NIKKI SIXX DEFENDS MÖTLEY CRÜE’S DECISION TO REPLACE GUITARIST MICK MARS, STATING, IT WAS “THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT THE RIGHT THING ISN’T ALWAYS FUN”

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx has defended the band’s choice to replace guitarist Mick Mars with John 5. The bassist, 65, stands by the decision in a new interview with Classic Rock. “It was becoming harder and harder and harder to get anything done with Mick because of his memory problems and just his physical ailments,” Sixx […]

GUITARIST JAKE E. LEE SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN LAS VEGAS, REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION

As confirmed by management, legendary rock guitarist Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands, Red Dragon Cartel) was shot multiple times early this morning in a Las Vegas, NV street shooting. Lee is fully conscious and doing well in an intensive care unit at a Las Vegas hospital. He is expected to fully recover.   Las Vegas authorities believe the shooting […]

ALEX VAN HALEN DISCUSSES HIS FORTHCOMING BIOGRAPHY “BROTHERS,” HE ALSO REVEALS WHY THE VAN HALEN REUNION NEVER SUCCEEDED, AND HOW BOTH OZZY OSBOURNE, AND CHRIS CORNELL, ALMOST FRONTED VAN HALEN

Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone reports: After his brother [Eddie] died, Alex Van Halen fell apart. He can prove it. There’s photographic evidence right here on his phone, which also happens to be a repository of unheard, unfinished Van Halen songs. Spend the day with him, and he might play a few. But first, he’ll scroll to that image, an […]

RATT SHARES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG “REACH FOR THE SKY” FROM “OUT OF THE CELLAR” 40TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION

BMG, in partnership with Rhino Entertainment, has shared Reach For The Sky, a previously unreleased track recorded during the sessions for Ratt‘s 1984 debut album Out Of The Cellar. The song will be included on limited-edition versions of the Out Of The Cellar 40th-anniversary release celebrating the band’s massively successful first studio album, due on November 8th, 2024. To read more details […]

DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE 16TH STUDIO ALBUM, “PARASOMNIA,” SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2025, FIRST SINGLE, “NIGHT TERROR,” AVAILABLE FOR LISTENING

An album announcement that is fifteen years in the making, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater return with their sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia. The album marks the first album featuring the iconic lineup of vocalist James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings. The news on this […]