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TESLA Releases Lyric Video For Latest Single, 'Cold Blue Steel'

Veteran California rockers TESLA have released the official lyric video for their latest single, "Cold Blue Steel". The clip, directed by Brandon Gullion and produced by guitarist Frank Hannon, is raw and high electric energy that takes fans back to the roots of TESLA. Hannon states: "'Cold Blue Ste...

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MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Announces More Summer/Fall 2022 North American Tour Dates

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE has added 14 shows to its previously announced summer/fall 2022 North American tour. The trek will now kick off on August 20 in Oklahoma City and conclude on October 29 at the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas. Support at select dates will come from more than a dozen acts...

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DEFTONES Part Ways With Longtime Bassist SERGIO VEGA

DEFTONES have parted ways with their longtime bassist Sergio Vega. The 51-year-old musician, who officially joined DEFTONES in 2009, confirmed his exit Tuesday night (March 8),just days after a new photo of the band without him emerged online on various digital service providers (see below). In a v...

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ZZ TOP Announces 'Raw' Album, Spring/Summer 2022 U.S. Tour Dates

ZZ TOP will release a new album titled "Raw" that was recorded in connection with the band's wildly popular and critically lauded 2019 Netflix documentary "That Little Ol' Band From Texas". The Grammy-nominated feature from Banger Films and director Sam Dunn includes an interlude that finds the gro...

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SCOTT IAN Reflects On ANTHRAX's First Pandemic-Era Performance: 'I Was Worried About Hurting Myself'

During an interview with Danny Wimmer Presents conducted at last September's Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky, ANTHRAX's Scott Ian and Frank Bello reflected on their first pandemic-era performance which took place two months earlier at Rock Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin. Scott said: "Th...

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IAN PAICE: How DEEP PURPLE's Classic Song 'Smoke On The Water' Came Together

DEEP PURPLE members Ian Paice (drums) and Steve Morse (guitar) were guests on a recent episode of the "Hangin' & Bangin': Artists On Lockdown" online show, where they were joined by Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO),Carmine Appice (OZZY OSBOURNE, VANILLA FUDGE) and host Ron Onesti. During the w...

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STONE SOUR's JOSH RAND Pays Tribute To 'Big Four' Of 1980s Thrash Metal With 'Big F.O.U.R.' EP

THE L.I.F.E. PROJECT, the musical meeting of minds between Grammy-nominated STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand and PARALANDRA vocalist/guitarist Casandra Carson, will release a new four-song EP, titled "Big F.O.U.R.", on March 18 via Bloodblast. The collection features a clutch of cover versions, one ea...

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SLASH Had A 'Hard Time' With 'Everything Sounding Really Rubbish' In Early Days Of Digital Recording

During Slash's February 25 press event with members of the Australian media, the GUNS N' ROSES guitarist was asked what the "biggest adaptation" has been for him in the nearly four decades that he has been involved in the music industry. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I sort of...

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Ex-ACCEPT Singer UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Releases Cover Of QUEEN's 'We Will Rock You'

Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider will release a new album, "My Way", on April 22 via Atomic Fire Records. Billed as "his most personal and extraordinary album to date," the effort contains 17 cover versions of the very songs that have influenced the musician and singer the...

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SLASH Never Intended To Make His Top Hat Part Of His Signature Look

During an appearance on talk show host Conan O'Brien's podcast "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend" this past Monday (February 21),Slash opened up about his trademark black top hat, explaining that it dates back to 1985 when he first started playing shows with GUNS N' ROSES. "I stole it from a place call...

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TESLA Announces Spring/Summer 2022 Tour Dates

Californian rockers TESLA have announced nearly two dozen live shows for this spring and summer. The trek will kick off on March 10 in Plant City, Florida and will include stops at the Florida Strawberry Festival and M3 Rock Festival before concluding on August 6 in Monroe, Michigan. The dates are a...

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MYLES KENNEDY Explains How His Dog Inspired Lyrics For SLASH's New Song 'Fill My World'

SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS frontman Myles Kennedy spoke to Danny Stoakes about the lyrical inspiration for the track "Fill My World" from the band's latest album, "4". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Though it's not a big rock song, it has a lot of meaning to m...

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ROB HALFORD Is 'Stoked' About Working On His Upcoming Blues Solo Album

Rob Halford says that he is "stoked" about the possibility of working on his debut blues solo album. The JUDAS PRIEST singer is collaborating with the same team that assisted him during the making of his 2019 Christmas LP "Celestial", including his brother Nigel and his nephew Alex (son of PRIEST ba...

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SLASH: Hearing AEROSMITH's 'Rocks' Album 'Had A Lot To Do With How I Ended Up Where I Am'

In a new interview with the WMSC radio station, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash paid tribute to classic AEROSMITH, saying: "There's an AEROSMITH song called 'Nobody's Fault' off the 'Rocks' record… It was one of the songs that when I first picked up the guitar, that was the record, that particular alb...

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Former FOZZY Drummer FRANK FONTSERE On His Decision To Leave: 'I Had No Control Over What The Band Did At All'

Former FOZZY drummer Frank Fontsere has once again opened up about his decision to leave the band, saying he "had no real investment in what was going on." The 54-year-old musician's exit from FOZZY was officially announced on January 3. The band simultaneously named his replacement, former THROUGH...