Search results for 'eric clapton'

News

JOE PERRY, STEVE VAI, MICHAEL ANTHONY To Take Part In 'The Ultimate Musician's Fantasy Camp'

Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp has announced its first ever partnership with Guitar Player magazine! The Ultimate Musician's Fantasy Camp is geared towards guitar fanatics of all levels to jam next to extraordinary guitar players. All levels of player are welcome. Drummers, bassists, keyboard players an...

News

CANCER BATS: 'R.A.T.S.' Video Released

"R.A.T.S.", the new video from Canadian metallers CANCER BATS, can be seen below. The song — which features guest vocals from Rob Urbinati of SACRIFICE — comes off the band's fourth full-length album, "Dead Set On Living", which was released in the U.S. in April 2012 via Metal Blade Records. Shot in...

News

THE SKULL Plays First Show With Original TROUBLE Drummer JEFF 'OLY' OLSON (Video)

THE SKULL — the new band featuring original TROUBLE members vocaist Eric Wagner and drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson alongside TROUBLE's longtime bassist Ron Holzner and SACRED DAWN guitarists Michael Carpenter and Lothar Keller — peformed at Tequila Jaxx this past Saturday, September 14 in Mentor-On-The-La...

News

SHINEDOWN's PREMIER GUITAR Rig Rundown

On August 25, Premier Guitar's Chris Kies was on location in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he caught up with SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers and bassist Eric Bass during the 2013 Carnival Of Madness tour. In the 35-minute segment below, Myers talks about his dozen PRS models — including some that were bu...

News

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Bassist: Having A 'Stable' Singer Is A Very New Feeling

Earlier this week, Tom Mann of Australia's Faster Louder conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bassist Robert DeLeo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the band's split with lead singer Scott Weiland: "It was plain to see nothing was going to get done anymore with these fo...

News

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Drummer Interviewed By PopCultureMadness.com (Video)

Kristyn Clarke of PopCultureMadness.com conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS drummer Eric Kretz on September 7 at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS will release a new five-song EP called "High Rise" on October 8. The dis...

News

TESTAMENT: 'Rise Up' Performance Clip From 'Dark Roots Of Thrash' DVD

"Dark Roots Of Thrash", a DVD/2CD release documenting Bay Area veterans TESTAMENT's sold-out headlining performance at the Paramount in Huntington, New York this past February, will be made available on October 11 (Europe) and October 15 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. "Dark Roots Of Thra...

News

Ex-MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA Interviewed On 'Focus On Metal' Podcast (Audio)

Former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza was interviewed on the latest episode of the "Focus On Metal" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Menza has been writing, recording and producing constantly but only releasing sporadic singles for years. That will all change when h...

News

HOGLAN On DARK ANGEL Reunion: 'We Don't Wanna Come Out And Even Be Great; We Wanna Be No. 1'

During an appearance on this past Sunday's (September 8) "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show, drummer Gene Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DETHKLOK, FEAR FACTORY, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) spoke about the status of the planned reunion of his former band, classic late '80s/early '90s California thrashers DARK ANGEL. "We a...

News

TROUBLE Guitarist On Writing New Album: 'We Really Didn't Care If People Were Going To Dig It Or Not'

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with guitarist Rick Wartell of Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: It's been six years since the band's last release, "Simple Mind Condition". Why did it take such an extended period o...

News

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Bassist: 'It Feels Good To Be Productive Again'

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bassist Robert DeLeo recently spoke to The Star-Ledger about the band's split with vocalist Scott Weiland and addition of LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington. "[Chester has] made it clear that he grew up on our music," said DeLeo. "He knows it well. But the thing that sold me was th...

News

Communication Between SCOTT WEILAND And Rest Of STP Started Breaking Down In 1994

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Chester Bennington and Dean DeLeo spoke to Artisan News about why the band had to fire its original lead singer, Scott Weiland, and replace him with the LINKIN PARK frontman. Check out the report below. Asked when the communication between Weiland and the rest of the band...

News

KISS Drummer ERIC SINGER Interviewed On Honduras' 'Hard & Heavy' Radio (Audio)

On August 6, Honduras rock journalist Alvaro Villatoro (a.k.a. Lemmy Simmons) of Hard & Heavy conducted an interview with KISS drummer Eric Singer. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. KISS unveiled its brand new stage show this on June 1 at the opening concert the E...

News

Ex-MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA Interviewed On 'The Classic Metal Show' (Audio)

Former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza was interviewed on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Menza has been writing, recording and producing co...

News

Former DARK ANGEL Singer DON DOTY Joins Forces With FORBIDDEN Drummer In New Project

Former DARK ANGEL singer Don Doty has announced the formation of an as-yet-unnamed new project that will revisit the band's classic "We Have Arrived" and "Darkness Descends" albums, as well as introduce fans worldwide to new material. Joining Doty in the new group is drummer Sasha Horn, who has prev...