A grinding storm of heavy axes rolls forth from Austin, Texas this evening when sludge-metal thunderlords, The Sword, get medieval on your ass. Besides being Lars Ulrich’s favorite band (he’s asked The Sword to tour with Metallica three times now), The Sword celebrates tomorrow’s official release of its third album, “Warp Riders,” at 7 p.m. [...]
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Slayer Unleashes DVD Onslaught, Readies Monstrous 10-Album Box Set
Posted: 16th August 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: DVD, machine head, slayer, the vinyl conflict, venom
Not content with just haunting the chapel, Slayer is coming to possess your TV. On August 17, the thrash-metal titans will reissue the out-of-print DVD titles “War at the Warfield” and “Still Reigning,” from 2003 and 2004, respectively. The pair will be joined by 1995′s “Live Intrusion,” which has been digitally remastered for this first-time-ever release. [...]
Michael Monroe: Got Live If You Want It!
Posted: 5th August 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: another night in the sun, demolition 23, ginger, hanoi rocks, michael monroe, sxsw, the wildhearts
If lightning can be caught on an album, we’re in for a razzle-dazzle glam-rock shock on Sept. 27. That’s the date when Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe uncorks a live album titled “Another Night in the Sun,” featuring a stunner of a setlist consisting of Hanoi tunes, Demolition 23 gems, solo songs and covers of [...]
Got the go-ahead today to once again interview KISS, which is an honor only a Justin Bieber fan could fail to fathom. To this day, my home is plastered with KISS memorabilia, some of which dates back to the sixth grade. If you would have told me as a kid that one day I would [...]
The Dragons: They’ve Got the Jack, Jack, Jack
Posted: 29th July 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: alejandro escovedo, dictators, dragons, gearhead records, hanoi rocks, las vegas shakedown, rolling stones, sxsw, thee parkside
Good news blew in on a breeze of Jack and Coke this morning when Mario Escovedo emailed from San Diego to report the Dragons are dusting off their leather pants and reuniting for a pair of rowdy gigs at San Francisco’s Thee Parkside July 30-31. From there, the rock-n-roll kamikazes set their sights on [...]
Danko Jones: Get in the Ring!
Posted: 27th July 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: below the belt, bon scott, broken teeth, danko jones, lemmy, peter criss, thin lizzy
Fans of Thin Lizzy, Bon Scott and Peter Criss’ cowbell will want to drink a beer with tough guys Danko Jones. A Canadian trio that won’t soon be mistaken for Triumph, blood-sweatin’ Danko Jones has proved to be a show-stealer at prestigious European rock festivals (not to mention a formidable opener on Guns N’ Roses‘ recent [...]
Scorpions Bring the Sting on Farewell Tour
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by admin in News Bites, Quotes and ChatterTags: ratt, ritchie blackmore, scorpions, van halen
The Scorpions bring their final farewell tour to San Antonio’s AT&T Center tomorrow (Friday, July 23) for one last must-see blowout (blackout?). A revamped Ratt opens the show. The Scorps are promoting a fine swan song of a new album titled “Sting in the Tail” and will, of course, take you by force with a [...]
Ratt’s Axe: It’s a Riot!
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in News BitesTags: michael schenker, quiet riot, randy rhoads, ratt, scorpions
After going round and round in the quest for a second guitarist (Michael Schenker, John Corabi, Kerri Kelly, Alex Grossi and even Tracii Guns for one hot minute), Ratt seems to have made the perfect choice in former Quiet Riot six stringer, Carlos Cavazo. A formidable talent who replaced the late, great Randy Rhoads in Quiet [...]
Jetboy: Flying High Again
Posted: 19th July 2010 by admin in News Bites, Quotes and ChatterTags: hanoi rocks, jetboy, kiss, paul stanley, poison
Got an email from guitarist Billy Rowe informing me that his band JETBOY plugs in at the Midwest Rockfest this Saturday, July 24, in Wichita, Kansas. JETBOY, you may recall, once ruled the mid-‘80s Hollywood club scene alongside Poison and Guns N’ Roses until record industry politics spiraled the band into turmoil and obscurity (c’mon, [...]