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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Receives Honorary Doctorate From Oregon's Pacific University: Photos

Oregon's Pacific University awarded an honorary doctorate to longtime university Trustee Tommy Thayer, the lead guitarist for legendary rock band KISS, at the university's spring undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 19 at Hanson Stadium on the Forest Grove Campus. Thayer, who grew up...

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GOOD CHARLOTTE Signs Worldwide Partnership With BMG For New Album

BMG has announce it has entered into a worldwide partnership with GOOD CHARLOTTE and the band's MDDN label to release the group's new studio album later this year. GOOD CHARLOTTE has cemented its legacy as one of the most popular and influential rock bands of modern time. With Top 10-charting album...

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JOE SATRIANI On RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'It's Unfortunate When Somebody You Look Up To Has Something Negative To Say About You'

Joe Satriani says that "it's unfortunate" that Ritchie Blackmore would say anything negative about his guitar playing. The CHICKENFOOT guitarist, who played with DEEP PURPLE after Blackmore decided to leave the band for good in 1993, made the remark in response to an apparently two-decade-old interv...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist Says IVAN MOODY Is 'Sober' And 'Happy' With 'A Totally New Outlook On Life'

On May 18, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory was interviewed by Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Seeing as the interview took place on the first anniversary of Chris Cornell's death, Zoltan was asked if he was music...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'My Son Has Actually Inspired Me A Lot With Music'

SoundDiego's J-Mar conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine when the band headlined the Fronterizo Fest in Tijuana in late April. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what inspires him to continue making new music and how he keeps his songwriting fresh, Mustaine said: "Prior ban...

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Watch STEVEN ADLER Perform GUNS N' ROSES Classics With Members Of STEEL PANTHER

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler and his ADLER'S APPETITE bandmates, bassist Sean McNabb and singer Constantine Maroulis, joined STEEL PANTHER guitarist Satchel and singer Michael Starr on stage on May 20 at Eaton's Hill Hotel & Function Centre in Brisbane, Australia to perform the GN'R cla...

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ANTHRAX: 'Still Relevant' After More Than 35 Years

Drummer Charlie Benante of ANTHRAX, which celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2016, spoke to Fargo Monthly about the band's longevity. He said: "When you're trying to keep it together, I would say it is important that you love what you're doing. Throughout the years, we can see other forms of music t...

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KATAKLYSM Frontman: 'Everybody Is In A Tunnel As Far As Extreme Music Goes'

Kyle McGinn of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with frontman Maurizio Iacono of Montréal, Quebec, Canada-based melodic death metallers KATAKLYSM. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: I know the album was originally scheduled for April. Was there a reason it got pu...

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TOBIAS FORGE Says GHOST's 2016 GRAMMY AWARD Was A 'Sudden, Triumphant Moment'

Sean Stewart of Chattanooga, Tennessee FM radio station Rock 105 recently conducted an interview with GHOST founder and main songwriter Tobias Forge. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On "Rats", the lead singl...

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GENE SIMMONS Was 'Astonished To Find Out The Medicinal Value' Of Cannabis

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has once again admitted that he was "judgmental and uninformed" about marijuana's benefits in the past. The KISS bassist/vocalist, who has always promoted clean living and scoffed at peers who snort drugs and get high, made headlines in March when he landed an odd...

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SPOCK'S BEARD: 'Somebody's Home' Lyric Video Released

U.S. progressive rockers SPOCK'S BEARD will release their 13th studio album, "Noise Floor", on May 25. For this disc, Ted Leonard, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Ryo Okumoto are joined in the studio once again by drummer and original member Nick D'Virgilio. The official lyric video for the song "Somebod...

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GHOST Leader Says A Lot Of Bands 'Don't Understand The Amount Of Actual Labor' That Is Involved In Being Successful

During a brand new interview with Meltdown of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station, GHOST leader Tobias Forge spoke about the keys to being a successful artist in the current musical climate. He said (hear audio below): "I think that there are numerous things. Of course, there's some of b...

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Watch First Trailer For QUEEN Movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Starring RAMI MALEK

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for the QUEEN biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody". "Mr. Robot"'s Rami Malek stars in the film as QUEEN lead singer Freddie Mercury, the iconic British vocal artist known for his extravagant performance style and his incredible vocal range. Due in theaters on No...

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MARK SLAUGHTER Responds To VINNIE VINCENT's 'No-Talent Individual' Slam

Mark Slaughter says that he wants to take the high road and not engage in a war of words with Vinnie Vincent after his former bandmate called him a "no-talent individual" who reduced his music "to the level of worse than a local bar band." Slaughter joined VINNIE VINCENT INVASION as the replacement...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'We're Still Right About NAPSTER'

Earlier this month, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was interviewed on the "Nyhetsmorgon" program on Sweden's TV4 channel. You can now watch the segment below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he thinks METALLICA's reluctance to make its previous albums avai...