Search results for 'kirk hammett'
News
PHILIP ANSELMO: New Video Interview Available
Götz Kühnemund of Germany's Rock Hard magazine conducted an interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo at the Roadburn festival on April 17, 2008 in Tilburg, Holland. Watch the chat in two parts below. DOWN is the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring Philip Anselmo, CORROSION OF CONFORMI...July 21, 2008
News
METALLICA Guitarist KIRK HAMMETT Welcomes Addition To Family
According to a posting on METALLICA's official web site, the group's guitarist Kirk Hammett and his wife Lani (photo) welcomed a healthy baby boy named Vincenzo Kainalu on June 28. The couple also has a 22-month-old son named Angel Ray Keala Hammett (born on September 29, 2006). Kirk and Lani got ma...July 15, 2008
News
Rare Footage From Pre-CROWBAR Band SHELL SHOCK Posted Online
Rare video footage of the legendary New Orleans '80s punk/hardcore pioneers SHELL SHOCK, whose lineup included Kirk Windstein (DOWN, CROWBAR) and Jimmy Bower (DOWN, EYEHATEGOD, CROWBAR),performing the song "Lost In Reality" on July 15, 1988 can be viewed below. Kirk Windstein joined SHELL SHOCK in...July 14, 2008
News
JACKNIFE Finishes Filming 'A Plague Of People' Video
Dallas, Texas-based band JACKNIFE has shot a video for the title track of its sophomore album, "A Plague of People". The clip is expected to be released before the end of the month. "A Plague of People" is scheduled for release in August via Battle Flag Records. The CD was recorded at Skyline Studio...July 8, 2008
News
CROWBAR, EYEHATEGOD To Play 20th-Anniversary Show In New Orleans
CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein (also of DOWN) has issued the following update: "Big news for NOLA [New Orleans, Louisiana] fans!!! CROWBAR and EYEHATEGOD will be teaming up for a 20th anniversary show together. Both bands are regarded as the pioneers of the NOLA underground sound. The sho...July 3, 2008
News
KINGDOM OF SORROW Announces More Tour Dates
KINGDOM OF SORROW the band featuring Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) and Kirk Windstein (DOWN, CROWBAR) has announced more U.S. tour dates in support of its self-titled debut album. The group will perform a number of shows throughout August as it joins the Rockstar Mayhem Tour in the Northeast, in addition...June 30, 2008
News
DOWN To Tour Australia In October
DOWN the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) will...June 27, 2008
News
CROWBAR Frontman: 'We Will Be Putting Out A New CD And Touring Endlessly'
CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hey, rockers and rockettes. It's been a while since I made a post on here, but I feel it's time to let you know what's going on. I've got about eight songs' worth of riffs written so far and...June 26, 2008
News
METALLICA At Tennessee's BONNAROO MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL; Video Available
The Associated Press reports that Manchester, Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival began in earnest Friday (June 13) with the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by METALLICA. METALLICA's Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett introduced Rock, and the comedian in turn introduced who he calle...June 14, 2008
News
MACHINE HEAD Frontman On Touring With METALLICA: 'We Have NEVER Felt So Welcome On A Tour'
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has issued the following update: "Ahhhhhh!!! What a whirlwind!!! "First and foremost, the 'Halo' video is officially out, on the air, on the web, etc. and getting a GREAT reaction. This being our third video from 'The Blackening' the first time that we've ever put ou...June 13, 2008
News
METALLICA: Still Heavy After All These Years
David Fricke of RollingStone.com reports: This is the advice producer Rick Rubin gave METALLICA over two years ago, as the band knuckled down to write its next album: "I said, 'Imagine you're not METALLICA,'" Rubin recalls. "'You don't have any hits to play, and you have to come up with material to...June 12, 2008
News
DAVID REECE On Why BANGALORE CHOIR Reunion Was Called Off: 'The Drama Beast Was Awakened'
Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with former ACCEPT/BANGALORE CHOIR and current GYPSY ROSE frontman David Reece. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Sleaze Roxx: What is happening with the BANGALORE CHOIR reunion that had been talked about? David Reece: Ummmm Well, there are many f...June 10, 2008
News
METALLICA's HAMMETT: 'DAVE MUSTAINE Played Fast All The Time. I Play Melodically'
David Fricke of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. RollingStone.com: You have been working on the new METALLICA album for almost three years. How do you know which riffs and solos to keep and which to thr...June 6, 2008
News
METALLICA: New Album First Listen
Bob Mulhouse of The Quietus was one of a number of UK-based heavy rock writers who were given a preview of six tracks from the upcoming METALLICA album. The listening session took place on Wednesday (June 4) in London, with representatives from Rock Sound, Kerrang! and Metal Hammer also present. Mul...June 6, 2008
News
Take KIRK HAMMETT's Guitar Tone Wherever You Go
Randall Amplifiers has announced the KH-15 Kirk Hammett Signature Practice Amplifier, a full-featured practice amp created through a year-long collaboration between Hammett and Randall engineers. With a fierce, solid tone and details that include control labels written in Kirk's own handwriting, the...June 5, 2008
Prev 