticing a lump on his chest and he had the tumour successfully removed through surgery. But he says too many men ignore the signs and adds that ignorance is […]
AEROSMITH GUITARIST RELEASES “JOE PERRY’S MERRY CHRISTMAS” FOUR-SONG EP
Coming off the release of his New York Times best-selling memoir, Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith (released October 7th via Simon & Schuster), Joe Perry has just released a four song EP: Joe Perry’s Merry Christmas (Unison Music Group). Perry’s first-ever collection of holiday songs features four Christmas classics: White Christmas, Silent […]
RANDY RHOADS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION DECEMBER 4TH – 6TH
Come celebrate the late, great Randy Rhoads birthday with his family this week at Kathy Rhoads D’Argenzio and her husband Richard D’Argenzio’s wine tasting room in Burbank. The Randy Rhoads Birthday Tribute weekend starts Thursday, December 4th and ends Saturday, December 6th – open from 3pm to 9pm daily. This will be a weekend to […]
GUITARIST GEORGE LYNCH IMPLIES THAT DON DOKKEN’S GREED LED TO THE DEMISE OF THE BAND
Guitarist George Lynch was recently interviewed by Stuart Bull of Guitar Interactive. The interview appear in fours parts below, but an excerpt appears below as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. When asked about the breakup of the classic Dokken lineup in 1989, Lynch said, “Here’s the things that happens in a band… especially in our era, in […]
AC/DC DRUMMER PHIL RUDD IN TROUBLE AGAIN, BREACHES BAIL BY SCUFFLING WITH WITNESS
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd appeared in a New Zealand court today after breaching his bail conditions, reports the New Zealand Herald. Rudd is facing charges of threatening to kill and drug possession, and is forbidden to have contact with any of the complainants or witnesses named on the charge sheets, the Herald said. He breached […]