WRITER GREG PRATO REFLECTS ON RAINBOW’S “RISING”
Writer Greg Prato has written a feature article about Rainbow’s album, Rising, for Vintage Guitar Magazine. Excerpts from the column appear below. Throughout the course of Rainbow’s history, one thing always seemed inevitable – except for Ritchie Blackmore, band members would come and go like the wind. And one of the quickest/most extensive overhauls took […]
FORMER JUDAS PRIEST GUITARIST K.K. DOWNING AUCTIONING OFF SOME GEAR AND CLOTHING
Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing will be auctioning off some of his personal items, including instruments and clothing. International auction house Bonhams has announced the sale of eleven of Downing’s guitars, including the 1967 Flying V that was K.K.’s main instrument on several of classic Priest albums — from Sad Wings Of Destiny to […]
KISS ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL “END OF THE ROAD” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES, STARTING AUGUST 6TH IN FLORIDA
KISS have announced additional stops on their farewell End of the Road tour with a new round of 2019 North American dates. The second half launches August 6th in Sunrise, Florida and wraps September 16th in Oakland, California. General public tickets go on sale starting Monday, December 3rd at 10 a.m. local time. The band’s […]
OZZY OSBOURNE SAYS THAT WHILE HE LOVES HIS FORMER SABBATH BANDMATE, TONY IOMMI, HE DOES NOT ENJOY WORKING WITH HIM
Ozzy Osbourne says he doesn’t particularly enjoy working with Tony Iommi. The original Sabbath singer has spoken about the guitarist in a new interview with The Times– and says he found it difficult working with him. He says, “Do I like working with him? Not really. Do I like him as a person? Yeah, I […]
NIGHT RANGER’S JACK BLADES SAYS “THERE’S NOTHING WORSE…THAN A MUSICIAN GETTING UP ON A SOAPBOX AND STARTING TO LECTURE PEOPLE”
Night Ranger bassist/vocalist Jack Blades recently spoke with Classic Rewind 949 JackFM. A few excerpts from the interview appear below (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net). On whether he ever hopes to convey a certain “message” with lyrics to his songs: “There’s nothing worse to me than a musician getting up on a soapbox and starting to […]
“PLAY IT LOUD: INSTRUMENTS OF ROCK N’ ROLL” EXHIBITION TO LAUNCH AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK CITY ON APRIL 8TH
The first major loan exhibition in an art museum dedicated entirely to the iconic instruments of rock and roll will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning April 8th, 2019. Through more than 130 instruments that were used by such artists as Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, […]