MÖTLEY CRÜE’S NIKKI SIXX SAYS DAVID LEE ROTH WAS ASKED TO BE ON “THE STADIUM TOUR” AND DECLINED, STATING, “I DON’T OPEN FOR BANDS THAT I INFLUENCED”

Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx is featured in article of the Los Angeles Times dubbed The 25 concerts, festivals, albums and music docs we’re most excited for this fall. Sixx’s, The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx memoir, due October 19th, was included on the list. Describes the L.A. Times. “When the pandemic delayed […]
DORO PESCH DISCUSSES PUTTING OUT SPECIAL RELEASES THROUGH HER OWN LABEL

Ruben Mosqueda of KNAC.com spoke with Doro Pesch (Warlock, Doro), highlights from the interview appear below. KNAC.com: It wasn’t that long ago that I was speaking with you about your last collection Magic Diamonds. Give [and explanation for] those that might have missed it the first time around. Doro Pesch: Yeah, the feedback from the fans […]
TESLA RELEASES VIDEO FOR NEW SONG, “COLD BLUE STEEL”

Tesla have released the official music video for their brand new single, Cold Blue Steel, listen below. In a recent interview with Rob Rush Radio (as per blabbermouth.net), [guitarist Frank] Hannon described the song, which he co-wrote with singer Jeff Keith, as “a very real-sounding rock and roll new song. It’s influenced by [late Lynyrd Skynyrd singer] Ronnie Van Zant. It just turned out […]
GUITARIST GEORGE LYNCH EXPLAINS THAT HIS NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, “SEAMLESS” STARTED OUT AS A LYNCH MOB RECORD, BUT “NOBODY WAS REALLY FEELING IT”

Iconic guitarist George Lynch spoke with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, highlights from interview appear below. On what made now the right time to release his debut instrumental album, Seamless: “The real story is, I had written a record intending it to be a new Lynch Mob record, and it didn’t pan out, because […]
GENE SIMMONS APOLOGIZES TO DAVID LEE ROTH AND SAYS, “I AM SO SORRY AND ASHAMED THAT I HURT DAVID’S FEELINGS…EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, DIARRHEA OF THE MOUTH COMES OUT”

As previously reported, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, KISS frontman Gene Simmons, explained why Van Halen frontman, David Lee Roth, is not opening for KISS’ recently announced new Las Vegas residency dates. Simmons said, “…it bears noting that during Dave’s heyday, nobody did what he did. He was the ultimate frontman. Not Plant, not […]
OVERKILL “THE ATLANTIC YEARS 1986 -1994” VINYL AND CD BOX SETS TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 29TH

An integral part of the early-’80s thrash metal movement that spawned acts like Metallica and Anthrax, New Jersey’s Overkill garnered a reputation for brutal, pounding speed and technique. Taking their moniker from the 1979 Motörhead album of the same name, an early demo; Power in Black, made waves in the underground tape-trading circuit and caught […]