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VINNY APPICE Says Other Members' Lack Of Punctuality Is Reason He Left KILL DEVIL HILL

In a new interview with Hard, Heavy & Hair With Pariah Burke, legendary drummer Vinny Appice once agin spoke about the importance of punctuality when it comes to being in a band, especially as it relates to performing live. Asked what advice he would give to younger musicians looking to make the...

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STEPHEN PEARCY Once Again Floats Possibility Of Classic RATT Reunion: 'I'm Opening The Door'

Stephen Pearcy has once again floated the possibility of the surviving members of the classic RATT lineup reuniting to play live shows or make a new studio album. Pearcy made the comments three months after he was joined by his former bandmate Bobby Blotzer during the RATT singer's livestream concer...

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DEFTONES And GOJIRA Postpone North American Tour Until Spring Of 2022

DEFTONES have postponed their previously announced North American tour with GOJIRA until the spring of 2022. The trek was originally scheduled to take place last summer before being pushed back, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to August and September of this year. Earlier today, DEFTONES issued a stat...

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SAXON's New Album Gets Official Release Date

British heavy metal legends SAXON will release their new album on February 4, 2022. The LP's arrival date was announced by SAXON singer Biff Byford in a video message earlier today. "I'm just about to sign off on the last mix from [producer] Andy Sneap, so it should be ready real soon," Biff stated...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Featured In POST MALONE's 'Motley Crew' Video

Grammy Award-nominated diamond-certified Dallas, Texas maverick Post Malone has unveiled a new track titled "Motley Crew". "Motley Crew" is his first new original music of the year — the lead track from a companion project to a forthcoming documentary, coming soon. Once again, he delivers the perfec...

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RICK ALLEN Says DEF LEPPARD Will Present Some New Music In Not-Too-Distant Future

DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen spoke to Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon of Canada's The Metal Voice about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's next studio album. He said: "There's always new music on the go. And I'm happy to announce that in the not-too-distant future we'll be able to pr...

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K.K. DOWNING 'Didn't Really Feel' As Though He Had His Fair Share Of Lead Guitar Work In JUDAS PRIEST

In a new interview with Sonic Dorms, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing was asked if he ever considered making his new band KK'S PRIEST a one-guitar outfit instead of hiring another musician to play guitar in the group. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "That's so strange yo...

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BADFLOWER To Release 'This Is How The World Ends' Album In September

Gold-certified Los Angeles-bred and Nashville-based BADFLOWER siphons stress, sleeplessness, sex, sadness, mania, pain, and truth into revelatory alternative anthems. Lead singer/guitarist Josh Katz's quivering confessions seep into climactic distortion and, like any good rush, you need more. They d...

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IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH: 'We Saw The Devil And Lived'

IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith recently went on "Side Jams With Bryan Reesman" to discuss his book "Monsters Of River & Rock: My Life As Iron Maiden's Compulsive Angler", his love for fishing, the importance of conservation, and meeting a real Tasmanian Devil. Smith was asked about the types...

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Ex-TESLA Guitarist TOMMY SKEOCH Says He Doesn't Do Drugs Anymore: 'I'm So Over It'

Former TESLA guitarist Tommy Skeoch, who left the band in 2006 to receive treatment for substance-abuse issues, has shot down the suggestion that he is still in the throes of addicition. "I get the feeling people think I'm just out gettin' full-tilt boogie and wild all the time, and, really, man, my...

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EXODUS Drummer TOM HUNTING To Undergo Gastric Cancer Surgery

EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting will undergo a total gastrectomy next week, less than five months after he started treatment for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach. According to Cancer.org, a total gastrectomy is done if the cancer has spread widely in the stomach. It is also often advised if t...

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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER Says He Got $300,000 For 'I Wanna Rock' Version In 'The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie'

In a new interview with "The Jeremy White Podcast", TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider was asked why he allowed the band's song "I Wanna Rock" to be re-recorded with different lyrics for a feature in "The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie", released in 2004. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)...

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K.K. DOWNING Says KK'S PRIEST Is 'A Continuation' Of The 'Wonderful Music' He Made With JUDAS PRIEST

In a brand new interview with Planet Rock's "My Planet Rocks", founding JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing once again elaborated on his decision to call his new band KK'S PRIEST, an obvious nod to his former group. His is joined in KK'S PRIEST by former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, guita...

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TED NUGENT Once Again Denies Accusations Of Racism: 'I Am Color Blind'

Ted Nugent has once again fired back at accusations of racism, saying that no one has promoted black artists as much as he has his entire life. The outspoken conservative rocker made his comments more than three months after he revealed he lost a major sponsor of his award-winning "Spirit Of The Wil...

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STAIND's AARON LEWIS Releases Official Lyric Video For Controversial New Single, 'Am I The Only One'

STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis has just released a new solo single, "Am I The Only One". The outspoken conservative rocker, who reinvented himself as a solo country artist in the last decade, debuted the song in March at a solo concert in Texas — a state which removed all pandemic restrictions that sam...