DEEP PURPLE DRUMMER IAN PAICE SAYS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION COULD RESULT IN A “PUNCH UP”
Prior to the announcement today (December 17th), that Deep Purple will be inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, drummer Ian Paice said there could be tension at the reception. He told Classic Rock, “Well, who would they induct? There have been so many members of this band, even if they say it […]
DEEP PURPLE, CHEAP TRICK, STEVE MILLER, CHICAGO AND OTHERS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK N’ ROLL HALL OF FAME
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees and they include: Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, Chicago, N.W.A and Steve Miller will all join the class of 2016. They will be inducted on April 8th during a ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, with tickets going on sale to the public in […]
12/16: BACK FROM LA, RIKKI ROCKETT, FT WAYNE, BRAD WHITFORD PODCAST, MERCH SALE, MORE
Back from an incredible 5 days in Los Angeles., I’ll talk more in detail about everything on my podcast next week and SiriusXM show on Monday, but lots of good stuff! The Tony Macalpine benefit was one of the top concert experiences I have seen in a long time. Just an incredible array of talent […]
VIDEOS FROM MOTORHEAD, THE WINERY DOGS, AND A LYRIC VIDEO FROM THE CULT, ALL POSTED ONLINE
Motorhead have a released a video for the song When The Sky Comes Looking For You from their album Bad Magic, which was released on August 28th. Watch it below. Watch The Winery Dogs’ Fire video below. The song is off the band’s second album, Hot Streak, which was released on was released on October […]
POISON DRUMMER RIKKI ROCKETT DISCUSSES HIS BATTLE WITH ORAL CANCER WITH EDDIE TRUNK
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett guest on Eddie’s Sirius/XM show, Eddie Trunk Live, on December 14th. The drummer discussed being diagnosed with oral cancer this past summer. Excerpts from the interview appear below as transcribed by Blabbermouth.net. On how he was diagnosed: “[In] June, I kind of got sick. I had this horrible cold, sore-throat thing, […]
GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE SAYS IF HIS ROCK PERFORMANCES GO WELL, HE WOULD BE OPEN TO ADDING MORE DATES
As previously reported, founding Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, has announced that he will be playing three rock shows in Europe under the name of Ricthie Blackmore’s Rainbow. Now the guitarist is saying if things go well, he may be open to doing other shows. Speaking with Rich Davenport’s Rock Show about balancing […]