Veteran German hard rockers KINGDOM COME have parted ways with rhythm guitarist Yenz Leonhardt. According to a posting on the band's web site, "Yenz took on too many jobs which require his time and are in constant conflict with KINGDOM COME's schedule. Therefore, KINGDOM COME decided to part from Yenz, but wishes him all the ...
GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has issued the following update: "Some good friends of mine at Chiller Theatre [toy, model and film expo] were kind enough to invite me to hang with them at the upcoming expo next weekend. It'll be at the Hilton in Parsippany, New Jersey [from] Friday, October 5 to ...
SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan has issued the following update on SCARS ON BROADWAY, his new project with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Daron Malakian (guitarist, vocalist, songwriter): "Yesterday [Thursday, Sept. 27], Daron and I began recording SCARS ON BROADWAY's debut album. We've gone in with close to 18 songs. The music is expansive, ...
Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have announced the following 2008 dates: May 09 - Rock Hard Festival (Gelsenkirchen Amphitheater) - Gelsenkirchen, GER Jul. 05 - Metalcamp - Tolmin, SLO Back in August, CELTIC FROST was forced to postpone its Mexican shows after the group's drummer, Franco Sesa, was diagnosed with an acute otitis media ...
Toronto hard rock quartet CRASH KELLY will release "Love You Electric" in Europe on November 9 through the French label Bad Reputation. Comments CRASH KELLY frontman Sean Kelly: "The album is a combination of tracks from [previously released CRASH KELLY albums] 'Electric Satisfaction' and 'Penny Pills', as well as some previously unavailable bonus tracks. The ...
NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, ex-WHITESNAKE axeman Bernie Marsden, GMT (GUY-MCCOY-TORME; which features Irish guitarist Bernie Torme alongside ex-GILLAN bassist John McCoy and drummer Robin Guy) and Michael Angelo Batio are among the scheduled performers at the Guitarfest, set to take place October 13-14 at Cocks ...
Los Angeles-based "jam" group CAMP FREDDY appeared at the Declare Yourself event in Beverly Hills this week and performed three songs that were recorded by producer Mike Clink (GUNS N' ROSES). The band was fronted by Chester Bennington of LINKIN PARK and featured THE CULT bassist Chris Wyse and JANE'S ADDICTION drummer Stephen Perkins alongside ...
MonstersAndCritics.com reports that Ozzy Osbourne says his "world stopped" when he found out that John Lennon had been shot. Osbourne has revealed he "couldn't describe" how he felt when he was told THE BEATLES legend had been assassinated. He told Britain's BBC Radio 1 "Legends" show: "The world stopped for me when Sharon ...
Mitch Lafon of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with Sammy Hagar. An excerpt from the chat follows: Classic Rock Revisited: What do you think of the current VAN HALEN reunion and Michael Anthony being snubbed? Sammy: I think they're crazy for doing that. When I got to "reunion" with those guys ...
