Y&T HAVE LAUNCHED A KICKSTARTER FUND TO HELP MAKE A BAND DOCUMENTARY
Y&T have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of a career-spanning documentary. Frontman Dave Meniketti hopes fans will step up so the band can tell their own story their own way. The movie is to be built out of the hundreds of hours of personal footage shot over the years. It’s set to […]
STRYPER’S MICHAEL SWEET TELLS OUR OWN EDDIE TRUNK THAT SEBASTIAN BACH FANS WANT TO “HEAR SEBASTIAN OF OLD..[NOT] MODERN ROCK”
Blabbermouth.net reports: Stryper frontman Michael Sweet says that he was approached to produce a solo album from Sebastian Bach, claiming that the plan was to write music that was reminiscent of “those powerful songs from [Bach’s Skid Row] past.” During Sweet’s appearance on the January 19th edition of Eddie Trunk’s SiriusXM satellite radio show, Eddie […]
BLACK SABBATH’S GEEZER BUTLER ARRESTED AFTER ALTERCATION IN A BAR
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has been arrested following an altercation at the Corkscrew Saloon on the Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, Calif. Booked at the Inyo County Jail under this full name of Terence Michael Butler, the 65-year-old was charged with misdemeanor assault, public intoxication and vandalism on Tuesday (Jan. 27). Butler has […]
BLACK STAR RIDERS ANNOUNCE DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL APPEARANCE & THREE U.S. SHOWS
Black Star Riders has confirmed their appearance at this year’s Download Festival – England’s premiere summer rock event taking place at “the spiritual home of rock,” Donington Park. The multi-stage music festival will also host KISS, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Faith No More, Muse, and Slash. In the U.S., Black Star Riders will play three […]
ICONIC GUITARIST EDDIE VAN HALEN TALKS INNOVATION AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY’S “WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN” PROGRAM
Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen will speak at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and Zócalo Public Square February 12th about innovation as part of the national “What It Means to Be American” program. The Dutch immigrant and naturalized U.S. citizen will discuss his American journey, his role in creating one of the biggest […]
FORMER ACCEPT FRONTMAN UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER SAYS OF THE BAND’S CURRENT LINEUP, “I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED”
Former Accept singer and current Udo frontman Udo Dirkschneider was a guest on the Lokaos Rock Show. Portions of the conversation appear below. When asked how it feels for him to see Accept continue with a new singer (former TT Quick frontman Mark Tornillo) as his replacement, Udo said, “What can I say? I mean, […]