Search results for 'planet rain'

News

MELISSA AUF DER MAUR To Guest On 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien'

Former HOLE/SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur will be the musical guest on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" on June 18 at 12:35 a.m. ET. Melissa will be promoting her Capitol solo debut, which will be released June 1 under the "Auf Der Maur" moniker. "Auf Der Maur" was produced by...

News

PETER CRISS Says KISS Members ERIC SINGER And TOMMY THAYER Are 'Impostors'

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss made an appearance on the "Friday Night Rocks" show on New York's Q104.3 Friday night (May 21) to discuss his departure from the group that he co-founded more than 30 years ago. The following are some excerpts from that interview (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)...

News

LANA LANE: Live Album, DVD Due In July

Frontiers Records will be issuing LANA LANE's newest live release, "Return to Japan", a double CD release over two hours in length that chronicles the vocalist's last four Japanese tours from 1998 to 2002. Disc One contains full band performances from the concerts at Club Citta (2002) and Club Quatt...

News

Ex-HALLOWS EVE Singer Makes Peace With Former Bandmates, Launches New Project

Steve Cannon, editor-in-chief of the world's oldest and longest running Internet-based music magazine Vibrations of Doom, has issued another statement regarding his departure from reunited thrashers HALLOWS EVE. The statement reads as follows: "The words you read about my split from HALLOWS EVE did...

News

FEAR FACTORY Guitarist: 'Everyone Had Control Of The Band Except The Band'

FEAR FACTORY guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers recently spoke to Planet-Loud.com about the songwriting process for the group's new album, "Archetype". "I just wrote some songs thinking what I would want to hear if I was in the pit," he said. "A song like 'Cyberwaste' is like slam pit all the way. I w...

News

NIKKI SIXX: New BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Album To Be Recorded Later This Year

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx (ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE) has posted the following message to the "Diary" section of the group's official web site: "It's nice to sleep in a bed. As much as I love the bus, a day off with room service and a bed was much needed. We decided to do this tour ...

News

TRIVIUM Secure Slot On ICED EARTH Tour

Orlando, Florida's TRIVIUM have confirmed in a posting on their web site that they have secured a slot on the second leg of ICED EARTH's North American tour beginning on June 1 in Las Vegas Nevada. Also appearing on the bill will be BEYOND THE EMBRACE. Filling in on bass for TRIVIUM during the tour...

News

ZAKK WYLDE: Original Demo Recording Used To Land OZZY Gig Posted Online

Zakk Wylde fan site SDMFworldwide.com has uploaded the 1987 recording that got Zakk the job playing for OZZY OSBOURNE. Here's the story of the demo tape, by the man who recorded it, Jim Matlosz: "Back in the summer of '87, I was hanging with Zakk and [his previous band] ZYRIS. I used to ...

News

MORTIIS Name New CD

Norway's legendary eccentric artist MORTIIS has set "The Grudge" as the title of his new album, due in September through Earache Records. The follow-up to 2001's critically acclaimed "The Smell of Rain" was recorded over a six-month period at Silvertone Studios in Fredrickstad, Norway by Mortiis (vo...

News

SLAVEMACHINE To Open For LACUNA COIL, Debut Album To Be Reissued

Reality Entertainment recording artists SLAVEMACHINE have secured the opening slot for Italy's LACUNA COIL at Planet Rock in Jacksonville, NC on May 22. Commented SLAVEMACHINE lead singer Ryan Taylor: "The new band is absolutely amazing. It's the strongest line-up to date. We've got Reality Entertai...

News

LOW AS I To Support PISSING RAZORS

LOW AS I have been confirmed as the opening band for PISSING RAZORS on their tour of the Midwest, which is scheduled to kick off Tuesday (May 11) in Bozeman, MT. Formerly known as MINDFOLD, LOW AS I recently completed work on their debut album, "Shot Heard Around The World", with producer Tom Tatman...

News

SHADOWS FALL Name New Album, Announce Tour Dates

Massachusetts-based thrash metal quintet SHADOWS FALL have set "The War Within" as the title of their fourth full-length release, tentatively scheduled for an early September release through Century Media Records. The new album, produced again by Zeuss (HATEBREED) at Planet Z Studios in Massachusett...

News

THE 69 EYES Sign New Record Deal, Begin Recording New Album

Finnish goth-metallers THE 69 EYES have signed a "big major label" deal with an as-yet-undisclosed record company, according to a posting on the group's web site. The band are currently currently working on their new album with producers Johnny Lee Michaels and Hiili Hiilesmaa (H.I.M., MOONSPELL, SE...

News

PLANET X Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Replacement

Progressive instrumentalists PLANET X have parted ways with longtime guitarist Tony MacAlpine. MacAlpine played on the band's first three albums, "Universe" (2000),"Live in Oz" (2002) and "Moon Babies" (2002). Keyboardist Derek Sherinian (ex-DREAM THEATER, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and drummer Virgil Donat...

News

AGNOSTIC FRONT: East Coast Dates Announced

AGNOSTIC FRONT have lined up the following East Coast dates during July: Jul. 09 - Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar Jul. 11 - Farmingdale, NY - The Downtown Jul. 16 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - The Zoo Jul. 24 - Elizabeth, NJ – Rexplex AGNOSTIC FRONT recently spent time in at Planet Z studio in Massachusetts ...