3/13: HELL & HEAVEN FEST CANCELLED, MORE
Sorry to have learned that the Hell & Heaven Festival in Mexico City was officially cancelled late last night. Many fans asking me what I know and the honest answer is nothing more than everyone else has heard. I am here in NJ so only getting information from the agent who booked me on it. […]
FORMER SLAYER DRUMMER DAVE LOMBARDO SAYS THE BAND WAS BEING RIPPED OFF BY THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo has claimed that he was only paid an average of $745 per show in 2011, and bandmates Tom Araya and Kerry King only got $1266 for each appearance – even though concerts were bringing in around $49,000 per night. After examining the band’s accounts, he concluded that the musicians only […]
LED ZEPPELIN FIRST THREE ALBUMS REMASTERED WITH UNRELEASED COMPANION AUDIO ON JUNE 3RD
John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as Led Zeppelin. Over the next decade, the band would become one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. Their songs are some of the most celebrated in rock ‘n’ […]
QUIET RIOT, FASTER PUSSYCAT, BULLETBOYS AND GUITARIST GILBY CLARKE TEAM UP FOR THE “BANG YOUR HEAD” TOUR
While there are many tours making their way across North America this summer, NONE will offer more bang for the buck than the Bang Your Head tour, four of Heavy Metal/Hard Rock’s biggest brand names join forces for what will be a guaranteed evening not to miss every show. Quiet Riot boasts the distinction of […]
3/12: DEE SNIDER, TMS, HH FEST, APPEARANCES, MORE
Busy first half of the week. Had a great SiriusXM show Monday with guests George Lynch and Gilby Clarke. George has a new band with Dug Pinnick and Ray Luzier called KXM that just came out that sounds killer. Shot this Saturday’s new TMS yesterday with Dee Snider, Glenn Hughes via Skype (his new […]
ADRENALINE MOB’S GUITARIST MIKE ORLANDO DISCUSSES THE BAND’S NEW ALBUM AND THE ADDITION OF TWISTED SISTER DRUMMER AJ PERO
Ruben Mosqueda of the Oregon Music News spoke with Adrenaline Mob guitarist Mike Orlando. Highlights from the interview appear below. OMN: I like that you guys stuck to the “classic” album format in that you have 11 tracks on the album and no more. You’ve sequenced it like an album with a A & B […]