ORIGINAL BLACK SABBATH DRUMMER BILL WARD SAYS HE’S “VERY SAD” ABOUT HIS RIFT WITH HIS FORMER BANDMATES
Bill Ward has described his estrangement from Black Sabbath as “very sad” and repeated his demands for an apology from Ozzy Osbourne. The drummer is locked in a war of words with Osbourne which seems unlikely to be resolved. Ward says he still needs a “signable contract” and a full, public apology before he’ll consider […]
FORMER RAINBOW FRONTMAN JOE LYNN TURNER SAYS “I HAVE NO LOVE ANYMORE FOR THE UNITED STATES”
Former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner was interviewed at a press conference in Russian-annexed Crimea, where he was performing. At the conference, the singer praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and said he has “no love anymore for the United States.” Read select quotes from the conference below as transcribed by […]
KING’S X REISSUE “GRETCHEN GOES TO NEBRASKA” AND “FAITH HOPE LOVE” ON CD AND VINYL
Progressive masters King’s X have re-released two of their classic albums. Gretchen Goes to Nebraska and Faith Hope Love are both available now through Metal Blade Records on indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords. The band’s second studio album, 1989’s Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, is based loosely on a short story by drummer Jerry Gaskill and is considered a landmark […]
SEVEN WITCHES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, “THE WAY OF THE WICKED”
Led by guitarist Jack Frost, Seven Witches has been one of America’s best classic 80’s-inspired metal bands – specializing in American traditional power metal, reminiscent of bands such as Helstar, Manowar, and Metal Church. And on September 18th, the group will be issuing their latest album, The Way of the Wicked, through the ILS Group […]
8/16: PHIL COLLEN, CHRIS ADLER, BILL WARD, IOWA, TMS, MORE
Hope everyone had a great weekend. Live SiriusXM show tomorrow 6-10P ET on channel 39 TRUNKNation. Join me for music and talk that rocks live. Guests include Lamb Of God & Megadeth drummer Chris Adler and Phil Collen of Def Leppard. Plenty of time for your calls as well as new and classic hard rock […]
JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 RELEASES LYRIC VIDEO FOR “ANYMORE” FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM, “DYING TO LIVE”
As previously reported, current Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra will be releasing a new studio album Dying To Live from his electrifying new side project, Joel Hoekstra’s 13, on October 16th. Hoekstra had released a lyric video for the song, Anymore, which you can be viewed below. Hoekstra told Ultimate Classic Rock, “I was born on […]
