DEE SNIDER RECOUNTS MEETING BOTH BILLY JOEL AND RITCHIE BLACKMORE AT A PARTY, ONE WAS COOL AND THE OTHER…WELL…GUESS WHICH ONE WAS WHICH?

Ruben Mosqueda for KNAC.com spoke with Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, some excerpts from the interview appear below. KNAC.com: You have a new album/Blu Ray that has a great balance of Twisted [Sister] and solo stuff. It’s titled For The Love of Metal Live. Dee Snider: That’s right. My management thinks I’m Nostradamus or something because back in […]
THE DEAD DAISIES RELEASE THE “LOCKDOWN SESSIONS” EP, VIDEO POSTED ONLINE

The Dead Daisies — the hard rock “collective” founded by Australian musician and businessman David Lowy — released a new digital EP, The Lockdown Sessions, on July 17th through Steamhammer/SPV. It contains four acoustic tracks, all of them exclusive to this EP. Lowy said, “As soon as it had become clear that our tour and album release would have to be […]
DON DOKKEN SAYS IF HE HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN LOSING SEX OR THE ABILITY TO PLAY GUITAR, HE WOULD RATHER PLAY MUSIC

Ruben Mosqueda of Metal Titans spoke with Don Dokken, highlights from the interview appear below. Metal Titans: Years ago, I had a conversation with [guitarist] Michael Schenker [Scorpions, UFO, MSG, Michael Schenker Fest] and he spoke about doing an album with you. He wanted to get the best songs from his Thank You acoustic albums […]
LYNCH MOB CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR SEMINAL ALBUM “WICKED SENSATION” WITH A REIMAGINED RECORDING

West coast rock veterans Lynch Mob will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their seminal album Wicked Sensation with a special limited print/deluxe anniversary edition of the album. Wicked Sensation Reimagined features re-worked and re-recorded versions of their classic songs and is available through Rat Pak Records on August 28th (also available in Japan via Marquee/Avalon). The twelve-track album, originally released in October 1990, […]
MUSIC FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDER SAYS HE DOES NOT BELIEVE LIVE MUSIC WILL RESUME UNTIL “2022,” CALLS THE CURRENT SITUATION A “S–T SHOW”

The New York Post reports: …Making an appearance on Bob Lefsetz’s podcast this week, Marc Geiger [Lollapalooza co-founder] was asked when [he thinks] live music will return. “In my humble opinion, it’s going to be 2022,” he said. He went on to say, “It’s going to take that long before what I call ‘the germaphobic economy’ […]
DEREK SHERINIAN – LAUNCHES “EMPYREAN SKY”, FIRST TRACK TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM “THE PHOENIX”

World acclaimed keyboardist Derek Sherinian, (Sons of Apollo, Black Country Communion), one of the most significant keyboard players of the modern era, recently announced the release of his new solo album The Phoenix on September 18th, his first since 2011’s Oceana. Derek comments, “I truly feel that this is my best solo record to date. Simon and I […]