WHAT IF PAUL DI’ANNO HAD REMAINED IN IRON MAIDEN?
Greg Prato of Bravewords reports: Would Maiden have gone on to enjoy the same worldwide success if singer Paul Di’Anno remained behind the mic? Prato posed the question in his book, Iron Maiden: 80-81, read the various responses below. John Gallagher (Raven singer/bassist), “Ah, there’s the $64,000 question. It’s debatable. I’m not sure how much […]
JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE TO RELEASE “ONCE BITTEN ACOUSTIC BYTES” ON MAY 1ST
Former Great White and current Jack Russell’s Great White frontman Jack Russell will release a very special acoustic album revisiting Great White’s 1987 multi-platinum masterpiece Once Bitten featuring some of their biggest and most recognizable hits, including Save Your Love and Rock Me. Aided by the likes of guitarist Robby Lochner (who also produced and mixed the album), longtime Great White bassist Tony Montana(now on guitar), bassist Dan McNay and drummer Dicki Fliszer, […]
RICHIE KOTZEN RELEASES SELF QUARANTINED VIDEO FOR NEW SONG “AS YOU ARE”
Richie Kotzen’s “self-quarantine” music video for the song, As You Are, can be seen below. The clip was directed by his wife, Julia Lage, and was edited by Kotzen. Richie included the following “side note” with the video, “Please take no offense to the middle finger at the camera. It is a gesture not to you the viewer […]
FORMER KISS GUITARIST BRUCE KULICK SAYS HE WAS “RELIEVED” THAT HE WAS NOT ASKED TO STEP INTO THE ROLE OF THE ACE FREHLEY’S “SPACEMAN”
Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx spoke with former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, portions of the interview appear below. Sleaze Roxx: You’ve been posting some clips on your official Facebook page and taking us into KISS songs via the riff or solo. Bruce Kulick: Yeah, that’s been helpful to me in doing something positive with the tragedy going on […]
GODSMACK RELEASE “UNFORGETTABLE” MUSIC VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING TWO- YEAR JOURNEY WITH YOUNG MUSICIANS
Multi-platinum hard rock titans Godsmack today (April 8th) have released the video for their new hit single Unforgettable from their latest smash album When Legends Rise (BMG). With music programs continuing to be at risk in schools across the country, it was important for the band–Sully Erna [vocals, guitar], Tony Rombola [guitar], Robbie Merrill [bass] and Shannon Larkin [drums]–to make a video about the power of music to […]
MEGADETH BASSIST DAVE ELLFSON RELEASES NEW SONG “SIMPLE TRUTH” TO RAISE MONEY FOR ITALIAN COVID-19 RELIEF
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has released Simple Truth, the new single from his solo band Ellefson, with all proceeds going to Italian COVID-19 relief. The track, co-written by Ellefson and vocalist Thom Hazaert, with Italian guitarist and drummer Andy Martongelli and Paolo Caridi, will appear on the upcoming full-length follow-up to the 2019 release Sleeping Giants, a compilation featuring several new songs and reworkings of previous Ellefson instrumental solo […]