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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO: 'My Happiness Isn't Based On How Many Zeroes Are On My Bank Account Statement'

In a new interview with "The Mistress Carrie Podcast", SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo was asked which is harder to keep together: a band or a marriage. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, I've had success and failures at both. There's a lot of similarities in the two thin...

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TRIUMPH Feature Documentary 'Rock & Roll Machine' To Premiere On Nugs.net

Nugs.net, the leading music platform for live concert streams and recordings, has partnered with Round Hill Music for the global premiere of the feature documentary "Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine". Fans can tune in for the premiere event on Friday, May 13 at 8:30 p.m. EDT, which will kick off wit...

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ANTHRAX's CHARLIE BENANTE To Release RUSH Tribute EP 'Moving Pitchers' This Weekend

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante will release a RUSH tribute EP titled "Moving Pitchers" on Saturday, April 23 as part of this year's Record Store Day. The five-song EP, whose baseball-themed title is a play on the title of RUSH's classic 1981 album "Moving Pictures", is limited to 1,500 copies. It i...

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'An All-Star Tribute To Rush' Featuring DREAM THEATER, DEEP PURPLE, Ex-SKID ROW Members To Arrive In June

Magna Carta will release "An All-Star Tribute To Rush" on deluxe 2CD digipak and deluxe 2LP red vinyl on June 24. Iconic vocalists and venerated musicians come together on this bombastic tribute to prog rock superstars RUSH. The collection contains unique interpretations of tracks from throughout RU...

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TRIUMPH's GIL MOORE Admits He's A 'Control Freak', Says It Was 'Totally' Difficult To Allow Documentary Makers To Tell Band's Story

TRIUMPH drummer Gil Moore spoke to "The Hook Rocks" podcast about the band's documentary, "Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine", which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and is now available for streaming in Canada. Asked what it felt like seeing the documentary for the first...

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RUSH's GEDDY LEE Says NEIL PEART 'Didn't Want Anyone To Know' About His Illness: 'He Wanted To Keep It In The House'

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of RUSH recently sat down for an interview in Toronto for "House Of Strombo", a free-form radio talk program hosted by Canadian television and radio personality George Stroumboulopoulos. In this exclusive conversation, Lee and Lifeson talked about the 40th anniversary of t...

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MESHUGGAH's TOMAS HAAKE: 'It's Hard For Me To Visualize Myself Being 65 Playing 'Bleed''

By David E. Gehlke The demanding, physical style of MESHUGGAH's groundbreaking, oft-copied style of polyrhythmic metal has taken its toll. Lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal sat out most of the tour dates in support of 2016's "The Violent Sleep Of Reason" and only recently returned to the band. Rhyth...

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VOIVOD's MICHEL 'AWAY' LANGEVIN Says 'Synchro Anarchy' Is A 'Pretty Dark Album'

By David E. Gehlke It would have been understandable for VOIVOD to permanently call it a day in 2009 after the release of "Infini" — the last studio album to feature guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, who passed away from colon cancer in 2005. The guitarist gave his bandmates access to a laptop with p...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO On Split With Singer ZP THEART: 'Things Were Just Going In Two Different Directions'

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo says that ex-H.E.A.T. frontman Erik Grönwall was "the first and only" singer he and his bandmates contacted once it became clear that SKID ROW needed to make another vocalist change. Grönwall recently joined SKID ROW as the replacement for ZP Theart, a former mem...

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RUSH's GEDDY LEE: TAYLOR HAWKINS's Death 'Really Broke My Heart'

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of RUSH recently sat down for an interview in Toronto for "House Of Strombo", a free-form radio talk program hosted by Canadian television and radio personality George Stroumboulopoulos. In this exclusive conversation, Lee and Lifeson talked about the 40th anniversary of t...

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New SKID ROW Frontman ERIK GRÖNWALL: 'When I Wanted To Become A Singer, I Was Trying To Sing Like SEBASTIAN BACH'

New SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall spoke to Liz Berg of Smarts & Entertainment about what it's been like for him to join his favorite band and immediately start working on a new album, along with beginning to prepare for SKID ROW's current Las Vegas residency as the support act for the SCORPIONS....

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Watch New SKID ROW Frontman ERIK GRÖNWALL Sing Acoustic Version Of GUNS N' ROSES' 'Nightrain'

New SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall has uploaded a video of him playing an acoustic cover version of GUNS N' ROSES' "Nightrain" with his longtime friend Philip Näslund, recorded in SKID ROW's dressing room prior to one of the band's performances as the support act on SCORPIONS' Las Vegas residency. In...

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Watch: SKID ROW Plays Fifth Show With New Singer ERIK GRÖNWALL

SKID ROW played its fifth show with ex-H.E.A.T. vocalist Erik Grönwall Thursday night (April 7) at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada as the support act on the rescheduled dates for SCORPIONS' "Sin City Nights" residency. Fan-filmed video of the concert is av...

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RUSH Releases 'Tom Sawyer (Live In YYZ 1981)' From 'Moving Pictures - 40th Anniversary'

RUSH has just released the official audio for "Tom Sawyer (Live In YYZ 1981)" from the upcoming "Moving Pictures - 40th Anniversary" set. Check it out below. On April 15, UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records label groups continue the extensive RUSH 40th-anniversary album series with new, expanded editions...

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RUSH's ALEX LIFESON: PUTIN Has 'Gotta Be Stopped'

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson was asked in a new interview with Steve Black of the Detroit radio station WRIF for his thoughts about what is happening in Ukraine right now. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "This thing that's going on in Ukraine right now is much more difficult to han...