RONNIE MONTROSE “10X10” TO BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, ALBUM TO FEATURE DIFFERENT GUITARISTS, AND VOCALISTS, ON EVERY SONG
Before his untimely death in 2012, renowned American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose began recording an ambitious passion project with bassist Ricky Phillips (Styx, Bad English) and drummer Eric Singer (KISS, Alice Cooper). The idea was to record 10 songs with 10 different singers and call the album 10X10. Sadly, Montrose was unable to see the […]
APPICE TO RELEASE “SINISTER” ON OCTOBER 27TH
You’re unlikely to find a phenomenon like Carmine and Vinny Appice a second time in the history of rock music. For more than forty years, the two brothers have been among the most sought-after and renowned rock drummers worldwide. Carmine and Vinny (each of them on their own) can be heard on numerous legendary albums […]
SOME LEVITY FOLKS: COW BEARS STRIKING RESEMBLENCE TO KISS’ GENE SIMMONS
A Texas calf born July 28 bears an uncanny resemblance to KISS frontman Gene Simmons, and tourism officials joked on Facebook that the rock star may be the dad, The Sun reported. “Gene Simmons, where were you on about November 25, 2016?” Hill Country Visitor cheekily posted Saturday, along with a photo of the newborn […]
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION RELEASE VIDEO FOR NEW SONG, “COLLIDE”
As previously reported, Black Country Communion, the band featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer Jason Bonham, Derek Sherinian and blues-rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa, will be releasing their new album, BCCIV, on September 22nd. The band has now released a video for the first single, Collide, watch it below. To read more about BCCIV, and to pre-order […]
IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY, DEF LEPPARD GUITARIST PHIL COLLEN DISCUSSES “HYSTERIA”
Greg Prato of Bravewords spoke with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen about the 30th anniversary of the band’s multi platinum selling album, Hysteria. Highlights from the interview appear below. BraveWords: Was there any point during the recording of Hysteria that it got a bit maddening or frustrating working with Mutt Lange? Phil Collen: No. All […]
8/1: RADIO AND PODCAST UPDATES
TrunkNation off to a great start for the week. Monday I had Marty Friedman on the Volume show and LA Guns on the Hair Nation show debuting new music. Today I had Mike Portnoy on Volume talking about his new supergroup as well as Doug Aldrich live from Poland. Tomorrow Rex Brown joins me, Thursday […]