Well, it looks like our very own Eddie Trunk was correct, and ahead of the curve, Guitar Player reports that joining Guns N’ Roses members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan onstage at Coachella, will be: keyboardist Dizzy Reed, multi-instrumentalist Chris Pitman, guitarist Richard Fortus and drummer Frank Ferrer.
According to Guitar Player, there is still no confirmation on the participation of Dave Kushner, the Velvet Revolver guitarist, who is rumored to be in the lineup. Nor have we heard confirmation that original drummer Steven Adler will be getting behind the set. Adler is reportedly in negotiations with the band.
The Coachella Music & Arts Festival is scheduled for April 15th-17th & April 22nd-24th in Indio, California. For more information about this event, please visit gunsnroses.com..
Megadeth are streaming the title track from their forthcoming album, Dystopia, due January 22nd, 2016. Listen to it below.
Megadeth previously released a video for the song, The Threat Is Real, also from the forthcoming record. To watch the clip, click here.
Dystopia track listing:
1. The Threat Is Real
2. Dystopia
3. Fatal Illusion
4. Death From Within
5. Bullet To The Brain
6. Post American World
7. Poisonous Shadows
8. Look Who’s Talking (iTunes bonus track)
9. Conquer Or Die
10. Lying In State
11. The Emperor
12. Last Dying Wish (iTunes bonus track)
13. Foreign Policy (FEAR cover)
Megadeth have also announced North American Dystopia World Tour dates, see the itinerary below.
February:
20 Dallas, TX
21 Houston, TX
23 Denver, CO
24 Salt Lake City, UT
26 Las Vegas, NV
27 Phoenix, AZ
28 Los Angeles, CA
29 San Francisco, CA
March:
2 Honolulu, HI*
3 Honolulu, HI*
5 Penticton, BC
6 Calgary, AB
8 Dawson Creek, BC
9 Edmonton, AB
10 Moose Jaw, SK
13 Chicago, IL
15 Niagara Falls, NY
16 New York, NY
17 New York, NY
19 Bethlehem, PA
20 Philadelphia, PA
21 Boston, MA
23 Bangor, ME
24 Quebec City, QC
My new podcast for the week is up now featuring Rick from Cheap Trick talking about the bands induction into the R&R HOF. I played some of this audio on my radio show and even Howard Stern picked up on it and aired it in his show (a great honor that Howard has done this twice)! Rick mentions either me or Howard should induct them. I would be honored but pretty sure Howard would get the nod if he wants to do it. Hear Rick talk about the induction, Bun E and more. Plus I count down my top 10 of 2015. As usual the podcast is free worldwide. Just search The Eddie Trunk Podcast on Itunes or at www.podcastone.com
FM “Eddie Trunk Rocks” show is back to the regular mix this week after 4 year end specials. I also salute Lemmy, Cheap Trick and Deep Purple in this weekends show. Usual times and dates on the affiliates.
It’s rare that I post non music related stuff here, but in a way this is kind of music related. I want to take a second to offer a huge congratulations to my dear friend Mike Piazza on his induction into the MLB HOF! For long time listeners of my radio shows you know Mike and I have been close for a long time. Ever since around 1999 when he first dropped by my studio after a Mets game at WNEW in NYC we have been close friends. Back then when Mike was living and playing in NYC he would be a regular in the studio blasting metal with me. I grew up a lifelong Mets fan, but our bond was very much over the music we both loved and still love. I can’t begin to tell you how many great times we have shared over the years. Much of it at concerts. The stories are endless! From Mike leaking new GnR, us getting drunk seeing GnR at MSG in a snow storm, him co-hosting NY Steel with me in 2001, him throwing out shirts at a Slayer show with me, it is just endless. And endless ball busting too! He is so into metal that when he played he would come up to bat to all kinds of great riffs over the Shea PA. Some of those songs I would even suggest. This is a guy that came to see Flotsam & Jetsam with me at a club in NJ with 10 people there! Or jammed with Skid Row and Overkill at my radio events! When I tell you he is the real deal he is the REAL DEAL! Even though Mike now lives in Florida we are still as close as ever and talk all the time. I am incredibly happy and proud of my friend today for his overdue entry into the MLB HOF. It could not happen to a better friend and human being and be more deserved. Congrats Mike!
Motörhead fans want to permanently memorialize the band’s frontman, Lemmy Kilmister, with a place on chemistry’s periodic table of elements.
