More than 75,000 music fans came together this past weekend (Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25) to celebrate metal at the first-ever OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST. It was truly an amped up experience, as two of the most well-known and established brands in rock joined forces this year to create the biggest metal festival in North America EVER for the
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Saturday, November 12 marks the debut of KFRG presents Driftwood at Doheny State Beach, an afternoon of country music, craft beer, artisan wine and top notch BBQ at the scenic Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA. Festival attendees will roam throughout the lush grass areas of Doheny State Beach, right off the shore of the Pacific Ocean, touching the
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As any STYX fan in Pittsburgh, PA knows, their signature track “Renegade” has been an adopted theme song of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team for over a decade. They’ve sung the national anthem at many Steelers games in recent years and they’ll be proudly singing it once again at the Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday, October 2,
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Most of The Devil Wears Prada's videos have tread into unusual territories, and, as it tells a powerful love story that transcends time and space, the one for the band's new song "To The Key of Evergreen," is no exception. With inspiration from Mike Hranica's all-time favorite love story, Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita," the "To The Key of Evergreen" video follows
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Life of Agony is currently wrapping up production on its highly anticipated new studio album "A Place Where There's No More Pain" (Napalm Records), due in early 2017. This November and December, the group heads over to Europe for a full headlining tour, but before they do, LOA bassist/songwriter Alan Robert sets out to support the release of his best-selling, horror-themed adult coloring
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Festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents were reluctantly forced to cancel the second day of the Houston Open Air festival at NRG Park in Houston this Sunday, September 25 due to dangerous storm systems in the area. An announcement will be made on the Houston Open Air website and social media this Wednesday, September 28 regarding refunds for those who purchased
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A KILLERS CONFESSION, the new project of former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis, has released a 1:30 studio teaser of their debut single “A Killer’s Confession” on REVERBNATION. The single, which will be released on Halloween, comes from the debut full-length, UNBROKEN, being released in early 2017 on (Megadeth bassist David Ellefson’s) EMP LABEL GROUP. The teaser can be viewed at
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Enuff Z'nuff is the living, breathing example of what a rock/ pop group should be. In fact, the band is the very chrome-glinted definition of it. With every album and live performance packed to the brim with rock/ pop perfection, there are no signs of the band slowing down. You can catch the band on tour through 2017 in support
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Finnish melodic metal titans, SONATA ARCTICA, will unleash their new studio album called The Ninth Hour on October 7th through Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have released the music video for the brand-new song "Life". Watch the clip directed by Ville Juurikkala here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzoGtRxo_JE Pre-order The Ninth Hour now: http://nblast.de/SonataTheNinthHour Pre-order the album digitally via iTunes or Amazon to get "Life" and "Closer To
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Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the release of GRAHAM BONNET BAND's new album "The Book" on November 4th! Today the first video offering from the album for the song "Into The Night has been made available. The video was filmed using 360 degree camera technology, so you can scroll through the video and change the angle you are viewing on YouTube on
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Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH are in the homestretch of the release of their eighth album, The Violent Sleep Of Reason. Today, the fifth trailer where Tomas discusses recording at Puk Studios has been released . Watch the video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrfYPXXLko4 Order the album on either iTunes or Amazon and receive an instant download of the tracks "Nostrum" and "Born In Dissonance." The second single "Nostrum"
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Grammy-award winning musician and acclaimed film, TV and stage actor Meat Loaf joins Dan Rather on tonight’s airing of The Big Interview on AXS-TV. The larger-than-life star discusses his new album, Braver Than We Are, which debuted at #2 on iTunes Rock last week, and topics including Meat Loaf’s music, success, passion and acting. He also shows off his extensive
