Search results for 'led zeppelin'

News

MIKE PORTNOY Says His Former Bandmates In DREAM THEATER Have 'Done Some Irrefutable Damage'

Mike Portnoy says that it's highly improbably that he will ever rejoin DREAM THEATER because his former bandmates have "done some irrefutable damage behind the scenes." The drummer, who co-founded DREAM THEATER more than 20 years ago, abruptly quit the band in September 2010 while on tour with AVENG...

News

MOTÖRHEAD Headphones To Be Launched In U.S. At CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW

MOTÖRHEAD will unveil the overwhelmingly loud and fast style of rock and roll with the official U.S. launch of Motörheadphönes at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 4 p.m. (CES – South Hall – Booth $35801). MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister will host an exclusiv...

News

ALESTORM Mainman's GLORYHAMMER: Debut Album Details Revealed

GLORYHAMMER, the "heroic fantasy power metal" project led by Christopher Bowes, the mastermind behind pirate metal sensation ALESTORM, with a desire to explore the more symphonic and epic side of metal, will release its debut album, "Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife", on March 29, 2013 via Napalm Reco...

News

ALPHA TIGER: New Album Details Revealed

German metallers ALPHA TIGER will release their new album, "Beneath The Surface", via Century Media Records on the following dates: * Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway: Friday, January 25, 2013 * Spain, Italy: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 * Sweden, Finland, Hungary: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 * Re...

News

SOUNDGARDEN Guitarist On Band's Reunion: 'We Had No Plans To Write A New Album'

Joshua Bottomley of Hails & Horns recently conducted an interview with guitarist Kim Thayil of reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Hails & Horns: How crucial was it for SOUNDGARDEN to go out and play live before getting back into the studio?...

News

KORN, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, SCORPIONS Drummers To Take Part In 'Bonzo Bash NAMM Jamm 2013'

Bonzo Bash founder and S.U.N. guitarist Brian Thomas Tichy (also of WHITESNAKE) recently said, "As I sit here in a dimly lit room with my headphones from 1977 cranked, staring at the LP cover of 'Physical Graffiti', spinning a drum stick, hypnotized by the flanged snare drum in 'Kashmir', I smile t...

News

ADLER Plays First-Ever Los Angeles-Area Concert; Video Interview, Performance Footage

Chris Epting of AOL's Noisecreep conducted an interview with ADLER, the new band led by former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, last night (Monday, December 17) prior to the group's first-ever Los Angeles-area concert at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood as the opening act for STEEL PANTHER. T...

News

PORTNOY, KOTZEN, SHEEHAN Project Completes Work On Debut Album

The new project featuring Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG) and Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) has completed work on its debut album for a 2013 release. Sheehan says: "I'm really pleased with it. Richie sang his ass off and played amazingly uni...

News

KILL DEVIL HILL Recording New Music With Producer JEFF PILSON (Video)

KILL DEVIL HILL — the new band featuring legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) alongside Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (PISSING RAZORS) on vocals — has entered the studio with producer J...

News

NEWSTED: First Song Available For Streaming

"Soldierhead", the first song from NEWSTED, the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted, was premiered on last night's (Monday, December 17) edition of the "Eddie Trunk Live" show on SiriusXM satellite radio and can now be streamed in the YouTube clip be...

News

DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED: Ninth 'The Taking' Episode Posted Online

The ninth episode of "The Taking", the series starring DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED — the band led by VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan — can be seen below. A total of 10 vignettes will tell a tale of totally bizarre adventures, imprisoned band members, and kids-size ice cream cones. He...

News

ROBERT PLANT Joins PATTY GRIFFIN On Stage In Austin; Video Available

LED ZEPPELIN legend Robert Plant joined his girlfriend, roots singer Patty Griffin, on stage this past Saturday night (December 15) at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas to perform several tracks, incuding reworked versions of ZEPPELIN classics. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen...

Review

King Animal

If there's one band that mostly escaped the wrath of heavy metal's original flock, one that still laments the arrival of NIRVANA and grunge despite metal's protracted return, it's SOUNDGARDEN. The primary reason for this is their evolution from a STOOGES-meets-HUSKER DU-meets-MUDHONEY mindset that w...

Review

Be 3

No, this isn't the black metal band, KRUK, albeit, if you hang out long enough with this one, you'll hear an out-of-place death whoop crash into "Master Blaster" on their latest album, "Be 3". This incarnation of KRUK hails from Poland and while they do boast an album in their catalog titled "Before...

News

LED ZEPPELIN: 'Sunday Morning' Segment Available Online

The LED ZEPPELIN segment which aired on this morning's (Sunday, December 16) edition of "Sunday Morning" on CBS-TV can be seen below. LED ZEPPELIN's concert film, "Celebration Day", which is available on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc, sold 101,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release...