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THE DEAD DAISIES Single Featuring SLASH Available On iTunes

THE DEAD DAISIES' debut single, "Lock 'N' Load", which is now available on iTunes, features the signature guitar riffs of Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and is laced with Jon Stevens' (INXS, NOISEWORKS) trademark vocals. "Slash and I wrote 'Lock 'N' Load', which was recorded with Simon Horsf...
April 22, 2013
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GEOFF TATE On QUEENSRŸCHE Split: 'I Never Really Realized How Slightly Miserable I Was'

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate was interviewed on this past Friday's (April 19) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. A transcript of the chat follows below. Eddie Trunk: How does it feel to be [back out on the road with the new QUEENSRŸCHE lineup]? Geoff T...
April 22, 2013
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SAXON Frontman: 'We Don't Really Have A Tried-And-Tested Formula'

Simon Rushworth of The Journal recently conducted an interview with singer Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On SAXON's latest album, "Sacrifice": "We don't really have a tried-and-tested formula, even after all of these years. Look at...
April 20, 2013
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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Agoura Hills Concert Footage Available

The Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE has just hit the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band's epic 1988 release, "Operation: Mindcrime", performing all fifteen songs from the album along with other well-known hits and rarities from the catalog they've compiled over the past 30...
April 19, 2013
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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Taps Drummer BRIAN TICHY For Upcoming Shows

Renowned drummer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Tichy (pictured below),known for his tours of duty with BILLY IDOL, FOREIGNER, OZZY OSBOURNE and WHITESNAKE, will fill in for Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO, RHINO BUCKET) in the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE for all of the band's t...
April 19, 2013
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QUEENSRŸCHE's TATE Says Four Of First Six 'Mindcrime' Anniversary Shows Have Been Sellouts

Jackie Mtz of The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate before the band's April 14 concert in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records will release "Frequency Unknown", the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUE...
April 17, 2013
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RATT Singer To Sign Copies Of His Tell-All Memoir

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy's long-awaited book, "Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life In Rock", will be released on May 7 via Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The 288-page hardcover is described in a press release as "a jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of the 1980s superg...
April 17, 2013
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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Entire 'Frequency Unknown' Album Available For Streaming

Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records will release "Frequency Unknown", the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE, on April 23. The CD, which was produced by Jason Slater at a studio in Northern California, is now available for streaming in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget...
April 16, 2013
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Video: Reunited XENTRIX Plays First Show In Almost Seven Years

U.K. thrashers XENTRIX played their first show in almost seven years this past Sunday, April 14 at the Moses Gate in Bolton, England. Video footage of the concert can be seen below. XENTRIX has returned to action with a handful of live dates as special guests for KREATOR and EVILE in April as well a...
April 16, 2013
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U.K.'s SOLSTICE To Record First New Material In 15 Years

British doom metal outfit SOLSTICE will enter an undisclosed studio in Huddersfield, Yorkshire at the end of April to begin recording its first new material since 1998's "New Dark Age" album. Tracks set to be laid down include "I Am The Hunter", "Fortress England" and "Death's Crown Is Victory". Vid...
April 16, 2013
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GEOFF TATE Explains Decision To Remix QUEENSRŸCHE's 'Frequency Unknown' Album (Audio)

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate was interviewed on the April 13 edition of "The Continental Breakfast With James & Raina" morning radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records has released "Cold", the new single from the Geoff Tate-f...
April 15, 2013
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DIO's 'Magica' To Get Deluxe CD Treatment

As longtime fans can attest, the quality of DIO's studio albums never wavered throughout the group's near 30-year career. Case in point, the fan favorite/concept effort "Magica", which featured Ronnie James Dio's one-of-a-kind vocals and the return of guitarist Craig Goldy. The album spawned such me...
April 15, 2013
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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Denver Concert Footage Available

The Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE has just hit the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band's epic 1988 release, "Operation: Mindcrime", performing all fifteen songs from the album along with other well-known hits and rarities from the catalog they've compiled over the past 30...
April 13, 2013
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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE On Colorado's 103.5 THE FOX: Video Interview, Acoustic Performance

The Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE took part in an interview and acoustic performance of the songs "Eyes Of A Stranger" and "Silent Lucidity" yesterday (Thursday, April 11) at the studios of Colorado's classic rock radio station 103.5 The Fox. You can watch video footage of their appearan...
April 12, 2013
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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Grand Junction Concert Footage Available

The Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE has just hit the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band's epic 1988 release, "Operation: Mindcrime", performing all fifteen songs from the album along with other well-known hits and rarities from the catalog they've compiled over the past 30...
April 11, 2013