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Tag: Classic Metal

Late Night with Nicko McBrain 

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Sounds like a dream come true for Iron Maiden fans, but it’s only partially true. Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain will indeed be on a late night show, but not one of his own. Late Night with Seth Meyers’ The 8G Band often recruits guest performers from various genres of music to sit in with the house band, and Metal certainly hasn’t been overlooked (for once). Dave Lombardo from Slayer, Danny Carey from Tool, and Brann Dailor from Mastodon are just a few of the names that have brought their sticks to the stage and drummed with The 8G house band, […]

L.A. Metal Summit to Bring the Sunset Strip to Tokyo

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Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba, Tokyo, Japan will be the site of a groundbreaking event – the L.A. Metal Summit in Tokyo. Boasting headliners that include a former Mötley Crüe member and a reunited Ratt, the show will make for the first-ever festival focused entirely on the Hard Rock and Metal of the 80’s to take place in Japan. The current lineup for this spring festival is as follows: May 13: Vince Neil, Tom Keifer, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat May 14: Ratt, Sebastian Bach, Slaughter, Enuff Z’Nuff Faster Pussycat shared the above picture on social media that appears to […]

Airbourne Pays Tribute to Motörhead in New Video

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Australian Hard Rockers Airbourne have got a message to deliver while they’re Breakin’ Outta Hell on their latest studio album. The Spinefarm Records release includes a new track by the name of “It’s All For Rock N’ Roll”, and it’s all about Lemmy. The band has made it known that they forged a friendship with Lemmy through many occasions of sharing the stage with Motörhead. Lemmy made a cameo in Airbourne’s 2007 video for the track “Runnin’ Wild”, and it looks like they’ve included a bit of that footage in this new music video for the Motörhead tribute track. Airbourne frontman […]

Concert Review: L.A. Guns at M15

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The M15 in Corona, CA set the stage for one of the earliest 2017 stops along the L.A. Guns’ Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns Reloaded Reunion Tour – makes for a mouthful, but the long title is just to clear up which lineup audiences will be getting, considering there have been multiple versions of the band in the past. No longer should any questions remain as to who’s who in L.A. Guns. From stage to studio and everywhere in between, the current lineup of Phil Lewis (vocals), Tracii Guns (guitar), Michael Grant (guitar), Johnny Martin (bass), and Shane Fitzgibbon (drums) […]

Concert Review: Randy Rhoads Remembered

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BashFest 2017, a yearly event coinciding with NAMM, a time when the cream of the crop comes to town in terms of musicians and you just never know who you might spot. A short distance away from all the Anaheim NAMM goings-on, Santa Ana’s historic (and maybe a little haunted, depending on who you ask) Yost Theater was the setting for this year’s festivities. Randy Rhoads Remembered was the focus on January 19th, bringing in Hard Rock and Metal musicians from around the country to pay tribute to a legendary guitarist whose music has had a significant impact on so […]

Randy Rhoads Remembered Interviews: Brian Tichy

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The red carpet reception before the Randy Rhoads Remembered concert was the perfect opportunity to talk with the founder of the event himself, Brian Tichy. I was able to catch him for a few words on the event and his thoughts on Randy just before the show started. This is the fourth annual BashFest, a really great event with lots going on, and of course it’s your own creation in Tichy/Sutton Productions. So how does it feel seeing it all come together for the fourth time in a row? It really is great, this makes it all worth it, because […]

Randy Rhoads Remembered Interviews: Eddie Trunk

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Eddie Trunk hosted quite a few concerts in a row during NAMM week, including the Hall of Heavy Metal History and Randy Rhoads Remembered. Despite the stormy night outside on the red carpet, we stepped aside out of the rain for a quick chat about Eddie’s latest radio shows, the Hall, and of course – Randy Rhoads Remembered. You hosted the Hall of Heavy Metal History last night, great event and the first of its kind. Just wanted to get some of your thoughts on what it was like to host and pay tribute to all those great artists. It […]

Randy Rhoads Remembered Interviews: Ira Black

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Ira Black seems to come along with his own tagline – “the best hair in metal”. With a background that includes bands like Metal Church, Westfield Massacre, Lizzy Borden, and Vicious Rumors, among many others though, there’s no question of his impressive guitar abilities. Ira stopped by the red carpet before going in to take the stage at Randy Rhoads Remembered, and I was able to grab him for a quick interview about the show. Just want to start out getting some of your thoughts on tonight, what an awesome event, Randy Rhoads Remembered. Oh man, I’m just blown away […]