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LOVERBOY exploded out of Calgary, Canada, 37 years ago -- when vocalist Mike Reno was first introduced to guitar legend Paul Dean, eventually joined by keyboardist Doug Johnson, drummer Matt Frenette and the late bassist Scott Smith (replaced in 2000 by Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve) -- but remain a vital presence among today's rock fans. With another full calendar of concert
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VAMPS, the visually arresting Japanese rock band featuring HYDE (L'Arc-en-Ciel) and K.A.Z (Oblivion Dust), are back! There is a swell of activity surrounding the band, including new songs with major guests, a Fall 2016 headline tour across North America and working on their next full-length album. VAMPS just dropped not one but two songs with blockbuster features: "Inside of Me" features
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In a FACEBOOK LIVE chat announcement today, former MUSHROOMHEAD vocalist Waylon Reavis announced his new project, A KILLERS CONFESSION, has signed with EMP LABEL GROUP, and are working on their debut release UNBROKEN, tentatively scheduled for early 2017 release. Said Reavis, “I am so proud of this project, and being able to come back with an absolutely KILLER record, with
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Death metal legends OBITUARY have shared a new live song from their forthcoming new release Ten Thousand Ways To Die. "Intoxicated" (off the classic Slowly We Rot) was recorded live at Revolution Center in Boise, ID and has just premiered via Loudwire. Stream the live version of "Intoxicated" now at this location. You can also listen to the new single "Loathe" now via this location or below. Ten
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September 19, 2016 -- Last year marked the 25th anniversary of Extreme’s classic multi-Platinum, Grammy® nominated PORNOGRAFFITTI, the definitive album of the band’s career. To mark the anniversary, PORNOGRAFFITTI LIVE 25 / METAL MELTDOWN will be released October 14 by the award-winning production company Rock Fuel Media in association with Loud & Proud Records as part of their four-part “Metal Meltdown”
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SULLY ERNA, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, has premiered his new song "Turn It Up!" today, September 15 via Billboard.com. Read the Billboard Q&A with SULLY ERNA and listen to "Turn It Up!" (here). The song is from his new solo album HOMETOWN LIFE, out Friday, September 30 via BMG. The album is a family affair, with his 73-year-old father Salvatore--who
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First single and video "Get On Board" from Swedish hard rock band KILLER BEE's upcoming album "Eye In The Sky" is released today and premiered by Sweden Rock Magazine (SE) and Metalized (DK). The reviews are starting to come in for "The Eye In The Sky" (out 14th of October). 14/15 in Legacy (DE) and 8/10 in Sweden Rock Magazine (SE)
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UK Rock trio RAVENEYE debut the video for new single, “Madeline,” today. The video, shot by Greta Valenti of Grow Vision in Los Angeles, depicts “love in the darkest of places.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOnWAd99z18&feature=youtu.be Singer, Oli Brown described the song/video as, “The arguments you have with the one you love can be the worst. That’s what this song is about, the heat of
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In promotion of their much acclaimed new album 'Theories Of Flight', U.S. Progressive Metal pioneers FATES WARNING are debuting their promotional video for the song "Seven Stars" via the website of Billboard today. Check out the clip, which was directed by David Brodsky for MyGoodEye / www.mgenyc.com, here: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7510359/fates-warnings-seven-stars-video-premiere FATES WARNING vocalist Ray Alder checked in with the following comment
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If you're a member of Anthrax and you've recently shared The Tonight Show's line-up with the iconic Robert DeNiro, what do you do next? Well, guesting on SiriusXM's "Opie with Jim Norton" show, trading quips with none other than Maury Povich. You've got to see it to believe it. ANTHRAX is currently on the road with Slayer and headlining their
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"Resurrection", the new album from Operation: Mindcrime, the brainchild of legendary vocalist Geoff Tate, is set for a worldwide release on September 23, 2016. Today the band has partnered up with Billboard.com for a premiere of Operation: Mindcrime's new video for the song "Left For Dead". The song and video feature guest appearances from Tim "Ripper" Owens and Blaze Bayley, both of who
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Amaranthe, the cutting edge outfit with the triple-lead-vocal attack, can now reveal the title, artwork & arrival date for their latest studio album – the follow-up to 2014’s breakthrough ‘Massive Addictive’ release… Titled ‘Maximalism’ and due out via Spinefarm Records on October 21st, this hyper-modern, metallic beast of a record is the band’s fourth since first joining forces back in