A petition’s has been started to give the newly discovered Ununoctium 118 a much cooler name – Lemmium– honoring the singer, who died last week.
The element is one of four so called “super-heavy” elements recently added to the chart.
Longtime fan John Wright set up the online petition, which has already gathered 15,000 signatures.
“Heavy rock lost its most iconic figure over Christmas with the sudden and unexpected death of Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister,” Wright wrote. “Lemmy was a force of nature and the very essence of heavy metal.”
He continued, “We believe it is fitting that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recommend that one of the four new discovered heavy metals in the periodic table is named Lemmium.”
The idea is popular among many fans, some were quick to point out that Motörhead isn’t technically a heavy metal band.
“Lemmy always said Motörhead wasn’t heavy metal, he said ‘We’re Motörhead and we play rock and roll’. If 118 is a noble gas that’s fine with me,” Christopher Scurrah wrote.
Kilmister died on December 28th of cancer. The frontman recently celebrated his 70th birthday.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry added the four new elements, discovered by scientists in America, Japan and Russia, respectively, on December 30th.
Bonzo Bash founders Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton have put together “Bashfest: Three Days of Music and Madness” during this year’s Winter NAMM show.
Bashfest will be at M3 Live Anaheim Event Center at 2232 S. Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92802. Phone: (714) 663-2100. Bashfest is only 1.5 blocks south of the NAMM show on Harbor Blvd.. Concert goers can now walk from their hotel or the Anaheim Convention Center to Bashfest with zero worry about driving, parking, cab fare, or lengthy travel time! Never before have these events been this close to NAMM.
When asked about Bashfest 2016, Brian Tichy said, “I’m psyched to bring our celebration events as close to NAMM as you can get them! NAMM attendees will now be able to come to Bonzo Bash, Randy Rhoads Remembered and our new show Hurry: A Celebration of Rush Music, without worrying about extra travel. These three days of music and madness should not be missed, as the world’s top musicians come together to throw down in all their glory! We’ve been doing this a long time and this year is sure to pack the biggest punch yet, so get your tickets now!”
January 21st: Hurry: A Celebration of Rush Music with:
Brian Tichy (Foreigner/Ozzy Osbourne)
Brent Woods (Sebastian Bach/Vince Neil)
James LoMenzo (John Fogerty/Megadeth)
Stephen LeBlanc (Jason Bonham’s Led Zep Exp.)
Special guests include:
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Ray Luzier (Korn)
Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses / Hookers & Blow)
Michael Devin (Whitesnake)
More to come.
January 22nd: Bonzo Bash (A Celebration for John Bonham of Led Zeppelin):
Drummers include:
Dave Lombardo (Dead Cross/Slayer)
Ray Luzier (Korn)
Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction)
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Glen Sobel (Alice Cooper)
Mike Terrana (Rage/Yngwie Malmsteen/Tony MacAlpine)
Brian Tichy (Ozzy Osbourne/Whitesnake)
Simon Wright (AC/DC/Dio/Operation Mindcrime)
More to come.
The Moby Dicks:
Michael Devin (bass)
Stephen LeBlanc (keys)
Brian Tichy (gtr)
Brent Woods (gtr)
Chas West (vox)
January 23rd: Randy Rhoads Remembered (In Memory of Delores Rhoads):
Featuring:
Doug Aldrich (formerly of Whitesnake & DIO)
Michael Angelo Batio
Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake)
Kiko Loureiro (Megadeth / Angra)
Marzi Montazeri (Heavy As Texas/Phil Anselmo & The Illegals)
Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob/A Beautiful Disaster)
Rowan Robertson (Dio/DC4/Bang Tango)
Brian Tichy (S.U.N./Operation Mindcrime)
Brent Woods (Sebastian Bach/Vince Neil)
Phil X (Bon Jovi/The Drills)
More to come.
The Madmen:
Dewey Bragg (Kill Devil Hill) Vox
Michael Devin (Whitesnake) Vox
Stephen LeBlanc (Keys)
Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne/Quiet Riot/Whitesnake) Bass
Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne/Billy Idol/Big Noize) Bass
Brian Tichy (RRR Founder) Drums
Special Appearances By:
Kathy Rhoads D’Argenzio (Family Ambassador)
Kelle Rhoads (Vox / Family Ambassador)
