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ACE FREHLEY On Firing Drummer SCOT COOGAN: He Told Me, 'You're Losing A Rock Star'

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley spoke to SiriusXM's "Jim And Sam" about his decision to part ways with the solo band that has backed him on his most recent tours: Richie Scarlet on guitar, Chris Wyse on bass and Scot Coogan. His new group now consists of musicians who backed him and KISS bassist/v...

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ACE FREHLEY Explains Why He Fired His Band: 'It Wasn't Just About Funds'

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley spoke to SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation" about his decision to part ways with the solo band that has backed him on his most recent tours: Richie Scarlet on guitar, Chris Wyse on bass and Scot Coogan. "That was hard," Frehley admitted. As for how the change happened, Ace s...

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JEFF PILSON On RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'There's Not A Day Goes By That I Don't Miss Him'

Jon Liebman of For Bass Players Only conducted an interview with current FOREIGNER and former DOKKEN bassist Jeff Pilson prior to FOREIGNER's August 11 concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow below (transcribed by BLABBER...

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ACE FREHLEY Splits With Solo Band, Enlists Musicians From GENE SIMMONS's Backing Group

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has decided to part ways with the solo band that has backed him on his most recent tours: Richie Scarlet on guitar, Chris Wyse on bass and Scot Coogan. He tells "The Cassius Morris Show" in a brand new interview (hear audio below): "I'm changing the lineup in my ban...

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THE SWORD Guitarist KYLE SHUTT To Release Solo Album

Multi-instrumentalist Kyle Shutt has announced plans to release his first-ever solo album in the spring of 2019. Shutt, who has spent the last 12 years touring the world as guitarist for the award-winning hard rock band THE SWORD, and just last year launched DOOM SIDE OF THE MOON: A HEAVY METAL TRIB...

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ANTHRAX's JOEY BELLADONNA Belts Out JOURNEY Classics Karaoke-Style (Video)

Following ANTHRAX's August 7 performance at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan as the opening act for SLAYER, singer Joey Belladonnna stopped by Founders Brewing Co.'s "Founders Open Mic" to belt out some JOURNEY classics karaoke-style in front of a live audience. Check out video footage...

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SABATON To Release Next Studio Album In 2019

SABATON singer Joakim Brodén has confirmed that the band is planning to release the follow-up to 2016's "The Last Stand" LP in 2019. "Obviously, we're gonna start making that album — well, we already started, actually, songwriting; songwriting never stops for us," he told Greece's "TV War" in a new...

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Video Premiere: BEHEMOTH's 'Bartzabel'

"Bartzabel", the new video from Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "I Loved You At Your Darkest", which will be released on October 5 via Nuclear Blast. Mastermind Nergal comments: "'Bartzabel' is a song that came in the midst of a BEH...

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Hear TOM MORELLO's Politically Charged Cover of AC/DC's 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello has released his cover version of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". The reworked "Dirty Deeds" will appear on "Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots And Branches", an upcoming compilation celebrating protest music label Appleseed...

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KISS Solo Albums Come Together To Celebrate Their 40th Anniversary In A Limited-Edition Vinyl Box Set

Forty years ago today, the four founding members of KISS — Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss — released their respective solo albums all on the same day to much fanfare, chart success, and platinum sales. And now, four decades later, all four of these pioneering albums are cele...

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What Keeps CHEAP TRICK Motivated To Write New Music? RICK NIELSEN Responds

In a brand new interview with Inlander, CHEAP TRICK guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen was asked what keeps him and his bandmates writing and making new albums at a time when so many groups just go out and play their old hits. "Because that's us," he responded. I can't tell you why anybody else [...

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Ex-VOIVOD Bassist BLACKY Accuses His Former Bandmates Of Cheating Him Out Of His Rightful Royalties

Ex-VOIVOD bassist Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault has accused his former bandmates of fraud, claiming that they have tried to cut him out of his rightful royalties for the albums that they wrote and recorded together. According to Blacky, he was recently informed by the U.K. branch of BMG that a sum of...

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Former KISS Guitarist VINNIE VINCENT To Perform With FOUR BY FATE At Pre-'Kiss Kruise' Party In Miami

This October, sailing out of Miami, Florida, the eighth annual "Kiss Kruise" will take to the high seas with over 3,000 KISS fans aboard and ready to rock. Each year, in true KISS Army style, various fan-organized pre-Kruise parties and reunions are held in the city of departure. This year, eight-t...

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ENUFF Z'NUFF: 'Diamond Boy' Music Video

The official music video for "Diamond Boy", the title track of the new album from ENUFF Z'NUFF, can be seen below. The disc was released on August 10. ENUFF Z'NUFF is the living, breathing example of what a rock 'n' roll group should be. Now centered around bass player and vocalist Chip Z'nuff, ENU...

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STONE SOUR Is 'Looking Forward' To Trying To Top 'Hydrograd' On Next Album, Says COREY TAYLOR

Corey Taylor has confirmed to Australia's Heavy magazine that STONE SOUR has already begun working on material for the follow-up to last year's "Hydrograd" album. "We started writing new music pretty much as soon as we got on the road," he said (hear audio below). "We just can't be stopped; we're ju...