Randy Rhoads Remembered Interviews: Scotti Hill

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“Crazy Train” is probably the best known song from Randy Rhoads, so being the guitarist to take it on in a tribute to the great virtuoso himself must be both a thrilling and daunting experience. It certainly seemed to provide nothing but excitement for the musician who took it on at this event, as he was very enthusiastic about the whole thing. Scotti Hill of Skid Row was the man who took to the stage to play this wildly successful hit, and I had a few words with him on the red carpet reception beforehand to get his thoughts on […]

Hall of Heavy Metal History Honors Icons at Inaugural Induction

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How often can a fan of Heavy Metal music say they’ve seen their favorite band or artist inducted into a Hall of Fame or receiving some recognition on an awards show? Hardly ever, and perhaps not even at all. Fans and enthusiasts of the genre have noticed it…maybe even a few outside the genre have noticed it. Either way, there truly seems to be a lack of attention and appreciation for Metal and Hard Rock, especially when it comes to music awards ceremonies – but the newly established Hall of Heavy Metal History has set out to change that fact. […]

“KillThrax” Openers Announced

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The highly-anticipated “KillThrax” tour approaches, and now the bands who will join two heavy co-headliners have been announced. KillThrax is a North American tour that was announced last month which pairs together Big Four Thrashers Anthrax with the band known as forefathers of Metalcore, Killswitch Engage. The Devil Wears Prada will be the main support for all dates on the tour, while Code Orange takes on a slot along the way – but not before Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta goes solo to open the first 10 dates. The tour is presented by SiriusXM and spans the spring, starting on March […]

David Ellefson To Open Brick and Mortar Store for Ellefson Coffee Co.

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For nearly a year, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has been blending brews in the name of his boutique coffee brand, Ellefson Coffee Company. The coffee comes in several different blends featuring tasteful thrashy titles that also give a nod to Megadeth songs, including “Roast In Peace”, “Kenya Thrash”, and “She-Wolf”. Now, the business that has so far been online only has found a home, which just happens to be in David Ellefson’s own hometown – Jackson, Minnesota. Ellefson Coffee Co. will open its doors in the form of a brick and mortar shop that not only serves the bassist’s blends, […]

Anthrax’s Official UK/Europe Tour Announcement Video with Bassist Frank Bello

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Anthrax has released a video today via Nuclear Blast Records featuring bassist Frank Bello giving an announcement of the band’s upcoming tour of the UK and Europe. The snippet is accompanied by the Anthrax track “Monster at the End”, off the successful chart-impacting 2016 album For All Kings, and shows a brief message from Bello before listing all the tour dates.  This tour announcement comes right on the heels of the recently announced “Killthrax”, which pairs Killswitch Engage and Anthrax to co-headline a slew of US tour dates in the spring. The UK/Europe tour will be known as Among The […]

Doro Releases Special Video Tribute to Lemmy

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Metal Queen Doro Pesch has released a special video today as a tribute to the late Lemmy Kilmister, featuring footage and pictures highlighting their friendship and work together, set to the song “It Still Hurts”. Doro is known to have been a good friend of the well-loved Motörhead frontman, and “It Still Hurts” is a song that Doro recorded as a duet alongside Lemmy in 2012, for her album Raise Your Fist. In an interview with The Aggressive Edge on WRHU earlier this year, Doro said of Lemmy, “Everybody was just so inspired by Lemmy. What a great musician, great […]

Judas Priest to Reissue Turbo Album

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“You won’t hear me, but you’ll feel me, without warning, something’s dawning, listen”, the opening lines to Judas Priest’s album Turbo, from the song “Turbo Lover”. 30 years ago, something dawned as this record was released by the British Heavy Metal legends, and a special 30th Anniversary Edition will be released next year to commemorate Turbo. With guitar synths and some controversial lyrics in tow, April 1986 marked the release of one of Priest’s biggest commercial successes. Now, it’s being remastered and is set to be reissued in both 3CD and 1LP 180g vinyl options by Sony Music with a […]