SINGER DON DOKKEN ON THE REUNION SHOWS WITH THE CLASSIC LINE-UP, “I DIDN’T THINK I WAS THAT GOOD, SINGING-WISE”
Don Dokken was a recent guest on Eddie’s Sirius/XM show, Trunk Nation. The singer discussed the band’s reunion with the classic line-up, portions of the conversation appear below (as per blabbermouth.net). On the Dokken reunion: I had trepidation[s]. George came and left the band three times over twenty years. We get back together, we’re getting […]
JAMES HETFIELD DISCUSSES THE BAND’S GRAMMY APPEARANCE, CELEBRITIES WEARING METALLICA SHIRTS AND HIS HOBBY OF BEEKEEPING
Hardeep Phull of the New York Post spoke with Metallica frontman James Hetfield. The entire interview appears below. NYP: Last year, Lars talked about his special pancakes that help keep his energy levels up. Do you partake, or do you have your own health silver bullet? James Hetfield: The Danish chalk-cakes are what I call […]
UFO’S PHIL MOGG SAYS THE BAND IS CONSIDERING A “STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT” TOUR
UFO frontman Phil Mogg says the band is considering a Strangers In The Night tour. Mogg tells Planet Rock, We have talked about touring and just doing the whole of Strangers In The Night – for the craic. But we’re still about making new music. We’re recording a covers album, actually. We’ve done The Doors’ […]
ACCEPT TO RELEASE “THE RISE OF CHAOS” ON AUGUST 4TH
Accept will release their new studio album, The Rise Of Chaos, on August 4th through Nuclear Blast. Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann says, “The Rise Of Chaos is something I have been thinking about often. Wherever we go, there is some hidden as well as some visible destruction and it kind of changes the world we know. […]
KISS’ GENE SIMMONS SAYS “THERE IS SOME WRITING GOING ON”
KISS bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons reports that he and the band are writing new material. Back in March, Simmons said that he had no inclination to record a new KISS album due to the fact some people would “steal it and download it and file share it.” Although, he maintains that stance, he says […]
BASSIST MICHAEL ANTHONY SAYS THE ONLY WAY THERE COULD BE A VAN HALEN REUNION WOULD BE “[IF] EVERYBODY WAS EQUALLY EXCITED TO DO IT”
Blabbermouth.net reports: Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony says that he “can pretty much confirm” that the band’s singer David Lee Roth personally donated thousands of dollars to a fundraising campaign launched by Anthony’s family after the bassist’s two-week-old grandson died of heart disease. In a Facebook post announcing his loss, Anthony revealed that he […]