JAKE E. LEE’S RED DRAGON CARTEL APOLOGIZES FOR SINGER’S LIVE DEBUT
On December 12th Jake E. Lee’s new band Red Dragon Cartel made their live debut at Hollywood’s infamous Whiskey A Go Go. However after a series of critical reviews, mostly focusing on the poor performance of singer Darren James Smith, the band’s website have issued a statement defending the vocalist. “You fly thousands of miles, […]
BLACK SABBATH ON BILL WARD: “WE ALL LOVE BILL AND WE DESPERATELY WISH IT HAD WORKED WITH HIM”
Black Sabbath have spoken Classic Rock about their current relationship with estranged drummer Bill Ward, and whether we’d see another new album from the metal legends. “I haven’t spoken to Bill, but to be honest, I don’t actually know how to reach Bill these days because he doesn’t have the same phone number as I […]
KISS WINS THE PUBLIC POLL FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ROCK N’ ROLL HALL OF FAME
KISS have won the public poll for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next year. Over 1,390,000 people voted over 16 nominees and Kiss drew 17.22% of those, a total of 239,417 people. Nirvana came second with 15.69% followed by Deep Purple (11.93%), Yes (10.88%), Hall And Oates (8.1%) and Peter Gabriel […]
RAINBOW TO CELEBRATE ITS FIRST DECADE BY RELEASING “THE SINGLES BOX SET 1975-1986” IN FEBRUARY
The first decade of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow will be celebrated with a limited-edition 19-disc box set early next year. It contains reproductions of the original vinyl singles’ artwork and comes complete with a 32-page book detailing the band’s release history from 1975 until 1986. Sleeve notes are written by Andy Francis. Label Commercial Marketing states, […]
RICHIE SAMBORA INSISTS THERE IS NO RIFT WITH BON JOVI OVER MONEY
Michele Amabile Angermiller of The Hollywood Reporter reports: For 30 years, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora lived his life on the rock ‘n’ roll treadmill of writing, recording, and touring until 2013 when the Woodbridge, NJ native did the unimaginable: he quit. “We were the hardest working band in the world, man,” he tells The […]
ANTHRAX’S FRANK BELLO & MEGADETH’S DAVE ELLEFSON ANNOUNCE NEW EP ENTITLED “ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE” OUT IN JANUARY
Altitudes & Attitude, the new project from longtime friends Frank Bello of Anthrax and David Ellefson of Megadeth, will release their self-titled EP on January 14th. The two bassists began writing music together while traveling the world during clinics now known as Metal Masters. “What started out as simple bass ideas quickly developed into some […]