ALLAN FRYER, FRONTMAN FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BAND HEAVEN, DIES AT AGE 60
Allan Fryer, singer for the Australian band Heaven who once auditioned to front AC/DC, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was sixty years of age. Heaven released a trio of albums in the early ’80s, touring with Dio, Kiss, Motley Crue and Judas Priest along the way. Their 1983 album, Where Angels […]
GUITARIST YNGWIE MALMSTEEN DISCUSSES HIS ART COLLECTION, “IT’S NUTS ALMOST HOW COOL IT LOOKS”
On June 18th, Swedish guitar legend Yngwie Malmsteen will unveil his fine art debut collection. Completed with art team SceneFour, the release is a pioneering effort in the new medium of crafting visual art through guitar performance. A new clip in which Malmsteen discusses his art collection can be seen below. Malmsteen recently stated about […]
RICHIE KOTZEN, ERIC MARTIN AND KIP WINGER JOIN DEF LEPPARD ON THE HIGH SEAS
Eric Martin, Kip Winger and Richie Kotzen are among the first acts to be confirmed for Def Leppard’s 2016 cruise. Hysteria On The High Seas takes place aboard the MSC Divina, leaving from Miami, Florida, on January 21st next year and stopping at Half Moon Cay and Freeport in the Bahamas. Def Leppard will be […]
MOTORHEAD RELEASES “BAD MAGIC” THIS SUMMER
After 40 years rattling teeth, bones and ears with their legendary rock’n’roll, you might excuse Motörhead if they wanted to ease off. Put their feet up. Relax a little. And instead, Motörhead gleefully say a loud and hearty ‘bollocks’ to that sort of feeble-minded thinking with their 22nd studio album, Bad Magic. Bristling with thunderous […]
GUITARIST JOE SATRIANI SAYS HE IS “HEARTBROKEN” ABOUT CHICKENFOOT AND AIMS TO FORM ANOTHER BAND
Guitarist Joe Satriani has given up trying to bring Chickenfoot together for another album – and he’s planning to form another band instead. Satriani says he’s tried to persuade singer Sammy Hagar, bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Chad Smith to make a follow-up to their second title Chickenfoot III, released in 2011 – but he’s […]
THE WINERY DOGS ENTER STUDIO TO RECORD SECOND ALBUM, TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
The Winery Dogs (Richie Kotzen-lead vocals/guitar, Mike Portnoy-drums, Billy Sheehan-bass) has entered a Los Angeles recording studio to start work on the follow-up to their debut album, which will be self-produced and released in North America this fall on Loud & Proud Records through RED (a division of Sony Music Entertainment) and in the rest […]