GUITARIST ZAKK WYLDE DISCUSSES HIS FAVORITE SONGWRITERS, BOB DAISLEY AND THE OLD OZZY LINE-UPS
Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with Black Label Society frontman and former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde. Highlights from the interview are featured below. Songfacts: Let’s talk about the new release, Unblackened. From what I understand, it’s being issued as a DVD and as a live CD with some extra tracks, right? Zakk Wylde: Yeah. […]
PRODUCER/MUSICIAN DICK WAGNER WRITES SONG TO RAISE MONEY FOR ST. JUDE CHIDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Musician and producer Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, KISS, Lou Reed) has written a song for the children of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. All proceeds from the purchase (download) of the song benefits St. Jude. Wagner produced the song with more than 50 famed Classic Rockers, including Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Trini Lopez, […]
PHILIP ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS RELEASE VIDEO PROMO FOR THE BAND’S UPCOMING “TECHNICIANS OF DISTORTION” TOUR
Philip Anselmo and his band The Illegals – guitarist Marzi Montazeri (Superjoint Ritual), bassist Steve Taylor (16 Horsepower, Woven Hand), and Jose Manual “Blue” Gonzalez (Warbeast) on drums – will hit the road bright and early in 2014 for the second half of its Technicians of Distortion tour. It begins January 10th in Houston, will […]
KISS FRONTMAN PAUL STANLEY TWEETS THAT IT “SEEMS UNLIKELY” THAT ALL FOUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE BAND WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE ROCK HALL INDUCTION IN APRIL
According to blabbermouth.net, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley says that it “seems unlikely” that the four original members of the band will perform together at next April’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction. Answering a question from a fan on Twitter about whether there are any plans yet on wearing makeup with former KISS members […]
KXM, FEATURING GEORGE LYNCH, DOUG PINNICK & RAY LUZIER, PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON DEBUT ALBUM
KXM, the new supergroup featuring Ray Luzier of Korn, Doug Pinnick of King’s X and George Lynch (ex-Dokken, Lynch Mob), are heading into the studio this weekend to put a final touches on their upcoming debut release. Rat Pak Records, who will release the debut album, has provided a description of what to expect: “The […]
DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER ON THE EAST COAST, STRYPER IS FORCED TO CANCEL THEIR NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SHOWS
Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has released the following statement: “To all of our devoted fans. Sadly we will not be able to perform the scheduled Stryper shows on 1/3 (Mohegan) and 1/4 (NYC/Stage48) due to circumstances out of our control. We were well aware of the storm that was forecast to hit the east coast […]