TESLA GUITARIST FRANK HANNON TRADES STADIUM ROCK FOR FIELD-RECORDED FIRE WITH NEW SINGLE “PLANK SPANKIN,'” FROM FORTCOMING ALBUM, “REFLECTIONS,” OUT SEPTEMBER 12TH
Frank Hannon – co-founder and lead guitarist of multi-platinum rock band Tesla – releases Plank Spankin’, a high-spirited instrumental and one-take live video captured in a field near his Northern California home. The track previews Hannon’s forthcoming all-guitar album Reflections, arriving September 12th on all platforms. “Plank Spankin’ is a feel-good track…my nod to rockabilly […]
CONEY HATCH’S, CLASSIC SELF-TITLED DEBUT ISSUED AS EXPANDED 2LP SET, OUT OCTOBER 24TH; ANNOUNCE UPCOMING TORONTO SHOW ON NOVEMBER 14TH
Fans of Canadian hard rock legends Coney Hatch will soon be able to experience their classic self-titled debut album with fully remastered audio by acclaimed engineer Harry Hess. On October 24th, Coney Hatch will be reissued through Anthem Records, marking the anniversary of the band’s gold debut album some four decades after its original May […]
SWORD’S RICK HUGHES DELIVERS SOLO “REDEMPTION,” OUT OCTOBER 24TH; REUNITES MEMBERS OF ONE OF OZZY’S BEST LINE-UPS FOR COVER OF THE WHO’S “THE REAL ME”
Canadian-born Rick Hughes is renowned for his powerful and rangey voice as the lead singer of the legendary metal band Sword, and of the hard-rock band Saints & Sinners. A seasoned performer with hundreds of headlining shows in Canada, America, Europe and Japan over the years, and his superb stage performances while opening for bands […]
GLENN HUGHES EXPLAINS WHY HE DECLINED WORKING JOINING OZZY OSBOURNE’S SOLO BAND
In a new interview with Metal Mayhem ROC, legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes was asked how he was affected by the recent passing of Black Sabbath‘s iconic singer Ozzy Osbourne. He responded (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net): “I’ve known Ozzy and [fellow Black Sabbath members] Geezer [Butler] and Tony [Iommi] and Bill [Ward] since 1970. They took off that year with Paranoid, and I was very friendly with them back then. So I’ve known […]
ROCKERS SAYS THE MOKUMENTARY, “THIS IS SPINAL TAP,” WAS CLOSE TO REALITY
Larry Getlen of NY Post reports: Peter Smokler was a camera operator on the famed rock documentary Gimme Shelter, about a 1969 Rolling Stones concert where a man was stabbed to death. Despite his experience in the genre, Smokler was baffled when director Rob Reiner recruited him to shoot This is Spinal Tap, the 1984 […]
DRUMMER DAVE LOMBARDO CREATES KICK ASS COFFEE
Back-beating to his Cuban-born heritage, and blast-beating coffee tins into shape, Dave Lombardo, the double bass pioneer and a founding member of thrash metal legends Slayer, with an equally legendary resume of playing with everyone from Suicidal Tendencies to the Misfits and from Mr. Bungle to Testament, Fantômas and more, has orchestrated his love of coffee into his very own collectible signature drum tins with […]