GHOST SINGER TOBIAS FORGE SAYS HIS FIRST IDOLS WERE KISS
Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge says his first ever idols when he was young were KISS. The vocalist also reports that he always wanted to “entertain with music” and create a band which incorporated traits of KISS, the Rolling Stone and Sex Pistols. Forge tells iHeartRadio, “I’ve been interested in music for as long as I […]
THE STORY OF TWO ELDERLY GENTLEMEN ESCAPING THEIR NURSING HOME TO ATTEND WACKEN, NOT ENTIRELY TRUE
The Associated Press reports: The story making the rounds of two elderly men escaping their retirement home to attend Germany’s largest heavy metal festival seemed too good to be true. And, alas, it was. Itzehoe police spokesman Peter Berndt said Tuesday the two men were actually 58 and 59 and left a home for people […]
IS AC/DC RECORDING NEW MATERIAL WITH SINGER BRIAN JOHNSON?
Nick Reilly of NME reports: AC/DC are rumoured to be working on new music with former frontman Brian Johnson and ex-drummer Phil Rudd, after the pair were spotted together in Vancouver. Johnson was forced to leave the band in 2016 after suffering hearing loss, before being replaced by Axl Rose. Rudd, meanwhile, departed in 2015 […]
ELDERLY MEN ESCAPE NURSING HOME TO ATTEND HEAVY METAL FESTIVAL
German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports: Two elderly German men escaped the confines of their nursing home…to attend Wacken Open Air, police said. The nursing home alerted police after the gentlemen were found to be missing from the center. Police then found the aging metalheads at 3 a.m. at Wacken Open Air, the world’s biggest […]
ALTER BRIDGE RELEASE VIDEO FOR “WORDS DARKER THAN THEIR WINGS” FROM ROYAL ALBERT HALL PERFORMANCE
Coming on the heels of the announcement of Alter Bridge’s career-defining live release Live At The Royal Albert Hall Featuring the Parallax Orchestra, the band is releasing another video from the live performance. The latest track being released, Words Darker Than Their Wings, is a song from the band’s 2010 ABIII album that, until those […]
ALTER BRIDGE “LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL” OUT SEPTEMBER 7TH
After 14 years performing together, five full-length studio albums, and countless sold-out shows around the globe, there aren’t many items left on a band’s bucket list. For Alter Bridge, one of the remaining list items was crossed off in October 2017 when the band performed two sold-out shows at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall backed […]