AC/DC LAUNCH NEW VIDEO SERIES “THE STORY OF BACK IN BLACK”
AC/DC is launching the new video series, The Story Of Back In Black. Episode one of the series, which focuses on the song You Shook Me All Night Long, and can be viewed here. The band recently launched a range of new merchandise to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Back In Black. The album was originally released, in the USA, on […]
GUITARIST STEVE BROWN SAYS HE MODELED TRIXTER AFTER VAN HALEN, “I WANTED THE BAND TO BE A KID VERSION OF THEM”
Ruben Mosqueda of KNAC.com spoke with guitarist Steve Brown (Tokyo Motor Fist, Trixter). Portions of the interview appear below. KNAC.com: You’re back with another Tokyo Motor Fist, album [Lions]. So glad you did another album. Brown: We’re a real band, we’re not one of these fabricated Frontiers [Records] or Golden Robot [Records] “supergroups” where they get a […]
DAVID LEE ROTH ON WHETHER VAN HALEN WILL EVER TOUR AGAIN, “I DON’T KNOW THAT EDDIE [VAN HALEN] IS EVER REALLY GOING TO RALLY FOR THE RIGORS OF THE ROAD AGAIN”
Richard Bienstock of the New York Times spoke with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth, portions of the interview appear below. [Due to the current pandemic shut down, singer Roth has take up visual arts. When asked why, he replied]. “Well, I lost my job!”…Roth, who has also worked as an E.M.T. in New York, had battled an […]
DEF LEPPARD RELEASE “FACTS” VIDEO ABOUT 1981’S “HIGH N’ DRY”
Def Leppard have released a “facts” video for their 1981 album High N’ Dry, watch it here. During its formative years in the late 1970s, Def Leppard became one of the hottest properties to emerge from the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. For its sophomore release, High N’ Dry, the Sheffield quintet turned to a new producer, Robert John “Mutt” […]
MEDIA CRITICIZES “GREAT WHITE” FOR LIVE NORTH DAKOTA SHOW, FORMER SINGER JACK RUSSELL, CLARIFIES HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PERFORMANCE
In the last 24 hours, singer Jack Russell, former front man and founding member for the band Great White, has been under scrutiny for a live performance North Dakota. The headline read: “Great White Plays Concert In North Dakota With No Restrictions In Place, No Social Distancing, No Masks.” The former front-man clarifies, in a video […]
TO HONOR WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ERIC CARR’S 70TH BIRTHDAY, AUTHOR GREG PRATO REFLECTS ON THE DRUMMER’S SOUND ON KISS’ “CREATURES OF THE NIGHT” ALBUM
Greg Prato of Brave Words reports: During the early ‘80s, two rock drummers did a masterful job of replicating the enormity of John Bonham’s drum sound—Bobby Chouinard on Billy Squier’s Don’t Say No, and most definitely, Eric Carr on KISS’ Creatures Of The Night… …Today (July 12th) would have been Eric’s 70th birthday (he sadly […]