This is a bit of bitter sweet news! Dirk Verbeuren has been named the official drummer for Megadeth, which is amazing. He’s not only one of the best drummers in metal, but he’s also one of the sweetest guys around. Unfortunately, this means Dirk had to leave Soilwork in order to keep...
Earlier this week, the current Guns N’ Roses lineup came one step closer to mirroring their Appetite for Destruction era when drummer Steven Adler sat in for a pair of songs in Cincinnati. But it now appears as though Adler’s addition is not just as a one-off special guest, as he also was with...
Prog-rock fans are in for a treat on next February’s Cruise To The Edge music vacation: iconic drummer and former member of Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy will for the first time ever perform the band’s “12 Step Suite” in its entirety on the cruise. The music documents the...
The 76-year-old Cream founder was forced to cancel gigs earlier this year when he was diagnosed with serious undisclosed heart problems. The surgery took place in mid June. Around that time, Baker also suffered a bad fall that resulted in swollen legs and feet, according to his daughter, Leda.
Leda...
Dan Pawlovich is currently on the road with pop-rock group Panic! at the Disco in support of its latest album, Death of a Bachelor. Pawlovich tells usbabout backing a band that seamlessly sifts through multiple sonic landscapes while still staying on top.
How long have...
Primus drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander revealed that he recently suffered a second heart attack; he previously endured a similar health scare in 2014. Alexander made the announcement as well as updated fans on his current health status in a pair of Instagram posts. “I am home and doing...
Day Of Errors, the new three-piece band led by estranged Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward, made its live debut Saturday, June 25 at Gaslamp in Long Beach, California. The group, which was formed by Ward in the desire to have his drumming spirit continue live, also features Joe Amodea on guitar/vocals...
We recorded and released our new EP called Blame-shifter with producer Greg Archilla (Matchbox 20, Collective Soul). We wanted to track the drums in a big room but we didn’t want to spend money for a huge studio. Greg came up with the idea of tracking it at SIR rehearsal room in Nashville.
We...
A drummer who was seriously hurt in a tour bus crash is fighting his way through therapy by doing what he loves. The metalcore band The Ghost Inside was headed to another concert venue in November when life took a devastating turn. Their bus was involved in a head-on crash with a semi-truck just...
NYC – Legendary Jazz-Rock-Fusion band BRAND X has reunited and is preparing to celebrate their reunion with a Fall 2016/Spring 2017 U.S. tour, including a headline performance at Progtoberfest in Chicago on October 21st. Also on this initial run will be shows in Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland...
Scheduled for release via Inside Out on July 1st, Fates Warning’s new album, Theories Of Flight, is the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s Darkness In A Different Light. Today the band has launched the first full song via a lyric-video designed by Cloud Music Typography for the impressive album...
Earlier this week, legendary British hard rockers Deep Purple canceled the two shows they were scheduled to play in Sweden (Tuesday, June 14 at Gröna Lund in Stockholm and Wednesday, June 15 at Liseberg in Gothenburg) after one of the bandmembers became ill.
The group’s drummer, Ian...
When Foghat’s 17th album is released on June 24, fans will appreciate the fusion of the band’s musical roots with a modern rock sound. That’s the theme of the album — from the title “Under The Influence”...
“This is a fairytale,” John Fred Young says backstage at Nottingham’s cavernous Motorpoint Arena ahead of his band’s bill-topping performance. “I don’t take it for granted because I don’t want it to stop. I don’t want to wake up and go, ‘Well that was cool.’...
Brian Kantor, who has worked with indie fave Vetiver, ex-Cardigans singer Nina Persson, and Shudder to Think guitarist Nathan Larson, has for the past couple years been a member of the Fruit Bats, the band led by multi-instrumentalist Eric D. Johnson (the Shins, Califone, Our Idiot Brother and Smashed...
