ROCKLAHOMA 2015: REVERBNATION ROCKLAHOMA BATTLE OF THE BANDS, MISS ROCKLAHOMA COMPETITION RETURNS, TICKET PRICES INCREASE MARCH 23RD
Rocklahoma–America’s biggest Memorial Day Weekend party–has announced the first national ReverbNation Rocklahoma Battle Of The Bands contest and details for this year’s Miss Rocklahoma competition. Rocklahoma–presented by Bud Light–returns to “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK for its ninth year May 22nd, 23rd and 24th with a lineup featuring top current rock artists […]
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER SAYS “CLEVER” MARKETING HELPED ACCEPT’S “BLIND RAGE” GARNER A NUMBER ONE POSITION ON THE GERMAN CHARTS
According to Blabbermouth.net, Singer Udo Dirkschneider says that “clever” marketing on the part of the band’s record label helped the current version of Accept land its first-ever Number one album in Germany with last year’s Blind Rage. When asked by Rock Online if he is bothered by the fact that Accept took the top position […]
AC/DC RELEASE VIDEO FOR “ROCK THE BLUES AWAY”
AC/DC premiered the video for Rock The Blues Away, the third video from their latest studio album Rock Or Bust. The video was shot in Los Angeles in February immediately after the band delivered an explosive performance at this year’s Grammy Awards. Watch it below. AC/DC recently announced North American tour dates starting on August […]
DEF LEPPARD FRONTMAN JOE ELLIOTT SAYS THE BAND HAS COMPLETED RECORDING THEIR NEW ALBUM
Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott reports the band have completed the recording of their eleventh studio album. Originally planned as an EP, the follow-up to 2008’s Songs From The Sparkle Lounge developed into a full album when the band completed a run of writing sessions last spring. Elliott said on his Planet Rock radio show, […]
GUITARIST RICHIE KOTZEN RELEASES TEASER FOR LIVE DVD
Guitarist, singer, songwriter Richie Kotzen has released an 18 minute preview of his upcoming solo live DVD, see it below. Kotzen says, “Something that’s going to be appearing soon is a live DVD. I’ve got a very rough cut here – so rough that you can see the time code – but I figured, why […]
DRUMMER DAVE LOMBARDO AND GUITARIST JOHN 5 ON THIS WEEK’S “THAT METAL SHOW”
With Season 14 of That Metal Show already making history (the Season 14 premiere was the second most watched Season Premiere in the history of the series) VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming returns with an all-new episode this Saturday at 9:00PM ET/PT, repeating at 11:00PM ET/PT. This week Philm drummer and “the godfather of […]