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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI Looks Back On Making Of W.A.S.P.'s 'The Headless Children'

In a recent interview with Tom Leu of Sound Matters Radio, QUIET RIOT's Frankie Banali spoke about his session-drummer appearance on W.A.S.P.'s fourth album, 1989's "The Headless Children". "It's funny, because Blackie [Lawless, W.A.S.P. leader] and I have known each other for a very, very long tim...

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QUIET RIOT Is In The Studio Recording New Album

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has confirmed to "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" that the band is working on the follow-up to 2017's "Road Rage" album for a tentative late 2019 or early 2020 release. "We are in the studio right now recording new original material," he said (hear audio below). As for...

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GODSMACK Side Project THE APOCALYPSE BLUES REVUE Calls It Quits

THE APOCALYPSE BLUES REVUE, the project featuring GODSMACK's Shannon Larkin and Tony Rombola, has called it quits. The group, which also featured Brian Carpenter on bass and Ray "Rafer John" Cerbone on vocals, released its second album, "The Shape Of Blues To Come", last July via Provogue/Mascot Lab...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Why I Would Consider Re-Recording JUDAS PRIEST's 'Jugulator' And 'Demolition'

Tim "Ripper" Owens says that he would consider re-recording the albums he made with JUDAS PRIEST because he wants to make sure that the music they created together is available to the public. The Ohio-based singer created two studio albums with the British heavy metal legends — 1997's "Jugulator" an...

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KORN Guitarist MUNKY 'Barely Has A Relationship' With His 17-Year-Old Daughter, Claims His Wife

KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer "barely has a relationship with" his 17-year-old daughter from his first marriage, according to his second wife. Evis Xheneti, who has been married to Munky since 2012, made the explosive claim while announcing via Instagram that she was pregnant with the couple'...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA: 'First And Foremost, I'm A Metalhead, Then I'm A Musician'

A&P-Reacts conducted an interview with SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera prior to the band's February 12 show at Mod Club Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the live response to the songs from SOULFLY's l...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Defends Being Involved In Several Projects: 'I'm A Singer. It's What I Do For A Living'

Former JUDAS PRIEST and ICED EARTH vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens recently spoke with "The Classic Metal Show" podcast about his three current projects — THE THREE TREMORS, SPIRITS OF FIRE and A NEW REVENGE. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMO...

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GHOST, GODSMACK, EVANESCENCE, SLASH, ANTHRAX, Others Confirmed For HEAVY MONTRÉAL; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Special Offer Available

Heavy Montréal is back for a 10th edition on July 27-28 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montrea, Quebec, Canada as well as on July 26 with Heavy In The City. This year, the festival returns to its traditional site, which has been revamped in the past two years by the city of Montréal. The festival will take...

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QUIET RIOT Drummer Says Veteran Acts Who Don't Continue Releasing New Music 'Become A Caricature'

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali recently spoke with Sydney Taylor of MA Entertainment Global. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's chemistry with current vocalist James Durbin: Frankie: "It's been really great. Chuc...

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A NEW REVENGE Feat. Former JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS, ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE Members: Debut Album Due In March

A NEW REVENGE (formerly PROJECT ROCK and ROCKSTAR) — the band featuring former members of JUDAS PRIEST, ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE and SCORPIONS — will release its debut album, "Enemies & Lovers", on March 29 via Australia's independent record label Golden Robot Records. A NEW REVENGE features one...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Bassist Celebrates First Year Of Sobriety

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael celebrated his first year of sobriety on Sunday, February 3. Earlier today, the Las Vegas-based rocker wrote on Twitter: "May my hitting my first sober birthday yesterday give hope to those of you also struggling with addiction. It can be done. And, you w...

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STAIND's AARON LEWIS To Texas Crowd: 'I Don't Know How To Speak Spanish. I'm American.' (Video)

STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis cut his country solo concert short Saturday night (February 2) at the Pharr Events Center in Pharr, Texas after he unsuccessfully attempted to quiet the crowd. Videos posted online show Lewis asking the audience members to lower their chatter before a song. "I'm gonna try...

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RUDY SARZO Talks 35th Anniversary Of QUIET RIOT's 'Metal Health'

Legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo spoke to go.Jimmy.go about the 35th anniversary of QUIET RIOT's "Metal Health" album. Asked what thoughts come to mind when he looks back on that whole era now, Sarzo said: "I was on the same circuit as Kevin [Dubrow, late QUIET RIOT singer] and Frankie [Banali, QUIET RI...

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QUIET RIOT Drummer On 'Honest' New Live Release: 'What You Hear Is Exactly What We Played That Night'

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali recently spoke with Kara Uhrlen of "The Pure Rock Shop", a program on the Washington, Pennsylvania radio station 91.7 FM WNJR. The full conversation can be streamed at this location . A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether the band fe...

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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI: 'I Couldn't Be Happier With The Way Things Are Going With This Lineup'

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali was interviewed on recent episode of the "Iron City Rocks" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On QUIET RIOT's newly released CD/DVD and Blu-ray "One Night In Milan": Fr...