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 […]
STEVEN TYLER TO RELEASE “WE’RE ALL SOMEBODY FROM SOMEWHERE” ON JULY 15TH
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has announced that his debut solo album will be released this summer. The country-inspired record is titled We’re All Somebody From Somewhere and it’ll be out on July 15th. The singer streamed the track Red, White & You earlier this year. Also, he’s confirmed that among the fifteen tracks on the […]
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 […]