Search results for 'comeback kid'

News

New RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Is 'An Amazing Find,' Says RITCHIE BLACKMORE's Wife

Ritchie Blackmore's wife has called new RAINBOW frontman Ronnie Romero "an amazing find" who "checked all the boxes" when it came to his live performance and singing ability. Romero, originally from Chile but now settled in Madrid, Spain, made his live debut with RAINBOW in June 2016 after he was se...

News

DEE SNIDER Says He 'Can't Be Friends' With DONALD TRUMP Anymore, Calls Mexican Border-Wall Idea 'Crazy'

Dee Snider says that he can no longer be friends with Donald Trump because he does not share the 45th U.S. president's views on important issues. The TWISTED SISTER frontman spoke about the billionaire real estate mogul while promoting his appearance at last month's Scream Bolivia event in La Paz....

News

SEBASTIAN BACH On '18 And Life On Skid Row' Autobiography: 'I Just Knew I Wanted It To Be A Fun Book'

Tony Tone of Vintage Sound 93.1 recently conducted an interview with Sebastian Bach about the newly released paperback version of the former SKID ROW frontman's autobiography, "18 And Life On Skid Row". You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)....

News

ALTER BRIDGE's MYLES KENNEDY Signs With NAPALM RECORDS For 'Year Of The Tiger' Solo Album

ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy has signed with Austria's Napalm Records for the release of his debut solo album, "Year Of The Tiger". The 12-song effort was helmed by ALTER BRIDGE's longtime producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette and will arrive in the spring. Myles states: "I'm excited to announce...

News

LABYRINTH To Release 'Return To Live' CD/DVD And Blu-Ray In January

LABYRINTH, Italy's finest purveryors of power/prog metal, held their first reunion show at Frontiers Metal Festival in Trezzo Sull'Adda on October 30, 2016. The revamped lineup played "Return To Heaven Denied", the band's most popular record (so far),in its entirety for only the second time ever. T...

News

DEATH ANGEL Pays Tribute To AC/DC's MALCOLM YOUNG With 'Dog Eat Dog' Cover in Budapest (Video)

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers DEATH ANGEL paid tribute to Malcolm Young by playing a cover version of the AC/DC classic "Dog Eat Dog" during their November 18 concert at Barba Negra in Budapest, Hungary. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below, DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cave...

News

BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD Hospitalized With Heart Problems; DAY OF ERRORS Tour Canceled

DAY OF ERRORS, the three-piece band led by original BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward, has canceled its previously announced West Coast tour which was scheduled to take place in early December. Ward said in a statement: "I wound up in hospital this past weekend with heart problems. I am okay and in go...

News

ALTER BRIDGE's MYLES KENNEDY To Release 'Year Of The Tiger' Solo Album In 2018

ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy will release a 12-song solo album, "Year Of The Tiger", in 2018. The effort was helmed by ALTER BRIDGE's longtime producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette and was described by Kennedy in a recent interview with Metal Wani as "probably the closest thing to a full-on conce...

News

Influential NWOBHM Band TRESPASS Releases 'Momentum' Video

Classic NWOBHM outfit TRESPASS has released a new music video for the song "Momentum". A hard-rocking British metal song with an old-school '80s JUDAS PRIEST vibe, it is taken from TRESPASS's upcoming comeback album, "Footprints In The Rock", which will be released on January 12, 2018 via Mighty Mus...

News

Members Of SLIPKNOT, KORN, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, POISON, Others React To Passing Of MALCOLM YOUNG

Members of SLIPKNOT, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, WHITESNAKE, POISON, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, STRYPER, KORN, OVERKILL, KREATOR, SEPULTURA and VOLBEAT are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the passing of Malcolm Young. The 64-year-old guitarist and co-founder...

News

W.A.S.P. To Release 'Reidolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)' In February

This year marks the 25th anniversary of "The Crimson Idol" — the legendary story of Jonathan Aaron Steele, which was originally intended to be accompanied by a movie, with several hundred hours of film that were shot to create approximately 60 minutes of movie footage. The album is still considered...

News

GENE SIMMONS Explains Decision To Abandon 'Horns' Hand Gesture Trademark Application: 'I Just Didn't Think It Was Worth It'

Gene Simmons says that he withdrew his application to trademark the so-called "devil's horns" hand gesture because he "didn't think it was worth it." The KISS bassist/vocalist expressly abandoned the application in late June — less than two weeks after filing with the United States Patent and Tradem...

News

Former TROUBLE Vocalist ERIC WAGNER: 'Working On New Music Is One Of The Only Things That Gets Me High Anymore'

Legendary vocalist Eric Wagner (BLACKFINGER, THE SKULL, ex-TROUBLE) was recently interviewed by Danko Jones on "The Official Danko Jones Podcast". The full chat can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how a phone call from Dave Grohl restarted his career...

News

AT THE GATES Begins Recording 'Darker, Richer And More Raging' New Album

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have entered Parlour Studios in the U.K. with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, THE HAUNTED, DIMMU BORGIR) to begin recording their new album. The follow-up to 2014's acclaimed comeback effort, "At War With Reality", will arrive in early 2018 via...

News

UGLY KID JOE Vocalist On 'Everything About You': 'We Probably Wouldn't Be Talking Without That Song'

UGLY KID JOE frontman Whitfield Crane recently spoke with Australia's Spotlight Report about the 25th anniversary of the group's double-platinum full-length debut "America's Least Wanted". The full chat can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the how the...