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RATT: All 2020 Shows Are Being Rescheduled For Next Year

All of RATT's previously announced shows in 2020 are being rescheduled for next year. The veteran California rockers announced the postponement of their live activities in a social media post earlier today. They wrote: "For the health and safety of our fans and those involved with the production of...

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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI Is 'Doing Great' After Completing 21st Round Of Chemotherapy, Says ALEX GROSSI

QUIET RIOT's Frankie Banali is "doing great" after completing his 21st round of chemotherapy, says his bandmate Alex Grossi. The drummer, who has been battling stage IV pancreatic cancer for the past 15 months, went public with his diagnosis last October, writing in a social media post that the canc...

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HOOKERS & BLOW Feat. GUNS N' ROSES, QUIET RIOT Members: Cover Of DAVID BOWIE's 'Ziggy Stardust' Out Now

HOOKERS & BLOW, the project formed by longtime GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed and QUIET RIOT guitarist Alex Grossi, has been hitting the studio to record a covers album, due later this year via Golden Robot Records. Today sees the arrival of the LP's third single, an emotive version of Dav...

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RUDY SARZO: How QUIET RIOT Ended Up Becoming 'Overnight' Success With 'Metal Health'

In a new interview with "Tommy Röckit's Rhythm Nation Rock Show", former QUIET RIOT bassist Rudy Sarzo reflected on how the band became an "overnight" success with "Metal Health", the first "heavy metal" album to top the U.S. chart. He said (see video below): "[It was] serendipity. Being in the righ...

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DEE SNIDER Blasts Political Correctness: 'A Movie Like 'Blazing Saddles' Could Not Be Made Today'

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, who was famously called to testify before the U.S. Senate against the proposition to have warning labels be placed on albums deemed "offensive" to listeners, spoke about the rise of cancel culture and political cor...

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Former HAWKWIND Bassist ALAN DAVEY Joins DANNY B. HARVEY's HEADCAT 13

Proving the old adage about cats having nine lives, rockabilly guitarist and icon Danny B. Harvey has returned with a new descendent of the rockabilly project he started back with Lemmy of MOTÖRHEAD and Slim Jim Phantom of THE STRAY CATS. THE HEAD CAT, as they dubbed themselves, released a studio al...

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SLIPKNOT's JAY WEINBERG: 'Nero Forte' Drum Playthrough On ROLAND VAD506 Kit (Video)

Jay Weinberg, drummer with band SLIPKNOT, has to keep his drumming and physical fitness in top shape. Touring with SLIPKNOT is the drumming equivalent of being asked to run a marathon, night after night. Playing a show this demanding without a warmup can lead to injuries, which could be game over fo...

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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER 'Would Love To Meet' K.K. DOWNING

In a new interview with Sam Coulson, JUDAS PRIEST's Richie Faulkner was asked which three guitar players, living or dead, he would like to invite to a dinner party. He responded (see video below): "I think if I could invite any guitar player, living or dead, to a dinner party, I think [one] would be...

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More Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of TOMMY LEE's 'Knock Me Down' And 'Tops' Videos

More behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Knock Me Down" and "Tops", the two new solo videos from MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, can be seen below. Both clips were directed by Lee's longtime friend Fred Durst (LIMP BIZKIT). In conversation with Lee about his new music, his abject joy over h...

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RUDY SARZO On FRANKIE BANALI's Cancer Battle: 'He's A Fighter. He Ain't Going Down.'

Rudy Sarzo says that Frankie Banali is a "fighter" who is always "looking out after everybody" else. Sarzo and Banali were bandmates in the classic lineup of QUIET RIOT, whose "Metal Health" album is widely considered to be the first by a metal act to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart. Rudy discuss...

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QUIET RIOT Cancels Arkansas Concert Due To 'Serious Health Concerns'

Due to "serious health concerns," QUIET RIOT has elected to cancel its previously announced "socially distanced" concert on July 4 month at Magic Springs Theme And Water Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas as part of the Magic Springs Summer Concert Series. MOLLY HATCHET and BLACKFOOT will still perform a...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Featured In Trailer For 'Creem: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine' Documentary

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Suzi Quatro and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS' Chad Smith are among the musicians who appear in the newly released trailer for a documentary film titled "Creem: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine", which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year. The...

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Go Behind The Scenes Of TOMMY LEE's Collaboration With FRED DURST On 'Knock Me Down' And 'Tops' Videos

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Knock Me Down" and "Tops", the two new solo videos from MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, can be seen below. Both clips were directed by Lee's longtime friend Fred Durst (LIMP BIZKIT). In conversation with Lee about his new music, his abject joy over his ne...

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MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Announces Summer/Fall 2021 North American Tour

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE has announced the rescheduled dates for its North American tour. The trek was originally slated to kick off on September 9 in Detroit, Michigan and end on October 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada and was supposed to include a headlining appearance at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento,...

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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI Is 'Not On His Death Bed' And 'Will Come Home' Soon, Says His Wife

QUIET RIOT's Frankie Banali is "not on his death bed" and "will come home" soon after being hospitalized for an infection, says his wife. On Monday (June 15),Banali was admitted to the emergency room at the Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center in Woodland Hills, California. The drummer,...