Search results for 'bill ward'

News

Former HELLOWEEN Singer MICHAEL KISKE Joins Forces With DENNIS WARD In UNISONIC

Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske has teamed up with Dennis Ward (bass) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums) of Germany's PINK CREAM 69 in a brand new project dubbed UNISONIC. Swiss guitarist Mandy Meyer, who has previously played with ASIA, GOTTHARD and KROKUS, completes the group's lineup. UNISONIC ma...

News

MASTODON's HINDS, KELLIHER Talk Gear With PREMIER GUITAR

Premier Guitar's Jordan Wagner conducted an interview with MASTODON's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher backstage at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines, Iowa on October 14, 2009. In this "rig rundown," Brent talks about his vintage Fender silverface combo and Marshall JMP heads. He also discusses his lo...

News

SCORN: 'Evanescence / Ellipsis' 2-CD Set Out Now In Europe

"Evanescence" and "Ellipsis", two long-out-of-print releases from British ambient dub masterminds SCORN, have been reissued together in a special set for the price of just one regular CD. SCORN was the brainchild of ex-NAPALM DEATH drummer Mick Harris and ex-NAPALM DEATH founding member Nic Bullen,...

News

KISS: Video Interview Posted Online

The members of KISS were interviewed by Altitude and Sprint TV prior to their October 31, 2009 performance at the 11th annual Voodoo Experience music festival in New Orleans. Watch the chat below. More than 150 acts played on eight stages in three separate areas — named Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le...

News

FOZZY To Release First-Ever Live Album

FOZZY, the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho and STUCK MOJO mastermind Rich "The Duke" Ward, will release its first-ever live album, "Remains Alive", as part of a special very limited-edition "Survival Pack" as a lead-up to their upcoming new album, "Chasing the Grail", to be rele...

News

Original ADEMA Lineup To Play First Show In Over Five Years

The original lineup of the Bakersfield, California rock band ADEMA — Marky Chavez (vocals),David Deroo (bass),Tim Fluckey (guitar),Mike Ransom (guitar),and Kris Kohls (drums) — will play its first live show in over five years on January 14, 2010 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, Californi...

News

BLACK SABBATH Drummer Previews Christmas 'Rock 50' Show

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has issued the following update on the Christmas edition of his "Rock 50" monthly radio show, which airs between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. PST on WPMD, a college radio station at Cerritos College in California: "In my last news post, about the November radio show, I’d...

News

IMMOLATION: Studio Report Posted Online

Veteran death metallers IMMOLATION recently entered Millbrook Sound Studios in New York with longtime producer Paul Orofino to begin recording their eighth album, due in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. Check out a new studio report from IMMOLATION guitarist Robert Vigna at DecibelMagazine.com....

News

SKINLAB Frontman Says New Album Is 'Selling Like S**t'

Stefan Topuzov's Music Vault recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Steev Esquivel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Stefan Topuzov's Music Vault: You cancelled a whole tour due to your lung infection, so asking you how you are doi...

News

MUTINY WITHIN: Debut Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed

New Jersey-based sextet MUTINY WITHIN (formerly MUTINY) will release its self-titled debut album on February 23, 2010 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida with producer Jason Bieler (SIKTH, SKINDRED, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, NONPOINT) and was m...

News

BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD On Surviving The Music Business

Legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward recently spoke to ClashMusic.com about surviving the music business. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Read Your Contracts: "I think one of the things a band needs to have, besides a good accountant, is to sign really good contracts. I'm a victim of...

News

KITTIE, IT DIES TODAY, MALEFICE To Tour Europe In January

KITTIE, IT DIES TODAY and MALEFICE will team up for a European tour in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 02 - Wetzlar, DE - Franzis Jan. 03 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang Jan. 05 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega Jr. Jan. 06 - Berlin, DE - Magnet Jan. 07 - Cologne, DE - ...

News

DEVIN TOWNSEND Will Not Perform Any STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Material On Upcoming Tour

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) will release "Addicted", the second in a series of albums to be made available under THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker, on November 17 in North America via InsideOut Music. A song from the "A...

News

PRIMAL FEAR's Tour Bus Crash Forces Bergen Cancellation

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR were forced to cancel tonight's (Wednesday, November 4) concert in Bergen, Norway after their bus crashed (see photo below) while the band was making its way to the city from Oslo. According to a statement released by International Touring and Management GmbH &...

News

AVATAR: Munich Footage Available

Video footage of AVATAR's October 28, 2009 performance in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (courtesy of "eblinternational"). Also on the bill were HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, WITHIN Y and DEGRADEAD. AVATAR will release its third, self-titled album on November 11 via Gain Music Entertainment. Two songs fr...