Mick Burgess of Norway's Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Express Radio: Do you think it's important in this day and age to be able to offer something extra to the fans to encourage fans ...
According to Yahoo! News, New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials are having a hard time keeping up with the constant thefts of mile marker 66.6 along the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. The latest theft involved someone swiping the 66.6 mile marker sign on the Garden State Parkway's northbound lanes in a ...
GODSMACK, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SEVENDUST, BRET MICHAELS, TAPROOT and DROWNING POOL are among the confirmed bands for the Rock The Ink festival, set to take place October 24-26, 2008 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, October 24: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE SALIVA ALL THAT REMAINS DROWNING ...
Michigan-based hard rock quartet TAPROOT took part in an acoustic performance and signing session at Borders in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 18. Watch video footage of the performance below. TAPROOT's next acoustic performance will take place this Sunday, October 5 at the FYE store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Music will begin at 3:00 p.m., to ...
Tanner Onder (see photo below) recently met with his favorite rock star, MÖTLEY CRÜE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx. The backstage meeting was arranged by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which flew Tanner and his family to Denver, Colorado to see the concert on July 25, 2008. Commented Tanner: "While on stage, SIXX: A.M. dedicated my favorite song, ...
Ferret Music has reportedly set an April 28, 2009 North American release date for the new album from Cleveland, Ohio's CHIMAIRA. The follow-up to 2007's "Resurrection" will be recorded with producer Ben Schigel, who has previously worked with the band on the "This Present Darkness" (producer, engineer, mixer); "The Impossibility Of Reason" (producer, engineer); self-titled ...
MACABRE, LAY DOWN ROTTEN, VOMITORY and HATE are among the newly confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Death Feast Open Air festival, set to take place June 11-13, 2009 in Hünxe, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY (UK) ASPHYX (NL) DEVOURMENT (USA) DISEMBOWEL (GER) GADGET (SWE) ...
Boston, Massachusetts-based up-and-coming "shred" guitarist Todd Seitz has issued the following update on the recording sessions for the debut album from his STYGIA project, entitled "Divine Allegiance": "Mike LePond of SYMPHONY X finished recording his bass tracks earlier this week. I couldn't be happier with his work! The bass tracks are totally killer. I have ...
"Kill the Past", the second single from SCAR FOR LIFE — the new Portuguese project led by Alex S (VYRUZ, REDSTAINS) — is available for free download at www.scarforlife.com. SCAR FOR LIFE will release its self-titled debut album in October. "Creating songs from the most vitriolic, groovy assaults to soft acoustic pieces, this ...
