PRODUCER, SONG WRITER KIM FOWLEY, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH THE RUNAWAYS, PASSES AT AGE 75
Lina Lecaro of L.A. Weekly reports: Legendary L.A. producer, songwriter and perpetual provocateur Kim Fowley is dead after a long battle with cancer at the age of 75, several outlets are reporting. Best known for his work with all-girl rockers The Runaways, Fowley had struggled with health problems in recent years and had been bed-bound […]
CALIFORNIA BREED IS KAPUT
California Breed, the band initially consisting of bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes, guitarist and vocalist Andrew Watt, and drummer Jason Bonham and then Bonhams’s subsequently replaced by Joey Castillo, have posted the following message on their Facebook page: “The band is over…what a logo though right?” Andrew Watt elaborated further on the situation by saying, […]
IRON MAIDEN JOINS THE FIGHT AGAINST TICKET SCALPERS
Iron Maiden is joining in the fight against ticket scalpers. The band’s manager Ron Smallwood was among 80 representatives from the music and sports businesses who signed an open letter asking the U.K. government to crack down on secondary sellers. The letter published in The Independent asks officials to “put fans first” and help ensure […]
RICHIE KOTZEN’S 20TH SOLO ALBUM, “CANNIBALS,” OUT NOW
Guitarist/singer/songwriter Richie Kotzen digitally released his 20th solo album, Cannibals, January 8th through his Headroom-Inc label. It quickly reached number one on Amazon’s New Rock Releases chart. Videos for You and Cannibals can be found on the site, here. “Cannibals is an interesting record for me,” Kotzen explains, “because much of this material is comprised […]
SEASON 14 OF VH1 CLASSIC’S FLAGSHIP SERIES “THAT METAL SHOW” RETURNS ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21ST AT NEW BROADCAST TIME OF 9:00PM ET/PT
VH1 Classic’s centerpiece in original programming That Metal Show returns for its 14th season this February. The acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal talk show, hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine, will kick-off the new season on Saturday, February 21st at a new broadcast time of 9:00PM ET/PT, repeating at 11:00PM ET/PT the same […]
OZZY OSBOURNE TO SCHEDULE HALLOWEEN THEMED VEGAS RESIDENCY CALLED “HELL GATE”
Ozzy Osbourne’s Hell Gate project is a month-long residency in Las Vegas themed on Halloween, wife Sharon has revealed. The Black Sabbath frontman teased the concept in September, launching a Facebook page that led to speculation it would be linked with Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. Now Sharon reports on her US TV show The […]