DEEP PURPLE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “=1” OUT JULY 19TH

One of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time releases new album =1, on July 19th through earMUSIC, and it can be pre-ordered here. The first single will be unveiled on April 30th at midnight, a taster for the full 13 tracks of pioneering and rip-roaring rock ‘n’ roll. Deep Purple continue […]

SEBASTIAN RELEASES VIDEO FOR “HEAVIEST SONG”, “(HOLD ON) TO THE DREAM”

Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has shared the official music video for his new song called (Hold On) To The Dream. The track is taken from his upcoming solo album, Child Within The Man, due on May 10th through Reigning Phoenix Music. “If someone asked me to play the heaviest song I have ever recorded in my 35-year career, […]

OZZY, AS A SOLO ARTIST, TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner and Peter Frampton are among the 2024 inductees into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Other inductees in the Performer category are Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Kool & The Gang and A Tribe Called Quest. Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield will be presented with the Musical Excellence Award; Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton will receive the Musical Influence Award; and Suzanne de Passe is […]

LITA FORD DISCUSSES BEING ASKED TO PLAY BASS FOR LED ZEPPELIN

Andrew Daly of Guitar World spoke with Lita Ford, excerpts from the discussion appear below. Guitar World: At some point in the ‘70s, you were playing in a club, and the story goes that Led Zeppelin asked you to play bass. Was that before or during The Runaways? Lita Ford: The Runaways were playing at […]

METALLICA’S JAMES HETFIELD GETS TATTOO MADE WITH LEMMY KILMISTER’S ASHES

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has revealed a new tattoo in memory of late rocker Lemmy Kilmister — using some of the Motörhead star’s ashes. Hetfield, 60, showed off the tattoo — featuring Motörhead‘s famous Ace of Spades logo — made with “black ink mixed with a pinch of his cremation ashes that were so graciously given to […]