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Ex-RAINBOW Singer GRAHAM BONNET: The Music Business Has 'Gone Down The S**tter'

Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" recently conducted an interview with legendary hard rock vocalist Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI). You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the st...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Sued By Record Label Over Alleged Failure To Promote BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Album

Ritchie Blackmore is being sued by the Frontiers record label over what the Italian company claims is the legendary DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW guitarist's "failure to comply with his promotional obligations" related to the release of "All Our Yesterdays", the tenth studio album from BLACKMORE'S NIGHT,...

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Video Premiere: BABYMETAL's 'Karate'

The official music video for "Karate", a brand new song from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, can be seen below (courtesy of the official BABYMETAL YouTube channel). The track is taken from the group's second album, "Metal Resistance", which will be released on April 1 via RAL/Son...

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TRIVIUM's COREY BEAULIEU: 'We're Pretty Numb To Criticism Now'

Brian Giffin of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: "Silence In The Snow" has been getting some of the best press that I think I have seen to a TRIVIUM album. You...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW: First Official Photo Of 2016 Lineup

The official 2016 promotional photo of the new lineup of Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW can be seen on this page. Joining Ritchie in the group are LORDS OF BLACK singer Ronnie Romero, STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT drummer David Keith and bassist Bob Nouveau (a.k.a. Robert "...

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ULI JON ROTH Is Not Jealous Of SCORPIONS' Mainstream Success

In a brand new interview with Metal Insider, legendary German guitarist Uli Jon Roth was asked if he was ever jealous of SCORPIONS' mainstream success after he left the band. He responded: "First of all, I am not a jealous person. I am proud of every bit of their success and they deserve ...

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Video Premiere: TRIVIUM's 'Dead And Gone'

"Dead And Gone", the new video from Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's seventh studio album, "Silence In The Snow", which was released on October 2, 2015 via Roadrunner. The follow-up to 2013's "Vengeance Falls" was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baske...

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GRAHAM BONNET: New Studio Album, Career-Spanning Anthology, Biography And Reissues In The Works

After just completing a successful U.K. tour with his new band the GRAHAM BONNET BAND, Graham Bonnet has plenty planned for 2016. In addition to the RAINBOW 1980 Monsters Of Rock performance finally being released on CD and DVD, Graham's solo records "Line-Up" (1982),"Graham Bonnet" (1977),"No Bad...

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Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Classics With TRIXTER's STEVE BROWN

Fan-filmed video footage of Joe Lynn Turner's (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) February 27 performance at Revolutions Bar & Music Hall in Amityville, New York can be seen below. Playing guitar in Joe's band for the show was TRIXTER's Steve Brown. Turner recently slammed Ritchie Blackmore...

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LORDS OF BLACK Feat. New RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO: 'Merciless' Video Premiere

The official video for the song "Merciless" from melodic progressive metal masters LORDS OF BLACK can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's second album, "II", which will be released on March 18 via Frontiers Music Srl. LORDS OF BLACK is the band formed by world-class singer Ronnie Romer...

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RAINBOW's 'Monsters Of Rock - Live At Donington 1980' DVD + CD Due In April

On April 22, Eagle Rock Entertainment release "Monsters Of Rock - Live At Donington 1980" by RAINBOW on DVD + CD format. The DVD contains all the surviving footage from the show and this release marks the first time that the audio from the show has been available as a full-length standalone CD. "Mon...

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Video: DORO's 'Without You' LEMMY Song Dedication In Atlanta

Fan-filmed video footage of Doro Pesch's March 1 performance at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia can be seen below. In a recent interview with I'm Music Magazine, Doro was asked if the passing of MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy and other rock icons ever made her stop and question her own mortality. She...

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Ex-SCORPIONS Guitarist ULI JON ROTH To Release 'Tokyo Tapes Revisited'

Former SCORPIONS guitarist Uli Jon Roth is planning to release a new concert DVD titled "Tokyo Tapes Revisited" as a "counterpart" to his 2015 double album "Scorpions Revisited" on which he revisited his personal favorites from the early SCORPIONS period. Uli told Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx: "We...

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TONY IOMMI Wants To Record New Music With Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed to Australia's The Music that he hopes to reunite with the band's former frontman Tony Martin to record new music to be included with the upcoming reissues of SABBATH's "Headless Cross" (1990) and "Tyr" (1990) albums. "We've held back on the reissues o...

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JOE LYNN TURNER: 'I'm Scratching My Head' About RITCHIE BLACKMORE's New RAINBOW

Former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer Joe Lynn Turner says that he is still "scratching [his] head" about why Ritchie Blackmore has chosen to go out and perform the two bands' classic material with a new group musicians instead of reforming RAINBOW with a more "authentic" lineup. Turner — who fronte...