L.A.GUNS HAVE A NEW GUITARIST AND “LIVE” DVD/CD COMING OUT NEXT MONTH
A mere month after being named L.A. Guns guitarist, Frankie Wilsey has been replaced by EndeverafteR’s Michael Grant. The former EndeverafteR frontman, who had minor success with the singles I Wanna Be Your Man and Baby Baby Baby in 2007, will made his live debut last night (January 17th) with the band in Illinois. Said […]
TOM MORELLO TO FILL IN FOR STEVEN VAN ZANDT ON SPRINGSTEEN AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Tom Morello may not be rocking with Rage Against the Machine at the moment, but the guitarist has found another tour that will keep him occupied. Morello has agreed to play in Bruce Springsteen‘s band for their upcoming Australian tour while regular guitarist Steven Van Zandt (above, right) takes a break to shoot episodes of his television series ‘Lilyhammer.’ The admiration between Tom […]
ANTHRAX PREMIERE’S NEW COVER SONG FROM UPCOMING EP – RUSH’S “ANTHEM”
Anthrax has just made available a taste of the band’s upcoming EP Anthems, due out March 19 (Megaforce). “Anthem,” the band’s cover of the classic Rush song, can be heard here. In addition to the EP’s cover art, each of the cover songs will have its own special artwork, each one based on the tracks’ original album cover […]
THE STATION FIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION REJECTS DONATIONS FROM SINGER JACK RUSSELL
As previously reported, former Great White frontman Jack Russell will playing an acoustic show next month to mark the tenth anniversary of The Station fire that killed 100 Great White fans and the band’s guitarist Ty Longley. The singer was planning to donate all proceeds from the show to the Station Fire Memorial Foundation, however […]
KROKUS PREMIERES “DIRTY DYNAMITE” VIDEO
On February 22nd Krokus will release their 17th studio album entitled Dirty Dynamite and they have posted a music video for the first single and title track. Watch it below. But it hasn’t all been one long “high”: death, sickness and internal strife have pushed the band to the brink of collapse. The story of […]
DEF LEPPARD GUITARIST DISCUSSES “VIVA! HYSTERIA” VEGAS RESIDENCY
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen spoke with Caroline Fontein of Vegas.com about the band’s upcoming nine-show Vegas residency, Viva! Hysteria. Portions of the interview appear below. Vegas.com: What prompted the group to do this residency in Vegas at the Hard Rock? Phil Collen: A lot of other bands do this stuff, but I think it’s […]