SKID ROW BASSIST RACHEL BOLAN LASHES OUT AT HATERS
Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan has run out of patience with people who post negative comments about the band’s current lineup. He’s been receiving mixed reactions after they replaced frontman Johnny Solinger with ex-TNT singer Tony Harnell in April, and released a version of 18 And Life featuring Harnell. Bolan writes on Facebook, “To all […]
SLAYER ANNOUNCES THE LIMITED “REPENTLESS-METAL EAGLE EDITION”
With the title and release date just announced for Slayer’s Repentless, due out September 11th (Nuclear Blast), today the thrash icons announce their heaviest release ever – literally – Repentless, Metal Eagle Edition. Made of aluminum alloy, measuring 15″ X 17″ X 3″ and weighing in at a hefty seven pounds, the Metal Eagle Edition […]
FORMER VAN HALEN FRONTMAN SAMMY HAGAR RESPONDS TO DAVID LEE ROTH’S COMMENTS STATING, “SOMETIMES THE GUY SAYS THE WACKIEST THINGS”
Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar has laughed off David Lee Roth’s claim that performing songs from the Red Rocker’s era would present a credibility issue. Original frontman Roth was recently asked whether he’d ever sing tracks originally delivered by Hagar. He replied, “Good, bad or in the middle, you know Roth means it – […]
SLAYER’S KERRY KING SAYS HE WAS “INSULTED” BY RICK RUBIN’S RECORD DEAL
Slayer’s split with producer Rick Rubin came after his label offered an “insulting” deal for their 11th album, says guitarist Kerry King. Repentless, out through Nuclear Blast on September 11th, is their first without Rubin since 1985’s Hell Awaits. Singer Tom Araya says that, despite the perception that the band made the split, it was […]
TRIXTER STREAM “MIDNIGHT IN YOUR EYES” ONLINE
As previously reported, Trixter with release their new album Human Era on June 5th in Europe and June 9th in North America. The band is streaming a song entitled, Midnight In Your Eyes from the album, listen to it below. To learn more about Human Era, get Trixter tour dates and to listen to the […]
SEBASTIAN BACH SAYS FORMER SKID ROW BAND MATE RACHEL BOLAN IS “THE BAND’S BILL WARD”
Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach has described bass player Rachel Bolan as “the band’s Bill Ward.” Bach – who was fired by Skid Row in 1996 – says Bolan is the only member of the band who has a problem with him. Comparing the situation to the one that exists between Black Sabbath’s estranged […]
