GUITARIST ULI JON ROTH SAYS HE HAS WRITTEN A NEW ALBUM, BUT HAS NOT RECORDED IT YET
Greg Prato of Bravewords spoke with guitarist Uli Jon Roth. Highlights from the interview appear below. BraveWords: Is it true you already have original material written for your next solo release? Uli Jon Roth: I have written a new album, but I have not yet recorded it. That’s what I’m in the process of organizing […]
IRON MAIDEN SINGER BRUCE DICKINSON DISCUSSES HIS CANCER BATTLE AND SAYS HE HAS BEEN “VERY FORTUNATE”
While receiving the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Award for Outstanding Contribution to U.K. Music, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson took time out to give an update on his recovery from cancer. He said that he’s been “very fortunate” and has had a “really good bounce-back.” Dickinson told the BBC that he had two tumors. […]
SLAYER DRUMMER PAUL BOSTAPH ON LATE GUITARIST JEFF HANNEMAN, “I REALLY LOVED THE DUDE”
Gary Graff of Billboard reports: Joining Slayer for a second time has been a different kind of reign for drummer Paul Bostaph. When Bostaph first replaced founding drummer Dave Lombardo in 1992, the group had completed its first decade and released its first five albums. “It was very intimidating,” Bostaph tells Billboard. But there was […]
AEROSMITH BASSIST TOM HAMILTON DISCUSSES “TOYS IN THE ATTIC,” HIS HEALTH AND VISUAL ART
Greg Prato of the Long Island Pulse spoke with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton. Portions of the interview appear below. Long Island Pulse: Forty years later, how do you view Toys in the Attic? Tom Hamilton: That one was really a moment of inspiration for us. Our second album, Get Your Wings, we were under a […]
SOME INTERESTING FACTS YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT RUSH
Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone reports: For years, Rush had an uneasy relationship with an oft-skeptical rock press. So fans got to know the band members’ diverse personalities largely from live shows, tour books, videos and drummer Neil Peart’s own prose. But as the band proved this month in their first-ever Rolling Stone cover story, […]
EDDIE TRUNK, ALONG WITH JAKE E. LEE AND WARREN DEMARTINI, WERE JUDGES AT THE ROCKBAR GUITAR PLAYER CONTEST WHICH TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 27TH
On June 27th, 2015 Rockbar opened its doors to some of the finest guitar players in the San Jose, California Bay area. Contestants got to show their talents on guitar and battle Satan Guitar Soul Collecting Fury for a grand prize of cool stuff and guitar glory celebrity rockers and guitar Gods were on hand […]
