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MIKE PORTNOY Says Playing With JOHN PETRUCCI And JORDAN RUDESS Again 'Felt So Natural' And 'Comfortable'

LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT, the instrumental progressive rock/metal project featuring DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess and guitarist John Petrucci, alongside ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and progressive rock icon Tony Levin (bass) of KING CRIMSON and PETER GABRIEL fame, will release i...

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TRACII GUNS On MICHAEL SWEET: 'We Have The Same Influences In Music, We're Great Friends, And We Have Completely Opposite Ideologies'

Tracii Guns (L.A. GUNS) recently spoke to Talking Metal about SUNBOMB, his collaboration with STRYPER's Michael Sweet. Regarding how the project came about, Tracii said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The greatest thing about Michael and I is that we have the same influences in music, we're g...

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BUMBLEFOOT Looks Back On His Time With GUNS N' ROSES: 'I Was Inexperienced At Being A Hired Gun In A Stadium Band'

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has described his eight-year stint with the band as a "very intense" experience. Thal joined GUNS N' ROSES in 2006 and played on 2008's "Chinese Democracy", an album which contained music that had been written before he came into the group. The di...

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GEOFF TATE Calls His QUEENSRŸCHE Album 'Frequency Unknown' 'A Mess' And Not 'A Very Satisfying Project'

Geoff Tate says that "Frequency Unknown", the sole album he released under the QUEENSRŸCHE banner during a period when the singer was battling his former bandmates over the rights to the group's name, was not "a very satisfying project." "Frequency Unknown" arrived in April 2013 amidst a swarm of co...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist SILENOZ Talks About Motorcycles, Charity Work And His 'Electrical Curse'

DIMMU BORGIR and INSIDIOUS DISEASE guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud (a.k.a. Silenoz) went on "Side Jams With Bryan Reesman" to talk about his love of motorcycles, Norwegian nature, and doing charity work. At the beginning, there were audio problems that delayed the interview by at least 10 minutes. Sile...

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DISTURBED's Rescheduled 'The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour' Is Now Officially Canceled

DISTURBED's "The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour" has been officially canceled. The amphitheater tour, with very special guest STAIND and BAD WOLVES, was originally slated to take place last summer but was rescheduled to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe. Earlier today,...

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HELLOWEEN: New Album Cover Artwork Unveiled

The reunited expanded classic lineup of German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release its new, self-titled album on June 18 via Nuclear Blast. The disc's first single, "Skyfall", will arrive on April 2. The cover artwork for "Helloween", which can be seen below, was painted by artist Eliran Kantor,...

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THE EXPLOITED Drummer WILLIAM 'WULLIE' BUCHAN Suffers Heart Attack

THE EXPLOITED drummer William "Wullie" Buchan, the younger brother of the band's lead singer Walter "Wattie" Buchan, suffered a heart attack Thursday night (March 11). Wattie revealed in a social media post earlier today that he is currently "in hospital waiting to see what's happening next" with hi...

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PAUL STANLEY's SOUL STATION Releases Official Video Performance Of 'I, Oh I'

KISS co-founder and frontman, best-selling author and Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Paul Stanley will release the debut album from his SOUL STATION project on March 19 (postponed from previously announced March 5) via Universal Music Enterprises. A collection of nine classic soul covers and five origi...

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TONY IOMMI Says There Has Been Talk Of BLACK SABBATH Biopic

In a new interview with SPIN, Tony Iommi was asked if BLACK SABBATH plans to follow in the footsteps of QUEEN, MÖTLEY CRÜE and Elton John by making its very own biopic. He responded: "Yes, there was talk of it, and I don't know what happened. It sort of went out the window when all this thing [COVID...

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PRETTY MAIDS Singer RONNIE ATKINS Releases Music Video For 'Picture Yourself' Solo Single

The official music video for the song "Picture Yourself" Danish vocalist Ronnie Atkins can be seen below. The track is taken from his new solo album, "One Shot", which is being released today (Friday, March 12) via Frontiers Music Srl. "To be honest, I initially had no intention to do a solo album t...

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QUEEN Announces 'The Greatest' YouTube Series

Beginning March 19 and continuing weekly through to March 2022, QUEEN YouTube will take QUEEN fans on a unique and remarkable journey — a chance to revisit some of the band's most iconic moments and discover some aspects of the story we didn't know. Celebrating key moments in QUEEN's history the wee...

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RATT Singer STEPHEN PEARCY Announces Livestream Concert Featuring 'A Very Special Guest'

RATT singer and founder Stephen Pearcy and his solo band will take part in a livestream concert on Friday, April 2 at 7 p.m. PDT from the world-famous Whisky A Go Go on the Sunset Strip. He will be joined by members of ACE FREHLEY, LITA FORD, DANZIG, HELLYEAH, ARCADE and "a very special guest." Tick...

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SAMMY HAGAR Receives Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine: 'I Want To Get Back To Playing Live Concerts'

Sammy Hagar received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier today (Thursday, March 11). The 73-year-old former VAN HALEN frontman took to his Instagram to share a video of him getting the final dose of the vaccine. He wrote in a caption: "I dislike shots as much as anyone. But I want to get...

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TONY IOMMI Is 'Not At All Happy' About Unauthorized Release Of DIO-Era BLACK SABBATH Song 'Slapback'

Tony Iommi says that he is "not at all happy" about the release of the Ronnie James Dio-era BLACK SABBATH song titled "Slapback" which was uploaded to YouTube several days ago. Gary Rees, the stepson and executor of the estate of SABBATH's longtime keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, shared the track last F...