The first major international retrospective of Pink Floyd will open at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in May 2017. Entitled Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains, the exhibition will take visitors through a ‘multi-sensory theatrical journey’ through the world of the rock legends. The show...
Follow up to their acclaimed release “Live 1” includes two classic Genesis tracks! Seattle, WA – On the heels of their critically acclaimed release “Live 1”, the Security Project will be releasing their follow-up album “Live 2” on October 21, 2016! Members of King Crimson, Shriekback...
Dokken frontman Don Dokken has made no secret of the fact that the recently announced temporary reunion of the group’s most commercially successful lineup was motivated by money. And whatever they’re getting paid, it sounds like it isn’t enough to put a damper on the old personality conflicts...
The writer of hits such as ‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’ delivers this information with a knowing chuckle and is relaxed and in good spirits as the prospect of a new Queen studio album, taking to the stage with his son Rufus...
Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor talked about what the band’s yet-untitled new album will sound like, saying he’d “like to get a little more proggy.” He tells the press “It sounds like Mastodon to me but an updated version. We always try to push to hear something new and...
More sad news to report this week as yet another rocker has left us. Former Gates of Slumber and Sourvein drummer J. Jerry Clyde Paradis passed away on Aug. 13 “suddenly and peacefully” according to a crowdfunding page established to cover expenses including cremation and a headstone at a cemetery...
We have a young band (17/18) from Billericay/Grays who have just lost their drummer and wondered if We have any young drummers or students that would like to be in a band that gig regularly and have great support from the parents ie. transport/roadie and tea boys. They have been together for 3 years...
I’m here today to talk to you a little about my band’s recording process and my drum setup. For both our debut record, American Dreamer, and our follow-up record, Into The Night, we recorded analog to tape. What does this mean as a drummer? A few things. For one, you have to know how to play...
Does Queensryche take advantage of new technology while making albums or do they rely on a tried-and-tested formula from the past, drummer Scott Rockenfield said: “I think we take it from record to record, basically. I think our career, from the beginning, has kind of been a variety of creative...
While the three instrumental members of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave are currently touring as part of the rap/rock supergroup Prophets Of Rage, drummer Brad Wilk hinted in a new interview with Alternative Nation that an Audioslave reunion could happen at some point. Calling...
“We are a family. We are brothers. We love each other. I’m closer with these guys than I am with just about anybody in the world. And they are my family, and we really get along, and we really enjoy being together. You know, we tour and we’re on all these festivals where there’s...
The crossing of paths between Georgia metallers Baroness and post-rock drumming journeyman Sebastian Thomson required an almightily traumatic experience to be set in motion.
Back in the summer of 2012 Baroness were touring the UK with original drummer Allen Blickle. Meanwhile, Thomson was taking...
Billy Talent is the very definition of a “band of brothers,” with a 23-year history dating back to its four members’ high school years in the Mississauga enclave of Streetsville. For any band to carry on that long through thick and thin and innumerable tour-bus flameouts and studio squabbles...
I’ve been playing the drums since I was ten years old and am a self-taught drummer. When I started drumming in my music class I purchased my first two tapes, Green Day’s Dookie and Nirvana’s Nevermind. I would constantly listen to these two records over and over again, which taught me how to...
French metal heroes Gojira are back with new album Magma, and it’s a record that finds drummer Mario Duplantier in inspired form. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the band’s sixth record is a chops-fest (worry not chops fans, there’s plenty of tasty playing on there)....
