DEF LEPPARD were joined by QUEEN's Brian May for a "rocking" version of the QUEEN classic "Tie Your Mother Down" during the finale of the band's performance at the London Apollo Hammersmith on Friday (October 31). In addition drummer Rick Allen's 40th birthday was celebrated on stage during the gig when Rick's mother surprised him ...
German melodic metallers MOB RULES are in the middle of pre-production for their fourth album, tentatively due to be recorded in January for an April 2004 release through SPV Records. The band have completed nine brand-new tracks for the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2002's "Hollowed Be Thy Name" and have another two or three song ideas ...
THYRFING guitarist Henrik Svegsjö has taken off on a six-month trip to New Zealand from his native Sweden, leaving the rest of the group to "put on our thinking-hats and try to create the most fundamental parts of what will be the fifth THYRFING album," the group write on their web site. "The first bricks ...
BLACK 'N BLUE are "alive and well" and will continue on with the complete scheduled tour with L.A. GUNS despite the previously reported stabbing of their tour manager Friday (Oct. 31), the group's manager Jeff Keller has confirmed in a statement. According to Keller, none of the members of BLACK 'N BLUE were ...
Rob Zombie was recently interviewed by one of the biggest names in horror comic books, Steve Niles, for comic book web site Comic Book Resources. Read the interview here. As previously reported, Zombie and Niles are currently collaborating on a new horror series titled "The Nail". "The Nail" will be co-written by Niles ...
Ted Nugent will be one of the speakers at a rally Tuesday (November 4) on the steps of the state Capitol in Lansing, Michigan to support a bill that would make Michigan the 40th state to allow dove hunting. The rally, which starts at 9 a.m., backs a bill introduced by Rep. Susan Tabor, R-Delta ...
A full-length radio version of the new DREAM THEATER track "As I Am" has been posted online at this location. "As I Am" comes off DREAM THEATER's new album, "Train Of Thought" (view cover here), due on November 11 through Elektra Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence" ...
The newly remastered version of AC/DC's "Live At Donington" video (Epic/Sony) will be released on DVD on November 3 in Europe and November 11th in North America. Issued in digipak format with a new cover and booklet, it also includes a digital transfer from the original 16mm film and 5.1 Surround/Dolby Digital 2.0 mix by ...
The 25th anniversary of the death of SEX PISTOLS bassist Sid Vicious — February 2, 2004 — will be commemorated by a number of projects, collectively titled "Vicious - Too Fast To Live". These will be as follows: The book "Vicious - Too Fast To Live" by Alan Parker (Creation Books) promises to reveal "for ...
