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MIKKEY DEE Says He 'Secretly' Rehearsed With SCORPIONS While JAMES KOTTAK Was Still Touring With The Band

In a recent interview with Robert Cavuoto of Metal Rules, Mikkey Dee was asked how he landed the job as the drummer for SCORPIONS in 2016 after spending almost 25 years as a member of MOTÖRHEAD. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "They [initially] called me in to be the stand-in for...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE Says Mass Shootings In USA Are 'Preventable': 'I Feel Helpless' And 'Worn Down'

HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale has expressed her frustration over laws and lack of access to basic mental health care contributing to gun violence in the U.S. Hale made her comments less than a week after a shooter opened fire at the Covenant School, a Presbyterian school in Lzzy's hometown of Nashville, Ten...

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LOU GRAMM: 'I Don't Understand How They Can Be Touring With No Original Members And Still Calling Themselves FOREIGNER'

The Grant's Rock Warehaus YouTube channel has uploaded video of original FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm being interviewed by Mark Goodman on March 8 aboard The 80s Cruise. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Asked for his opinion on FOREIGNER's announcement that the band was em...

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Watch: LAST IN LINE Plays 'Jericho' Record-Release Concert In Las Vegas

LAST IN LINE — the band featuring frontman Andrew Freeman, bassist Phil Soussan (ex-OZZY OSBOURNE),and original DIO members Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD) and Vinny Appice (ex-BLACK SABBATH) — played a record-release concert for its third studio album, "Jericho", last night (Saturday, April 1) at Ha...

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TAPROOT Shares First New Single In Over A Decade, 'V\CT\M \ PLAY'

Reactivated Michigan hard rock outfit TAPROOT will release its seventh studio album, "SC\SSRS", on September 29 via THC MUSIC/Amplified Distribution. The follow-up to 2012's "The Episodes" was produced by guitarist/vocalist Stephen Richards at The Loft in Saline, Michigan. The first single from the...

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FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO Believes Focusing On Singles Rather Than Full-Length Albums Is 'Better For The Music'

In a new interview with the ALT 105.1 radio station, FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho reflected on how his band's latest album, 2022's "Boombox", has been received by the fans since it was released nearly a year ago. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It was a huge success. We released three...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Shares April Fools' Day Post About 'Box Set' Reissue Of SKID ROW's 'Subhuman Race'

Ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has poked fun of his notoriously acrimonious relationship with his former bandmates by sharing an April Fools' Day post in which he claimed "all five members" of the classic SKID ROW lineup worked together with Atlantic Records to put together a "box set" version of...

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Watch THE WINERY DOGS' Entire Concert In Hopewell, Virginia

The Dennis Justus YouTube channel has uploaded video of THE WINERY DOGS' entire March 31 concert at The Beacon Theatre in Hopewell, Virginia. Check it out below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Gaslight 02. Xanadu 03. Captain Love 04. Hot Streak 05. Desire 06. Breakthrough 07. Time Machi...

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FOREIGNER's Manager Explains Why Legendary Band Deserves To Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

FOREIGNER's manager Phil Carson says that the legendary band deserves to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Artists are eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single. Criteria for inclusion includes "the influence and significance...

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Watch: JINJER's TATIANA SHMAYLUK Joined By VIO-LENCE, BAD WOLVES Members For Cover Of LAMB OF GOD's 'Laid To Rest'

Vocalist Tatiana Shmailyuk of Ukrainian modern metal frontrunners JINJER was joined by guitarists Phil Demmel (VIO-LENCE) and Doc Coyle (BAD WOLVES, GOD FORBID),bassist Ricky Bonazza (BUTCHER BABIES) and drummer Alex Lopez (ex-SUICIDE SILENCE) for a performance of LAMB OF GOD's "Laid To Rest" at t...

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Man Who Died At MORBID ANGEL Concert In Illinois Identified; Fundraising Campaign Launched

MORBID ANGEL has paid tribute to Frederick Forest Livingston, Jr., the 50-year-old man who was killed when the roof of the venue the band played in Belvidere, Illinois collapsed. Although the concert was reportedly sold out, the Belvidere Police Department said only 260 people were at the Apollo The...

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SLIPKNOT's JAY WEINBERG Unveils New Mask For KNOTFEST JAPAN

SLIPKNOT drummer Jay Weinberg has teamed up with Japanese artist Solid Blackline to create a new mask specially designed for the band's two Knotfest shows in Japan this weekend. SLIPKNOT performed Saturday night (April 1) and will appear again tomorrow (Sunday, April 2) at Makuhari Messe in Chiba fo...

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LACUNA COIL Contributes New Song 'Never Dawn' To 'Zombicide: White Death' Board Game

LACUNA COIL has contributed a new song called "Never Dawn" to "Zombicide" publisher CMON's latest board game Kickstarter project. Designed by Nicolas Raoult, one of the designers of the original "Zombicide", "Zombicide: White Death" is a sequel to the fantasy spinoff version of "Zombicide" with a ne...

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MORBID ANGEL On Illinois Roof Collapse: 'We Lost A Brother In Metal Last Night'

MORBID ANGEL has postponed its concert tonight (Saturday, April 1) in Joliet, Illinois, one day after one person was killed and at least 28 were injured, five of them severely, when the roof of the venue the band played in Belvidere, Illinois collapsed. Earlier today, MORBID ANGEL released the follo...

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Watch DROWNING POOL Perform With Singer RYAN MCCOMBS In Houston

Singer Ryan McCombs played his third show back with DROWNING POOL on Friday, March 31 at Warehouse Live in Houston, Texas. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of Rocking H-Town Live). The longtime SOIL frontman, who has lived in Swindon, England since 2018, originally joined...