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 […]
BUCKCHERRY SINGER JOSH TODD’S BAND, JOSH TODD & THE CONFLICT, SIGN WITH CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
One of the most prolific hard rock vocalist of all-time, Josh Todd (Buckcherry), has returned with an amazing and dynamic, new project appropriately titled, Josh Todd & The Conflict. The group have just signed a world-wide deal with Century Media Records and look to release their debut offering, Year of the Tiger, early fall. In […]
UFO AND SAXON ANNOUNCE FALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Due to demand following their hugely successful tour together in March and April, hard rock icons UFO and Saxon have announced more dates in the U.S., plus two in Canada, in September and October. UFO, featuring the long-standing line up of Phil Mogg (vocals), Paul Raymond (keyboards, guitar), Andy Parker (drums), Vinnie Moore (guitar) and […]