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Another Lost Year have announced new tour dates with Memphis, TN rock band Artifas in continued support of their release Alien Architect. The Budz Are Back In Town Tour will kick off on September 16th in Charlotte NC at Amos Southend and will conclude on October 22nd in Springfield, Illinois. ALY released Alien Architect on June 10th via Mirage M'hal
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Oakland, CA trio Super Unison have premiered a music video for their new song “You Don’t Tell Me” today via She Shreds Magazine. The premiere partnership should come as no surprise; the song opens with the lyrics “Listen here little girl…” and touches on an incident where bassist/vocalist Meghan O’Neil Pennie had to deal with a man speaking down to her. The
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On October 7th, 2016, an immortal Century Media Records classic, the Gothic metal masterpiece Irreligious by MOONSPELL returns on vinyl for the first time since its original release back in 1996! In cooperation with the band, Century Media Records decided to re-visit "Irreligious" as original vinyl editions have been hard to find and are very expensive nowadays. This 20th anniversary
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Excitement for the first-ever OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST--thebiggest metal festival in North America EVER--is building with the release of the daily line-ups for the two day, multi-stage rock event set for Saturday, September 24 (OZZFEST) and Sunday, September 25 (KNOTFEST) at San Manuel Amphitheater and Festival Grounds in San Bernardino, CA. Led by headliners and festival namesakes BLACK SABBATH (featuring OZZFEST founder
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MEGADETH bassist and EMP LABEL GROUP's President David Ellefson podcasted yesterday a special 34 minutes Facebook live-stream event, making special announcements, and talking about the State of the "Ellefson" Union, EMP Label Group, EMP: Underground, partnership with Alpha Omega Management, Ellefson Coffee Co, MEGADETH and more! If you missed it, or if you want to watch it again, click below:
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Canadian Hard Rockers, KOBRA AND THE LOTUS recently signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. They are set to release their fourth album and Napalm Records debut Prevail I + II as two separate volumes of a double album. The first part will be released in February 2017 with the second part to follow in October of 2017. But don't
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U.S. Progressive Metal pioneers FATES WARNING have confirmed their first touring run in Europe for their much acclaimed new album "Theories Of Flight". The tour will be taking place in January/February 2017 and will feature Armored Dawn in the opening slot and one further band to be announced soon. Here is a list of the dates: FATES WARNING - "Theories
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Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the highly-anticipated, twelfth original GLENN HUGHES album Resonate – scheduled for release worldwide on November 4th . A true vocal and musical icon of our times, Glenn is back with his heaviest solo album to date. Glenn commented upon completion of the new recording: "this album is the first complete Glenn Hughes album".
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Band performance times have been announced for the debut of Houston Open Air on Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25 at Houston’s NRG Park. Houston Open Air boasts a lineup of over 35 bands on three stages, led by rock heavyweights Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains, along with Deftones, Chevelle, Slayer and many more. Texas’s biggest rock experience
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EPICA's new masterpiece The Holographic Principle will be available in stores in about three weeks' time. In anticipation of this album, a new music video for "Edge Of The Blade" has been launched today! Commented Coen Janssen (synths, piano): "Finally another video! We are very happy with the way it turned out! It gives a glimpse on what to expect from our upcoming live
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Platinum-selling Maryland hard rock icons, KIX will release CAN’T STOP THE SHOW: THE RETURN OF KIX, a two-disc DVD/CD set, October 21, 2016 on Loud & Proud Records. The 71-minute film is an in-depth look into KIX’s decision to record their first new album, 2014’s Rock Your Face Off, in almost 20 years. The DVD also features the making of
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Stryper frontman Michael Sweet continues to grow musically. His latest release One Sided War, released via Rat Pak Records, made a massive impact on the charts this week. The latest solo album from Sweet landed at #77 on the Billboard 200 with over 8300 units sold and was also #1 on the Hard Rock Albums and Top Christian Albums charts.
