The bassist for the VELCRO PYGMIES, a rock band founded in Louisville, Kentucky, and his brother have gone missing at an Alabama harbor. Jacob and Jeremiah Sanders were reported missing Wednesday night while fishing near Florence, Alabama. Their boat was recovered under a bridge, but there has been no sign of the brothers. Lauderdale County ...
March 2016 - Blabbermouth Archive
Former FLYLEAF Singer LACEY STURM Releases 'Impossible' Performance Video
Former FLYLEAF vocalist Lacey Sturm has released a new video for her latest solo single, "Impossible". The clip, which was filmed on February 4 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California, is a mixture of commentary on "Impossible" and live performance. "Impossible" is taken from Lacey's debut solo album, "Life Screams", which ...
DEE SNIDER Doesn't Feel TWISTED SISTER Has Gotten Its Due
In a brand new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider was asked if he feels the band has finally gotten its due and the respect it deserves, more than forty years after its inception. He responded: "I've often taken personal responsibility for wherever I went in my head, making ...
MIKE PORTNOY: Lesson I Learned From METALLICA's LARS ULRICH
Former DREAM THEATER and current THE WINERY DOGS drummer Mike Portnoy has told Classic Rock magazine that the best lesson he learned from another musician was something he observed from METALLICA's Lars Ulrich. He said: "Lars and I were doing an autograph session together for Tama drums, as we both had signature snare ...
LOU GRAMM Wants FOREIGNER's Original Lineup To Reunite For 40th Anniversary
Former FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm has told ABC News Radio that he would like to see the band's original lineup reunite next year to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the group's self-titled debut album. "I think it would be terrific," he said. "It wouldn't have to be any kind of ...
Ex-SCORPIONS Guitarist ULI JON ROTH To Release 'Tokyo Tapes Revisited'
Former SCORPIONS guitarist Uli Jon Roth is planning to release a new concert DVD titled "Tokyo Tapes Revisited" as a "counterpart" to his 2015 double album "Scorpions Revisited" on which he revisited his personal favorites from the early SCORPIONS period. Uli told Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx: "We have recorded a lot of ...
TOKYO BLADE's Classic 'Night Of The Blade' Lineup To Reunite For European Shows
British classic metal band TOKYO BLADE has announced the return of not one, but two vocalists who have formed part of the group's lineup in previous years. Vick Wright (1984-1985) and Chris Gillen (2008-2010) will rejoin the four original members Andy Boulton, Steve Pierce, John Wiggins and Andy Wrighton and perform alternate live shows depending ...
TONY IOMMI Wants To Record New Music With Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed to Australia's The Music that he hopes to reunite with the band's former frontman Tony Martin to record new music to be included with the upcoming reissues of SABBATH's "Headless Cross" (1990) and "Tyr" (1990) albums. "We've held back on the reissues of those albums because ...
Former BUDGIE Guitarist JOHN THOMAS Dies
John Thomas, former guitarist for the Welsh hard rock band BUDGIE, passed away last night, shortly after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. He was 63 years old. His death was confirmed by the band's longtime drummer Steve Williams who broke the news on Facebook. Williams wrote: "My friend and fellow BUDGIE band member John ...
JOE LYNN TURNER: 'I'm Scratching My Head' About RITCHIE BLACKMORE's New RAINBOW
Former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer Joe Lynn Turner says that he is still "scratching [his] head" about why Ritchie Blackmore has chosen to go out and perform the two bands' classic material with a new group musicians instead of reforming RAINBOW with a more "authentic" lineup. Turner — who fronted RAINBOW from 1980 until ...