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June 9, 2015

MARQ TORIEN talks ELEFANTE, his OZZY audition & BULLETBOYS past to present

Totally Driven Radio — BULLETBOYS founder and frontman MARQ TORIEN recently spoke at length with BAG RAGNI from TOTALLY DRIVE RADIO about his career in the Los Angeles based band. TORIEN talks in depth about the group’s latest release ELEFANTE’ (Deadline Cleopatra Records), past BULLETBOYS members who went onto big things and his affiliation with OZZY OSBOURNE as a guitarist for a brief period. Near the end of the interview TORIEN touches on the subject[…]

June 9, 2015

WEDNESDAY 13 announces more INVASION EARTH tour dates

Creepyville USA — From one of rock’s finest creeps WEDNESDAY 13 announces his latest run of tour dates. INVASION EARTH will start on the West Coast and loop full circle through the Midwest and end in the North West in August. The shock rock ghoul will also hit the UK in the fall. Updated Invasion Earth Dates. With an addition of El Paso TX!!!!!! 7/10 LAS VEGAS, NV @ COUNT’S VAMP’D * 7/11 FRESNO,[…]

June 8, 2015

Sweet Mansion O’ Mine SLASH lists Hollywood Hills home at $11M

Hollywood Reporter — Looking for a rock ‘n’ roll style mansion in the hills, decorated with alligator print wallpaper and custom-made black crystal chandeliers? Look no further. Top-hat-wearing former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash and Perla Ferrar, who agreed to end their marriage in December, are listing their Mulholland Estates mansion. The 11,000-square-foot Tuscan Villa-like home on Clerendon Road will hit the market for nearly $11 million this week. The three-story pad includes six bedrooms, eight[…]

June 7, 2015

TIGERTAILZ name ROB WYLDE as new frontman

Cardiff Wales — TIGERTAILZ announce a new singer, and they stayed close to home recruiting their bassist/rhythm guitarist ROB WYLDE. The band took to it’s official Facebook page to announce the new singer over the weekend. WYLDE who also is the lead singer for POIZON (A UK tribute to POISON) will be the band’s 4th singer throughout their history. Previous to WYLDE the band featured Australia native JULES MILLIS (White Widow, The Deadthings) as the bands voice[…]

June 7, 2015

RED DRAGON CAROUSEL changes, JAKE E LEE adds singer PAUL D’EATH

Are You Cereal? — Shocking to some, or maybe not it seems that RED DRAGON CARTEL have yet another new singer. The new guy is named PAUL D’EATH. The bands official Facebook page currently lists its lineup as follows: Members: Guitar: Jake E Lee Bass: Anthony Esposito Drums/Vocals: Jonas Fairley Vocals: Paul D’Eath. The band announced in late April that CHAZ WEST was their new frontman who played his first show with the band on May 2nd.[…]

June 7, 2015

SEBASTIAN BACH “I know the reunions gonna happen someday”

Reunionville — Just in time to reignite the reunion interest former SKID ROW singer SEBASTIAN BACH has tweeted he’s confident one day it will happen. “I know the reunions gonna happen someday. So I don’t wanna say anything stupid” said BACH in a tweet earlier today. Undoubtedly the group’s most recognized member BACH has been vocal for years that he’d love to do it for the fans. It was a crazy month in the SKID ROW[…]

June 5, 2015

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June 5, 2015

DEVIL CITY ANGELS rumored to replace ERIC BRITTINGHAM with RUDY SARZO

Rumorville — Hot from the rumor mill insiders are noting that DEVIL CITY ANGELS are replacing their bassist Eric Brittingham (Cinderella). A source close to the band has noted former Quiet Riot/Whitesnake member Rudy Sarzo as his successor. Sarzo and DCA co-founder and founding L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns recently formed GUNZO together. Now it appears that the 2 bands are sharing members which is nothing new in the recent revolving super group fever throughout[…]

June 5, 2015

CHERIE CURRIE the voice of THE RUNAWAYS heads to Europe Fall 2015

Bravewords — Former Runaways singer, Cherie Currie, has announced her first-ever UK dates as a solo artist, featuring Shameless Alexx Michael on bass. The eight shows in November will mark her first UK gigs since she fronted the iconic girl band. Currie recalls: “In 1976 The Runaways came and we were called punk, but we didn’t even know what punk was until we landed in Europe and you guys taught us punk. I’d never seen the[…]

June 4, 2015

BRET MICHAELESS? 3/4 of POISON performs with new FRONTMAN

Blabbermouth — THE SPECIAL GUESTS, the new band featuring POISON members Rikki Rockett (drums), Bobby Dall (bass) and C.C. DeVille (guitar), alongside vocalist/rhythm guitarist Brandon Gibbs (CHEAP THRILL, DEVIL CITY ANGELS), played at the Metal May-hem event on Friday, May 29 at the Ava Amphitheatre at Casino Del Sol in Tucscon, Arizona. Also appearing on the bill were QUEENSRŸCHE and QUIET RIOT. Fan-filmed video footage of THE SPECIAL GUESTS‘ performance can be seen below. THE SPECIAL[…]