WINGER TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, “SEVEN” ON MAY 5TH, NEW SINGLE “PROUD DESPERADO” OUT NOW
In celebration of their 35 years as a touring and recording act, multi-platinum artist Winger announce today the release of Seven on May 5th. The 12-track album, produced by Kip Winger and recorded in Nashville, will be distributed worldwide by Frontiers Records. Seven, the band’s first new release since 2014’s Better Days Comin’, is now available for pre-order […]
MIKE TRAMP RELEASES HIS “SONGS OF WHITE LION” TRAILER TWO, WATCH IT HERE
Calling 80s hard rock fans, Mike Tramp has released a video sampler of four more tracks of his upcoming album Songs of White Lion, on April 14th through Frontiers Music Srl, listen below. To read more about this special release, and to listen to the fist part of the teaser, and Tramps version, of Cry For […]
ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUIET RIOT’S “METAL HEALTH” ALBUM, JOIN A VIRTUAL BOOK EVENT FOR “KEEP ON ROLLIN’ MY FAN CLUB YEARS WITH KEVIN DUBROW AND QUIET RIOT” FEATURING RUDY SARZO, DEE SNIDER, STEPHEN PEARCY AND OTHERS
Join us as we celebrate the Virtual Book Release of Keep on Rollin’ My Fan Club Years with Kevin DuBrow and Quiet Riot. Written by Missy Whitney and published by MiMa Publishing. Featuring photographs by Mark Weiss and Ron Sobol. Foreword by Rudy Sarzo and Afterword by Kevin’s mom, Laura Mandell. Tickets are $10 and […]
GUITARIST MARTY FRIEDMAN DISCUSSES LIVING IN JAPAN AND HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH JASON BECKER
Greg Prato for Heavy Consequence spoke with guitarist Marty Friedman, some highlights from the interview appear below. Heavy Consequence: Is it exciting to be returning to the States to tour with Queensrÿche? Marty Friedman: The focus of myself and my band at this time and putting that Megadeth/Budokan thing in the middle of it just kind […]
FORMER MEGADETH GUITARIST JEFF YOUNG SAYS HE PASSED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN DAVID LEE ROTH’S SOLO BAND, STATING “I THOUGHT HE’D END UP IN VEGAS…AND WHERE DID HE END UP?”
Former Megadeth guitarist Jeff Young spoke with Canada’s The Metal Voice and said that he “passed on” auditioning for David Lee Roth‘s solo band in 1990, not long after exiting the thrash band. Young said (as per blabbermouth.net), “Jason Becker got the [gig], which I’m glad, because that gave him a chance to do one really killer project before he got sick, […]
DOES GEORGE LYNCH THINK THE ORIGINAL LINEUP OF DOKKEN WILL EVER REUNITE? THE GUITARIST SAYS, ” I THINK THAT SHIP HAS SORT OF ALREADY LEFT THE HARBOR”
In a recent interview with iconic guitarist George Lynch, Lynch told TotalRock‘s Neil Jones, that he did not believe the classic lineup of Dokken would ever reunite. He said (as per blabbermouth.net), “I pretty much doubt it. Mick [Brown, former Dokken, Lynch Mob and The End Machine drummer] has quit playing drums, sold his kit. He’s not a drummer anymore. His […]