3/26: NEW PODCAST REMEMBERING AJ PERO UP NOW.
Attended the wake for Twisted Sister drummer AJ Pero last night in Staten Island NY. Mike Portnoy and I went together to pay our respects to a great guy and drummer that is going to be majorly missed. We went to the evening session and it was jam packed with close friends, family, industry and […]
GENE SIMMONS SLAMS BANDS WHO USE BACKING TAPES AFTER ADMITTING KISS USES THEM AS WELL
Gene Simmons has criticized bands who use backing tapes – just weeks after KISS admitted using them. In February they confirmed they’d used some non-live elements during a tour of Japan, saying, “To reproduce production here, we play live with extra tracks. Nothing to hide.” Simmons recently told AdelaideNow, “There’s nobody with a synthesizer on […]
MARK TREMONTI RETURNS AND TAYLOR MOMSEN DEBUTS ON THE LATEST EPISODE OF VH1 CLASSIC’S “THAT METAL SHOW”
Officially reaching the halfway point of filming all new episodes of the latest season of That Metal Show, VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming returns this week with Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge/Tremonti returning to the show and Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless making her TMS debut. In lieu of a TMS Top 5 […]
3/25: LASTEST TMS W/ TWISTED SISTER, MARK TREMONTI, TAYLOR MOMSEN, FRANK HANNON
Shot another great new episode of That Metal Show last night in NYC. More great variety more new and returning guests! On guitar we had Frank Hannon of Tesla who did a kick ass job and pulled out all kinds of cool tricks and effects. Tesla was always one of my favorite all time 80’s […]
ROB HALFORD SIGNS WORLD WIDE RIGHTS DEAL FOR CATALOG RELEASES WITH SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AND LEGACY RECORDINGS
Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings, SME’s catalog division, have signed a worldwide rights deal to with the Metal God, Rob Halford. Frontman of the legendary heavy metal band Judas Priest, Rob Halford brought his iconic charisma and influential vocal style to a variety of side projects since 1992, notably his bands Fight, 2wo and […]
RICHIE KOTZEN RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE SONG “THE ENEMY”
Richie Kozten has a released a video for the song The Enemy from his latest solo album Cannnibals, which was released on January 8th. Watch it below. Watch videos for the songs: You, Cannibals and In An Instant, here and here. Also, to watch a teaser for Kozten’s forthcoming live DVD, please click here. Amazon.com […]