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Band performance times, onsite experiences, and the Friday Night Pre-Party have been revealed for Revolution Rock Festival--fueled by Monster Energy--set for Saturday, September 17 outdoors at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Produced by AEG Live, Revolution Rock Festival will feature a powerful rock lineup with: Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer, Volbeat, Chevelle, Of Mice & Men, Anthrax, Ghost, Killswitch Engage, Sevendust,
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New Jersey's TOOTHGRINDER made a serious commitment to touring in 2016 and that's just what they continue to do. From East Coast runs to support slots on both the Killswitch Engage and Periphery tours, the band has continued to put plenty of miles on the odometer of its tour vehicle. The band shows no signs of stopping or slowing down while promoting its
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SULLY ERNA, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has announced he'll launch the 'Hometown Tour' in celebration of the release of his new solo album HOMETOWN LIFE, due out Friday, September 30 via BMG. Only this time, ERNA plans on stripping it down for an intimate acoustic evening with guitar-player and band member Tim Theriault. The 'Hometown Tour' will launch October 26
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When it was released as a CD box set in 2013, Rounder Records' deluxe collection, Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, was a critical and commercial success. Now, on October 28, 2016, Rounder will offer a limited-edition vinyl version of the retrospective. Each of the 1000 individually-numbered copies will include all of the music from the CD editions--129 tracks in total- covered on
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Finnish power metal titans, SONATA ARCTICA, will unleash their new studio album called The Ninth Hour on October 7th through Nuclear Blast. Today, the band released the third trailer in support of this upcoming record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciTYPzu2vnE&feature=youtu.be Missed the previous parts of the series? Click here! Part I Part II More on The Ninth Hour: "Closer To An Animal" OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO Purchase the digital
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The first ever Ohana music festival brought more than 22,000 fans to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA over the Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28 weekend for music, cultural exhibits and ocean awareness, drinks, artisan food and more. Both days were packed with events and surprises: Saturday night concluded with an all star jam of Neil Young’s
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Grindcore Gods NAPALM DEATH and melodic death metal macabre THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have teamed up for a must-see co-headlining tour with select dates featuring PIG DESTROYER, MISERY INDEX, POWER TRIP, and ABNORMALITY! Entitled "The Abysmal Predator" tour, this 21 day trek kicks off November 1st, carving up both coastlines as two of extreme metal's most influential bands bring this
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The year 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the legendary New York Hardcore band SICK OF IT ALL. In order to celebrate this special occasion SICK OF IT ALL are releasing “When The Smoke Clears” on November 4th, 2016. The band didn’t just record five brand new tracks in their unique and classic old school style, but they also dug deep in their photo archives and
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Band performance times have been announced for the second annual Monster Energy Rock Allegiance, Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18 at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, PA, just outside of Philadelphia. Monster Energy Rock Allegiance will feature a lineup of over 35 bands on three stages, led by rock heavyweights Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains, along with Slayer,
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Powerhouse Female Rocker Lacey Sturm has released the new music video for her dark and politically charged single “Rot”. This is the first video from her album “Life Screams”. Lacey made history earlier this year by becoming the first Female solo artist to top the storied Hard Rock albums chart at Billboard. Lacey previously rose to fame through fronting Multi-Million
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If you watch TV, read magazines, listen to the radio or browse the web, chances are you’ll be seeing and hearing Meat Loaf in the coming weeks. To celebrate the release of his highly-anticipated new album Braver Than We Are (available Sept. 9 in Europe and Sept. 16 in the US and the rest of the world), the Grammy Award-winning
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The first single from the highly anticipated comeback album from the NWOBHM legends Tygers Of Pan Tang is called “Only The Brave” and on the 9th of September it is released as 7” vinyl EP with the exclusive B-side song “What You Say”, which will only be available on this 7”ep. The vinyl is limited to 500 copies. The song
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A brand new Tourniquet album is on the horizon. The music is written. "It's heavy and progressive. We think you're really going to want to hear this one" states drummer/songwriter Ted Kirkpatrick. Recording will take place in Florida over the next weeks and months. "We're aiming for very high production value as some of the music is quite involved. We
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As we approach the long awaited release of their fifth studio album The Last Hero on October 7th, Alter Bridge is already receiving praise for the first single titled Show Me A Leader. It has been three years of mounting anticipation that has been well worth the wait. Myles Kennedy (lead vocals, guitar), Mark Tremonti (lead guitar, vocals), Brian Marshall
Having formed back in 1991, Candlebox has been making music together for 25 years now. Their self-titled album spawned such memorable hits as Far Behind and You. After releasing a total of three albums (Candlebox, Lucy, Happy Pills) on Madonna’s Maverick Records, the band went on an indefinite break around the year 2000 but reunited in 2006. Since that time
