GUITARIST MARTY FRIEDMAN DISCUSSES LIVING IN JAPAN AND HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH JASON BECKER
Greg Prato for Heavy Consequence spoke with guitarist Marty Friedman, some highlights from the interview appear below. Heavy Consequence: Is it exciting to be returning to the States to tour with Queensrÿche? Marty Friedman: The focus of myself and my band at this time and putting that Megadeth/Budokan thing in the middle of it just kind […]
FORMER MEGADETH GUITARIST JEFF YOUNG SAYS HE PASSED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN DAVID LEE ROTH’S SOLO BAND, STATING “I THOUGHT HE’D END UP IN VEGAS…AND WHERE DID HE END UP?”
Former Megadeth guitarist Jeff Young spoke with Canada’s The Metal Voice and said that he “passed on” auditioning for David Lee Roth‘s solo band in 1990, not long after exiting the thrash band. Young said (as per blabbermouth.net), “Jason Becker got the [gig], which I’m glad, because that gave him a chance to do one really killer project before he got sick, […]
DOES GEORGE LYNCH THINK THE ORIGINAL LINEUP OF DOKKEN WILL EVER REUNITE? THE GUITARIST SAYS, ” I THINK THAT SHIP HAS SORT OF ALREADY LEFT THE HARBOR”
In a recent interview with iconic guitarist George Lynch, Lynch told TotalRock‘s Neil Jones, that he did not believe the classic lineup of Dokken would ever reunite. He said (as per blabbermouth.net), “I pretty much doubt it. Mick [Brown, former Dokken, Lynch Mob and The End Machine drummer] has quit playing drums, sold his kit. He’s not a drummer anymore. His […]
“ROCKLAHOMA 2023” ANNOUNCES 2023 LINE-UP, INCLUDING PANTERA, MAMMOTH WVH, WARRANT, L.A.GUNS, SKID ROW AND MORE; HOSTED BY EDDIE TRUNK TICKETS PRE-SALES STARTING MARCH 7TH
Rocklahoma welcomes Godsmack, Pantera, Rob Zombie, Limp Bizkit, Bush, Chevelle, Corey Taylor and many more top rock acts to America’s Biggest Labor Day Weekend Party, Friday, September 1st – Sunday, September 3rd at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. The festivities kick off with the Rocklahoma campgrounds opening on August 27th and music performances get underway at the official Rocklahoma pre-party on August 31st. […]
MR. BIG ANNOUNCES WORLD TOUR, “THE BIG FINISH,” PERFORMING “LEAN INTO IT” ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY; SET TO LAUNCH IN JAPAN JULY 20TH WITH, U.S., SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPEAN, TOUR DATES COMING NEXT YEAR
Mr. Big is putting on their signature top hats and old shoes one last time for a worldwide tour, aptly titled The BIG Finish. Since the band’s original drummer and co-founder, Pat Torpey, lost his battle with Parkinson’s disease in 2018, the band now feels it’s time to mark the end of this chapter of […]
KISS FRONTMAN PAUL STANLEY SAYS THE BAND DID NOT PERFORM AT THEIR “ROCK N’ ROLL HALL OF FAME” INDUCTION, BECAUSE CURRENT MEMBERS, ERIC SINGER AND TOMMY THAYER, WERE NOT INCLUDED
During an appearance on March 1sts episode of SiriusXM‘s The Howard Stern Show, KISS frontman Paul Stanley once again expressed his frustration over the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame not inducting current members Eric Singer (drums) and Tommy Thayer (guitar) along with the original lineup when the band was welcomed into the institution back in 2014. He said (via blabbermouth.net), “The hypocrisy is that we’re not a […]