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VINNY And CARMINE APPICE Release RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Video For 10th Anniversary Of Singer's Death

Legendary drummers and brothers Carmine and Vinny Appice have released a new video to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the passing of the late, great Ronnie James Dio. "Monsters And Heroes" is taken from Vinny and Carmine's first joint studio album, "Sinister", which was released in October 2017...

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ROB HALFORD Remembers RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'His Voice Is Still With Us, As It Always Will Be'

JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford is among the musicians who shared their remembrances of Ronnie James Dio with Billboard.com, one day before the 10th anniversary of the legendary singer's death from stomach cancer in 2010. Rob said: "Ronnie was a mentor to me as far as his solid professionalism musically....

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VINNY And CARMINE APPICE To Release RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Video For 10th Anniversary Of Singer's Death

Legendary drummers and brothers Carmine and Vinny Appice will release a new video on Saturday, May 16 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the passing of the late, great Ronnie James Dio. Vinny, who worked with Ronnie while playing drums for DIO, BLACK SABBATH and HEAVEN & HELL, spoke about t...

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RON KEEL Says He 'Would Have Been A Good Fit' For BLACK SABBATH After IAN GILLAN

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, singer Ron Keel spoke about the time he nearly joined BLACK SABBATH in 1984 while the legendary heavy metal act was looking for a replacement for Ian Gillan. Ron said (see video below): "It was an amazing experience. I was in the studio recording the...

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LAST IN LINE Has Already Recorded Six Songs For Third Album

LAST IN LINE drummer Vinny Appice spoke to SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation" about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's third album. The follow-up to last year's "II" is tentatively due next year via an as-yet-undetermined record label. "We recorded six songs for the album, and we just need...

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Don't Hold Your Breath For Reconciliation Between VIVIAN CAMPBELL And WENDY DIO, Says VINNY APPICE

Vinny Appice says that he doesn't think there will ever be a reconciliation between Vivian Campbell and Wendy Dio. Campbell, Appice, singer Ronnie James Dio and bassist Jimmy Bain collaborated on the first three DIO albums — 1983's "Holy Diver", 1984's "The Last In Line" and 1985's "Sacred Heart" —...

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Former DIO Guitarist ROWAN ROBERTSON Teaches You How To Play Songs From 'Lock Up The Wolves' Album (Video)

Former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson has uploaded several videos to his YouTube channel where he shows you how to play some of the songs from the band's "Lock Up The Wolves" album. Check out the clips below. Two years ago, Rowan said that he "would love" to release songs that were written during the...

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ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Members To Take Part In Fundraising Event

On Saturday, April 11, David Ellefson Youth Music Foundation, the nonprofit charity started by Grammy-winning MEGADETH co-founder and bassist David Ellefson, will partner with Grammy Music Education Coalition to host "Oh Say Can You Stream", a livestream online fundraiser, powered by Cisco Webex to...

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DIO's 1996-2004 Studio Album Collection Lands On Charts Around The Globe

DIO's recently reissued 1996-2004 studio albums have been met with an amazing worldwide reception, particularly in the United States, Germany and Spain, where all four albums have debuted at impressive chart positions, even surpassing the original releases' chart positions. "Master Of The Moon" (200...

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VINNY APPICE Looks Back On His Time with BLACK SABBATH: 'To This Day, It Still Supports My Career'

During an appearance on a recent episode of the "80's Glam Metalcast", drummer Vinny Appice was asked if it feels "surreal" to him to know that he was once a member of such a legendary band as BLACK SABBATH. He responded (hear audio below): "Yeah, it's a great thing. If I reflect back on it, it's, l...

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THUNDERSTICK Feat. Former SAMSON And IRON MAIDEN Drummer: 'Something Wicked This Way Came' Live Album Due This Month

British drummer Barry Graham Purkis, better known as Thunderstick, who played with a developing IRON MAIDEN in the seventies and then moved on to SAMSON (being instrumental in finding a very youthful Bruce Dickinson),will release the first official live album from his eponymously named band on Marc...

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JEFF PILSON On Working With RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'Musically, It Was One Of The Most Organic And Smooth Relationships I've Ever Had'

Prior to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund's 10th Memorial Awards Gala, which took place at The Avalon in Hollywood, California on February 20, bassist Jeff Pilson (FOREIGNER, DOKKEN) spoke with Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" about how he came to join the DIO...

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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Announces 'The Black And Blue' Tour With KNOCKED LOOSE, STICK TO YOUR GUNS

After a sold-out winter run on the "Diseased & Disguised" tour with BEARTOOTH and tallying 50 million-plus streams on its latest album "Disguise", MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has announced "The Black And Blue Tour". The Scranton, Pennsylvania band will be joined by special guests KNOCKED LOOSE, STICK TO...

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VINNY APPICE, GILBY CLARKE, STEVE LUKATHER, MARC BONILLA, Others To Perform At 'Change AB5' Event

Ultimate Jam Night, the long-running community-oriented music show in residency at the Whisky A Go Go, and Independent Music Professionals United present "Change AB5", a night of music and unity to raise awareness surrounding the damaging effects of California's new AB5 law on California's music pro...

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KILL DEVIL HILL Is Looking For The 'Right' Label Home For Long-Awaited Third Album

KILL DEVIL HILL has finished demoing more than an album's worth of material for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2013's "Revolution Rise". "Dewey [Bragg, vocals] and I have been writing pretty much this whole time," guitarist Mark Zavon told 90.3 WMSC FM's "The Metal Teddy Bear Experience" in a...