Search results for 'gamma ray'

News

FILTER Frontman, Ex-DAVID LEE ROTH Drummer Comment On ARMY OF ANYONE

FILTER frontman Richard Patrick and former DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier have isused separate statements via their official web sites regarding their new collaboration, ARMY OF ANYONE, which also features former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Dean (guitar) and his brother Robert DeLeo (bass). Read...

News

ARMY OF ANYONE: New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/FILTER Collaboration Gets A Name

FILTER's Richard Patrick (vocals),former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Dean (guitar) and his brother Robert DeLeo (bass),and ex-DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier, have joined forces in a brand-new band called ARMY OF ANYONE. "The first musical experience we had," Patrick told MTV.com, "they came ove...

News

ANGRA Explain Mexican Concert Cancellation

According to a posting on ANGRA's official web site, the band were forced to cancel their September 20 concert in Guadalajara, Mexico after the promoter could not be located on the day of the show. More information is available at Angra.net. ANGRA are continuing to tour in support of their latest al...

News

JADED HEART To Support HELLOWEEN In France, Spain

German melodic rockers JADED HEART have been confirmed as the support act for HELLOWEEN on the following dates: Dec. 11 - Paris, FRA @ Elysee Montmartre Dec. 13 - Bordeaux, FRA @ Theatre Barbey Dec. 15 - Bilbao, SPA @ Santana Dec. 16 - Madrid, SPA @ Divino Aqualung Dec. 17 - Granada, SPA @ ...

News

Former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Bassist Welcomes Addition To Family

Congratulations are in order for former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bassist Robert DeLeo and his wife Kristen DeLeo, who welcomed the arrival of their new baby, Duke Vincent, on August 7, 2005. Duke came in weighing 7 lbs. and sporting a full head of black hair. Robert DeLeo is believed to have formed a new...

News

GAMMA RAY: Japanese Version Of 'Majestic' To Include Bonus Track

The Japanese version of GAMMA RAY's new album, "Majestic", which is due on September 22 (the U.S. release is scheduled for October 11),will include a bonus track, entitled "Hellfire", penned by the group's drummer Dan Zimmermann. "Majestic" was recorded and mixed at Hansen Studios in Hamburg, Germa...

News

DEAD KENNEDYS: 'Fresh Fruit' Reissue To Include Bonus DVD Documentary

Billboard.com is reporting that the DEAD KENNEDYS' 1980 punk rock classic "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" will be reissued Oct. 25 in a 25th anniversary edition by Manifesto Records with a bonus DVD documentary. A new single-disc version of the band's debut album without the DVD will also be re...

News

Former FREEDOM CALL Bassist Explains His Departure

Former FREEDOM CALL bassist Ilker Ersin has issued the following statement regarding his departure from the group: "I very much enjoyed the past years with the band, and especially the time with you [teh fans], but it is time for me to follow a different path now — as some of you noticed, I‘m curren...

Review

Majestic

When Kai Hansen left HELLOWEEN way back when, he took a large portion of that band's eccentricity with him, put to great use in GAMMA RAY. The band's core has always been the European style of power metal that Hansen helped found, but GAMMA RAY has always been willing to indulge a gloriously ludicro...

News

RICHARD PATRICK Calls On FILTER Fans To Support Charities For Hurricane Victims

FILTER mainman Richard Patrick has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina. I'd like to call on the FILTER fans to band together to help support the charities that will directly assist those affected. It...

News

PETER CRISS: 'It's My Turn To Tell My Side Of My Life'

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss' official web site has been updated with the following question-and-answer session with Criss, conducted a few days ago: Q: What's going on with the new album? when do you think it's going to ship? Peter: "It's going great, thank you for asking. I am wearing a lot o...

News

REDEMPTION Added As Co-Headliner Of Toronto's DAY OF THE EQUINOX Festival

Los Angeles-based prog/metal/rock act REDEMPTION, featuring FATES WARNING singer Ray Alder, have been added as co-headliner of the inaugural Day of the Equinox festival, set to take place October 14 in Toronto, Canada. The band — who has received critical acclaim throughout the metal community for t...

News

BLOCKK 16 To Support Y&T On East Coast Tour

Legendary rockers Y&T will embark on a mini-tour of the East Coast in late September with support from Rick Skatore's (24-7 SPYZ) BLOCKK 16. The BLOCKK lineup will consist of Skatore on bass, Andrew Freeman (GEORGE LYNCH, BLACK SYMPHONY) on guitars, Ray Freeman Jr. on vocals and Shawn Vickers (T...

Review

Awaken the Guardian (reissue)

While their eternal doppelgangers QUEENSRŸCHE did more to popularize "thinking man's metal", and onetime disciples DREAM THEATER turned prog-metal into a cottage industry, FATES WARNING are no less deserving of their place in progressive metal history. Their 1986 set, "Awaken the Guardian", hit a pi...

News

MASTERPLAN To Open Bulgaria's BLACK SEA FESTIVITIES

According to BNN (Bulgarian News Network),MASTERPLAN will open the Black Sea Festivities – Kavarna 2005 Saturday at the Kaliakra stadium in the Black Sea town of Kavarna. The world-renowned German guitar player AXEL RUDI PELL will play immediately after the German/Norwegian band. The world professi...