THE CIRCLE, FEATURING HAGAR, ANTHONY, BONHAM, JOHNSON, TO RELEASE “SPACE BETWEEN” ON MAY 10TH, STREAMING NEW SONG “TRUST FUND BABY”
The Circle, Sammy Hagar’s critically acclaimed supergroup also featuring Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson, will release its first album of all-original material, Space Between, on May 10th through BMG. The first single, Trust Fund Baby, can now be streamed below. Hagar said, “Play it on whatever system suits you and crank it up, it f–king rocks like the rest of the album!” […]
DRUMMER CARMINE APPICE STILL HOPEFUL THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE A BLUE MURDER REUNION
Teenage radio host Miles “The Shoe” Schuman spoke with drummer Carmine Appice at this year’s NAMM show (see video below) to ask why he is not playing with John Sykes. Appice explained (transcribed via blabbermouth.net), “Well, because John wants to call it ‘John Sykes’ and not Blue Murder…I mean, it’s not Blue Murder. He’s gonna be doing John Sykes‘ new album. He […]
GUITARIST JOHN SYKES DISCUSSES HIS FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM, TOURING PLANS, AND SAYS, “I LOVE MY FANS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING AND STICKING WITH ME”
On January 24th, at the NAMM show in Anaheim, California, Jason MacNamara spoke with guitarist/singer/songwriter, John Sykes. Portions of the interview appear below (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net). The interview also appears in its entirety, at the bottom of the story. On a Blue Murder reunion: “I’m not sure we’re gonna do a reunion, But I’ve been […]
BASSIST TONY FRANKLIN SAYS HE WILL BE WORKING WITH GUITARIST JOHN SYKES, BUT A BLUE MURDER REUNION IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY
Bassist Tony Franklin recently spoke with Rock Titan, when the subject of Blue Murder, the band consisting of he, guitarist/singer John Sykes, and drummer Carmine Appice, came up. When asked if a reunion would ever happen, Franklin replied, “That probably will not happen, because — well, not for any negative reasons. We actually almost came […]
TO CELEBRATE ITS 35 ANNIVERSARY, WHITESNAKE WILL RELEASE “SLIDE IT IN: THE ULTIMATE SPECIAL EDITION ON MARCH 22ND
Whitesnake scored its first platinum-selling album in 1984 with Slide It In, a release that has sold more than four million copies worldwide thanks to hard-rocking songs like Love Ain’t No Stranger, Slow An’ Easy and the title track. The classic album turns 35 this year and Rhino is celebrating with several new versions, including an enormous seven-disc box set. Slide […]
GUITARIST JAKE E. LEE SAYS FORMER BADLANDS SINGER, RAY GILLEN, NEVER TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD AIDS
During a recent appearance on Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk podcast, former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee spoke about the passing of his former Badlands bandmate Ray Gillen. The singer died in December 1993 from an AIDS-related disease in a New York hospital. He was only 34 years old. Lee’s comments appear below as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. “When [Ray and I] first got […]