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REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS 2011 Complete Details Announced
America's only hard-rock and heavy-metal award show is back for 2011! The third annual Revolver Golden Gods awards show presented by Epiphone will take place Wednesday, April 20, at Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles. The event will be televised on VH1 Classic on May 28. Tickets go on sale today Thu...February 24, 2011
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EVILE Guitarist Says Guesting On New DESTRUCTION Album Is An Experience He'll Never Forget
Ol Drake, lead guitarist for British thrashers EVILE, is featured as a guest musician on the new album from German thrash legends DESTRUCTION. Ol Drake previously filled in for DESTRUCTION guitarist Mike Sifringer in 2009 at Portugal's Caos Emergente festival, after Sifringer broke a finger on his l...February 24, 2011
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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist TONY IOMMI To Guest On BBC's 'The One Show'
BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL guitarist Tony Iommi will guest on the BBC's "The One Show" this Friday, February 25 at 7 p.m. U.K. time as part of an interview about the band QUEEN. The program looks at QUEEN and the band's music as well as the new QUEEN exhibition "Stormtroopers In Stilettos". For...February 23, 2011
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WENDY DIO Signs On As BEBE BUELL's New Manager
Beverle Lorence "Bebe" Buell, the 57-year-old American fashion model and singer, and Playboy magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month, has inked a management deal with Wendy Dio's Niji Management. "I went to New York City to see Bebe Buell perform live and I knew after two songs that I had to...February 23, 2011
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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist EDDIE OJEDA Reveals New Solo Album Title
DiMarzio, Inc., the Staten Island, New York-based company that manufactures magnetic pickups for electric guitars, has posted a four-minute video clip of TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda talking about his first hand-wound Super Distortion pickup, his DiMarzio cables and straps, and his solo proj...February 22, 2011
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REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS 2011 'Preview' Available
A one-and-a-half-minute "preview" of the 2011 Revolver Golden Gods award show — featuring highlights from last year's event — can be viewed below. The 2011 Revolver Golden Gods will take place on Wednesday, April 20 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California. The official press conference to announce...February 22, 2011
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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Bucharest Footage Available
Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens' (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) February 20, 2011 performance at Kulturhaus in Bucharest, Romania as part of his "Screaming Through The East" tour can be viewed below. Owens' backing band for the tour consists of members of Hu...February 22, 2011
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ERIC SINGER PROJECT Schedules European Tour Dates
ESP (ERIC SINGER PROJECT) — the band featuring Bruce Kulick (KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD),Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER),John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT) and Chuck Garric (ALICE COOPER, DIO) — has scheduled the following European tour dates: Mar. 26 - Honefoss-Oslo, Norway - Alfred Mar. 27 - Helsin...February 22, 2011
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ACCEPT Guitarist On 'Blood Of The Nations': 'We Tried To Be As Old School As We Could'
Sweden's GetMetal conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT when the band played in Stockholm on February 17, 2011. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GetMetal: In which ways is "Blood Of The Nations" different from other ACCEPT albums?...February 21, 2011
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LEMMY: 'It Is A Well-Known Mystery That Guitar Players Suddenly Get Better Once They Are Dead'
Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD frontman and rock icon Lemmy Kilmister. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: You really are getting more popular. Why do you think that is? Lemmy: It seems to be. It is good for th...February 21, 2011
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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS In Romania: Interview, Performance Footage Available
Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens' (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) February 17, 2011 performance at Oldies Pub in Sibiu, Romania as part of his "Screaming Through The East" tour can be viewed below. Also available is a post-show interview with the singer. The s...February 20, 2011
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KIUAS Announces New Lineup
Finnish power metallers KIUAS have issued the following update: "As our loyal followers (that's you!) are well aware, Ilja [Jalkanen, vocals] left the band to pursue other interests. However, it is not only Ilja who has been pondering the balance between KIUAS and other areas in their lives. "Markku...February 19, 2011
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MÖTLEY CRÜE 1981 'Paperback Writer' Performance Unearthed
Never-before-seen footage from MÖTLEY CRÜE's second concert (see below) has been unearthed to promote the hard rock/heavy metal-themed auctions of eBay seller EliteWorks. On April 25, 1981 MÖTLEY CRÜE was opening for Y&T at The Starwood, and their manager at the time (Allan Coffman) hired Bell P...February 18, 2011
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KILLER DWARFS Singer Prepares To Hit The Road
In a surprise and brilliant turn of events, Russ Dwarf has decided to break out the library and tour wit his new band THE RUSS DWARF BAND. Known for his inexplicable, incomparable and slightly insane stage antics as lead sing of the '80s metal band KILLER DWARFS, this is an event that needs to be .....February 18, 2011
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Singer DOOGIE WHITE Records New Album With DEMON'S EYE
Scottish rock vocalist Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, CORNERSTONE, TANK) has recorded an album of original material with the DEEP PURPLE tribute band DEMON'S EYE. "The Stranger Within" will be released on March 18 in record stores in most European countries and digitally via iTunes and Ama...February 17, 2011
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