THE WINERY DOGS LAUNCH U.S. HEADLINING TOUR OCTOBER 3RD

The Winery Dogs–Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold), Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big) and Richie Kotzen (Poison, Mr. Big)—will launch their latest U.S. headlining tour tomorrow in Agoura Hills, CA at the Canyon Club in support of their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut album, which was released in North America July 23rd on Loud & […]
DREAM THEATER SCORES NUMBER ONE “HARD ROCK ALBUM” AND ENTERS THE BILLBOARD 200 AT NUMBER SEVEN

Dream Theater, the milestone new album from Roadrunner Records band of the same name, has made a spectacular debut atop Billboard’s “Hard Rock Albums” chart, while simultaneously entering at #7 on the overall Billboard 200. This marks the GRAMMY-nominated group’s third consecutive top 10 debut, and also sees Dream Theater making top 5 chart debuts […]
MANRAZE – FEATURING PHIL COLLEN (DEF LEPPARD) PAUL COOK (THE SEX PISTOLS) & SIMON LAFFY (GIRL) TO RELEASE “I SURRENDER” ON NOVEMBER 12TH

Manraze, the London-based rock band formed by iconic Def Leppard lead guitarist Phil Collen, along with punk rock forerunner Paul Cook (Sex Pistols) on drums and Simon Laffy, rockin’ bass player of Collen’s former glam-band, Girl, will release their new EP, I Surrender, on November 12th. I Surrender will be comprised of three songs, including […]
THE WINERY DOGS POST VIDEO FOR “TIME MACHINE” ONLINE

Billboard is premiering the video for the Winery Dogs’ Time Machine. Watch it below. “Lyrically, Time Machine explores the curse of vices and the desire to look into the past to discover the origin of these vices with the ultimate goal of a cure,” […]
SAXON DRUMMER NIGEL GLOCKLER DISCUSSES TOURING IN AMERICA AND RENEWED INTEREST IN THE BAND

Ruben Mosqueda of Oregon Music News spoke with Saxon’s drummer Nigel Glockler. Portions of the interview appear below. OMN: It’s been awhile since Saxon played a proper U.S. tour. Glockler: We did about two weeks on the Call to Arms tour but you’re right. it’s been a while. We’ll be doing a month this time […]
METALLICA GUITARIST INSISTS THAT “LULU” IS “SOME OF THE BEST STUFF WE’VE EVER DONE”

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet insists that Lulu, their notorious 2011 collaboration album with musician Lou Reed, is one one the band’s best records. The record was snubbed by all but three percent of Metallica’s fanbase, selling 15,000 copies during its first week of release compared to 490,000 for 2008′s Death Magnetic. Even their much-maligned 2003 […]