4/30: A7X, HELLYEAH, ADRENALINE MOB, SIGNING TONIGHT IN S FLORIDA
Greetings from S Florida and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. If you are in the area a few tickets remain for the show here tonight at Hard Rock Live with Avenged Sevenfold, Hellyeah and Adrenaline Mob. I’ll be right in front of the lobby entrance to the venue from 6-7P selling […]
SINGER GEOFF TATE ON SETTLING HIS LAWSUIT WITH FORMER QUEENSRYCHE BANDMATES: “I’M VERY HAPPY IT’S OVER AND WE CAN ALL MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES”
Christa Titus of Billboard spoke with former Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate about the bandmembers finally settling their lawsuit in regards to who owns the band’s name. Portions of the interview appear below. Billboard: How are you feeling now that the announcement is out about the settlement? Tate: I think it’s great. I’m very happy that […]
EXTREME FRONTMAN GARY CHERONE’S HURTSMILE TO RELEASE NEW CD “RETROGRENADE” IN JUNE
Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) is back with Hurtsmile and, teaming up with Pledgemusic.com to release Retrogrenade on June 2nd with a public release to follow. Available now at Pledgemusic.com, is a free download of the single Rock & Roll Cliché. Following up their 2011 self-titled debut, the band’s second release Retrogrenade pays homage to […]
SCORPIONS DRUMMER JAILED IN DUBAI
The Associated Press is reporting that Newspapers in the United Arab Emirates are reporting that the American drummer for the rock band Scorpions has been sentenced to one month in jail after being convicted of offensive behavior in Dubai. The government-backed National newspaper reported Tuesday that James Kottak was convicted of insulting Islam, raising his […]
WINERY DOGS DRUMMER MIKE PORTNOY ON GUITARIST/VOCALIST RICHIE KOTZEN: “HE’S AN UNBELIEVABLE TALENT”
Brian Aberback of NorthJersey.com After playing with several bands in recent years, former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has found a permanent home with The Winery Dogs. “At this point in my career I’ve been doing lots of different things with lots of different people and I’ve definitely been looking for the right group of […]
4/29: RATT, A7X IN FL, RYCHE, PRIEST, PHILLY, MORE
Jam packed radio show last night! If you missed the interviews they will be On Demand on the SiriusXM app and no doubt online soon. Had Stephen Pearcy and Bobby Blotzer on separately talking about the Ratt situation. It sounds like this is pretty nasty at the moment but also sounds like there could be […]