MOTÖRHEAD legend Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister has spoken to the U.K.'s Guardian about a variety of topics, including his collection of Nazi memorabilia, his drug use and his past and current relationships. What follows are some of the highlights of that interview: On his collection of Nazi memorabilia: Lemmy: "It's full of Nazi memorabilia, which horrifies ...
British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will be playing a very special show at the London Underworld, Camden, next Friday, June 4 as a warm-up to their Download festival appearance the following day. "This will be our smallest gig in a long time and obviously we will be playing our usual set (and maybe a ...
British tabloid The Sun is reporting SLIPKNOT are in talks to record the theme tune to the classic TV "Doctor Who" show when it makes its comeback on BBC by year's end. "I'm so excited 'Doctor Who''s coming back," drummer Joey Jordison said. "It's a great show, wild and exciting. I watched it as a ...
Long-running German doom metallers MIRROR OF DECEPTION have completed the recordings for their second album, "Foregone", due on September 2 through the Belgian label Final Chapter Records. The new album was recorded at Soundmann Studio (END OF GREEN) in Stuttgart, Germany with producers Marc Martin and Mitch Meister, and consists of "nine powerful doom metal ...
According to a posting at Jeff Scott Soto's web site, the TALISMAN/ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist is planning on embarking on an Australian tour beginning in early September. Among the cities that will be covered on the trek are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart (Tazmania). More details on the tour, which is being organized by Andrew ...
TURBONEGRO, MC5 and THE WILDHEARTS are among the artists confirmed for the Azkena Rock Festival 2004, a four-day event scheduled to take place September 9-12 at Reciento Mendizabala in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Other groups set to perform at the festival include URGE OVERKILL, THE SCREAMIN' CHEETAL WHEELIES, RED KROSS, THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES and HOODOO ...
Favored Nations Records has made available the entire VERNON REID & MASQUE CD, "Known Unknown", available for listening online at this location. In addition, you can enter to win an iPod pre-loaded with the record. VERNON REID & MASQUE is the "solo" project of LIVING COLOUR guitarist Vernon Reid. Released earlier this month, ...
Shrapnel Records guitarist Borislav Mitic has just returned from Europe after his promotional tour in Serbia. "It was amazing to play again for the Serbian audience," Mitic said in a statement. "I played a couple of concerts with my band, featuring Steva Nimcevic on bass and Lewis Levesque on drums, and it all went across ...
South African record label/distributor/promoter Witchdoctor Records (responsible for bringing SEPULTURA, SOULFLY, THE HAUNTED, ENTOMBED and KONKHRA to South Africa) is launching a new print magazine called Make Some Noise. Described as the first magazine to showcase local metal and alternative music, Make Some Noise is expected to debut in July 2004. Among the features/articles expected ...
Pär Holmgren and Pererik Åberg, the two most famous meteorologists on Swedish national TV (SVT), have put together a band that will perform at this year's Sweden Rock festival. The band, dubbed SPRIDDA SKURARS ("Scattered Showers" in Swedish), will perform well-known hard rock classics with re-written lyrics in Swedish based around the weather and the ...
