DEF LEPPARD STREAM RARE RECORDING OF “GLAD I’M ALIVE” FROM FORTHCOMING BOX SET “THE EARLY YEARS 79-81”
Def Leppard has released a rare 1979 recording of, Glad I’m Alive, as a preview of the band’s upcoming box set, The Early Years 79-81, which will arrive on March 20th via UMC/Virgin. Click here to listen to the song. The Early Years 79-81 box set represents the band’s first two albums, On Through The Night (1980) and High ‘N’ Dry (1981), and […]
GUITARIST NICK BOWCOTT WRITES AN ARTICLE HONORING THE LEGENDARY RANDY RHOADS
Former Grim Reaper guitarist, Nick Bowcott, has written an article about the iconic Randy Rhoads for Sweetwater, portions of the column appear below. On Friday, March 19th, 1982, the world lost one of the greatest hard-rock/heavy-metal guitarists of all time — Randy Rhoads. He was only 25 years old. Even though he only recorded two […]
THE METAL GOD, ROB HALFORD, ANSWERS SOME FAN QUESTIONS, TOPICS INCLUDE HIS FAVORITE SINGERS AND HIS FAVORITE JUDAS PRIEST ALBUM
Dave Ling of UK’s Metal Hammer asked fan submitted questions to the one and only Metal God, Rob Halford. Highlights from the interview appear below. Q: Will you guys ever play songs from the Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens era? –@JJ66616 via Twitter Halford: “Why not? Those records, Jugulator [1997] and Demolition [2001] are both part of the great history of […]
DEEP PURPLE’S NEW ALBUM “WHOOSH!” OUT JUNE 12TH
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame icons Deep Purple will release their 21st studio album Whoosh!, produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin, on June 12th — available as a Standard CD, a Digital Album, a Limited Edition CD+DVD Mediabook (including the 1 hour feature “Roger Glover and Bob Ezrin in conversation” and, for the first time, the full live performance at Hellfest 2017 video), and […]
3/16: JUDAS PRIEST TOP 20 TOMORROW, PODCAST UPDATE, HAIR NATION SHOW TEMP SUSPENDED.
As the world is turned upside down by the Coronavirus I wish you all the best of health and to be safe! I will continue to do what I do live daily on SiriusXM 106 Volume and talk rock, and let the doctors and scientists advise on the pandemic. I have a home studio, so […]
A SHORT MESSAGE REGARDING POSTING MUSIC VIDEOS
Hi all, FYI, Youtube is not longer allowing the site to embed music videos within news stories, unless the band, or their record company, sets specific preferences that allow us to do so. So from now on, all videos will be hyperlinked, unless otherwise noted (meaning you actually see them). I/We apologize for this inconvenience. […]