GREAT WHITE GUITARIST MARK KENDALL CLAIMS THE “OFFICIAL” VERSION OF THE BAND WAS NOT PLAYING THE NIGHT OF THE STATION FIRE IN RHODE ISLAND
Ethan Sacks of the New York Daily News reports: A wildly differing account of the deadly 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire has flared up long-simmering tensions among the former members of Great White. Original guitarist Mark Kendall, performing at the time of the fire that left 100 dead, told TMZ Tuesday that the band that […]
AC/DC’S BRIAN JOHNSON SAID RACING CARS WERE TO BLAME FOR HEARING LOSS, NOT MUSIC
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has been openly discussing his hearing loss since at least 2014, when he told Howard Stern that rock n’ roll wasn’t entirely to blame. “I’ve obviously had some hearing loss,” Johnson told Stern. “I’ve got hearing loss in me left ear. I didn’t get it from music. I got it from […]
RUSH GUITARIST DISCUSSES THE BAND’S NEBULOUS FUTURE
Kory Grow of Rolling Stone reports: When Rush wrapped their R40 tour last summer, the group issued a press release stating that the jaunt would “most likely be their last major tour of this magnitude.” Drummer Neil Peart had been ambivalent about hitting the road for a long trek as early as January 2015, saying […]
GLENN HUGHES ON THE DEEP PURPLE ROCK HALL INDUCTION: “I’D LOVE TO PLAY. I’D LOVE TO SING. AND SO WOULD DAVID”
Glenn Hughes is still hoping he and David Coverdale will be allowed to perform with Deep Purple at the band’s induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next month. The pair were part of the band’s Mark III lineup alongside Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice and Jon Lord, then the Mark IV version with […]
STRYPER ANNOUNCES 2016 “FALLEN” TOUR
After spending most of 2015 off the road, multi-platinum rock band Stryper will hit the road this spring in support of their new album, FALLEN. Released in October through Frontiers Music SRL and produced by frontman Michael Sweet, FALLEN is the band’s ninth studio album and their most critically acclaimed release to date, impressively landing […]
RAINBOW “MONSTERS OF ROCK-LIVE AT DONINGTON 1980” DVD+CD SET OUT APRIL 22ND
The date was Saturday August 16th,1980. Rainbow took to the stage to headline the first rock festival ever staged at Castle Donington – a concert that would inevitably be the last live show featuring the line-up of Ritchie Blackmore (guitars), Don Airey (keyboards), Graham Bonnet (vocals), Roger Glover (bass) and Cozy Powell (drums). On April […]