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GLENN HUGHES Says New RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Is Doing 'A Reasonably Good Job'

Glenn Hughes says that Ronnie Romero is doing a "reasonably good job" singing the classic songs from RAINBOW's and DEEP PURPLE's catalogs and insists that all is "good" between him and his former bandmate Ritchie Blackmore. The former DEEP PURPLE bassist/vocalist spoke to Metal Express Radio about B...

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Your Turn to Remember: The Definitive Anthology 1970-1990

One of my decompression activities is reading old issues of "Heavy Metal" (the illustrated sci-fi mag) with any of the following albums playing: BLUE OYSTER CULT's "Tyranny and Mutation", KING CRIMSON's "Islands", GENTLE GIANT's "Acquiring the Taste" or either of these from URIAH HEEP: "Demons and W...

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JOHN 5 Says 'Season Of The Witch' Is 'By Far' His Favorite Solo Record

Former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 will release his eighth full-length solo album, "Season Of The Witch", on March 3. The fully instrumental disc, which features his band THE CREATURES (bassist Ian Ross and drummer Rodger Carter),contains experimentation with various genr...

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BAD BRAINS Frontman's Eccentric Life And Spiritual Struggles Revealed in 'Finding Joseph I' Documentary

Paul "HR" Hudson is a misunderstood spiritual warrior. As the voice of BAD BRAINS, punk/hardcore pioneers, one of the most influential bands to rise out of the 1980s, and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominees, HR has trail blazed a musical aesthetic and codified a way of living. "Finding Joseph I", di...

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GREG LAKE's Posthumous Memoir 'Lucky Man' To Be Published This Spring

Little, Brown has acquired the memoir of the late Greg Lake, the former frontman of progressive rock group EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER. The memoir, called "Lucky Man", is written in Lake's own words and was completed just before the rock star died from cancer last month, according to Andreas Campomar...

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LOU GRAMM Confirms He Will Rejoin FOREIGNER 'For A Song Or Two' On 40th-Anniversary Tour

Singer Lou Gramm has confirmed that he and the other founding members of FOREIGNER will join the group's current lineup "for a song or two" at a concert on the band's upcoming tour. Although he initially insisted that he hadn't been invited to reunite with FOREIGNER on the trek, he tweeted on Monday...

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FOREIGNER To Be Joined By LOU GRAMM And Other Original Members At Select 40th-Anniversary Shows

According to Billboard, FOREIGNER will be joined by original members Lou Gramm, Ian McDonald and Al Greenwood on select dates on the band's 40th-anniversary tour this summer. Support on the trek, which kicks off July 11 in Syracuse and runs through through September 9 in Auburn, Washington, will com...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: 'From Day One, All I Ever Wanted To Do Was Play With Other People'

Hit The Pit's Eric Yelowitz and Chuck Meyers recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked how he gets so much energy to put into his live performances, Ian said: "I just really enjoy playing. From day one, all I ever wanted to do was ....

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DEEP PURPLE Sues Longtime Accountant For Allegedly Misappropriating Millions Of Dollars

According to The Times, DEEP PURPLE has filed a lawsuit against its longtime accountant, accusing him of siphoning off up to £4 million (approximately $4.93 million) in band royalties. Vocalist Ian Gillan, drummer Ian Paice and bassist Roger Glover have sued Dipak Shanker Rao, who has been working f...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Blasts 'Phonies' In Music Business Who 'Pretend To Be Perfect'

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has blasted "phonies" in the music business "who pretend to be perfect" while suggesting he was racist because a video surfaced of him last year giving the right-arm salute and yelling a white-supremacist slogan at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PA...

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Turbo 30: Remastered 30th Anniversary Edition

The ruckus made in recent years about JUDAS PRIEST attempting a controversial metal opera with "Nostradamus" can be used as a frame of reference if you weren't there for the controversy "Turbo" created for the band in 1986. The album was hung upon PRIEST as an indictment by "pure" headbangers in the...

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THE DAMNED THINGS Feat. VOLBEAT, ANTHRAX Members: 'We Have More Than Enough Material' For New EP

Keith Buckley spoke to Alternative Press about the status of THE DAMNED THINGS, the supergroup comprised of the EVERY TIME I DIE frontman, ANTHRAX's Scott Ian, FALL OUT BOY's Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman, EVERY TIME I DIE's Josh Newton, and Rob Caggiano of VOLBEAT (and formerly ANTHRAX). "While we ha...

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Swedish cult metal horde GHOST is one of the hottest metal acts these days, and the unholy unit scored big amongst fans and critics last year with its adventurous album "Meliora". Hardly letting the iron cool, the band releases its second EP reaching beyond 2013's "If You Have Ghost", the stupid coo...

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ROB ZOMBIE Guitarist JOHN 5 To Release 'Season Of The Witch' Album In March

Former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 will release a new album, "Season Of The Witch", on March 3, 2017. The disc — the first to be billed as a JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES album — will coincide with the brand new CREATURES tour starting on March 3 in Seattle. A ...

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Watch Previously Unseen Video Footage Of LEMMY At Berlin's MONONGO STUDIO

Previously unseen video footage of iconic MOTÖRHEAD mainman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister at Monongo Studio, the Berlin, Germany facility owned and operated by German female-fronted rockers SKEW SISKIN, can be seen below. Commented SKEW SISKIN: "Lemmy spent a zillion hours in our studio over the years. Lots...