RUSH’S NEIL PEART PASSES AT AGE 67, DRUMMER WAS QUIETLY BATTLING BRAIN CANCER

Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for Rush, died on Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California at age 67, according to Elliot Mintz, a family spokesperson. The cause was brain cancer, which he had been quietly battling for three-and-a-half years. A representative for the band confirmed the news to Rolling Stone… …In a statement released Friday […]

SONS OF APOLLO LAUNCH VIDEO FOR “DESOLATE JULY”

Sons Of Apollo–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force)–are ringing in the new decade with a sonic boom with their second studio album, appropriately titled, MMXX (pronounced: 20/20).  […]

DAVID LEE ROTH KICKS OFF HIS VEGAS RESIDENCY, SET LIST REVEALED AND FAN FILMED FOOTAGE POSTED ONLINE

Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth began off his Las Vegas residency Wednesday night (January 8th) with a 15-song set that included ten Van Halen classics and five songs from his solo career, reports blabbermouth.net. Roth’s reported set list is as follows: 1.  You Really Got Me (Kinks cover) 2.  Big Train 3.  Unchained 4.  Just Like Paradise 5.  Atomic Punk 6.  Dance The Night Away 7.  […]