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SCORPIONS Guitarist: 'We Were Always A Live Band And It Is What We Enjoy Doing The Most'

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: The last time the SCORPIONS ventured to L.A to record an album was in 1990 for the "Crazy World" album. What led to the band's dec...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist Explains Delay In New Album's U.S. Release

RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: How did Billy Corgan get involved in "Humanity - Hour 1"? Rudolf: I've watched him for a long time because I like his voice and I like the S...

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ULI JON ROTH Performs With JEFF SCOTT SOTO, MARK BOALS; Video Available

Veteran hard rock vocalists Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) and Mark Boals (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) are two of the special guests who performed with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) at this year's Sky Academy concerts, which was held August 22-26 at Musician...

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Guitarist ADRIAN GALYSH Comments On 'Uli Jon Roth And Friends' Concerts

Los Angeles-based guitarist Adrian Galysh was one of a number of special guests who performed with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) at this year's Sky Academy concerts, which was held August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. The concept of Sky Academy was concei...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Performs With ULI JON ROTH At SKY ACADEMY Concerts

Singer Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) was one of a number of special guests who performed with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) at this year's Sky Academy concerts, which are being held August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. The concept...

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THREE To Support SCORPIONS

Woodstock, NY-based band THREE (3) will support the SCORPIONS on the following dates: Sep. 09 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Center Sep. 10 - Calgary, AB - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Sep. 12 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theater Sep. 14 - Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Harbor Sep. 15 - Universal C...

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ULI JON ROTH On SKY ACADEMY: 'The Most Important Thing Is To Make It Inspirational'

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisited about his upcoming Sky Academy concerts. Set to take place August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, the concept of Sky Academy was conceived by Uli. He wanted a medium to teach his own uni...

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SCORPIONS Frontman Discusses Label Switch

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com conducted an interview with SCORPIONS vocalist Klaus Meine yesterday (August 21). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: If you had to pick out of this album, which song do you think has the power to be another legendary classic like "Rock You Like...

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PAUL GILBERT Confirmed For ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY

Paul Gilbert (ex-MR. BIG, RACER X) has been confirmed for this year's Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy seminar and concerts. Set to take place August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, the concept of Sky Academy was conceived by Uli. He wanted a medium to teach his own unique approach to musician...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER 'Explains' Disastrous U.K. Tour

Guitarist Michael Schenker (ex-UFO, SCORPIONS) has issued the following statement regarding the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's recent U.K. tour fiasco: "To my true fans - this is what happened: "When we started the U.S. tour everything went well I think 11 shows but than it all fell apart. Our tour manage...

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Exclusive: SEBASTIAN BACH's New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By AXL ROSE

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach is set to release "Angel Down" on November 20, his first solo album in eight years. The 14-song "Angel Down" was produced by Roy Z (BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD, JUDAS PRIEST),and was recorded in July and August 2006 at Sound City studios in Hollywood, CA. The CD...

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SCORPIONS Frontman: 'We Wanted To Come Out With This Album With A Global Message'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: "Humanity - Hour 1" shows the SCORPIONS moving in a modern direction. Your last album, "Unbreakable", had a classic SCORPIONS s...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer Says New AVANTASIA Album Is 'My Type Of Material'

Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has commented on his guest appearance on the third installment of EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2". Asked what the AVANTASIA project has been like this time around, Kiske replied, "I like it this time a...

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ANGRA Guitarist Discusses Early Musical Influences

Mark Kirby of eJazzNews recently conducted an interview with ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: eJazzNews: What was your childhood like? What type of family did you come from — poor, middle class, upper class? Kiko Loureiro: I come from a middle class family. M...

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EUROPE To Perform At Stockholm Amusement Park

On Saturday, August 25, Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will perform two songs at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. The event will be broadcast live on TV4's "Sommarkrysset" show beginning at 8:00 p.m. EUROPE's latest music video, "Always the Pretenders", can be viewed below. The song comes of...