When it comes to hard rock and heavy metal drumming royalty, the lordly name of Appice should automatically spring to mind. Individually, Vinny and Carmine Appice have canvassed the history of heavy music in their times with BLACK SABBATH, the Ozzy Osbourne band, DIO, VANILLA FUDGE, CACTUS, KING KOBRA, BLUE MURDER, HEAVEN AND HELL and ...
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Iconic American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose will be saluted by a stellar rock-star lineup whose own careers were influenced by the legendary and powerful Montrose sound at "Ronnie Montrose Remembered" — one of the most-talked-about shows of NAMM 2018. This celebratory concert highlighting Montrose's career will feature his greatest hits from early MONTROSE, EDGAR WINTER, ...
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Madison "Maddi" Lane, the daughter of late WARRANT singer Jani Lane, has posted her cover version of WARRANT's hit single "Heaven". She wrote on her SoundCloud page: "This is a tribute to my dad, Jani Lane, from the band WARRANT. This song was a classic and I decided to sing a cover for it. The ...
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Former L.A. GUNS guitarist Stacey Blades says that it was "a wonderful experience" playing with Bobby Blotzer's version of RATT. Starting in late 2015, Blotzer spent about a year and a half playing shows under the name RATT with a lineup in which he was the sole member from the band's '80s heyday. The drummer's ...
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Marilyn Manson has voiced his concern about how the ongoing #MeToo movement could "turn the whole world's attention from the artistic element of Hollywood," saying that he believes some of the allegations will "ruin a lot of people's lives" unnecessarily. During a recent interview with U.K.'s Channel 4 News, the shock rocker was asked about ...
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"Sinister", the first joint studio album by Carmine and Vinny Appice, was released on October 27 through SPV/Steamhammer as CD digipack, double gatefold vinyl, download and stream. You can listen to the entire album, along with commentary from both Carmine and Vinny, in the YouTube clip below. You're unlikely to find a phenomenon like Carmine ...
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According to TMZ, Jani Lane's estate is being sued by his ex-managers over the late WARRANT singer's music catalog. Just Having Fun Productions claims in its lawsuit to have engineered a $3.75 million deal to sell a chunk of Jani's music to a publishing company. However, they say that they have yet to ...
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ENUFF Z'NUFF vocalist/bassist Chip Z'Nuff was interviewed by Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" at Frontiers Music Srl's "Rockin' Christmas Bash", which was held on December 2 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California. The full chat can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On ...
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Gene Simmons says that he did nothing to warrant him being banned for life from Fox News. It was reported last month that the KISS bassist/vocalist would not be welcomed back to the conservative news network due to lewd behavior following his appearance on Fox News and Fox Business Network. The Daily Beast reported Simmons ...
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Three members of the classic DOKKEN lineup have reunited in a new project called SUPER STROKE. The band, which is rounded out by former LYNCH MOB and current WARRANT singer Robert Mason, is working on material for its debut album, to be released in late 2018. In a brand new interview with Glide ...
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Members of SLIPKNOT, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, WHITESNAKE, POISON, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, STRYPER, KORN, OVERKILL, KREATOR, SEPULTURA and VOLBEAT are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the passing of Malcolm Young. The 64-year-old guitarist and co-founder of the legendary Australian hard rock band AC/DC had been suffering ...
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For a guy who has visited and performed on every major military base in the U.S., Mark "Gus" Scott shows no signs of losing support for America's military heroes. The TRIXTER drummer met with several military officials on his recent tour of Washington D.C. and filming of his latest video, "Ave Maria". The clip shows ...
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"Sinister", the first joint studio album by Carmine and Vinny Appice, will be released on October 27 through SPV/Steamhammer as CD digipack, double gatefold vinyl, download and stream. The official video for the disc's first single, "Monsters And Heroes", can be seen below. You're unlikely to find a phenomenon like Carmine and Vinny Appice a ...
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"Sinister", the first joint studio album by Carmine and Vinny Appice, will be released on October 27 through SPV/Steamhammer as CD digipack, double gatefold vinyl, download and stream. Audio samples of the first six songs from the disc can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. You're unlikely to find a phenomenon like Carmine and ...
