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TWISTED SISTER Bassist: 'We Take Apart Every Audience And Band We Play With'

The Front Row Report recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER bassist Mark Mendoza. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the first show with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER),who stepped in for A.J. Pero after his March 2015 death: Mark: "It was quite diff...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: I Get Asked About SKID ROW Reunion 'All The Time'

Rob Rush, the evening host on Long Island, New York's 94.3 The Shark radio station, recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his long-awai...

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DISTURBED Drummer: 'I Don't Think We Were Ever A Nu Metal Band To Begin With'

DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren says that his band was never part of the so-called "nu metal" genre in the mid-'90s to the early 2000s, explaining that his group just "happened to come out around the same time" as some of the other bands who got lumped in that category. Essentially a fusion of rap an...

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DISTURBED's 'Immortalized' Certified Gold In U.S.

DISTURBED's sixth studio album, "Immortalized ", was officially certified gold on September 23 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales of more than 500,000 copies. The certification came seven months after RIAA started including on-demand audio and video streams and a track...

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UNISONIC Taps GAMMA RAY Drummer For Bulgaria's Lovech Rock Fest

GAMMA RAY drummer Michael Ehré (pictured) will replace Kosta Zafiriou at UNISONIC's last show this year, on September 23 at Bulgaria's Lovech Rock Fest. Says UNISONIC bassist Dennis Ward: "After Kosta announced his departure from the band and retirement from professional metal drumming early Septemb...

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AEROSMITH Drummer: 'We Can't Play As Many Shows As We Used To; It's Physically Impossible'

AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer has told Rolling Stone magazine that the band's immediate future is uncertain, despite singer Steven Tyler's previous claim that the group would embark on a "farewell" tour in 2017. Kramer in 2014 underwent a "minor medical procedure" to remove blockage from inside a co...

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FEAR FACTORY Guitarist Defends Fans Who Use Cell Phones At Concerts

FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares has slammed musicians who complain about fans using their cell phones during live shows, saying that people who buy tickets for concerts should be able to enjoy the performances however they like. During an interview that was captured on video as part of episode f...

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DISTURBED Singer: Response To 'Immortalized' Album Has Been 'Overwhelming'

It was just over a year ago that DISTURBED released its first all-new studio album since 2010, "Immortalized", and watched the record enter the Billboard album chart at No. 1 to become the group's fifth chart-topper in a row. With the album also going platinum, plus a massive tour and three No. 1 si...

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Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Explains Why He Had To Step Away From Music Scene

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted was interviewed on the August 29 edition of the SiriusXM satellite radio show "Eddie Trunk Live". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his decision to shut down the NEWSTED band in early 2014 and go silent for mo...

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DISTURBED Releases Lyric Video For 'Open Your Eyes' Song

DISTURBED has released a lyric video for the song "Open Your Eyes", taken from the band's sixth studio album, "Immortalized", which came out in August 2015. Check it out below. DISTURBED singer David Draiman told the Rock 100.5 The KATT radio station about "Open Your Eyes": "The lyrical content is p...

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GEOFF TATE Was 'Honored' To Be Asked To Sing With DISTURBED

Former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME frontman Geoff Tate joined DISTURBED on stage on August 20 at the Pain In The Grass festival at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Washington to perform the DISTURBED song "Who Taught You How To Hate". They were accompanied by ALTER BRIDGE gui...

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DISTURBED Singer: 'We're Performing At A Level That Is Unprecedented In Our Careers'

Fight+Music conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman at this year's Heavy Montreal festival, which was held August 6-7 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about DISTURBED's comeback after going on a four-year hiatus in 2011...

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THE PRETTY RECKLESS Scores Fourth Consecutive #1 Rock Hit With New Single 'Take Me Down'

"Take Me Down", the first single from THE PRETTY RECKLESS's upcoming album, "Who You Selling For", has reached No. 1 on the rock chart after just seven short weeks. This milestone marks the fourth consecutive No. 1 for the band who broke records as the first female-fronted band to have three chart t...

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DAVID DRAIMAN: DISTURBED Is Not Imprisoned By Any Sort Of Musical Classification

Cameron Buchholtz and Britt Rose of the Rock 100.5 The KATT radio station conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman on the band's tour bus during this year's Kattfest, which was held on August 11 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts fo...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'What's In My Bag?'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach is featured in Amoeba Music's "What's In My Bag?" segment in which he talks about some of the records he is into. In the clip below, he can be seen shopping at Amoeba in Hollywood, where he picks up music by RUSH, KISS and VAN HALEN, among others. Bach's ...