GUITARIST JOHN 5 SHARES A SHORT CLIP OF UNRELEASED MUSIC HE RECORDED WITH DAVID LEE ROTH

Guitarist John 5 was a recent guest on Masters of Shred, where he shared a clip from an unreleased album that he worked on with David Lee Roth. The material, had it been released, would be the first of Roth’s solo records to feature John 5 since 1998’s DLR Band, which is credited for John 5’s […]
GHOST FRONTMAN TOBIAS FORGE SAYS HE IS WORKING ON A FILM ABOUT THE BAND AND HE WANTS THEIR NEXT ALBUM TO BE “HEAVIER”

Steve Appleford of Revolver reports: …In the eleven months since the beatific release of Ghost’s epic fourth album, Prequelle, much has happened in the world of this wildly theatrical metal act from Sweden. The first of these events was the reveal of Tobias Forge as the living, breathing mastermind behind the masks and papal vestments. Though […]
FENDER GUITARS PRODUCE LIMITED EDITION “GAME OF THRONES” SERIES, WATCH NUNO BETTENCOURT, SCOTT IAN AND TOM MORELLO PLAY THE SHOW’S THEME ON THE INSTRUMENTS

If you are a fan of both Fender guitars, and the HBO original series, Game Of Thrones, then this is a collector’s item for you. Game of Thrones show runner, D.B. Weiss, and principal Fender master builder, Ron Thorn, have collaborated to create guitars based on the popular series. Each guitar features a sigil of […]
LED ZEPPELIN DOCUMENTARY TO BE MADE IN HONOR OF THE BAND’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY

The Guardian reports: The first ever official documentary film about Led Zeppelin has been announced, to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. Announcing the project, bassist John Paul Jones said, “The time was right for us to tell our own story for the first time in our own words, and I think that this film will really bring that story […]
KISS’ ORIGINAL ROAD MANAGER NEEDS HELP RAISING MONEY FOR HIS CANCER MEDICATION

KISS’s original road manager, J.R. Smalling, has had a fund-raising campaign launched on his behalf. Smalling guided the fledgling KISS from 1974 through their breakthrough with ALIVE! and Destroyer, and is perhaps most remembered for being the man who literally invented perhaps the most famous concert introduction in rock: KISS’s famous “You wanted the best…” […]
SKID ROW SIGNS WITH GOLDEN ROBOT RECORDS

Skid Row has signed a worldwide deal with Australia’s Golden Robot Records. The the final chapter of the band’s United World Rebellion trilogy will be released later this year. The album will mark Skid Row’s first release with South African-born, British-based vocalist ZP Theart (Dragonforce, Tank, I Am I), who joined the band in 2016 following the departure of Tony Harnell (TNT, STtarbreaker). “We are beyond […]