WOLFGANG VAN HALEN SAID HIS FATHER WAS A “TERRIBLE” GUITAR TEACHER
Wolfgang Van Halen recently spoke with The Afternoon Program on the 102.9 The Hog radio station and said his father, Eddie Van Halen, was an ineffective guitar teacher. Wolfgang said, “He was a terrible teacher. He only taught me how to do power chords on a guitar, and then I taught myself. [Laughs] I would ask him how […]
FORMER QUEENSRŸCHE GUITARIST CHRIS DEGARMO TEAMS UP WITH HIS DAUGHTER RYLIE TO FORM THE RUE
Christina Titus of Billboard reports: …Although, [former Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo] just turned 52 on June 14th, Chris has never forgotten [the] magic of discovering music. And as a father, he naturally wondered if his daughter Rylie and younger son Preston would also pick it up. So when Rylie, 22, joined a vocal ensemble while […]
KIX FRONTMAN STEVE WHITEMAN DISCUSSES THE BAND’S REMIXED “MIDNIGHT DYNAMITE RE-LIT” AND SAYS IT IS AN “UNDERRATED” RECORD
Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx spoke with Kix frontman Steve Whiteman about the band’s remixed deluxe edition of their album, Midnite Dynamite, now called, Midnite Dynamite Re-Lit, out November 20th Highlights from the interview appear below. Sleaze Roxx: How soon after Fuse 30 did you start thinking you could do a remix of Midnite Dynamite? […]
QUEENSRŸCHE FRONTMAN TODD LA TORRE TO RELEASE DEBUT SOLO ALBUM “REJOICE IN THE SUFFERING” ON FEBRUARY 5TH
As global touring came to a sudden and unexpected halt earlier this year, Queensrÿche frontman Todd La Torre has been using his recent pandemic downtime to put the finishing touches on his debut solo album Rejoice In The Suffering. The idea for a solo album was always in the cards for Todd. With Queensrÿche tour dates postponed […]
GRETA VAN FLEET ANNOUNCES SOPHOMORE ALBUM, “THE BATTLE AT GARDEN’S GATE,” BRAND NEW SINGLE, “AGE OF MACHINE,” IS RELEASED TODAY
After three years, one-million concert tickets sold across five continents, four consecutive #1 singles, a Grammy Award, and performances on The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, Greta Van Fleet is hurtling into the future with its second album, The Battle at Garden’s Gate is due April 16th (Lava/Republic Records). The album can be pre-ordered here. A bold evolution […]
THE DEAD DAISIES TO RELEASE THEIR NEW ALBUM “HOLY GROUND” ON JANUARY 22ND, LISTEN TO THE FIRST “HOLY GROUND (SHAKE THE MEMORY)”
The Dead Daisies — the hard rock “collective” founded by Australian musician and businessman David Lowy — has released the official music video for the song Holy Ground (Shake The Memory). The song is taken from the band’s fifth album, Holy Ground, which is set for release on January 22nd. See the video below. The follow-up to 2018’s Burn It Down, […]