HOLLYWOOD’S RAINBOW BAR AND GRILL HONORS MOTORHEAD’S LEMMY KILMISTER
Los Angeles’s Rainbow Room Bar & Grill has been a haven for rock’s elite. Located right near some of Hollywood’s most famous concert venues, the Rainbow has been the hang out of Led Zeppelin, Elton John, John Lennon and many more. But there is no rocker more synonymous with the bar than the late Lemmy […]
GUITARIST MICHAEL SCHENKER DISCUSESS THE SCORPIONS, AND HIS STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BROTHER, WITH EDDIE TRUNK
Guitar icon Michael Schenker was recently interviewed on Eddie’s Sirius/XM show, Eddie Trunk Live. Highlights from the discussion appear below as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. On the recent release of the 50th-anniversary deluxe editions of Scorpions’ classic albums: “It’s not 50 years. It’s actually 50 years in 2020. I would count when the first Scorpions album […]
LED ZEPPELIN COPYRIGHT TRIAL BEGINS IN LOS ANGELES
Joel Rubin and Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times reports: Led Zeppelin’s rock veterans Jimmy Page and Robert Plant sat solemnly next to their attorneys Tuesday morning as a jury was selected downtown for a federal copyright trial where they are defending their 1971 epic Stairway to Heaven against claims that they lifted a […]
DUNSMUIR FEATURING MEMBERS OF CLUTCH, BLACK SABBATH, FU MANCHU AND THE COMPANY BAND TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ON JULY 22ND
Dunsmuir, the new project featuring Clutch singer Neil Fallon, former Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fu Manchu bassist Brad Davis, and The Company Band guitarist Dave Bone are set to release their self-titled debut album July 22nd through Hall Of Records. Presales will begin July 8th and will be released digitally exclusively on iTunes. The […]
SINGER MIKE TRAMP DISCUSSES THE RISE AND FALL OF WHITE LION, SAYING, [GUITARIST] VITO [BRATTA] AND I HAD NO CONNECTION…EXCEPT THROUGH MUSIC”
Paul Elliott of Classic Rock Magazine reports: May 25th, 1988 was a day that Mike Tramp would remember for the rest of his life. White Lion, the New York-based rock band fronted by Danish singer Tramp, were beginning a three month tour as support act to AC/DC at Indianapolis’ massive 15,000-capacity Market Square Arena. White […]
PANTERA POST A MESSAGE REGARDING THE SHOOTING OF SINGER CHRISTINA GRIMMIE
On Friday, Christina Grimmie, a former contestant on NBC’s The Voice, was shot and killed following her performance in Orlando, Fla. on June 10th. The manner in which she was murdered struck a chord with Pantera, whose guitarist, “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, was killed onstage, and the group has issued a statement in which they call […]