It’s never too late to release new music into the world, as American rock band KIX proved with their resurrection back in 2003. The band was founded as early as 1977 but did not become KIX until 1980. The band’s 1988 release, Blow My Fuse, brought a wider spread fame for the quintet which saw them playing on arena tours and finding heavy rotation on
The dictionary definition of “apocalypse” is as follows: “The complete destruction of the world.” The same dictionary describes “revue” as: “A light theatrical entertainment consisting of a series of short sketches, songs and dances.” Thus, the name of the band sandwiches the blues in between something very heavy and something rather light. On face value, the above would seem a
Exodus has cemented their heavy foundations into the fabric of metal, record by record, show by show and pit by pit with non-stop, persistent battering ram force, noise and speed. They hail from from San Francisco; the early hotbed homeland of thrash. The Bay Area scene spawned names such as Metallica, Testament, Death Angel, Vio-Lence and Forbidden, among others. Early
Blues Pills is a band featuring members from multiple countries, so it is no surprise that their popularity is growing, especially in Europe. Their second full-length album, Lady In Gold was released August 5th via Nuclear Blast and since then the blues/rock act have been busy touring and promoting. However, drummer Andre Kvarnstrom was recently able to sit down long
The first leg of the "Love’s Gone to Hell" tour kicked off Saturday Sept. 24 at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus Ohio. The mini-U.S. tour will make seven Eastern stops before heading back to Germany in November. The opening night Doro and company gave the crowd a show worthy of a Wacken Open Air experience playing a long, solid show
For many, the Hair Nation Festival on September 17th at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater was the perfect final curtain call for a venue nearing its closure. For 35 years, fans have swarmed to watch their favorite bands perform here, and that night left a bittersweet sense of nostalgia and represented the true end of an era. That Metal Show’s Eddie
Labor Day weekend in Center Point, Iowa. For those who are not familiar with the area, you might picture a quiet family gathering over burgers and some brats. If that is what you pictured, you must not not be aware that Blitzcreek is located in Center Point. And where you find Blitzcreek, you are sure to find bikes, booze, bands,
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Starting this weekend, Southern California punk rock band Runaway Kids will be supporting Pennywise on their 'About Time' US Tour, along with Strung Out and Unwritten Law. The tour starts on October 1st and runs through Nov 19th. Tickets for all shows are available at www.runaway-kids.com. The band says, “We’re extremely excited and honored to be a part of the
Spinefarm Records, in cooperation with Concord Bicycle is pleased to announce the November 25, 2016 release of The Independent Years: 1983 - 2004, Social Distortion’s first-ever vinyl box set collecting the band’s independent label output, Mommy’s Little Monster, Prison Bound, Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll and the early years compilation Mainliner (Wreckage From the Past). Mixing Bruce Springsteen’s factory-overalls
On December 31, 2015, before a sold-out Staples Center arena in Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe bid their final farewell. Their 35-year career as a band ended with a spectacular New Year’s Eve performance in their hometown, just a few miles from where it all started on the Sunset Strip. Mötley Crüe: The End - Live In Los Angeles – presented
Los Angeles, CA - The hard rock supergroup featuring French vocalist and guitar phenom Steph Honde, who anchored the band of original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Dianno, and drum icon Vinny Appice of Black Sabbath and Dio returns with a brand new album of killer tracks! Capture The Sun ups the ante of the band's highly acclaimed 2014 debut album
SiriusXM announced today that multi-platinum Grammy-winning rock band KORN will perform a special invitation-only show for SiriusXM on Friday, October 21 at the beautifully ornate Theatre at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The performance will air live on SiriusXM's Octane channel. The special performance for SiriusXM will feature KORN performing songs from their upcoming studio album The Serenity of Suffering (Roadrunner Records) due out on
Stax Records will celebrate the October 21st release of Otis Redding - Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings with a Sunday, October 23 (2:00 p.m.) listening party at Los Angeles' Amoeba Records, just down the Sunset Strip from where it was recorded 50 years ago. The event will include box set giveaways, along with other Stax
When the members of Slayer were approached by Nuclear Blast America's General Manager Gerardo Martinez to make a music video for "Repentless," the title track of the band's 2015 label debut, they thought it was going to be a cool, one-off music video. Little did they know. Martinez put the band together with up-and-coming director BJ McDonnell who turned in
As Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp enters its 21st year, this bucket list adventure welcomes another era of super stars with the first ever camp with Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez of the multi Grammy nominated contemporary rock legends Alice in Chains and Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo of the multi platinum selling , Grammy winning Stone Temple Pilots. The hard
LOS ANGELES, CA - Tuesday, September 6, 2016 -- A convicted prisoner on death row...a cookie-cutter, white-bread family unit putting up the Christmas decorations... two worlds, lightness and darkness colliding...white supremacists...ruthless murders...SLAYER''s "Pride in Prejudice" music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF5iMLldBzE Directed by BJ McDonnell Produced by Felissa Rose Edited by Ed Marx and Andrea Porter Director of Photography - Eric Leach Jason