DRUMMER TOMMY CLUFETOS ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM “BEAT UP BY ROCK ‘N ROLL” DUE MAY 7TH, FIRST SINGLE AND VIDEO, “GOT TO PLAY SOME ROCK ‘N ROLL” OUT NOW
Tommy’s RockTrip is drummer Tommy Clufetos’ (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath) new hard rock outfit, where he offers his take on the rock ‘n roll influences that made him one of the most sought after drummers in the current hard rock scene. Beat Up By Rock ‘N’ Roll, the debut album, is an in-your-face, honest, kick ass hard rock album. […]
BLACK SABBATH GUITARIST TONY IOMMI IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT DIO ERA SONG LEAK
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was a guest on Eddie’s Sirius/XM show Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk on March 11th, and he discussed the Dio era song Slapback which was recently posted online. Iommi told Eddie (via blabbermouth.net), “I’m not at all happy with [Nicholls’s estate releasing the song] — at all. And it’s left a […]
STEEL PANTHER HONOR VAN HALEN BY COVERING “BEAUTIFUL GIRLS AND D.O.A”
As the world continues to mourn the loss of guitar icon Eddie Van Halen, California glam metal jokesters Steel Panther decided to pay tribute to the legend the best way they know how — by going back to their cover-band beginnings. Steel Panther has recorded its interpretation of the seminal tunes Beautiful Girls and D.O.A. from the classic album Van Halen II. The songs have […]
SMITH/KOTZEN RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR THIRD SINGLE “RUNNING” DEBUT ALBUM DUE MARCH 26TH
Smith/Kozten have a released a lyric video for the song Running off of their forthcoming eponymous debut due March 26th through BMG. Smith says of the song, “It’s a really cool sort of driving track, one of the heavier ones on the album and we’re excited to get it out there ahead of the album release. We’ve […]
BASSIST GEEZER BUTLER CONFIRMS “SLAPBACK” IS AN UNRELEASED BLACK SABBATH SONG
Bassist Geezer Butler has confirmed that he is featured on a previously unreleased Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath song titled Slapback which was uploaded to YouTube several days ago. Gary Rees, the stepson and executor of the estate of Black Sabbath’s longtime keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, shared the tune last Friday (March 5th), writing in an accompanying message that he had found it on a cassette […]
LOU OTTENS, CREATOR OF CASSETTE TAPES AND COMPACT DISCS, PASSES AT AGE 94
According to the NY Post, the inventor of the CD and cassette tapes has passed away. Lou Ottens, who is credited with not only inventing the cassette tape but also helping develop the CD, died at his home in the Netherlands village of Duizel this month. He was 94. “We are very sad to have […]