Month: May 2022

As rock superstars DEF LEPPARD return with a brand-new album, "Diamond Star Halos", vocalist Joe Elliott insists that the album format is still important — at least for DEF LEPPARD. "When we got together in 2014 we noticed a trend of people releasing one song a month," Elliott tells Rock Candy writer Jon Hotten in an exclusive cover story that runs over 12 pages in the new issue of the magazine. "They might bang them all together on an album two years […]

Platinum-selling rock band FALLING IN REVERSE, which is racking up 12 million streams per week, has shared the video for the brand new single "Voices In My Head". "Voices In My Head" follows "Zombified", which recently ascended to No. 1 on the active rock radio charts. Both tracks will appear on FALLING IN REVERSE's forthcoming "Neon Zombie" EP. For the track, frontman Ronnie Radke had a very specific and clear vision for the video, saying: "I wanted to […]

Reelz has released a "sneak peek" at "Autopsy: The Last Hours Of Eddie Van Halen", which will premiere on Sunday, June 5 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Check it out below. "Autopsy: The Last Hours Of…" is a documentary series that reveals the truth behind the controversial deaths of global icons and people whose untimely deaths were surrounded by scandal and intense media attention. Fact and fiction are forever separated through reconstructions […]

JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has opened up about his battle with "long COVID", a condition characterized by symptoms of COVID-19 and other syndromes months after the initial illness has subsided. Navarro discussed his long-term effects of coronavirus less than two weeks after JANE'S ADDICTION was forced to pull out of this year's Welcome To Rockville festival due to his lingering health problems. On Saturday (May 28),Navarro shared a new photo of himself on Instagram, and he included the following […]

Former KISS guitarists Vinnie Vincent, Ace Frehley and Bruce Kulick performed together for the first time ever at this year's Creatures Fest, which is taking place this weekend at Nashville's Sonesta Nashville Airport Hotel. Vincent started his set Saturday night (May 28) with around 15 minutes of guitar shredding before he played the KISS classic "I Love It Loud" accompanied by a backing track. Kulick then joined him for "War Machine" before Frehley also stepped in for "Deuce" and "Cold Gin". According to fans attending the event, "phones/video/audio" during Vinnie's set were […]

In a new interview with Modern Drummer, former GUNS N' ROSES member Matt Sorum recalled auditioning for the drummer slot in David Lee Roth's solo band in 1985, a gig that eventually went to Greg Bissonette. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Literally when I came out that door, there was Greg Bissonette and Mark Craney standing there. But no one knew [the audition] was for David Lee Roth. We all got called by Steve Vai. And we were, like, 'Steve Vai? It's that […]

PUDDLE OF MUDD frontman Wes Scantlin spoke to Jave Patterson of Reno's Rock 104.5 radio station about the progress of the recording sessions for the follow-up to 2019's "Welcome To Galvania" album. "The record is basically pretty much done," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "I've just gotta polish it a little bit up and revise a couple of things. I did a lot of work with [former PUDDLE OF MUDD bassist] Doug Ardito [and former PUDDLE OF MUDD guitarist] Christian Stone that used to be playing with […]

THE DEAD DAISIES have released "Radiance", the single from their upcoming album, set for release in August. The band has been writing and recording over the last couple of months at the Mix Room studios in Los Angeles with esteemed producer Ben Grosse. A thunderous opening sets the pace for "Radiance", an eclectic, heavy rock track. The riff digs deep into a 1970s vibe originally created in the industrious heartland of England. With Glenn Hughes powering vocal, towering […]

L.A. GUNS have announced a 40-date U.S. tour for this spring, summer and winter. The trek will kick off on June 1 in Liverpool, New York and will run through New Year's Eve in West Hollywood, California. Confirmed shows: Jun. 01 - Sharkey's Banquets & Events - Liverpool, NY (with FASTER PUSSYCAT, Tom Keifer) Jun. 02 - The Showplace Theater - Buffalo, NY (with FASTER PUSSYCAT) Jun. 04 - Keswick Theatre […]