2/10: HOUSTON APPEARANCE, TED NUGENT TMS, ALTER BRIDGE, MORE.
Just back from my first visit to Houston this past Saturday night and really my first ever ticketed live speaking engagement. It went down at Concert Pub North and I had no idea what to expect going in. So needless to say I was BLOWN AWAY that nearly 500 people came out to hang with […]
DEF LEPPARD’S PHIL COLLEN ON “SLANG”: “IT WAS [OUT OF] LEFT FIELD FOR US”
Gary Graff of Billboard reports: Nearly 18 years later, the members of Def Leppard feel that 1996’s Slang didn’t get its just due — and are hoping to rectify that a bit with this week’s release of an expanded Deluxe Edition featuring demos, outtakes and alternative versions of the CD’s 11 songs. It was an […]
GUITARIST STEVE VAI ANNOUNCES “VAI ACADEMY SONG EVOLUTION CAMP” TAKING PLACE JUNE 23RD-27TH
The inaugural Steve Vai’s Vai Academy Song Evolution Camp will take place June 23rd-27th at the pastoral Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. This unique vacation experience will be hosted by multi-platinum three-time Grammy Award-winning guitar legend Steve Vai, who will be joined by various respected guitar and music industry heavies, including Jeff […]
WHITE LION FRONTMAN MIKE TRAMP ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES
White Lion and Freak Of Nature frontman Mike Tramp has announced his return to the U.S., set for the spring of 2014. Tramp will be performing White Lion classics as well and new material off of his brand new record Cobblestone Street. The tour will begin on March 19th in Hollywood, California at the legendary […]
SLAYER GUITARIST JEFF HANNEMAN HAS A POLISH ROUNDABOUT NAMED IN HIS HONOR
When Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure last year, the band’s fans mourned alongside the musicians. Now, two of the band’s fans have honored the guitarist by renaming a roundabout in the small Polish town of Jaworzno (population: 94,000) after him. The sign for the newly rechristened Jeff Hanneman’s Circle Pit was erected […]
TED NUGENT TAKES OVER VH1 CLASSIC’S “THAT METAL SHOW” FEBRUARY 8TH
VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming That Metal Show returns this week with the fourth episode of Season 13 on Saturday, February 8th at 11:00PM ET/PT. T he acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal talk show, hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine invites American rock legend Ted Nugent to take center stage with an […]