Two 60-second audio samples from TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda's new solo album, "Axes 2 Axes", have been made available for download. Check them out: Sample#1, Sample#2. Available in Europe via Greece's Black Lotus Records (to be released in the U.S. in January 2006), "Axes 2 Axes" features guest appearances ...
Former DAVID LEE ROTH and current ARMY OF ANYONE drummer Ray Luzier will be conducting a drum clinic at this year's PASIC drum convention on November 5 in Columbus, OH. Click here for more information. Copies of Luzier's new instructional DVD will be available at the Hal Leonard booth. ARMY OF ANYONE, which ...
SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted the following message on his official web site: "The second leg of the tour is over. Everyone is back at home chilling out before the next run of gigs. Unfortunately, we lost our tour bus driver during the recent break — Les was rushed to hospital in Essen and ...
A one-hour live recording of DIO's performance at this year's Sweden Rock festival (which took place on June 11) was broadcast on Swedish radio P4 this past weekend. A replay of the program is available for streaming at this location (Real Media). The current DIO touring lineup includes guitarist Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE), who ...
Sweden's WOLF have posted the following message on their official web site: "Nick [Niklas Olsson, guitar/vocals] is playing the evil priest 'Hannias' in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in Stockholm right now. He's getting some great reviews, and the show seems to be a huge success. Very cool, and we are proud of him. His new vocal ...
German melodic metallers EDGUY have set a January 20, 2006 release date for their new album, "Rocket Ride" (Nuclear Blast). The follow-up to 2004's "Hellfire Club" was recorded with producer Sascha Paeth (who also worked with the band on their "Superheroes" EP) and is said to feature the band's most "diverse" material to date. EDGUY's ...
Bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted (ex-METALLICA) has finished laying down tracks for the upcoming studio album from Canadian metal legends VOIVOD. Vocalist Denis "Snake" Belanger and drummer Michel "Away" Lanegvin are expected to enter the studio in December with producer Glen Robinson (ANNIHILATOR, NASHVILLE PUSSY) to complete the recordings, which are tentatively due in early 2006 ...
UFO keyboardist Paul Raymond has posted the following message on his official web site: "I'm really delighted that [drummer] Andy Parker is coming back on board. I heard it through the grapevine that his personal circumstances had changed recently and, although he had previously been unable to take up the UFO drum stool due to ...
According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH drummer Neil Peart has written an introduction for "Landscapes", a new collection of short stories by author Kevin J. Anderson, to be published in spring 2006 by Five Star Press. Peart and Anderson have been friends since the publication of Anderson's ...
A video preview of the special CD-ROM that is included with the January 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine, featuring METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett and the 20-year salute to the band's "Master Of Puppets" album, has been posted online at this location (Quicktime required). Hammett was interviewed and took part in a new ...
