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Updated: LESLIE WEST Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest

**Update**: Leslie West, the legendary guitarist, vocalist and original founding member of MOUNTAIN, has died at the age of 75. Leslie's brother, Larry West Weinstein, confirmed the musician's passing to Rolling Stone. West suffered cardiac arrest at his home near Daytona, Florida on Monday (Decembe...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Releases Lyric Video For 'Silent Night'

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT has released the official lyric video for "Silent Night", taken from the band's "Here We Come A-Caroling" EP. The four-song effort arrived on December 4 via earMUSIC, the global independent rock and contemporary music label of Edel Germany GmbH. BLACKMORE'S NIGHT was founded in 199...

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GLENN HUGHES On DEEP PURPLE's 2016 ROCK HALL Induction: 'Personality Problems' Made It 'A Little Difficult'

In a new interview with Eonmusic, legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes once again looked back on his 2016 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, where he was honored along with other former and current members of DEEP PURPLE. "It was a little difficult, because of, let's call it personali...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT To Release 'Nature's Light' Album In March; 'Once Upon December' Single Available

On March 12, 2021, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT will release "Nature's Light", its eleventh studio album and the first in six years, via earMUSIC. Today, the band, founded in 1997 by award-winning vocalist Candice Night and legendary guitar icon Ritchie Blackmore, has revealed the first single and lyric video,...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Releases Lyric Video For 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem'

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT has released has released the official lyric video for "O Little Town Of Bethlehem". The song is taken from BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's latest EP "Here We Come A-Caroling", which is being released today (Friday, December 4) via earMUSIC, the global independent rock and contemporary music l...

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ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN: EDDIE VAN HALEN 'Transformed Everything' When He Came Along

In a new interview with Sweden's RockSverige, ACCEPT's Wolf Hoffmann was asked what Eddie Van Halen meant to him as a guitar player. He responded: "Well, I guess that when he came on to the scene, it was, like, 'What the hell's going on? Where did this guy come from?' I remember that very vividly, a...

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JOE SATRIANI Says He Was Tapping Before He Heard EDDIE VAN HALEN

In a new interview with the "Behind The Vinyl" podcast, Joe Satriani was asked if he started using the technique of tapping notes on his guitar when he first heard Eddie Van Halen in 1978. He responded (hear audio below): "I'd been tapping before that. I think, just like Eddie, 'cause we were the sa...

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Is RAINBOW Still An Active Band? RONNIE ROMERO Responds

In a new interview with Barbara Caserta of Italy's Linea Rock, RAINBOW singer Ronnie Romero was asked about the current status of the band, four years after the Ritchie Blackmore-led outfit first reformed to play sporadic shows. He said (see video below): "Well, we are locked down. [Laughs] We will...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Releases Lyric Video For 'It Came Upon A Midnight Clear'

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT has released has released the official lyric video for "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear". The song is taken from BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's upcoming EP "Here We Come A-Caroling", which will arrive on December 4 via earMUSIC, the global independent rock and contemporary music label of Edel G...

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IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH Says Hearing DEEP PURPLE's 'Machine Head' Changed His Life

IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith, who spent his childhood fishing with his father, was asked in a new interview with Blue Fish Radio when he first became interested in becoming a musician. He responded (hear audio below): "When I was about 14 or 15, I was kind of a clueless, your usual type of tee...

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Alchemy Of Souls

Best known as current frontman with RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW, Ronnie Romero has, to put it mildly, a set of pipes. Away from his higher profile endeavors, the Spaniard has also been putting in the hours with LORDS OF BLACK — an incendiary melodic heavy metal band with occasional toes dipped in sy...

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DAVID COVERDALE Says Working With RITCHIE BLACKMORE For First Time Was A 'Mindblowing' Experience

In a new interview with Jenn of Rock Classics Radio on Apple Music Hits, former DEEP PURPLE and current WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale was asked to name the top three songs that he is most proud of from his career. He responded (hear audio below): "It's the old cliché of they're all your childr...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Releases Brand New Holiday Song And Video 'Here We Come A-Caroling'

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT has released its new holiday song "Here We Come A-Caroling", taken from the forthcoming four-track EP of the same name. The song is a beautiful rendition of the classic Christmas carol, which is being given a new-yet-traditional sound by Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore. It's th...

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DEEP PURPLE's DON AIREY Says He Played Bass On JUDAS PRIEST's 'Painkiller' Album

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey has revealed that he played bass on JUDAS PRIEST's "Painkiller" album. It was previously reported that Airey had laid down keyboards on the "Painkiller" songs "A Touch Of Evil" and "Living Bad Dreams", but he had never publicly discussed the fact that he also contri...

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DAVID COVERDALE Blasts DEEP PURPLE Over His Treatment At ROCK HALL Induction: 'What The F**k Was Up Their A**?'

David Coverdale has expressed his exasperation at DEEP PURPLE for how he and Glenn Hughes were treated by their former band ahead of their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2016. The WHITESNAKE frontman made the comments while speaking to Eonmusic about the band's new album, "Love Songs", whic...