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You're unlikely to find a phenomenon like Carmine and Vinny Appice a second time in the history of rock music. For more than forty years, the two brothers have been among the most sought-after and renowned rock drummers worldwide. Carmine and Vinny (each of them on his own) can be heard on numerous legendary albums ...
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Heavy New York recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer brothers Carmine and Vinny Appice about their upcoming collaborative album, "Sinister", which is due on October 27 via SPV/Steamhammer. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there are any new drummers that they take inspiration from, Carmine said: "There's not a lot of ...
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Ex-WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp says that he has no interest in reuniting with guitarist Vito Bratta. The Danish-born singer hasn't played with his former songwriting partner and bandmate since WHITE LION performed its last concert in Boston in September 1991. In the twenty-six years since WHITE LION broke up, Bratta's public profile has been ...
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Polish death metallers DECAPITATED have "strongly denied" the allegations that they kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman on a tour bus in Washington. According to court documents obtained by The Spokesman-Review, the woman alleged she was gang-raped by the musicians in their tour bus bathroom after DECAPITATED's August 31 concert with THY ART IS MURDER ...
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Legendary drummers and brothers Vinny and Carmine Appice have teamed up for a new project called APPICE. They are set to release their debut album, "Sinister", on October 27 via SPV/Steamhammer. Before they do, however, they have announced three special live shows where the brothers will perform "Sinister" together. The three dates include appearances in ...
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Everyone following KREATOR over the band's 35-year course has their favorite album, and it's not necessarily a unified choice. Poll 10 fans at once, you'll probably hit upon most of the group's 14 LPs to-date, minus the troubled experimental albums spanning from 1992's "Renewal" through 1999's "Endorama". Then again, there are defensive fans of those, ...
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ListenIowa recently conducted an interview with former GREAT WHITE and current JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell. An excerpt from the chat follows below. ListenIowa: You played in Des Moines with the original GREAT WHITE a few years ago and had to support yourself on stage with a cane, and you also ...
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You're unlikely to find a phenomenon like Carmine and Vinny Appice a second time in the history of rock music. For more than forty years, the two brothers have been among the most sought-after and renowned rock drummers worldwide. Carmine and Vinny (each of them on his own) can be heard on numerous legendary albums ...
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In a brand new interview with EonMusic, WARRANT bassist Jerry Dixon spoke about the 2011 passing of the band's original singer, Jani Lane. "Honestly, it was horrible," he said. "The whole thing still gives me a stomach ache. I try to tell people it's not about WARRANT; we're just people. We're no different ...
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In a new interview with music writer Joel Gausten, WARRANT bassist Jerry Dixon discusses a variety of topics, including the struggles the band faced following the release of 1992's "Dog Eat Dog", which saw the band's record sales drop as the grunge movement took over. An excerpt from the chat appears below. Joel ...
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Mark Dean of Antihero Magazine recently conducted an interview with WARRANT guitarist Erik Turner. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Antihero Magazine: You had massive success as a band in the '80s. Was that difficult to deal with at the time? Erik Turner: "It was only difficult when there was ...
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Josh Rundquist of That Drummer Guy recently conducted an interview with WARRANT guitarist Erik Turner. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's new "Louder Harder Faster" album: Erik: "I think we're wearing our influences on our sleeves more than ever with this new record. ...
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"Louder Harder Faster", the new video from WARRANT, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's new studio album, which will be released on May 12 via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc was recorded with producer Jeff Pilson, a veteran bassist who has played with DIO, FOREIGNER, DOKKEN and T&N, ...
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WARRANT singer Robert Mason says that the band never considered changing its name after the final split with its frontman and main songwriter Jani Lane. Lane recorded several albums with WARRANT in late 1980s and early 1990s but left the group several times. The band's seventh studio LP, "Born Again", was released in 2006 and ...
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"Perfect", a new song from WARRANT, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new studio album, "Louder Harder Faster", which will be released on May 12 via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc was recorded with producer Jeff Pilson, a veteran bassist who has played with DIO, FOREIGNER, DOKKEN and T&N, among ...
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MR. BIG is continuing work on its new album, "Defying Gravity", tentatively due this fall via Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up to 2014's "...The Stories We Could Tell" is being produced by Kevin Elson, who helmed all of MR. BIG's early LPs, including "Mr. Big" (1989), "Lean Into It" (1991) and "Bump Ahead" (1993). In ...
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