SINGER PATTY SMYTH DISCUSSES BEING ASKED TO JOIN VAN HALEN
Stereogum spoke with former Scandal front woman, Patty Smyth, about being approached, in the 80s to join Van Halen, after original singer, David Lee Roth, departed the group . Highlights from the interview appear below (via blabbermouth.net). Smyth recounted, “They were heavy drinkers. I don’t drink. I never saw myself living in L.A. I was, […]
DELUXE COLLECTOR’S BOX-SET AND SPECIAL 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS OF “ACE OF SPADES” TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 30TH
Upon its release in 1980, the Ace Of Spades album was nothing short of a gamechanger for all forms of hard rock. Like lightning in a bottle, it perfectly captured everything great about hard rock, heavy metal, and punk, amped it all up to 11, and came racing out of the gates at what felt like […]
DEE SNIDER RECOUNTS MEETING BOTH BILLY JOEL AND RITCHIE BLACKMORE AT A PARTY, ONE WAS COOL AND THE OTHER…WELL…GUESS WHICH ONE WAS WHICH?
Ruben Mosqueda for KNAC.com spoke with Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, some excerpts from the interview appear below. KNAC.com: You have a new album/Blu Ray that has a great balance of Twisted [Sister] and solo stuff. It’s titled For The Love of Metal Live. Dee Snider: That’s right. My management thinks I’m Nostradamus or something because back in […]
THE DEAD DAISIES RELEASE THE “LOCKDOWN SESSIONS” EP, VIDEO POSTED ONLINE
The Dead Daisies — the hard rock “collective” founded by Australian musician and businessman David Lowy — released a new digital EP, The Lockdown Sessions, on July 17th through Steamhammer/SPV. It contains four acoustic tracks, all of them exclusive to this EP. Lowy said, “As soon as it had become clear that our tour and album release would have to be […]
DON DOKKEN SAYS IF HE HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN LOSING SEX OR THE ABILITY TO PLAY GUITAR, HE WOULD RATHER PLAY MUSIC
Ruben Mosqueda of Metal Titans spoke with Don Dokken, highlights from the interview appear below. Metal Titans: Years ago, I had a conversation with [guitarist] Michael Schenker [Scorpions, UFO, MSG, Michael Schenker Fest] and he spoke about doing an album with you. He wanted to get the best songs from his Thank You acoustic albums […]
LYNCH MOB CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR SEMINAL ALBUM “WICKED SENSATION” WITH A REIMAGINED RECORDING
West coast rock veterans Lynch Mob will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their seminal album Wicked Sensation with a special limited print/deluxe anniversary edition of the album. Wicked Sensation Reimagined features re-worked and re-recorded versions of their classic songs and is available through Rat Pak Records on August 28th (also available in Japan via Marquee/Avalon). The twelve-track album, originally released in October 1990, […]