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LESLIE WEST, DEE SNIDER, Others Featured In LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME's New Year's Eve 'Best Of The Awards Galas' TV Special

Long Island Music Hall Of Fame (LIMHOF) has announced its New Year's Eve "Best Of The Awards Galas" TV special. The 90-minute show is being presented by Jovia Financial Credit Union and will air on Thursday, December 31 at 9 p.m. simultaneously on News 12 plus (optimum channel 61),Fios (Verizon cha...

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Was 'Heavy Metal' Originally A Derogatory Term? DEE SNIDER And SEBASTIAN BACH Can't Seem To Agree

Dee Snider and Sebastian Bach have engaged in a Twitter discussion over whether "heavy metal" was originally used as a derogatory term. No one knows exactly where the term "heavy metal" originated, but some say that various American critics began using it in 1969 or 1970 to describe music that sound...

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LION'S SHARE Celebrates LEMMY's Memory And Music With Cover Of MOTÖRHEAD's 'Killed By Death'

Swedish heavy metal band LION'S SHARE has made its tribute to Lemmy and MOTÖRHEAD available on streaming services and digital service providers on the fifth anniversary of Lemmy's death, December 28, to celebrate his memory and music. LION'S SHARE singer Nils Patrik Johansson says: "Lemmy is truly t...

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TWISTED SISTER Is Toying Around With Idea Of Recording 'A Couple Of New Songs' For 15th-Anniversary Reissue Of 'A Twisted Christmas'

In a new interview with Goldmine, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French discussed the band's 2006 album "A Twisted Christmas", which featured metal versions of Christmas songs, including the holiday carol "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", which heavily inspired TWISTED SISTER's biggest hit, "We're Not Go...

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Watch SCORPIONS Sing A Cappella Version Of LOUIS ARMSTRONG's 'What A Wonderful World'

SCORPIONS have released a new Christmas video message in which frontman Klaus Meine and guitarists Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs belt out an a cappella version of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World". Check it out below. SCORPIONS recently entered Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germa...

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MOUNTAIN Legend LESLIE WEST Dead At 75

Leslie West, the legendary guitarist, vocalist and original founding member of MOUNTAIN, has died at the age of 75. Leslie's brother, Larry West Weinstein, confirmed the musician's passing to Rolling Stone. West suffered cardiac arrest at his home near Daytona, Florida on Monday (December 21) and wa...

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Updated: LESLIE WEST Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest

**Update**: Leslie West, the legendary guitarist, vocalist and original founding member of MOUNTAIN, has died at the age of 75. Leslie's brother, Larry West Weinstein, confirmed the musician's passing to Rolling Stone. West suffered cardiac arrest at his home near Daytona, Florida on Monday (Decembe...

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SCORPIONS Release Third And Final Fan-Created Music Video For 'Sign Of Hope'

Legendary German hard rockers SCORPIONS have released the third and final fan-created music video for their latest single, "Sign Of Hope". When the band first announced the project in June, it wrote in a social media post: "Show us your 'signs' of hope! We want to use our new music video as a platfo...

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Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Turns 75; JOE PERRY, ALICE COOPER, ROB ZOMBIE, Others Record Birthday Messages

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss turned 75 on Sunday, December 20. In celebration of this momentous occasion, Peter's wife Gigi put together a one-hour video containing interview and performance footage spanning his entire career, as well as birthday messages from a number of other hard rock and me...

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TWISTED SISTER's JAY JAY FRENCH Doesn't Have A Problem With Classic Rock Bands Touring With Non-Original Members

TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French was interviewed on the latest episode of the GUNS N' ROSES-centric "Appetite for Distortion" podcast. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked for his opinion of GUNS N' ROSES playing massive stadiums around the world while only having three members from it...

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DEE SNIDER Was Glad To See TWISTED SISTER's Early Story Told In 'We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!' Documentary

In a new interview with the Philadelphia radio station 93.3 WMMR, TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider discussed the band's movie, "We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!". Released in 2014, the film explores the history and legacy of the glam-rock icons, from the band’s early club days to their rise to popular...

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MOTÖRHEAD's PHIL CAMPBELL: How I Found Out About LEMMY's Death

MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, who celebrated his 70th birthday on December 24, 2015, learned two days later that he was afflicted with an aggressive form of cancer. He died two days later, on December 28, 2015, at his home in Los Angeles. Asked in a new interview with SiriusXM's "Trunk N...

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SCORPIONS' KLAUS MEINE Says His Singing Voice Is 'Still In A Very Good Place'

In a new interview with Melodic, SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine was asked how he keeps his voice in shape after all these years. He responded (hear audio below): "When we're on the road, I do my exercises. And also, right now, being in the studio and singing every other day, recording [the new SCORPIO...

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SCORPIONS 'Have A Few Ideas' For New Album Title, Says KLAUS MEINE

SCORPIONS recently entered Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germany to begin recording their upcoming studio album. Tentatively due in 2021, the disc will mark the German hard rock legends' first release since 2017's "Born To Touch Your Feelings - Best Of Rock Ballads", which was an anthology of...

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RUDY SARZO To Celebrate RANDY RHOADS's Birthday With KELLE RHOADS And KATHY RHOADS

Monsters Of Rock, the gold standard of hard rock for over 40 years, is celebrating legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads this weekend in what would have been his 64th birthday. The first show airs today (Friday, December 4) at 2 p.m. PST. Rudy Sarzo, host of "Six Degrees Of Sarzo" on Monsters Of Rock Rad...