BLACK STAR RIDERS’ DAMON JOHNSON DISCUSSES GOING ON TOUR WITH JUDAS PRIEST AND SAXON, ALSO WHY THE BAND IS HAVING A TOUGH TIME BREAKING IN AMERICA
Ruben Mosqueda of Metal Titans spoke with Black Star Riders guitarist Damon Johnson. Excerpts from the interview appear below. “This [tour] is going to change things for us, there’s no other band you can name that embraces hard work like we do,” says an enthusiastic Damon Johnson…about opening for Judas Priest across North America this […]
DEF LEPPARD GUITARIST PHIL COLLEN SAYS ANGUS YOUNG SHOULD RESIST THE URGE TO RECORD A NEW AC/DC ALBUM WITH AXL ROSE
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen says that Angus Young should resist the urge to make a new AC/DC album with Axl Rose, insisting that the legendary hard rock band “has lots its integrity” through its recent lineup changes, reports blabbermouth.net. Singer Angry Anderson of the veteran Australian act Rose Tatto said in a recent interview […]
WHO IS KISS’ RIGHTFUL FRONTMAN? PAUL STANLEY ANSWERS
Margie Goldsmith of Business Jet Traveler spoke with KISS’ Paul Stanley. Portions of the interview appear below. Business Jet Traveler: You were born with microtia, a congenital condition that caused deafness and a stump in your right ear. Did kids make fun of you? Paul Stanley: Relentlessly. I was very defensive and insecure. I just […]
GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE ON GLENN HUGHES JOINING RITCHE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW, “WE ENDED IT AMICABLY BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED”
Gary Graff of Billboard spoke with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Highlights from the interview appear below. Billboard: What led you back to rock, and Rainbow, again? Ritchie Blackmore: It was kind of like I was 70, and I just felt like playing some rock n’ roll on a few dates. So I basically put together the […]
SONS OF APOLLO ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF SPECIAL SIX-TRACK EP OF LATEST SINGLE, “ALIVE/TENGO VIDA”
Sons Of Apollo–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force)—released a six-song EP today, Alive/Tengo Vida, which includes three versions of the latest single, Alive, from their number one […]
DEF LEPPARD ANNOUNCE FIRST OF FOUR PLANNED CAREER-SPANNING BOX SETS
On June 1st, Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe fires the first salvo in Def Leppard’s projected four-volume career-spanning box set series, when the appropriately dubbed Volume One appears in multidisc LP and CD collections. The collection arrives in time for this summer’s highly anticipated Def Leppard co-headline tour with Journey. This first volume of the band’s complete recorded […]