DRUMMER MIKE PORTNOY DISCUSSES HIS BIGGEST INFLUENCES AND THE WINERY DOGS
Dennis Gast of Music Insider Magazine spoke with Winery Dogs drummer Mike Portnoy. Excerpts from the interview appear below. Dennis Gast: I am a huge fan, so I was wondering if you could tell me a bit about what first inspired you to begin playing? Mike Portnoy: Well, I was a music fan from the […]
TICKETS FOR “THE BENEFIT FOR TONY MACALPINE” ON SALE NOW
Tickets for The Benefit for Tony MacAlpine at the Wiltern Theater on December 12th at 7 PM are on sale now. Please click here to purchase. The Benefit for Tony MacAlpine features performances from John 5 & The Creatures, Zakk Wylde with Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan and Derek Sherinian; Steve Vai and band, and culminating […]
GUITARIST TONY MACALPINE ON HIS MEMORIES OF PLAYING WITH STEVE VAI AND BILLY SHEEHAN: “THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN MY FRIENDS FOREVER”
Greg Prato for Guitar Player magazine spoke with guitarist Tony MacAlpine. Excerpts from the interview appear below. [Dana’s note: This interview was conducted before MacAlpine announced that was diagnosed with colon cancer] GP: Let’s start by discussing Concrete Gardens. TM: I started the record in 2014, going through material that had been bouncing around in […]
KISS’ PAUL STANLEY DISCUSSES GAY RUMORS SAYING “I NEVER SAW A GUY WHERE I SAID, ‘GEE, THAT’S A CLOSE SECOND TO A WOMAN'”
KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently spoke with Robert Scott of New Zealand’s The Breeze. The interview appears below and the text was transcribed by blabbermouth.net, When asked what the craziest rumor he ever heard about himself was, Stanley replied,”Well, the oddest, to me, was always — and it’s always persisted over time — is that […]
W.A.S.P. RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “GOLGOTHA”
W.A.S.P. have released a second lyric video from their album Golgotha which was released on October 2nd. Watch a clip of the title track below. W.A.S.P had previously released a lyric video for the song Scream, which can viewed here. To read more about the album, and to view a track listing, please go here.
EDDIE TRUNK ON BEING TRUTHFUL ABOUT MUSIC: “EVERYONE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THINGS THEY LIKE AND DON’T LIKE”
Kelly Frazier of the HuffPost Detroit spoke with our very own Eddie Trunk ahead of his appearance, alongside his That Metal Show co-hosts Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine, at the Token Lounge in Westland, Michigan on November 7th. The interview appears in its entirety below. Q: When you do these live gigs, what do you […]