Search results for 'neil grant'

News

DEF LEPPARD Singer Leads Crowd In Singing 'Happy Birthday' To NIKKI SIXX (Video)

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx turned 53 yesterday (Sunday, December 11). During the CRÜE's performance last night at the Manchester Evening News arena in Manchester, England, Joe Elliott of MÖTLEY CRÜE's current tourmates DEF LEPPARD came out to congratulate Sixx before leading the crowd in singing...

News

DEEP PURPLE, EDGUY, HELLOWEEN, KROKUS Members Featured On 'Help! For Japan' Charity EP

Some of Europe's leading rock artists — including current and former members of DEEP PURPLE, EDGUY, HELLOWEEN, GOTTHARD, MAGNUM, KROKUS and TNT — have joined a campaign initiated by singer Tommy Heart (SOUL DOCTOR, FAIR WARNING) to raise money for the victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami wh...

News

MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Turns 53

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx turns 53 today (Sunday, December 11). A photo of the cake Sixx received from his bandmates and road crew while on the road in the U.K. with DEF LEPPARD and STEEL PANTHER can be seen below. The California native was a major drug abuser during much of the band's first .....

News

OZZY OSBOURNE, GEEZER BUTLER, DAVE MUSTAINE Perform With METALLICA At Final Anniversary Show

Former METALLICA members Dave Mustaine (currently in MEGADETH),Jason Newsted, Lloyd Grant, Ron McGovney, Hugh Tanner, along with the band's longtime producer Bob Rock, as well as BLACK SABBATH legends Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler joined METALLICA on stage last night (Saturday, December 10) for t...

News

DJ ASHBA: How I Landed GUNS N' ROSES Gig

Denver Westword blog recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES/SIXX: A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Denver Westword: Your first concert was MÖTLEY CRÜE, and then you wrote music for Nikki Sixx's book, and then wrote music for their most recent alb...

News

MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Says Las Vegas Residency Is 'Dream Come True'

Drew Lane and Mike Clark of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee about the band's announcement that they will become the first hard rock band to sign a short-term residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino...

News

JAKE E. LEE Makes Appearance In New BEGGARS & THIEVES Video

Former OZZY OSBOURNE/BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee has contributed a guest guitar solo to the song "We Come Undone" from reunited rockers BEGGARS & THIEVES. Lee also appears in the video for the track, which can be seen below. Other guest musicians featured in the clip are Ron Keel (KEEL, STEEL...

News

PSYCROPTIC: 'The Inherited Repression' Cover Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "The Inherited Repression", the forthcoming fifth studio album from Australian technical death metallers PSYCROPTIC, can be seen below. The CD will be released on February 7 in North America and February 10 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented PSYCROPTIC guitarist Joe...

News

DEE SNIDER Says Things Got 'A Little Crazy' During 'Celebrity Wife Swap' Filming

Five celebrity couples including TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will put a new spin on the critically-acclaimed reality series "Wife Swap" in "Celebrity Wife Swap", premiering Tuesday, January 3, 2012 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC television network. In this new series, the mothers in two cel...

News

Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS Talks About Band's Early Days In 'Untold Stories'

Birmingham Music Heritage's heritage film called "Untold Stories" looks at the Birmingham, England music scene between 1965 and 1985, the heyday of Brummie pop and rock. Lots of interviews and clips make this film a unique story told by the people who were there and made the music. In part 3 of "Unt...

News

NILE Begins Recording New Album

South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE have finished recording the drums for their new album for an early 2012 release. Guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders states, George [Kollias, drums], Dallas [Toler-Wade, guitar/vocals], [producer] Neil Kernon and I spent a week with Bob Moore a...

News

MTLEY CRE On 'Piers Morgan Tonight'; Clips Posted Online

The members of MTLEY CRE were interviewed on this past Friday's (December 2) edition of "Piers Morgan Tonight", the nightly hour-long show that replaced "Larry King Live" on CNN in January. Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Mick Mars talked about the rock and roll lifestyle and their hard-partyi...

News

Rolling Stone Poll Names 10 Favorite VAN HALEN Songs

The Pulse Of Radio reports that the readers of Rolling Stone magazine have voted "Unchained" as their favorite VAN HALEN song, according to a new poll that asked fans to name their 10 favorite tracks from the legendary band. Eighty percent of the final list of songs came from the David Lee Roth era...

News

RUSH's NEIL PEART Like You've Never Heard Him Before

Drum Channel and Jammit announce a special promotion offering exclusive free access to the RUSH track "YYZ" available only to Drum Channel members. Jammit allows users to isolate the drums from the rest of the instruments on the legendary "YYZ" track, learn the track and then record your own version...

News

TWISTED SISTER Frontman In 'Celebrity Wife Swap': Premiere Date Announced

Five celebrity couples including TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will put a new spin on the critically-acclaimed reality series "Wife Swap" in "Celebrity Wife Swap", premiering Tuesday, January 3, 2012 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC television network. In this new series, the mothers in two cel...