JON BON JOVI DISCUSSES RICHIE SAMBORA LEAVING THE BAND, HINTS THAT HE’S STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AGAIN
Radar Online reports: Jon Bon Jovi is pretty frustrated with longtime band member Richie Sambora’s departure from Bon Jovi – but he isn’t afraid of outing his issues or saying that he is replaceable. The 51-year-old rock star recently opened up about Sambora’s shocking departure from the legendary band, hinting that it had to do […]
VAN HALEN SCHEDULES SECOND U.S. TOUR DATE AT THE CALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR IN JULY
According to the Van Halen News Desk, the band has scheduled a second U.S. show this summer at the California Mid-State Fair for one night on July 24th with tickets going on sale next week. The band will be playing at The Chumash Grandstand Arena in Paso Robles. Tickets ranging in price from $50 to […]
KINGS X’S dUg PINNICK DISCUSSES MOVING TO L.A., NEW MUSIC AND RECORDING A SONG WITH DIMEBAG DARRELL
Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with King’s X frontman dUg Pinnick about…Selections from the discussion appear below. Songfacts: Let’s start with discussing your new solo album, Naked. dUg Pinnick: It’s been about three years. I write a lot of music all the time, and I haven’t put a solo record out in a long time, […]
PHILIP ANSELMO ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Philip H. Anselmo will take to the road for his first-ever solo tour, Technicians of Distortion, which will kick off July 31st in Tulsa, OK. On this tour, Anselmo will be joined by his back up band The Illegals – guitarist Marzi Montazeri, bassist Steve Taylor, and Jose Manual Gonzalez on drums. Tickets go on […]
TOM KEIFER DISCUSSES HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM, AEROSMITH AND CINDERELLA
Greg Prato of Brave Words spoke with Cinderella frontman To Keifer. Portions of the interview appear below. BraveWords: Let’s start by talking about the new album, The Way Life Goes. Tom Keifer: “It came about over quite a few years. I first started thinking about recording a solo record in the mid ’90s, when Cinderella […]
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER DISCUSSES NEW MUSIC, REISSUES AND RONNIE JAMES DIO
Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with Accept’s former frontman Udo Dirkschneider about his solo band’s forthcoming new album, Steelhammer, the eight UDO albums that were reissued as expanded editions in 2013 and Ronnie James Dio. Portions of the interview appear below. Songfacts: How did the idea come up to reissue the eight albums of the […]