SINGER JOE LYNN TURNER SAYS HE THINKS GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE “HAS BEEN MISGUIDED BY PEOPLE AROUND HIM”
Former Rainbow and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner spoke with Eddie on his Sirius/XM show, Eddie Trunk Live, addressing his recent comments about guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore. Quotes from the interview appear below, as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. Discussing if he has had any further contact with Blackmore: “No. Absolutely not. The only thing I received […]
JACKYL TO RELEASE 8TH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘ROWYCO,’ ON AUGUST 5TH
Jackyl has announced that their brand new album, ROWYCO, will be released on August 5th via Mighty Loud Records. ROWYCO (let us know when you figure this one out) is the fattest sounding record to date for the band. “This will be an exciting year,” predicts lead singer Jesse James Dupree. “With the album’s release […]
WENDY DIO DISCUSSES RONNIE AND SAYS “MY WHOLE THING IS TO KEEP [HIS] MUSIC AND HIS LEGACY ALIVE”
Greg Prato of Bravewords spoke with Wendy Dio. Excerpts from the interview appear below. BraveWords: How is Ronnie’s autobiography coming along? Wendy Dio: It’s coming along slowly. It’s one of the things I have to get done this year, but we’ve been, so, so busy with a big surprise I will tell you about later […]
AXL ROSE SAYS HE HAS PRESENTED NEW MATERIAL TO BOTH HIS GUNS BANDMATES AND AC/DC’S ANGUS YOUNG
Axl Rose says he’s presented his Guns N’ Roses bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan with new material. The GN’R frontman also hints he might collaborate with his current AC/DC colleague Angus Young. The band hired him to replace Brian Johnson in April, after the singer was advised by doctors to stop performing or risk total […]
ORIGINAL BLACK SABBATH DRUMMER BILL WARD FORMS A NEW BAND CALLED, DAY OF ERRORS
Original Black Sabbath drummer has announced that he has a new band. Posted on his Facebook page, Ward writes: “In the desire to have my drumming spirit continue to live, I’m pleased to say that I’ve helped to create a new three-piece band called “Day of Errors,” accompanied by two guest musicians playing keyboards and […]
VOLBEAT UNLEASH NEW ALBUM “SEAL THE DEAL & LET’S BOOGIE,” ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR WITH GUESTS KILLSWITCH ENGAGE AND BLACK WIZARD
GRAMMY Award®-nominated, gold-certified Danish hard rock outfit VOLBEAT unleashed their anxiously awaited sixth full-length album, Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie [Republic Records], this past Friday in stores and at all digital retailers and can be ordered here. Upon release, the record stormed up the charts hitting #1 in over 15 countries, #1 on the […]