KISS’ PAUL STANLEY TWEETS THAT HE WAS “EMBARRASSED” BY GENE SIMMONS’ REMARKS REGARDING THE PASSING OF MUSICIAN, PRINCE
KISS’ Paul Stanley took to Twitter to distance himself from comments that his bandmate, Gene Simmons, recently made about Prince, in an interview with Newsweek. Stanley tweeted: “Embarrassed by cold clueless statements re Prince’s death. Without all the facts better to say nothing. My apologies Newsweek (with a link to the interview).” additional source: q1043.com
KISS’ GENE SIMMONS DISCUSSES PRINCE’S DEATH, THE DEMISE OF ROCK AND HIP HOP, AND POLITICS
Tufayel Ahmed of Newsweek spoke with KISS’ Gene Simmons. Portions of the interview appear below. On the tragic passing of musicians David Bowie and Prince: “Bowie was the most tragic of all because it was real sickness…All the other ones were a choice.” Even Prince? “His drugs killed him. What do you think, he died […]
5/10: TV UPDATE, VINYL ON HBO, AXS REAL TO REEL, TMS, MORE
Had a chance to finally finish watching the HBO show Vinyl. I heard a lot of negatives about this show from some, mostly because it wasn’t exactly accurate on some stuff. But who ever said this was a documentary? That didn’t bother me at all and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Was it […]
HOOKERS & BLOW, FEATURING THE COMEDY OF “THAT METAL SHOW” CO-HOST DON JAMIESON, TEXAS DATES ANNOUNCED
Hookers & Blow, the band featuring Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi have announced an east coast run of dates kicking off on May 25th Ft. Worth, TX. Rounding out the HN’B line-up will be W.A.S.P. & Hotel Diablo bassist Mike Duda and Type O Negative/Danzig drummer Johnny Kelly […]
ZAKK WYLDE ANNOUNCES “BOOK OF SHADOWS II” U.S. TOUR DATES
Guitar icon Zakk Wylde has announced today (May 10th) new U.S. and Canadian tour dates in continued support of his new LP Book Of Shadows II. Wylde will hit over 40 cities spread out across the U.S. and Canada this summer including a performance at Heavy MTL Festival in Montreal on August 7th, a first […]
CHICKENFOOT DEBUT NEW SONG “DIVINE TERMINATION” LIVE, FAN FILMED FOOTAGE POSTED ONLINE
Chicken premiered a brand new song, “Divine Termination“, on May 7th at the first of the band’s two shows at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, reports blabbermouth.net. The concerts marked the band’s first reunion shows in more than six years. Chicken foot has not made a CD in five years but recently returned to the studio to […]