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AEROSMITH Drummer Could Risk Career If He Tours
Launch Radio Networks reports: If an online post is to be believed, AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer is in a lot worse shape than anyone knows. "Therockojpp" at the fan-run AeroFANatic web site wrote that he spoke to guitarist Brad Whitford at an autograph session at the First Act Guitar Studio in Bost...October 10, 2005
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FIREWIND Keyboardist Continues Work On Solo CD
Bob Katsionis, keyboardist of Greek power metal act FIREWIND as well as guitarist of NIGHTFALL and IMAGINERY, is putting the finishing touches on his third solo CD. Once again, the effort will be an all-instrumental work in the vein of LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT, DREAM THEATER and STRATOVARIUS, with...October 10, 2005
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TNT: Audio Interview With TONY HARNELL Posted Online
StriglsMusicNews.com has posted episode 11 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features a short interview co-host John Ostronomy conducted with TNT frontman Tony Harnell. Host Mark Strigl and Ostronomy also discuss topics, including TNT's forthcoming album, "All The Way to the Sun", and DI...October 10, 2005
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Ex-DAMAGEPLAN Vocalist Comments On Possibility Of Singing Over New DIMEBAG Recordings
Former DAMAGEPLAN frontman Patrick Lachman has commented on a recent interview with ex-PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul in which the brother of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott discusses the possibility of one day releasing the demo recordings that Dimebag had been wo...October 10, 2005
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BRET MICHAELS: 'I Don't Want To Be Famous Just To Be Famous'
Mike Ross of the Edmonton Sun recently conducted an interview with POISON frontman Bret Michaels. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On not wanting to be famous simply for being famous: "If I showed you what I get offered every day, you'd laugh: 'Climb the Himalayas with a backpack and float down...October 8, 2005
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DREAM THEATER Members Featured On New NEAL MORSE Album
DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy (drums) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards) are among the guest musicians on former SPOCK'S BEARD/TRANSATLANTIC frontman Neal Morse's new progressive rock masterpiece, "?" (The Question Mark Album). The album will be released in the U.S. on November 1 through Metal Blade Recor...October 6, 2005
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THE FIFTH SUN: 'The Hunger to Survive' To Arrive This Month
Minnesota-based melodic death metallers THE FIFTH SUN, whose current lineup includes Swedish drummer Patrik J. Sten (PASSENGER, ex-KEROZENE, TRANSPORT LEAGUE),have issued the following update: "We will have the [second] album ['The Hunger to Survive'] back from manufacture in a few short days. 8-pa...October 5, 2005
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AKERCOCKE: Limited-Edition Version Of New Album To Include 7" Single
Earache Records has set an October 10 European release date for the fourth album from U.K. satanic death metallers AKERCOCKE, entitled "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone". The album will be released in two different formats — regular CD and limited edition version containing a bonus 30-mi...October 5, 2005
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AUDIOSLAVE Help Fan Pop The Question
Mike Ross of The Edmonton Sun is reporting that AUDIOSLAVE helped a Canadian fan propose to his girlfriend onstage during the group's performance at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta Saturday night (Oct. 1). The band issued backstage passes, signed a congratulatory photo, provided a magnum of champa...October 4, 2005
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PRONG To Headline Minnesota's THE REAPER'S BALL Festival
PRONG will be headlining The Reaper's Ball, an independently produced metal festival making its first-year debut on Saturday, October 29, at the Station 4 nightclub in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Created by Nathan Block of SwordLord Productions and Brian Huebner of Left Alone Creations, The Reaper...October 4, 2005
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SENTENCED: Photos From Final Gig Available Online
Finland's Mesta.net has uploaded several pictures from SENTENCED's farewell gig, which took place on Saturday, October 1 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. Check them out at this location. More pictures from the band's last two concerts can be found at www.imhotep.no. The very last show was ...October 4, 2005
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SPHERE OF SOULS Complete Work On Debut Album
SPHERE OF SOULS, the Dutch prog-metal formation featuring ex-SUN CAGED vocalist André Vuurboom, have completed work on their debut album, "From the Ashes". The CD is said to be of a conceptual nature and contains thirteen tracks encompassing a wide range of influences and styles. The music is being...October 3, 2005
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Former LED ZEPPELIN Bassist Pens Tribute To JOHN BONHAM
Former LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones has penned the following tribute to late ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the the drum legend's death: "So it's been 25 years. It still seems only yesterday that I was standing on stage next to him locking into another...October 1, 2005
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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'We Never Got Sidetracked By Pop Music Like MEGADETH Did'
U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Hammer: Shouldn't you be releasing a record soon? It's been four years since "God Hates Us All". Kerry King: "It seems like everybody under the sun says, 'We wa...September 30, 2005
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British Heavy Metal Singer To Marry Daughter Of Ukraine's Ex-Prime Minister
According to the Brandon Sun, the lead singer of the British heavy metal band DEATH VALLEY SCREAMERS is set to marry the daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's most influential woman and the ex-prime minister, a spokesman said Friday (Sept. 30). The wedding between Sean Carr, 36, a biker and former...September 30, 2005
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