Search results for 'godsmack'

News

OZZFEST 2007...FOR FREE

"This will change everybody's impression of the way touring in the summer in America should be." -- Sharon Osbourne Imagine a day of wall-to-wall hard rock. Imagine the world's greatest headliner sharing a bill with cutting edge new artists. Imagine if this brass-knuckled beast was hellbent on comin...

News

GODSMACK Bassist Welcomes Addition To Family

GODSMACK bassist Robbie Merrill and his wife Heather welcomed their first child, Nianni Chay Merrill, on January 18. Nianni weighed in at just under 7 pounds. A photo of Robbie with his new daughter can be found at this location. GODSMACK is currently taking the early months of 2007 off and will pos...

News

POISON Frontman Recording New Solo Material

POISON frontman Bret Michaels is currently in the studio recording new solo material. An exclusive clip of one of the new tracks will be posted next week on his official web site. To catch Bret and/or POISON on TV next week be sure to check out: * "The Tyra Banks Show" on Feb. 07 at ...

News

SMASHING PUMPKINS Confirmed For Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

SMASHING PUMPKINS has been confirmed for the Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 15-17 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). The PUMPKINS will perform on June 15. Also scheduled to appear are SLA...

News

BILLY CORGAN Not Likely To Put Full SMASHING PUMPKINS Together Again

Launch Radio Networks reports: It's looking more and more likely that the relaunched SMASHING PUMPKINS will not include original members James Iha on guitar and D'Arcy Wretzky on bass. PUMPKINS manager Paul Geary hinted at a different formation in comments he made to MTV.com, saying, "I've been invo...

News

GODSMACK Frontman: 'I Look Back And Never Regret One Stitch Of My Past'

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna recently spoke to Dave Wedge of the Boston Herald about the upcoming release of his memoir, "The Paths We Choose", due on February 22 via Bartleby Press. "Now I look back and never regret one stitch of my past," Erna said from his home in Windham, N.H. "I wouldn’t ...

News

DIMEBAG Art Tribute To Hit Tampa At The End Of March

"Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute" — the art exhibit of guitars that have been hand-painted, illustrated and sculpted by top rockers and modern artists in tribute to one of the most influential metal guitarists of all-time, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott of DAMAGEPLAN and PANTERA —...

News

GODSMACK Frontman Schedules Book Signing In Hollywood

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna will be doing a book signing in Los Angeles to promote his memoir called "The Paths We Choose". The details are as follows: Date: Saturday, February 24 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Borders Books and Music 1501 Vine Street Hollywood, CA 90028 323-463-8519 Erna was given the ke...

News

GODSMACK Frontman Says Upcoming Memoir Is 'A Snapshot Of My Life'

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna recently spoke to The Phoenix about the upcoming release of his memoir, "The Paths We Choose", due on February 7 via Bartleby Press. "I didn't want to write an autobiography as much as a snapshot of my life, about growing up on the streets of Lawrence [Massachusetts], th...

News

POWERMAN 5000: Tour Dates Announced

POWERMAN 5000 has lined up the following tour dates: Mar. 09 - Traverse City, MI - Streeters Mar. 10 - Flint, MI - The Machine Shope Mar. 11 - Louisville, KY - Headliner's Music Hall Mar. 12 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note Mar. 14 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Down Under Mar. 15 - ...

News

GODSMACK Frontman Accepts Key To City Of Lawrence

Rosemary Ford of the Eagle-Tribune reports: The Lawrence (Massachusetts) Sully Erna grew up in wasn't pretty. It was a place riddled with gangs, drugs and violence. They were tough times, but Erna wouldn't change a thing about it. Without it, he might not be the lead singer of the multiplatinum supe...

News

PAUL STANLEY To Play KISS Classics With ROCK 'N ROLL FANTASY Campers

Paul Stanley (KISS),Bret Michaels (POISON),Scott Ian (ANTHRAX),Bruce Kulick (KISS),Sully Erna (GODSMACK),and Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER) are among the artists that have signed on to serve as "counselors" at next month's Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp. The cost of the five-day retreat, which will take...

News

HEXEREI Signs With SCREAMING FERRET WRECKORDS

New Hampshire-based metal outfit HEXEREI has signed a two-album deal with Screaming Ferret Wreckords (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, MELIAH RAGE). The group's new CD, titled "Pay Your Dues", is tentatively scheduled for release in April, to be followed by a year of touring. Commented HEXEREI vocalist Travis Pfenn...

News

SPEED\KILL/HATE Announces New Singer

Old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE have announced the addition of singer Bob Barnack to the group's ranks. "Bob stepped up and delivered big time," guitarist Dave Linsk (also in OVERKILL) writes on the band's web site. "He is a great new addition to SPEED\KILL/HATE." SPEED\KILL/HATE's follow-up to...

News

OZZY OSBOURNE, ACE FREHLEY To Participate In 'Six-String Masterpieces' DIMEBAG Art Tribute

Ozzy Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH) and Ace Frehley (KISS) are among the latest artists who have signed on to participate in the "Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute" — the art exhibit of guitars that have been hand-painted, illustrated and sculpted by top rockers and modern artists i...