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JON OLIVA'S PAIN To Mix New Album At The End Of November

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will release its fourth album, "Festival", on February 19, 2010 via AFM Records. A March/April European tour will be confirmed soon, culminating with the filming of a live DVD consisting of music from the four JON OLIVA'S PAIN CDs and...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, has set "Festival" as the title of its fourth album, due on February 19, 2010 via AFM Records. A March/April European tour will be confirmed soon, culminating with the filming of a live DVD consisting of music from the four JON OLIVA'S...

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DEFTONES To Play Benefit Concert For Bassist CHI CHENG

Sacramento's DEFTONES has issued the following update: "On November 2nd, 2008 our bass player and brother Chi Ling Cheng was involved in a horrific car accident which has left him in a semi-conscious state. In his journey to recovery, the Cheng family has accumulated an overwhelming amount of medica...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Studio Update

JON OLIVA'S PAIN recently entered the studio to begin recording its fourth album for an early 2010 release via AFM Records. Drummer Christopher Kinder states, "Jon Oliva [JON OLIVA'S PAIN mastermind; also of SAVATAGE and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA] has completed vocal tracking on a few songs, with man...

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Former FAITH NO MORE Singer CHUCK MOSLEY Interviewed On 'Talking Metal'

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with former FAITH NO MORE vocalist Chuck Mosley and Michael Seifert of Mosley's band VANDALS AGAINST ILLITERACY (V.U.A.) as well as guitarist Erik Kluiber of WHITE WIZZARD. Photos as well as the...

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'Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times' Co-Author Announces Huntington Beach Book Signing

Ralph Hulett, author and photographer whose work has appeared in Relix, Goldmine and Vintage Guitar magazines and on the television programs VH1 "Behind the Music" and ABC News "Downtown", will sign copies of his new book, "Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times; A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band...

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STEEL PANTHER Schedules VINTAGE VINYL Signing Session, Acoustic Performance

Californian rockers STEEL PANTHER will take part in an in-store acoustic performance and signing session on Wednesday, October 7 at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey beginning at 7:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.vvinyl.com. STEEL PANTHER is the '80s metal/hard rock tribute act formerly kno...

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JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Debut Due Next Month

JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, the new band led by former DEAD KENNEDYS frontman Jello Biafra, will release its debut album, "The Audacity of Hype", on October 20 via Alternative Tentacles Records. The CD was produced by Biafra and engineered by hip hop producer and longtime Jel...

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MEKONG DELTA Hard At Work On New Album

Legendary German progressive thrash outfit MEKONG DELTA will take time off from recording its new album to perform at the Hard Rocker Festival II, set to take place September 26, 2009 at Mega Club in Katowice, Poland. According to bassist Ralph Hubert, MEKONG DELTA's forthcoming CD, entitled "Wander...

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STEEL PANTHER Interviewed In Glasgow; Video Available

Powerful Peanuts TV conducted an interview with Californian rockers STEEL PANTHER before the band's September 15, 2009 performance at the Garage in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Watch the chat in two parts below. STEEL PANTHER is the '80s metal/hard rock tribute act formerly known as METAL SKOOL. The gro...

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WHITE WIZZARD Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Los Angeles traditional metal heroes WHITE WIZZARD are putting the finishing touches on the as-yet-untitled full-length follow-up to the "High Speed GTO" mini-album with producer Ralph Patlan (MEGADETH, UFO, MICHAEL SCHENKER). According to WHITE WIZZARD bassist Jon Leon, the new CD will contain "10...

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RON JARZOMBEK Opens Vault With 'PHHHP! Plus'

Acclaimed guitarist Ron Jarzombek (BLOTTED SCIENCE, WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK) has set a September 15 release date for his solo album, "PHHHP! Plus", which combines the cult fave "PHHHP!" recordings with 12 additional cuts that delve further into the archives of the legendary guitarist's formative pre...

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Original ANGEL Bassist MICKIE JONES Loses Battle With Cancer

Mickie Jones, original bassist and founding member of the '70s rock band ANGEL, passed away yesterday (Saturday, September 5) in San Dimas, California after a long battle with liver cancer. His family said he died "peacefully and beautifully." Mickie performed on four ANGEL albums — "Angel" (1975),...

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Autographed Bass Auctioned To Help DEFTONES Member

A bass guitar autographed by members of RUSH, DEFTONES, GREEN DAY and others is being auctioned to raise money for DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng, who remains in a semi-conscious state 10 months after being gravely injured in a car crash in Northern California. The 2001 Fender Precision bass has been si...

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GENETIC WISDOM To Reunite For EINDHOVEN METAL MEETING Performance

The 1994 "Humanity On Parole" lineup of the Dutch groove-metal outfit GENETIC WISDOM will reunite to perform at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting on December 19 at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Commented vocalist Michel Lucarelli; "We are stoked about this! It was asked before and we always poli...