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Former NOTHINGFACE Singer MATT HOLT Dies

Matt Holt, former singer of NOTHINGFACE, passed away at home in Maryland on April 15. He had been battling a degenerative illness for several years. He is survived by his parents and his younger brother. While he had not been active musically in recent years, Holt, who toured the world several times...

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Former TROUBLE Singer ERIC WAGNER Signs With M-THEORY AUDIO; New BLACKFINGER Album Due This Summer

BLACKFINGER, the band led by former TROUBLE singer Eric Wagner, will release its new album, "When Colors Fade Away", this summer via M-Theory Audio. Renowned and still cherished for the classic material he recorded with Chicago's TROUBLE for over two decades, Wagner has in recent years been focusing...

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MR. BIG Recording 'Defying Gravity' Album With Producer KEVIN ELSON

MR. BIG has set "Defying Gravity" as the title of its new album, tentatively due this fall via Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up to 2014's "...The Stories We Could Tell" is being produced by Kevin Elson, who helmed all of MR. BIG's early LPs, including "Mr. Big" (1989),"Lean Into It" (1991) and "B...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE Guitarist Explains Delay In Releasing New Music

A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel has told The Salt Lake Tribune in a new interview that the band's first new album in 14 years will arrive possibly by this November, but next spring at the latest. Howerdel said: "In a perfect world for me, I would make an album, tour, take a ...

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Members Of DREAM THEATER, WHITESNAKE, LIVING COLOUR, JOURNEY, ARCH ENEMY, Others React To Passing Of ALLAN HOLDSWORTH

Members of DREAM THEATER, WHITESNAKE, LIVING COLOUR, JOURNEY and ARCH ENEMY are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the passing of the groundbreaking British guitarist Allan Holdsworth. The news of Holdsworth's death was broken by his daughter's Louise...

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RICHIE KOTZEN: THE WINERY DOGS 'Are Sleeping, But They'll Be Back'

During an appearance on the "Trunk Nation" show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106),guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen was asked about some of his recent comments which painted an uncertain future for THE WINERY DOGS, his power trio with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE...

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Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN To Be Inducted Into South Dakota Hall Of Fame

Tommy Bolin will be inducted into the South Dakota Rock And Roll Music Association Hall Of Fame on Saturday, April 22 at the Ramkota Exhibition Hall in Sioux Falls. "Tommy is being inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Spirit of Music recipient," Johnnie Bolin, the younger brother of Tommy Bolin, expl...

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LITA FORD Says American Media Likes To Pick On Her

HRH TV conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford at this year's HRH AOR festival, which was held last month in North Wales. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about all the "crap" the media has given her over the course of her four-decade career, Lita said: "I think the ...

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Watch ROB HALFORD Perform 'You've Got Another Thing Coming' With JIM BREUER On 'The Comedy Jam'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST) was a guest on last night's (April 12) episode of Comedy Central's new comedy and music series "The Comedy Jam". The eight-episode season features celebrities dishing on a cherished memory linked to an iconic song and then performing that song with the Comedy Jam Band in f...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY Says You Can Hear GENE HOGLAN's Anger On 'Brotherhood Of The Snake' Album

On March 15, JAM Magazine's Mike DiQuinzio conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked about the challenges TESTAMENT faced while making its latest album, 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake", Chuck said: "[...

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THE WINERY DOGS' Upcoming DVD To Include EP Of Previously Unreleased Studio Tracks

THE WINERY DOGS, the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON),will release a new concert DVD and Blu-ray in July via Loud &amp...

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YES Comments On ANDERSON RABIN WAKEMAN's Name Change

YES has released a statement regarding ANDERSON RABIN WAKEMAN's decision to changed the latter group's name to include "YES" in the moniker. YES's best-known past members, singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin, and keyboardist Rick Wakeman, revealed on Monday (April 10) that "effective immedia...

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ROB HALFORD To Perform 'You've Got Another Thing Coming' With JIM BREUER On 'The Comedy Jam' (Preview)

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST) will guest on this Wednesday's (April 12) episode of Comedy Central's new comedy and music series "The Comedy Jam". The eight-episode season features celebrities dishing on a cherished memory linked to an iconic song and then performing that song with the Comedy Jam Band i...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's Fourth Album To Be Released In September

Glenn Hughes has told Australia's Loud magazine that BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's much-anticipated fourth album will be released in "the middle of September." The supergroup, which features Hughes alongside drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN, FOREIGNER),keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, ALIC...

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PAULO JR.: 'Machine Messiah' Is SEPULTURA's 'Best Record So Far' With DERRICK GREEN

Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On SEPULTURA's new "Machine Messiah" album: Paulo: "I think it's a very unique record. Everybody is really happy...