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Producer NICK RASKULINECZ On Working With RUSH: 'Sometimes I Still Can't Believe It Happened'

During a recent appearance on the "Tape Op Podcast", producer Nick Raskulinecz discussed his work on the final two RUSH albums, 2007's "Snakes & Arrows" and 2012's "Clockwork Angels". "Sometimes I still can't believe it happened," Nick said (hear audio below). "We made two records together, and...

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RUSH's ALEX LIFESON: 'I Always Try To Make Simple Guitar Parts Sound More Difficult'

In a recent interview with Mitch Gallagher of Sweetwater, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson was asked if he ever discovers new things about the band's early songs when he goes back to re-learn them years later. He responded (see video below): "There's a trick, I think, and it comes with experience. And th...

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DAVID LEE ROTH To Rock Las Vegas: Residency At House Of Blues To Begin In January 2020

David Lee Roth — frontman and voice of VAN HALEN — is coming to Las Vegas. Toastmaster general of the immoral majority Diamond Dave is bringing the rock to the House Of Blues Las Vegas with a residency beginning on January 8, 10, and 11 at Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino. "David Lee Roth: Rocks Vegas...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Once Again Credits 'Strippers In Florida' With Making 'Hysteria' Album A Massive Success

During a recent interview with "The Mike & Carla Morning Show", DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen once again recounted how the band's three-decade-old, career-defining anthem "Pour Some Sugar On Me" started an explosion of over a million copies of the "Hysteria" album to be shipped in a single d...

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JOHN COOPER: 'I Never Wanted To Sing To Only Religious People. That's The Opposite Of What SKILLET Is All About'

"Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" conducted an interview with SKILLET frontman John Cooper at this year's Heavy Montreal festival. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the creative process of putting together a graphic novel and the band's l...

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Video: ALTER BRIDGE Performs Acoustic Set At Germany's STAR FM

Video footage of ALTER BRIDGE members Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy performing a short acoustic set at the studios of Berlin, Germany's Star FM radio station can be seen below. ALTER BRIDGE's new album, "Walk The Sky", will be released on October 18 via Napalm Records. According to a press release...

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THE BLACK CROWES Drummer Says It's A 'Safe Bet To Assume' CHRIS And RICH ROBINSON Will Be 'Back Together Playing Music'

THE BLACK CROWES drummer and co-founder Steve Gorman says that he will be "stunned" if Rich and Chris Robinson don't reunite soon to play music together again. Gorman, whose "Hard To Handle: The Life And Death Of The Black Crowes - A Memoir" is scheduled for release later this month, made his commen...

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MIKE PORTNOY Doesn't Want To Upset His Former Bandmates In DREAM THEATER By Releasing SHATTERED FORTRESS Project

Mike Portnoy, who left DREAM THEATER in 2010, was asked in a new interview with SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation" what it has been like for him to perform some of the band's music with various other musicians in the nine years since he exited the group. "Every time I do it, it feels really good — it feels l...

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WHITFIELD CRANE Claims He Was Once Asked By GLENN TIPTON To Replace ROB HALFORD In JUDAS PRIEST

UGLY KID JOE frontman Whitfield Crane claims that he was once asked to join JUDAS PRIEST. The seemingly unlikely pairing came close to becoming a reality in the mid-1990s while PRIEST was searching for a replacement for longtime singer Rob Halford. Rob left the band in 1992, citing his desire to pur...

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THE DAMNED: 'Black Is The Night' Greatest-Hits Collection To Include New Song

The greatest surviving British punk band THE DAMNED will release its most comprehensive collection of songs yet with a new greatest-hits LP, due on November 1 via BMG. The career-spanning best-of album includes an expansive 39-song tracklist curated by the bandmembers themselves, including the brand...

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KISS Postpones Staples Center Concert Due To 'Unforeseen Scheduling Issues'

Due to "unforeseen scheduling issues," the KISS tour concert scheduled for September 20 at Staples Center in Los Angeles has been postponed. The new date for this event will be March 4, 2020. Tickets for the original show will be valid for the new date. KISS's original Staples Center concert was sup...

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FREDDIE MERCURY: 'Never Boring' Solo Box Set Due In October

Iconic. Incomparable. Irreplaceable. But never, ever boring. Freddie Mercury's spirit is every bit as central to the fabric of popular music today as it was during his unforgettable lifetime. The spectacular global success of the biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody", with global box office takings now close t...

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New JIMMY PAGE Book, 'The Anthology', To Be Released In December; More Details Revealed

"Jimmy Page: The Anthology" is now available to pre-order from JimmyPageAnthology.com. A companion piece to "Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page", the new signed, limited edition documents Page's musical career through selected material from his rich personal archives. "Jimmy Page: The Anthology" is narrated e...

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Watch Episode 6 Of LED ZEPPELIN's 'History Of Led Zeppelin' YouTube Series

Episode 6 of "History Of Led Zeppelin", the sixth in a series of short stories celebrating what happened 50 years ago, when the members of LED ZEPPELIN entered Olympic Studios to record their debut album, can be seen below. In January 1969, LED ZEPPELIN was unleashed on the world with the release of...

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Watch MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Play His Favorite GENE SIMMONS Riffs

Sweetwater has uploaded a six-minute video in which MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson shows you four of his favorite bass riffs that were instrumental in his progression on the instrument — and they just so happen to all originate from Gene Simmons of KISS. Earlier this year, Ellefson spoke about his...