GUITARIST NICK BOWCOTT WRITES AN ARTICLE HONORING THE LEGENDARY RANDY RHOADS
Former Grim Reaper guitarist, Nick Bowcott, has written an article about the iconic Randy Rhoads for Sweetwater, portions of the column appear below. On Friday, March 19th, 1982, the world lost one of the greatest hard-rock/heavy-metal guitarists of all time — Randy Rhoads. He was only 25 years old. Even though he only recorded two […]
THE METAL GOD, ROB HALFORD, ANSWERS SOME FAN QUESTIONS, TOPICS INCLUDE HIS FAVORITE SINGERS AND HIS FAVORITE JUDAS PRIEST ALBUM
Dave Ling of UK’s Metal Hammer asked fan submitted questions to the one and only Metal God, Rob Halford. Highlights from the interview appear below. Q: Will you guys ever play songs from the Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens era? –@JJ66616 via Twitter Halford: “Why not? Those records, Jugulator [1997] and Demolition [2001] are both part of the great history of […]
DEEP PURPLE’S NEW ALBUM “WHOOSH!” OUT JUNE 12TH
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame icons Deep Purple will release their 21st studio album Whoosh!, produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin, on June 12th — available as a Standard CD, a Digital Album, a Limited Edition CD+DVD Mediabook (including the 1 hour feature “Roger Glover and Bob Ezrin in conversation” and, for the first time, the full live performance at Hellfest 2017 video), and […]
A SHORT MESSAGE REGARDING POSTING MUSIC VIDEOS
Hi all, FYI, Youtube is not longer allowing the site to embed music videos within news stories, unless the band, or their record company, sets specific preferences that allow us to do so. So from now on, all videos will be hyperlinked, unless otherwise noted (meaning you actually see them). I/We apologize for this inconvenience. […]
DEMONS & WIZARDS, FEATURING JON SCHAFFER AND HANSI KÜRSC, RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “WOLVES IN WINTER”
[Dana’s note: I apologize for this news being posted almost a month late. It got lost in my mail, but better late than never]. As the world awaits the release of Demons & Wizards III on February 21st via Century Media Records, the band has released another video for their latest single, Wolves In Winter. The epic visual […]
IN LIGHT OF THE CORONA VIRUS, LIVE NATION AND AEG, ARE SUSPENDING TOURS
Due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, Live Nation is telling its touring shows — both domestic and international — to return home, according to Billboard. The company told employees Thursday that current arena shows will be postponed through the end of the month as large gatherings around the world are being canceled and banned in […]