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TODD LA TORRE-Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE Sends 'Thoughts And Prayers' Out To RANDY GANE

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton has released the following statement: "We in QUEENSRŸCHE want to send our thoughts and prayers out to our old friend Randy Gane in light of the heart attack he suffered the other night. He will always be a part of the extended QUEENSRŸCHE family and we want to wi...

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RUDY SARZO Interviewed At '95.5 KLOS Christmas Show' (Video)

Legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) was interviewed backstage at the 95.5 KLOS Christmas Show, which took place on December 13 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. In a recent interview with Artisan News, Sarzo said...

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WHITESNAKE Mainman Remembers JON LORD (Video)

In the four-minute clip below, WHITESNAKE/ex-DEEP PURPLE vocalist David Coverdale remembers first meeting late DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord whom he describes as "a sweet, sweet man. He knew how to elevate your spirit." Coverdale talks about how Lord comforted him before his audition for DEEP PUR...

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DOKKEN Guitarist JON LEVIN Recovering From Surgery, Says He Will Be Unable To Tour Until May

DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin will be unable to perform with the band for the next several months while he recovers from surgery on his neck and shoulder for thoracic outlet syndrome (a condition when the nerves or blood vessels just below the neck are compressed, or squeezed). "My hand feels great, bu...

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Keyboardist For GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Suffers Heart Attack

Keyboardist Randy Gane (pictured below),who is a member of Geoff Tate's newly assembled version of QUEENSRŸCHE, suffered a heart attack Wednesday night (December 26),according to a posting on Geoff's Facebook page. The singer is asking fans to "please send [their] prayers and positive thoughts to...

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DOKKEN Guitarist JON LEVIN Undergoes 'Pretty Serious' Surgery On His Arm

DOKKEN frontman and namesake Don Dokken was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Don Dokken interview begins around the nine-minute mark.) Speaking about DOKKEN's plans for the immediate future, Don...

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FIREHOUSE Drummer To Fill In For WARRANT's STEVEN SWEET

Michael Foster (FIREHOUSE) will fill in for WARRANT drummer Steven Sweet for the band's shows until February while Sweet is "on the mend" following last month's neck surgery. Foster, 46, has been playing drums since he was 5 years old. In 1984, he auditioned for a band called WHITE HEAT where guitar...

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RUDY SARZO: Why I Decided To Join GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE

Legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) says that he decided to join Geoff Tate's newly assembled version of QUEENSRŸCHE because the the opportunity to work with a "world-class vocalist" like Tate was too good to pass up. "My motivation for joining the band is, you...

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STRYPER Frontman Says 'It Should Be A Blast' Singing Classic DOKKEN Songs With T&N

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has confirmed that he will hit the road next year with T&N (formerly TOOTH AND NAIL),the new project featuring current and former members of DOKKEN (George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown),in support of that band's recently released debut album, "Slave To The E...

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SOMETHING UNTO NOTHING: 'I'm The One' Video Released

"I'm The One", the new video from SOMETHING UNTO NOTHING (S.U.N.) — the band featuring the whiskey-soaked voice of Sass Jordan, a Canadian icon and Juno Award winner, alongside music partner, renowned drummer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Tichy, known for his tours of duty with BILLY I...

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JEFF PILSON Discusses T&N Debut In New Audio Interview

On November 6, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Jeff Pilson of T&N (formerly TOOTH AND NAIL),the new project featuring current and former members of DOKKEN. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. "Slave To The Empire"...

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WHITESNAKE Frontman's 'Christmas Crackers' (Video)

The latest episode of Whitesnake TV, in which WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale answers video questions from his fans about his life, music and career, and performs a few numbers with the band's guitarist, Doug Aldrich, can be seen below. In a recent interview with Albania's Top Channel web site,...

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KORN, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, SCORPIONS Drummers To Take Part In 'Bonzo Bash NAMM Jamm 2013'

Bonzo Bash founder and S.U.N. guitarist Brian Thomas Tichy (also of WHITESNAKE) recently said, "As I sit here in a dimly lit room with my headphones from 1977 cranked, staring at the LP cover of 'Physical Graffiti', spinning a drum stick, hypnotized by the flanged snare drum in 'Kashmir', I smile t...

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PORTNOY, KOTZEN, SHEEHAN Project Completes Work On Debut Album

The new project featuring Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG) and Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) has completed work on its debut album for a 2013 release. Sheehan says: "I'm really pleased with it. Richie sang his ass off and played amazingly uni...

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ASTAROTH: 'Nero's Fire' Video Released

"Nero's Fire", the new video from legendary Italian heavy metal pioneers ASTAROTH, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's first-ever full-length album, "The End Of Silence", which will be released on December 21 via She Wolf Records. Produced by the band's bassist Saverio "Shining" Princip...