GUITAR WORLD’S 11 ESSENTIAL THRASH METAL ALBUMS, SEE IF YOU AGREE
Guitar World lists the 11 essential thrash metal albums every self-respecting metalhead should have in his/her record collection and explain the reasons why, as for 11? “Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it?” Here is their list. What do you think? Metallica: Master of Puppets An extraordinary display of the full range of thrash metal’s […]
SEASON 13 FINALE OF VH1 CLASSIC’S “THAT METAL SHOW” WELCOMES GUITARIST JOE SATRIANI AND COMEDIANS ARTIE LANGE AND JIM BREUER
That Metal Show wraps up its latest season, lucky number 13, with a guitar player’s dream episode. Guitar virtuoso and instructor to some of music’s finest players, Joe Satriani, stops by the set to chat with hosts Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine. Joe shows off his upcoming release: the complete music anthology contained […]
PICTURES OF EDDIE TRUNK, TESLA, CINDERELLA, WINERY DOGS AND OTHERS FROM THE “MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE”
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GUITARIST JAKE E. LEE DISCUSSES HOW HE WROTE “BARK AT THE MOON”
Guitarist Jake E. Lee (Red Dragon Cartel, Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands) participated in a half-show/half-question-and-answer-session at the Lava Cable stage in Owasso, Oklahoma on March 13th. Lee, who wrote Bark At The Moon” the title song of Ozzy Osbourne’s 1983 album of the same name, revealed how he wrote the tune to be played originally and […]
KISS’ PAUL STANLEY ON VINNY VINCENT AND ERIC CARR’S MAKEUP/NEW CHARACTERS: “PEOPLE DIDN’T BUY IT,” PLUS 18 OTHER TIDBITS ABOUT THE BAND
Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone reports: 1. KISS may have gotten the idea for their makeup from two other acts. “We loved the New York Dolls,” says Peter Criss, who grew up with the Dolls’ drummer, Jerry Nolan. “But when we tried that, we looked like four old drag queens. Then we saw Alice Cooper […]
ACCEPT’S “BLIND RAGE” TO BE RELEASED ON JULY 18TH
Hardly any other band has influenced the Heavy Metal genre as much as German legends Accept. Classics albums such as Restless And Wild (1982), Balls To The Wall (1983) and Metal Heart (1985), have inspired generations of new bands, and this has continued since their reunion in 2009. Both Blood Of The Nations (2010) and […]
