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Watch: SLASH And DUFF MCKAGAN Team Up With STEVEN ADLER, GILBY CLARKE And TAIME DOWNE For 'It's So Easy' Performance At 'Rock For Jennifer'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan teamed up with the band's former members Steven Adler (drums) and Gilby Clarke (guitar),along with FASTER PUSSYCAT frontman Taime Downe, to play the GN'R classic "It's So Easy" at last night's (Monday, March 23) "Rock For Jennifer - Loud And Le...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I'm A Very Blessed Guy That I Can Do What I Love To Do'

In a new interview with Frontiers Music Srl 's "Backstage Unplugged" podcast, STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet spoke about his drive to keep putting out new music, whether it's with his long-running Christian metal band or with the various other projects he has pursued over the years. He said (as tran...

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DAVE GROHL's Daughter VIOLET Announces Debut Album 'Be Sweet To Me'

Dave Grohl's 19-year-old daughter Violet has announced her debut album, "Be Sweet To Me", set for global release on May 29 via Republic Records through her imprint Auroura Records. Following the 2025 release of "THUM" and "Applefish", today Violet also unleashes a new album track "595", accompanied...

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Punk Rock Icon JELLO BIAFRA Hospitalized After Suffering Stroke

Punk rock icon Jello Biafra has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. As a result of his health setback, the former DEAD KENNEDYS frontman turned solo artist has canceled all his previously announced tour dates. In a social media post from his long-running indie label Alternative Tentacles, Bi...

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Watch: GILBY CLARKE Performs In London

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke played a headlining concert on February 18 at the O2 Academy Islington in London, United Kingdom. Backing Gilby at the gig were drummer Troy Patrick Farrell (WHITE LION, TANTRIC) and bassist EJ Curse (SILENT RAGE). Fan-filmed video of the show can be seen...

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TOMMY ALDRIDGE Says He 'Wasn't Invited' To Play At OZZY OSBOURNE's Final Concert: 'I'm Not Gonna Crash Someone Else's Party'

Legendary heavy rock drummer Tommy Aldridge has explained why he wasn't part of Ozzy Osbourne and BLACK SABBATH's final show, "Back To The Beginning", which took place last July in Birmingham, United Kingdom. In a newly released audio clip, which was made available via Aldridge's official YouTube ch...

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AEROSMITH Bassist TOM HAMILTON's Band CLOSE ENEMIES Releases 'Rain' Music Video

CLOSE ENEMIES — the all-star band featuring Tom Hamilton (AEROSMITH),Tony Brock (THE BABYS),Peter Stroud (Sheryl Crow),Trace Foster (AC/DC's tech guru) and Chasen Hampton — has released the official music video for the song "Rain". The track is taken from CLOSE ENEMIES' debut full-length album, whic...

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CRASHDÏET Shares 'Sick Enough For Me' Single From Upcoming 'Art Of Chaos' Album

Swedish sleaze rock veterans CRASHDÏET have released "Sick Enough For Me", the second single from the band's upcoming studio album, "Art Of Chaos". "Art Of Chaos", set for release on May 8 via Ninetone Records, is described by CRASHDÏET as "the ten sleaziest tracks we've written in a very long time"...

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The New Flesh

Three years ago, SYLOSIS released the most radical album of their careers to date. 2023's "A Sign Of Things To Come" did not deviate too wildly from the modern thrash formula that had served the band so well until that point, but it did herald one significant change. Where previous albums had occasi...

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CARMINE APPICE And CACTUS Announce 'Temple Of Blues II' Album Feat. STEVE MORSE, TRACII GUNS, JOE LYNN TURNER, Others

It's two years since drum legend Carmine Appice and his reformed CACTUS first unbarred the doors to the "Temple Of Blues" — a 15-track slab of headbanging, hip-swinging heavy blues rock whose subtitle, "Influences And Friends", roped in a host of special guests, all of whom held the band very close...

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Witching Attack

Away from the glossy bombast of modern metal, filth and ignominy reign supreme. Dresden, Germany's LEAD INJECTOR, formed in 2022, are a new and brilliantly threatening force for heavy metal squalor, . Entirely impervious to current trends, these young diehards have dedicated themselves to raising he...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Shares 'Lord' Single From Upcoming Solo Album 'The Master Plan'

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and frontman of Christian rock icons STRYPER, Michael Sweet recently announced his new album, "The Master Plan", his most personal and spiritually resonant solo album yet. Set for release on April 3, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl, this deeply worship‑inspired record marks...

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MIKE PORTNOY On Hypothetical Tour With RUSH's GEDDY LEE And ALEX LIFESON: 'I Would've Approached It With The Utmost Respect'

In a new interview with Brazil's Regis Tadeu, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy spoke about last year's announcement that RUSH's surviving members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson had recruited award-winning fusion drummer Anika Nilles to fill in for the late Neil Peart this year as the Canadian rock leg...

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MATT SORUM On Being Inducted Into ROCK HALL With GUNS N' ROSES: 'It Was Sort Of Unimaginable' And 'Kind Of A Shock'

In early January, former GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum was interviewed by WCZR Code Zero Radio's Fox Cities Core when he performed at the "Joey's Song" benefit concert in support of epilepsy research in Madison, Wisconsin. Asked what specific memories he had of being inducted...

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CRASHDÏET Shares Music Video For 'Satizfaction' Single From Upcoming 'Art Of Chaos' Album

Swedish sleaze rock veterans CRASHDÏET have released the official music video for their latest single, "Satizfaction", an explosive burst of energy that marks the beginning of the next chapter in the band's career — and the first taste of the upcoming studio album "Art Of Chaos". The clip was create...