Search results for 'dave meniketti'
News
OVERKILL: Video Interview With BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH
Hardrock Haven conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL prior to the band's April 23 concert at Screamin' Willie's in Columbus, ohil with GOD FORBID, SUIDAKRA and DIAMOND PLATE. You can now watch the chat below. OVERKILL's new album, "...June 11, 2012
News
UGLY KID JOE: Performance Footage From SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL; Interview Clip From DOWNLOAD
Reunited hard rockers UGLY KID JOE performed this past Friday (June 8) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Also available is an interview with UGLY KID JOE singer Whitfield Crane conducted at this year's Download festival, whi...June 10, 2012
News
ALICE COOPER To Throw Out First Pitch At Sunday's RiverDogs Game
According to Live5News.com, legendary rocker Alice Cooper will throw the ceremonial first pitch for the Charleston RiverDogs-Savannah Sand Gnats game this Sunday, June 10, at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. Game time is set for 5:05 p.m. "We are thrilled to have a true rock...June 8, 2012
News
SLAYER Drummer's PHILM: Video Footage Of CD-Release Concert
PHILM — the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) — played a special CD-release show on May 15 at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, California. Fan-filme...June 8, 2012
News
THE COMPANY BAND To Release 'Pros & Cons' EP In July
Since THE COMPANY BAND first got together in 2006, the group has solely existed through semi-annual corporate retreats. These meetings developed into an organization of odd fellows featuring vocalist Neil Fallon from CLUTCH, drummer Jess Margera from CKY, guitarist/vocalist Jim Rota from FIREBALL MI...June 7, 2012
News
Y&T To Release New Live Album
California rockers Y&T will release a two-disc live album recorded in November 2011 at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, California. The effort will mark the very first release with bassist Brad Lang, who joined the band in April 2011 following the passing of the band's Y&T original member Phi...June 6, 2012
News
THE SKULL Recruits New Drummer
THE SKULL, the new band formed by the original member of Chicago doom legends TROUBLE — vocalist Eric Wagner (also of BLACKFINGER) — alongside the band's longtime bassist Ron Holzner (also of EARTHEN GRAVE),and guitarists Lothar Keller and Michael Carpenter of the Chicago, Illinois-based progressiv...June 6, 2012
News
DAVE LOMBARDO Discusses PHILM, Forthcoming SLAYER EP
Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with SLAYER/PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On reforming PHILM: Lombardo: "I really liked Gerry's [Nestler, guitar and vocals] style. I found it very unique; it was heavy at times, but it jus...June 6, 2012
News
MEGADETH Pelted With Rocks At Croatia's METALFEST OPEN AIR
According to Venia-Mag.net, MEGADETH performed an abbreviated set last night (Tuesday, June 5) at the Metalfest Open Air at Zadar Beach in Zadar, Croatia after members of crowd were flipping off the band and throwing stones and bottles at MEGADETH following the cancelation of two of the festival's o...June 6, 2012
News
Was VALERIE BERTINELLI The 'Yoko Ono' Of VAN HALEN?
According to The Pulse Of Radio, former Warner Bros. Records executive Ted Cohen aleges in a new LA Weekly interview that VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen's first wife, actress Valerie Bertinelli, was at least partly responsible for the group's 1985 split with singer David Lee Roth. Cohen, who wa...June 4, 2012
Review
Wreck
Twenty years of UNSANE and the admittedly "dirty and noisy on purpose" Brooklyn trio continues to stand well apart from the throngs of imitators. "Wreck" is about as UNSANE as UNSANE gets. Appropriately titled and as twistedly grooving as ever, "Wreck" is a one hell of a way to ring in the band's 20...June 4, 2012
News
PHILM Members Talk About Making Of 'Harmonic' (Video)
A nine-minute, Rick Kosick-directed video clip in which the members of PHILM — the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo, guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) — discuss the making of their debu...June 4, 2012
News
SKID ROW's RACHEL BOLAN Talks About Playing Bass On New STONE SOUR Album (Video)
TheBackstageBeat.com recently conducted an interview with SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan. You can now watch the chat below. When asked what he has been up to lately, Bolan said, "We're starting work on our new album, so to speak. We're doing it a little different this time. We're doing [it in] three...June 3, 2012
News
SLAYER Drummer: 'I Don't Like People Talking S**t About LARS ULRICH'
Panagiotis Karagiannidis of Greece's Metal Paths recently conducted an interview with SLAYER/PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A few excerpts from the interview follow. Interview (audio): ...June 3, 2012
News
MARTY FRIEDMAN Says He Left MEGADETH Because Band Wasn't Aggressive Enough
Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: Have you stayed in touch with [MEGADETH mainman] Dave Mustaine and the other guys through the years? Friedman: Not...June 3, 2012
Prev 