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SCOTT IAN's 10-Year-Old Son REVEL Launches Three-Piece Rock Band HONEYBEE

Revel Young Ian, the 10-year-old son of ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, has teamed up with 16-year-old Liam Williams (guitar/vocals),and 15-year-old Theo O'Gara (bass/vocals) to form a three-piece rock and roll band called HONEYBEE. Formed in 2019 deep in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern Califor...

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FOREIGNER Announces 'The Best Of Foreigner 4 Live: The Las Vegas Edition' Vinyl Set

"Waiting For A Girl Like You", "Urgent", "Break It Up", "Juke Box Hero". FOREIGNER's timeless anthems continue to rock the charts, with ten multi-platinum albums, sixteen Top 30 hits and album sales now exceeding 80 million copies. Now, as part of the 40th-anniversary celebration of the groundbreaki...

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BLACK SABBATH's GEEZER BUTLER Still Doesn't Know What Producer RICK RUBIN Did On '13' Album

During an appearance earlier today (Thursday, April 28) on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" show, BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler reflected on the making of the band's final album, "13". Released in 2013, it was SABBATH's first LP in 35 years to feature Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi and...

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HELMET Announces June 2022 U.S. Tour

HELMET will embark on a U.S. headlining tour later this spring. The 18-date trek, dubbed "An Evening With Helmet", will kick off on June 3 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and conclude on June 25 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tour dates: Jun. 03 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met Jun. 04 - Hartford, CT - Infinity Mus...

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SKID ROW's RACHEL BOLAN: How Grunge Put 1980s Hard Rock Bands Out Of Business

SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan spoke to Rodrigo Altaf of Sonic Perspectives about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. "When a musical genre becomes just a point of sale, that's kind of the beginning of the...

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GUNS N' ROSES' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Tops 'Hot Hard Rock Songs' Chart After Inclusion In 'Thor' Trailer

GUNS N' ROSES' "Sweet Child O' Mine" has topped Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, just days after it was included in the new trailer for the upcoming movie "Thor: Love And Thunder". The track also re-entered the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart at No. 9. According to Billboard, "Child" ea...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: Why I Decided To Record A Song In German For The First Time

Former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider has just released a new solo album, "My Way", via Atomic Fire Records. The effort is billed as the 70-year-old German musician's "most personal and extraordinary album to date," containing 17 cover versions of the songs that have influenced the musician and s...

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Watch MARK TREMONTI Cover FRANK SINATRA's 'Fly Me To The Moon' Backed By Members of SINATRA's Touring Band

On the heels of the announcement last month that he is releasing a collection of Frank Sinatra covers to support NDSS (National Down Syndrome Society),Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, author and founding member of the hard rock bands ALTER BRIDGE, CREED and TREMONTI, Mark Tremonti has relea...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER On Turning 70: 'It's Just A Number'

Former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, who turned 70 years old on April 6, spoke to A&P-Reacts about what it feels like for him to reach this milestone birthday. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I feel quite good. No problem. Getting 70 years old, it's just a number. I think the...

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My Way

There are certain figures in the grand pantheon of heavy metal that are and will always remain 100% unfuckwithable. Udo Dirkschneider is plainly one such figure: a revered and acclaimed legend, both as frontman with ACCEPT in their early days and, ever since, as leader of his own titular crew. From...

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FOZZY's RICH WARD: 'I'm A Sucker For Great Songs, And I Always Have Been'

FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward spoke to The Entertainment Outlet about the band's upcoming LP, "Boombox", which is due on May 6. It is the follow-up to 2017's "Judas", the title track of which was recently certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for accumulating 500,000 cer...

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ARCH ENEMY's ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Is 'Concerned' About Future Of Metal Music Once 'The Masters' Have Retired

In a new interview with Mike McMahan of San Antonio Current, ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz spoke about whether there will be another wave of metal bands who are able to ascend to an arena-level status to take the place of METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN and JUDAS PRIEST upon their retirement. She said:...

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How One Italian AC/DC Fan Gave ANGUS YOUNG His Guitar Sound Back

The latest episode of "AC/DC Beyond The Thunder" features Italian AC/DC fan Filippo "SoloDallas" Olivieri discussing a story spanning four decades, three continents, a prolific inventor and eventually a summons to the recording studio from the band's guitarist Angus Young. During the show, Olivieri,...

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THE MELVINS Announce 'The Electric Roach' June/July 2022 U.S. Tour

THE MELVINS, who are wrapping up a sold-out tour with MINISTRY, will return to the road this summer for a headlining trek dubbed "The Electric Roach Tour", the hard-working band's first headlining run since 2019. Singer/guitar player Buzz Osborne comments: "It's nice to be able to tour!! We were won...

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Rock Band SANTA CRUZ Blasted For Allegedly Using Pre-Recorded Tracks During Los Angeles Concert (Video)

SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk has blasted the rock band SANTA CRUZ for allegedly using pre-recorded tracks during a recent concert, saying it's "unreal" how fans and promoters are seemingly okay with the practice. This past Wednesday (April 6),SANTA CRUZ — whose current lineup consists of...