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VAN HALEN's Record Label Wanted Band To Change Name After Replacing DAVID LEE ROTH With SAMMY HAGAR

Ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony was interviewed for a recent episode of "Steve Gorman Rocks!", a Westwood One five-hour weeknight program for classic rock stations, hosted by the former drummer and founding member of THE BLACK CROWES. Recounting the first time he met Sammy Hagar prior to the si...

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TOMMY'S ROCKTRIP Feat. OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK SABBATH Touring Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS: Listen To 'Make Me Smile' Song

TOMMY'S ROCKTRIP is drummer Tommy Clufetos's (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK SABBATH) new hard rock outfit, where he offers his take on the rock 'n roll influences that made him one of the most sought-after drummers in the current hard rock scene. "Beat Up By Rock 'N' Roll", TOMMY'S ROCKTRIP's debut album, wi...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN-Owned Guitar, Previously Gifted To LESLIE WEST, Sells For $50,000

A Frankenstrat guitar originally owned by Eddie Van Halen has been sold for $50,000 via Heritage Auctions. The instrument was made for Eddie circa 1984 by Steve Ripley, who was renowned for his stereo guitars that Eddie used on songs like "Top Jimmy". Built from a Kramer Striker very early in the Ri...

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MEGADETH Is 'In The Final Hours' Of Recording New Album

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke to Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. of Rock Music Star about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I was actually just down there [at the recording studio] last week. I went...

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DEE SNIDER Believes That 'Cancel Culture' Is A Form Of Censorship

In a new interview with NewsNation's "Banfield", TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, who was famously called to testify before the U.S. Senate against the proposition to have warning labels be placed on albums deemed "offensive" to listeners, once again spoke about the rise of political correctness...

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MERCURY CIRCLE Feat. SWALLOW THE SUN, Ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM Members: 'You Open Up The Earth' Music Video

MERCURY CIRCLE, the new band featuring former CHILDREN OF BODOM drummer Jaska Raatikainen and SWALLOW THE SUN's Jaani Peuhu, has released a music video for a song called "You Open Up The Earth". Labeled as "a band you need to watch out for in 2021" by Metal Hammer U.K., MERCURY CIRCLE is creating a...

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Watch LINDEMANN Perform 'Praise Abort' From 'Live In Moscow' Blu-Ray

LINDEMANN, the project featuring vocalist Till Lindemann of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN and Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN),will release a concert film, "Live In Moscow", on May 21 on Blu-ray. The set will include professionally filmed video foo...

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TOMMY LEE Credits 1984 Tour With OZZY OSBOURNE With Catapulting MÖTLEY CRÜE's Career

In a new interview with Spotify's "Rock This With Allison Hagendorf", MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee credited the band's 1984 tour with Ozzy Osbourne with helping break CRÜE in America. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "When Ozzy Osbourne took us out, that was the first time we got the o...

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LAMB OF GOD Debuts Blistering BAD BRAINS Cover Featuring FEVER 333's JASON AALON BUTLER

LAMB OF GOD has premiered a scorching cover of the BAD BRAINS classic "I Against I" featuring FEVER 333 vocalist Jason Aalon Butler. The live quarantine video captures the raw energy and spirit of this cult classic. LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe states: "The idea to cover 'I Against I' goes back...

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SAMMY HAGAR Wishes He Had Been 'A Little More Conservative' About VAN HALEN Years In His Autobiography

In a new interview with Spotify's "Rock This With Allison Hagendorf", Sammy Hagar was asked if there is anything that he wishes he had included in his 2011 autobiography "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I included everything. There's nothing I di...

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FOREIGNER, WHITESNAKE, STRYPER, L.A. GUNS Members Featured In Documentary On COVID-19's Decimation Of Music Industry

DailyBOOM Media has released "Let The Music Play", a documentary on COVID-19's brutal impact on the music industry, via YouTube (a mid-April release on Amazon Prime is also slated). This feature-length film was written by executive producer Cate Meighan, with Emmy Award-winning video-editor and co-p...

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AFI Drops Two More New Songs, 'Dulcería' And 'Far Too Near'

AFI has shared "Dulcería" and "Far Too Near", two tracks from their eagerly-awaited new album "Bodies", due June 11 via Rise Records. The swaggering "Dulcería" — which was co-written by THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' Billy Corgan — is accompanied by an official music video. Both new tracks will be included...

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JEREMY SPENCER Says Return To FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Was Never A Possibility: 'It Had Kind Of Run Its Course For Me'

Jeremy Spencer, former drummer and co-founding member of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, spoke to Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station about his late 2018 decision to exit the band. Asked if there was a ever a chance that he could return to FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, Spencer said: "Nah, I don't think so....

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Watch Music Video For Title Track Of NANCY WILSON's Debut Solo Album, 'You And Me'

The official music video for "You And Me", the title track of the debut solo album from HEART's Nancy Wilson, can be seen below. Due on May 7 via Carry On Music, the LP was recorded primarily in Wilson's California home studio, working with band members and special guests remotely. "Being off the ro...

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EXODUS's STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Has Lost 62 Pounds In Less Than A Year

Fans who saw EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza perform a livestream concert with his AC/DC tribute band AC/DZ on April 3 noticed a major change in the singer's appearance. "I have lost 62 pounds," Zetro revealed via his Zetro's Toxic Vault YouTube channel (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "And...