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BULLETBOYS To Release 'From Out Of The Skies' Album In March; 'D-Evil' Music Video Available

BULLETBOYS will release their new album, "From Out Of The Skies", on March 23 via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc was recorded at the Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Northridge, California. The official music video for the disc's first single, "D-Evil", featuring guest vocals from Jesse Hughes of EAGLES OF...

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RATT To Tour In 2018

According to a fresh post on RATT's official Facebook page, the band will tour in 2018. No further details have been provided. RATT's classic-era members Juan Croucier (bass),Stephen Pearcy (vocals) and Warren DeMartini (guitar) reunited in October 2016 for a surprise performance on a Monsters Of R...

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Ex-RATT Bassist ROBBIE CRANE: 'I Don't Think It Was Worth It' For BOBBY BLOTZER To Use Band Name Without Original Members

Ex-RATT bassist Robbie Crane says that "it's heartbreaking" to see his former bandmates fueding over the rights to the band's name. Starting in late 2015, Bobby 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...

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STACEY BLADES Says It 'Was A Wonderful Experience' Playing With BOBBY BLOTZER's RATT

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. T...

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SAXON And BLACK STAR RIDERS To Support JUDAS PRIEST On 'Firepower' North American Tour

SAXON and BLACK STAR RIDERS have been confirmed as the support acts for JUDAS PRIEST on the British heavy metal legends' spring 2018 North American tour. The "Firepower" trek will kick off on March 13 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and will wrap on May 1 in San Antonio, Texas. "Delighted and honored...

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Ex-WHITE LION Singer MIKE TRAMP: 'I Would Not Wanna Play With VITO BRATTA For Anything In The World'

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 LIO...

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JUDAS PRIEST Members, SEBASTIAN BACH, RUDY SARZO Perform At At 'Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp' Finale At Whisky A Go Go

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach and members of JUDAS PRIEST appeared at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp earlier this month in Hollywood, California. The campers jammed with Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill and Scott Travis of JUDAS PRIEST and Sebastian Bach at the private Rock 'N' Roll F...

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HEAVY PETTIN' To Reunite For Appearance At Scotland's WINTERSTORM Festival

Glasgow rockers HEAVY PETTIN' will reunite for their first concert in more than twenty-five years at the WinterStorm festival, set to take place November 24-25 in Troon, Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. Also scheduled to appear are U.K. blues rock favorites THE QUIREBOYS and the female heavy...

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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI: CARLOS CAVAZO And I 'Have Nothing To Talk About'

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali says the he has "nothing to talk about" with the band's former guitarist Carlos Cavazo. Cavazo was a member of QUIET RIOT during the band's most commercially successful period. After replacing Randy Rhoads in the 1980s, he remained in QUIET RIOT into the early 2000s...

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STEPHEN PEARCY: Next RATT Album Will Be 'Quite A Lot Different' From 'Infestation'

Stephen Pearcy says that RATT's upcoming album will be "quite a lot different" from the band's last disc, "Infestation". Released in 2010, "Infestation", featured Robbie Crane on bass instead of Juan Croucier, who rejoined the group in 2012. After putting the band on hold for a few years, Juan and t...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Vocalist TODD LA TORRE Recalls Covering 'Operation: Mindcrime' Classics As Teenage Drummer

"Lamont & Tonelli" of San Francisco radio station 107.7 The Bone recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Todd La Torre. You can listen to the full chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On his musical influences: Todd: "I grew up in the '70s an...

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Former QUIET RIOT Singer SEANN NICOLS Says FRANKIE BANALI Was 'A Nightmare To Work With'

Seann Nicols says that Frankie Banali was "a nightmare to work with" during his short tenure as the lead singer of QUIET RIOT. Nicols was with QUIET RIOT for just a few months, but long enough to record the vocals for an early version of the band's new album, "Road Rage". QUIET RIOT has since re-rec...

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JUAN CROUCIER On Possibility Of New RATT Music: 'I've Been Sitting On So Many Songs, It's Almost Scary'

Juan Croucier says that it is "inevitable" that RATT will eventually return to the studio to record new music. RATT's last studio album, 2010's "Infestation", featured Robbie Crane on bass instead of Croucier, who rejoined the group in 2012. After putting the band on hold for a few years, Juan and t...

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STEPHEN PEARCY Says He Expects RATT To Take Two Years To Make New Album

During an appearance on a recent edition of "The Classic Metal Show", RATT singer Stephen Pearcy confirmed that the band is "talking about" returning to the studio to record the follow-up to 2010's "Infestation" album. "We have written a couple of things, and it's good," Pearcy said (hear audio belo...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Records New Song, 'Yo To Joe', As Tribute To JOE SATRIANI

Soon after DEF LEPPARD's Phil Collen was invited to join the annual G4 Experience, led by guitar great Joe Satriani, he was moved to write an instrumental in homage to the guitar master. "I was honored when Joe invited me to join the G4 Experience and I decided to write and record an instrumental tr...