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ERIC MARTIN Says He Is Partly To Blame For MR. BIG Not Continuing After PAT TORPEY's Death

Eric Martin says that he "might have put the kibosh on" MR. BIG doing something again in the foreseeable future. The singer made the comment while discussing MR. BIG's decision to go on hiatus following the passing of Pat Torpey. The drummer died in February 2018 at the age of 64 from complications...

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Former KISS And IRON MAIDEN Members, TRIUMPH, STRYPER, MARTY FRIEDMAN, Others To Be Inducted Into METAL HALL OF FAME

TRIUMPH, STRYPER, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and legacy members of KISS and IRON MAIDEN will be inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame on September 12 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time via a free world premiere livestream video. The livestream event, hosted by Cathy Rankin, will be feat...

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MR. BIG Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of 'Lean Into It' With Remastered Expanded Edition + Limited Vinyl Single Box Set

MR. BIG is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its chart-topping album "Lean Into It" with a remastered and expanded anniversary-edition reissue, available digitally, on CD and as a highly collectible limited-edition box set made up of five individual colored seven-inch singles via evoXS. Physical e...

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WARRANT Performs Without Bassist JERRY DIXON In Missouri (Video)

WARRANT performed without bassist Jerry Dixon last night (Friday, July 23) at the Hannibal Bar-B-Q Festival in Hannibal, Missouri. No reason was given for his absence. Filling in for him at the gig was Robbie Crane, who has had stints with Vince Neil's band, RATT and LYNCH MOB, before joining BLACK...

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PUDDLE OF MUDD Announces Summer/Fall 2021 U.S. Tour

PUDDLE OF MUDD has announced a number of U.S. dates in support of the band's latest album, "Welcome To Galvania". The trek kicked off on July 3 in Savannah, Georgia and will conclude on November 20 in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. Tour dates: Jul. 16 - Fort Worth, TX - Rail Club Live Jul. 21 - Jay, OK -...

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DOWN Announces 'NOLA Town Throwdown' Livestream

Long-running heavy metal supergroup DOWN, featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Pat Bruders, will return to the stage Friday, August 13 for a very special in-person live and virtual experience. The fittingly titled "NOLA To...

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Watch WARRANT Perform At M3 Rock Festival

Video footage of WARRANT's July 4 performance at the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below. This past May, WARRANT singer Robert Mason was asked in an interview with the "Thunder Underground" podcast if there had been any talk of a follow-up to 20...

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FOGHAT Celebrates 50th Anniversary With '8 Days On The Road' Live Album

Legendary rockers FOGHAT — Roger Earl (founding member/drums),Bryan Bassett (lead guitar, formerly with WILD CHERRY and MOLLY HATCHET),Charlie Huhn (lead guitar and lead vocals, formerly with Ted Nugent, Gary Moore, VICTORY and HUMBLE PIE) and Rodney O'Quinn (bass, formerly with the PAT TRAVERS BA...

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TESLA, VINCE NEIL, NIGHT RANGER And WINGER To Headline Inaugural MONSTERS ON THE MOUNTAIN Festival

The inaugural Monsters On The Mountain (MOTM),a three-day hard rock music experience brought to you by the creators of the pioneering Monsters Of Rock cruise, has been announced for this October 15-17 at the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge in Tennessee's beautiful Great Smoky Mountains. This immersi...

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KING CRIMSON Announces 'Music Is Our Friend' 2021 North American Tour

When KING CRIMSON returns to action this July, it will be the seventh year that the band has toured since returning to performing live in 2014, a run only interrupted by the lockdown in 2020. KING CRIMSON will play with a seven-piece lineup featuring frontman Robert Fripp along with Mel Collins, Ton...

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WARRANT's JOEY ALLEN Was 'Not Prepared' For JANI LANE's Death

Joey Allen says that he was "not prepared" to see Jani Lane die, despite the fact that the longtime WARRANT singer battled alcoholism for years before his final exit from the group. Lane recorded several albums with WARRANT in late 1980s and early 1990s but left the group several times. The band's s...

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Y&T Bassist AARON LEIGH To Release 'Live For Today' Solo Single

Following in the footsteps of his debut EP, which successfully visited his earliest musical influences, Aaron Leigh's recent groundswell of original solo material continues with the upcoming release of the driving, straight-forward single "Live For Today". Featuring blistering lead guitar stabs from...

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Original FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM Releases 'Questions And Answers: The Atlantic Anthology 1987-1989'

HNE Recordings Ltd has just released "Questions And Answers: The Atlantic Anthology 1987-1989", a new three-CD collection from iconic FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm. Gramm had been recording with Rochester, New York-based band BLACK SHEEP since the early 1970s. Releasing two LPs for Capitol, Gramm met h...

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WARRANT's ROBERT MASON Says There Is No 'Defined Schedule' For Band To Work On New Album

During an appearance on the latest episode of the "Thunder Underground" podcast, WARRANT singer Robert Mason was asked if there has been any talk of a follow-up to 2017's "Louder Harder Faster" album. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Not as far as a defined schedule, but we're alw...

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SAMMY HAGAR, KEVIN CRONIN And RICK SPRINGFIELD Perform At Seventh Annual 'Acoustic-4-A-Cure' Benefit Concert (Video)

Sammy Hagar's seventh annual "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" concert returned on Saturday, May 15 with a star-studded lineup that delivered unforgettable musical moments and collaborative jams by SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABOS, REO SPEEDWAGON's Kevin Cronin and Dave Amato, TRAIN and Rick Springfield. Following a h...