Daily-Rock Quebec recently conducted an interview with the incomparable guitar aficionado Joe Satriani. You can now listen to the chat in eight parts below. Satriani last month kicked of an extensive U.S. tour, and first-ever cross-Canada trek, supporting his new album, "Unstoppable Momentum". The tour launched on August 29 in San Diego, California ...
September 2013 - Blabbermouth Archive
DE LA TIERRA Featuring SEPULTURA Guitarist: Debut Single Available For Streaming
SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has joined forces with current and former members of South American bands A.N.I.M.A.L., MANÁ and LOS FABULOSOS CADILLACS in a brand new project called DE LA TIERRA (a.k.a. DLT). The band's 11-song debut album was recorded and mixed by Stanley Soares in Sao Paulo, Guadalajara, Buenos Aires and Los Angeles. It ...
TODD LA TORRE-Fronted Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE Films Two New Music Videos
On September 24, Honduras rock journalist Alvaro Villatoro (a.k.a. Lemmy Simmons) of Hard Heavy conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts from the chat follow. On the next QUEENSRŸCHE video: Scott: "A couple of weeks ago, we ...
KITTIE: Quality Footage Of SPREAD THE METAL Festival Performance
Quality video footage of KITTIE's September 7 performance at the Spread The Metal festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada can be seen below. KITTIE released a best-of compilation, "Not So… Safe", in September 2012 via eOne Music. The collection featured tracks from the band's records "Spit" (1999), "Oracle" (2001), "Safe" (2002), "In The Black" (2009) and ...
MACHINE HEAD Drummer Ties The Knot
Congratulations are in order for MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain, who just married his Australian girlfriend Belle. The couple live in Alameda, California. This is the second marriage for McClain, a former member of Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH who joined MACHINE HEAD in 1995 following the departure of Chris Kontos. In a January 2012 interview ...
HAGAR Says EDDIE VAN HALEN Is 'Not As Fluent And Versatile' On The Guitar As JOE SATRIANI Is
Peter Hodgson of Gibson.com recently conducted an interview with Sammy Hagar (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Gibson.com: I've always wanted to ask you how you rank yourself as a guitarist. It takes balls to stand up there with Eddie Van Halen or Joe Satriani. I've been lucky to ...
Y&T Interviewed By France's RockNLive.org (Video)
RockNLive.org conducted an interview with California rockers Y&T when the band performed at Le Forum in in Vauréal, France on September 28. You can now watch the chat below. Y&T's live album, "Live At The Mystic", was released in November 2012 via Frontiers Records. Following original bassist Phil Kennemore's untimely passing from lung ...
JOURNEY Members Play National Anthem At Arizona State Sun Devils Vs. USC Trojans Game (Video)
Members of world-famous American rock band JOURNEY played the national anthem yesterday (Saturday, September 28) before Arizona State University's football game against USC in Tempe, Arizona. Founding member and lead guitarist Neal Schon, accompanied by longtime keyboardist and backing vocalist Jonathan Cain, played the anthem approximately 15 minutes prior to kickoff. Check out video footage ...
AMARANTHE Singer's NIGHTWISH Audition Tape Posted Online
Elize Ryd of Swedish metallers AMARANTHE has uploaded an audio recording of her singing the NIGHTWISH song "Nemo". Ryd laid down the vocals for the track in 2006 when the Finnish symphonic metal band was seeking a replacement for Tarja Turunen. Check it out below. Says Ryd: "I've been saving this for a special moment. ...