BOBBY BLOZTER’S LAWYER SAYS PEARCY, DIMARTINI AND CROUCIER, DO NOT HAVE “PERMISSION” TO USE THE RATT NAME
As per a November 29th news story, Ratt band members, Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini and Juan Croucier had won the legal rights to use the band name while cutting out former drummer, Bobby Blozter. Now Blozter’s attorney, Drew Sherman, has responded by stating that, Pearcy, DeMartini and Croucier, do not have the legal rights to […]
EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER’S, GREG LAKE, PASSES AT AGE 69
Rock singer/bassist/lyricist Greg Lake, has died at age 69 following a battle with cancer. Best known as the bassist for King Crimson and guitarist/singer for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Lake scored one of his biggest solo hits in 1975 with I Believe in Father Christmas. In a statement, Lake’s former bandmate, Carl Palmer, paid tribute […]
DEE SNIDER SHOWS SUPPORT FOR PROTESTORS AT STANDING ROCK IN NEW VIDEO FOR “SO WHAT”
Not one to shy away from any political or social cause that he wholeheartedly believes in, legendary rocker Dee Snider is now showing his support for the thousands of men and women at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota who are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. In a video for So What that […]
FORMER AC/DC DRUMMER PHIL RUDD RELEASES “HEAD JOB” VIDEO
Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has relaunched his 2014 solo album Head Job with a video for the title track, watch it below. His disappointment with its original release fuelled the criminal activity that landed him with house arrest in New Zealand, and contributed to his departure from the Aussie giants in 2015. Rudd this […]
QUEENSRYCHE SHARE VIDEO FOR “HELLFIRE”
Queensryche have released a video for their song Hellfire from their 2015 album Condition Human. Watch it below. Vocalist Todd La Torre explains, “Hellfire is a depiction primarily based on the tragic events surrounding the Malaysian airline flight MH17. Despite the storyline’s foundation, the lyrical and visual narrative transcends into other pertinent, global subject matters. […]
RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW ANNOUNCE 2017 UK TOUR DATES
Christopher Scapelliti of Guitar Player reports: Ritchie Blackmore has announced he will tour with Rainbow in 2017, with four dates planned for the U.K (see the dates below). The tour follows on the guitarist’s sold-out shows in Germany and Birmingham, England, earlier this year. Those were Blackmore’s first rock performances since 1997, when he launched […]