STYX GUITARIST RICKY PHILLIPS DISCUSSES HIS WORK WITH RONNIE MONTROSE, HOPES TO GET UNRELEASED MATERIAL OUT BY THE BEGINNING OF 2017
Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx spoke with Styx guitarist Ricky Phillips. Excerpts from the interview appear below. Sleaze Roxx: …And There’s Coverdale/Page which you were a part of. I was looking at the RIAA page and the album achieved platinum status [1 million copies sold] in the United States. At the time, it was considered […]
DRUMMER RIKKI ROCKETT DISCUSSES HIS BATTLE WITH TONGUE CANCER
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has opened up on his battle with cancer. Rockett developed a tumour on his tongue last summer and underwent nine rounds of chemotherapy followed by 35 radiotherapy sessions. But with the situation showing no signs of improvement, and facing the possibility of the total removal of his tongue, the drummer chose […]
CHRIS ADLER DEPARTS MEGADETH TO RETURN TO LAMB OF GOD
Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has said that Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler’s time with Megadeth is over. Adler acted as a session musician for 15th album Dystopia, and played a number of shows with the thrash icons over the past six months. Although he was invited to join full-time, he insisted he’d remain with […]
TRIUMPH MEMBERS REUNITE FOR NEW RIK EMMETT ALBUM
Vocalist/guitarist Rik Emmett will reportedly release a new album at some point in 2016. His bandmates in Triumph, bassist Mike Levine and drummer Gil Moore, will appear on the future release. It will be the first new music from the original lineup since 1987’s Surveillance. Last week, the band posted the picture used here on […]
ZAKK WYLDE U.S./CANADIAN TOUR DATES START NEXT WEEK SIRIUS/XM OCTANE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE VIDEO RELEASED, “BOOK OF SHADOWS II” OUT NOW
Guitar icon Zakk Wylde will embark on a batch of U.S. and Canadian tour dates in continued support of his new LP Book Of Shadows II. Wylde will hit over 40 cities spread out across the U.S. and Canada this summer including a performance at Heavy MTL Festival in Montreal on August 7th, a first […]
TESLA GUITARIST FRANK HANNON RELEASES NEW SINGLE CALLED “NEVER SLOWIN’ DOWN”
Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon has released a new single called Never Slowin’ Down. Hannon has this to say about the song, “Great artists like Credence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, It’s a Beautiful Day and the Grateful Dead all had a sound that mix psychedelic rock-n-roll with county music and rootsy folk influences. My new single […]