MOTLEY CRUE’S NIKKI SIXX ON WHY YOU WON’T BE HEARING ANY NEW MUSIC FROM THE BAND, BASSIST SAYS IT IS BECAUSE RADIO IS “FORMATTED”
Last month Motley Crue announced plans for a 72-show final tour in North America with overseas dates to follow in 2015. But the rock veterans will not be hitting the road with any new songs with Nikki Sixx casting doubt on the worth of any band in their position making an album in todays climate, […]
ROCKLAHOMA 2014 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED INCLUDING KID ROCK, TWISTED SISTER, MOTORHEAD, BLS, KIX & OTHERS; TICKETS GO ONSALE FEBRUARY 14TH
Rocklahoma–America’s biggest Memorial Day Weekend party–will rock the Midwest with an all-star lineup featuring Kid Rock, Five Finger Death Punch, Staind, Twisted Sister, Deftones, Motörhead, and many more from May 23rd-25th at “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK. The three-day campingfestival, featuring the top current active rock artists and classic bands, is presented […]
DEF LEPPARD’S PHIL COLLEN ON “SLANG”: “IT WAS [OUT OF] LEFT FIELD FOR US”
Gary Graff of Billboard reports: Nearly 18 years later, the members of Def Leppard feel that 1996’s Slang didn’t get its just due — and are hoping to rectify that a bit with this week’s release of an expanded Deluxe Edition featuring demos, outtakes and alternative versions of the CD’s 11 songs. It was an […]
GUITARIST STEVE VAI ANNOUNCES “VAI ACADEMY SONG EVOLUTION CAMP” TAKING PLACE JUNE 23RD-27TH
The inaugural Steve Vai’s Vai Academy Song Evolution Camp will take place June 23rd-27th at the pastoral Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. This unique vacation experience will be hosted by multi-platinum three-time Grammy Award-winning guitar legend Steve Vai, who will be joined by various respected guitar and music industry heavies, including Jeff […]
WHITE LION FRONTMAN MIKE TRAMP ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES
White Lion and Freak Of Nature frontman Mike Tramp has announced his return to the U.S., set for the spring of 2014. Tramp will be performing White Lion classics as well and new material off of his brand new record Cobblestone Street. The tour will begin on March 19th in Hollywood, California at the legendary […]
SLAYER GUITARIST JEFF HANNEMAN HAS A POLISH ROUNDABOUT NAMED IN HIS HONOR
When Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure last year, the band’s fans mourned alongside the musicians. Now, two of the band’s fans have honored the guitarist by renaming a roundabout in the small Polish town of Jaworzno (population: 94,000) after him. The sign for the newly rechristened Jeff Hanneman’s Circle Pit was erected […]