JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE will perform at the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California on August 16 as part of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. This will mark Russell's first appearance at the legendary venue in over 30 years, and to celebrate the homecoming, the show will be recorded and given away ...
August 2012 - Blabbermouth Archive
NIGHTRAGE Taps SNOWY SHAW For South Korea Concert
Multi-national thrashers NIGHTRAGE have tapped Snowy Shaw (THERION, KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL, DIMMU BORGIR) to sit behind the kit for their August 26 concert in South Korea. Snowy will be filling in for regular NIGHTRAGE drummer Johan Nunez, who has been busy touring and recording with FIREWIND. NIGHTRAGE states, "We are honored to have [Snowy] ...
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Filming New Video
Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA filmed a video earlier today for an as-yet-undisclosed track in Brooklyn, New York. A photo from the shoot can be seen below. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA released a live CD/DVD, "Dead & Alive", on June 26 via Ferret Music. "Dead & Alive" was filmed and recorded ...
EDGUY Frontman Working On New AVANTASIA Album
EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet is working on a new CD from his AVANTASIA project for a spring 2013 release. According to a post on Sammet's web site, "Concept-wise, the album will be a classic rock opera/metal opera. It's going to be a timeless fairytale that despite its fantasy appeal was inspired by happenings of our ...
Former FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, NONPOINT, IN THIS MOMENT Members Join Forces In MY ACUMEN
According to Groovey of Hollywood Music, former FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Matt Snell has joined forces with guitarists Zach Broderick (NONPOINT, ATTIKA 7) and Darrell Roberts (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, W.A.S.P.), and drummer Jeff Fabb (IN THIS MOMENT, JAMES DURBIN) in a brand new band called MY ACUMEN. The group is currently ...
JOE PERRY Says AEROSMITH's Record Company Doesn't Know For Sure How To Market New Album
Steven Tyler admits he's still amazed how AEROSMITH has managed to keep it together over the past 40 years. The singer, whose decision to take the job as a judge on Fox's "American Idol" caused a major rift between him and AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry, explained to LA Weekly in a new interview ...
Report: Woman Injured By LOLLAPALOOZA Gate Crashers While Waiting For BLACK SABBATH
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a 39-year-old woman suffered a severe cervical neck sprain after hundreds of gate-crashers rushed the fence at Lollapalooza Friday afternoon (August 3), just hours before BLACK SABBATH took the stage in Chicago's Grant Park. Cindy Glaser and her husband — who counts SABBATH as his "favorite band of ...
JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Weighs In On Chick-Fil-A Gay-Marriage Controversy
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has weighed in on the Chick-fil-A controversy, insisting that both the supporters and the critics of the chicken eatery's chief executive and his views on gay marriage are perfectly within their rights to make their opinions known. When asked about his thoughts on gay marriage in a radio ...
SEBASTIAN BACH's Guitarist NICK STERLING Sitting Out Shows Over Contractual Dispute
Nick Sterling, who played guitar, and co-wrote many of the songs, on Sebastian Bach's latest album, "Kicking & Screaming", has chosen to sit out the last couple of shows on Bach's current North American tour due to an apparent business disagreement. "Unfortunately, I will not be performing tonight at Nokia Live," the 22-year-old Sterling wrote ...