JOEL HOEKSTRA Talks New Record “Crash of Life” And His Vision About Them: ‘I Model My Albums as What I Would Want to Hear as a Listener, Not as a Guitarist’
Joel Hoekstra will release his third solo album, Joel Hoekstra’s 13 “Crash of Life”, on June 16th via Frontiers Music SRL. Joel has put forth…
YES Longtime Keyboardist GEOFF DOWNES Talks New Album “Mirror To The Sky” And Band’s Legacy: ‘The Music Will Carry On Long After STEVE and I Are Around. Long May YES Reign!’
Prog pioneers YES have had their share of lineup changes throughout their 54-year history, not the least of which are their keyboardists. Geoff Downes came through…
KURDT VANDERHOOF of METAL CHURCH Talks New Album “Congregation of Annihilation”: ‘It’s Our Tribute Album to MIKE HOWE, and Thrasher Than We’ve Ever Done Before’
West coast thrash metal veterans Metal Church will release their 13th studio album, “Congregation of Annihilation”, on May 26th via Rat Pak Records (America) and Reaper Entertainment (Europe).…
JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist RICHIE FAULKNER Talks New Band ELEGANT WEAPONS, Upcoming JUDAS PRIEST Record and More: ‘I’d Like To Do A Big Four Tour Of British Metal, As A Fan I Couldn’t Imagine A Better Tour Than MAIDEN And PRIEST’
On September 26, 2021 in Louisville, KY, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner had a brush with death. He suffered an onstage aortic aneurysm during the…
Music Industry Veteran & Longtime DREAM THEATER Tour Manager RIKK FEULNER Talks New Book, Life on The Road and Upcoming DREAM THEATER Summer Tour: “DREAM THEATER Don’t Get to Play Any Festival in the US, So They Created Their Own”
Often wonder and been intrigued by what life is like working, managing or being an artist, a rock star? Traveling to foreign countries, seeing the…
KIP WINGER Reflects About Creation Of Upcoming Album “Seven”: ‘This is Likely The Most Pure WINGER Album to Date, We Drew On The Inspiration For Our First Record and Brought Things Full Circle’
Formed in New York City in the late 1980s, WINGER soared to immediate success with its 1988 self-titled release. The album spawned the hit singles “Seventeen”…
WE CAME FROM SPACE’s Guitarist DAVE BUZARD and Keyboardist BILL HUBAUER Discuss Recent Album “Overlords”: If You Listen To The Whole Record, It’s Like Flipping Up The FM Dial In The ’70s…”
The roots of the band We Came from Space go back more than 45 years, when 11-year olds Bill Hubauer and Dave Buzard got to…
PHIL LEWIS of L.A. GUNS on New Album “Black Diamonds”: ‘It’s About Five Guys Getting in a Room and Sweating it Out to Write and Record, the True Essence of Being in a Band’
The one, the only, the original L.A. Guns with Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis will be releasing their next studio album, “Black Diamonds”, via Frontier…
OVERKILL’s Frontman BOBBY BLITZ Talks New Album “Scorched” And Keeping The Band Afloat In The 90’s: “Maintaining The Ship On Course When Things Were Tough Is One Of Our Crowning Achievements”
For four decades, OVERKILL have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. On April 14th, the…
MICHAEL KISKE of HELLÖWEEN Talks Upcoming Tour and “Pumpkins United” Line-Up Chemistry: “The Spirit We Managed to Create As a Band, Jumps Over to The Audience”
If there is one band determined to make up for lost time, that band is Helloween. After successfully reuniting with two former members (Michael Kiske…
RICK WAKEMAN on Playing with YES Again: “Without CHRIS SQUIRE and ALAN WHITE, it Could Never be Repeated”
The lyrics of the Who’s “My Generation”, “hope I die before I get old” certainly do not apply to Rick Wakeman. At 73 years old,…
TOMMY KAREVIK Talks About KAMELOT’s Upcoming Album ‘The Awakening’: “For Me, Success is Telling Stories that Resonate with People”
In 2018, Kamelot released “The Shadow Theory” to critical acclaim. After five years, Kamelot now returns with their next full-length studio album, “The Awakening,” due…
MICHAEL STARR On STEEL PANTHER’s New Album “On The Prowl”: “Writing An Album During the Pandemic Was Easier Because We Weren’t Partying So Hard”
“Everybody shout: heavy metal’s back”. The lyrics on Steel Panther’s first ever song, “Death to All But Metal”, still ring true after so many years, and…
STEVE STEVENS Talks BILLY IDOL Upcoming Spring 2023 Headlining Tour: “After 40 Years of Making Music, I Want to Replicate Those Songs Live Exactly as Recorded Because the Fans Deserve It”
Steve Stevens is most notably recognized as the guitarist for Billy Idol, a partnership for over 40 years that has produced countless Top 10 singles…
MIKKEY DEE Talks Musical Career And Recent MOTÖRHEAD Reissues: ‘There’s No Money In These Releases, This is Just to Prolong Lemmy’s Dream and The Legend that Motörhead Was, and Give Our Fans Something Extra’
MOTÖRHEAD, the iconic Godfathers of heavy metal, recently unleashed their newest release, entitled “Bad Magic: Seriously Bad Magic”, which is the ultimate reissue of the…
