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 […]
4/28: TONIGHT’S LIVE RADIO SHOW, A7X, RATT, WINGER, MORE.
Jammed LIVE Trunk Nation tonight 6-10P ET on SiriusXM channel 39. I will cover the Ratt story and hear from both Stephen Pearcy and Bobby Blotzer (at different times). Also M Shadows from A7X checks in and Kip Winger. Tentative schedule for tonight: 6:30: M Shadows 7P: Stephen Pearcy 8P: Kip Winger 9P: Bobby Blotzer […]
4/28: PAUL STANLEY BOOK REVIEW
Had a chance to read Paul Stanley’s book on my many flights lately. I was looking forward to seeing how much Paul would open up in a book like this. In my limited dealings with him over the decades I have found him to be fairly private and very sensitive to anything not in line […]
TESLA ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM “SIMPLICITY” OUT ON JUNE 10TH
Sacramento rock band Tesla have announced an all new LP titled, Simplicity, due out June 10th, 2014 via Tesla Electric Company Recording’s arrangement with Entertainment One Music and Distribution. Simplicity will be the band’s seventh studio full length LP and fifteenth release overall. The new effort will be the followup to Forever More, which was […]
QUEENSRYCHE NAME DISPUTE SETTLED; JACKSON, ROCKENFIELD AND WILTON RETAIN THE RIGHTS TO THE BAND’S MONIKER
The Seattle Times reports: Queensryche members Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton and Geoff Tate have released the following joint statement: “We wanted to let Queensryche fans around the world know that an amicable settlement has been reached between Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton and Geoff Tate with regard to the future of the […]