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 […]
SCORPIONS STREAM UNRELEASED DEMO FOR “MIDNIGHT BLUES JAM”
The Scorpions have made a previously unheard demo available for streaming. The demo version of Midnight Blues Jam is included as a bonus track on the reissue of 1977 album Taken By Force. Scorpions will reissue the record on November 6th, along with World Wide Live, Love At First Sting, Savage Amusement, Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism […]
STEVE VAI, ZAKK WYLDE, JOHN 5, BILLY SHEEHAN, MIKE PORTNOY AND DEREK SHERINIAN JOIN FORCES FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR GUITARIST TONY MACALPINE
Guitar legends Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde and John 5, along with drum powerhouse Mike Portnoy, bass icon Billy Sheehan and keyboard phenomenon Derek Sherinian are joining forces to play a benefit concert for guitar and keyboard virtuoso Tony MacAlpine, who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. The Benefit for Tony MacAlpine will take place at […]