If Stone Cold Steve Austin teamed up with Bo and Luke Duke and got into a heavy duty parking lot brawl on a Saturday night, you would have yourself the personification of six-piece outlaw metal band SCATTERED HAMLET. Known for their rowdy live shows featuring harmonicas, double and triple guitar…
ACE FREHLEY’s “Space Invader” Lands On Billboard Top 200 At #9
2014 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has made history with his new album Space Invader, which debuted at #9 on the Top 200 Chart this week. The LP scores the highest charting position of ANY Kiss solo album ever, and marks Frehley’s…
RORY GALLAGHER’s “Irish Tour ’74” To Get 40th Anniversary 7 Disc Release On Oct. 21st.
By 1974 Rory Gallagher had already established a formidable reputation as one of the finest recording artists and exciting live performers of his generation. He was four years in to a successful solo career following his departure from his critically acclaimed outfit, Taste. 1970 to 1974 had produced five albums…
ANTHRAX’s ‘Chile On Hell’ DVD To Premiere At N.Y. and L.A. Theatre’s
Before you get down to moshing in the privacy of your own home, do some serious partying in either Los Angeles or New York when Anthrax’s “Chile On Hell” live DVD is premieres on Monday, September 15, the day before its general release. And, not only will attendees be among…
MOTÖRHEAD’s Motörboat Onboard Activities Announced For “The Loudest Boat In The World”
The first annual Motörhead’s Motörboat, featuring three of the greatest heavy metal bands in the world–Megadeth, Motörhead, and Anthrax–will sail from Miami, visiting the ports of Key West , Florida and Cozumel just off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula for the September 22-26, 2014 cruise on the Carnival Ecstasy. “The Loudest Boat…
UK Punk Legends THE VIBRATORS Get Back To Their Roots With Their Newest Album Punk Mania!
The Vibrators, one of the only surviving UK punk bands from the class of 1977, make a storming return on fully charged batteries, bringing us Punk Mania – Back To The Roots, set to be released September 16th on Cleopatra Records! 14 killer reminders (plus 3 more on the CD)…
QUEENSRYCHE Starring Geoff Tate To Auction Stage Backdrop For Fan Bryan Stow
On opening day of the baseball season in 2011, San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow was beaten in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium by two individuals, who are currently serving a sentence for their actions. Stow, a proud father of two and a paramedic, sustained severe injuries to his…
BILLY IDOL Returns With “Kings & Queens Of The Underground” On October 21st
Rock icon BILLY IDOL will release KINGS & QUEENS OF THE UNDERGROUND, his first new album in almost a decade, on October 21. The album will be released on IDOL’s own BFI Records, via Kobalt Label Services. The track list for the new album is listed below. KINGS & QUEENS…
SONATA ARCTICA TO RELEASE RE-RECORDED 15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF ECLIPTICA
Finnish melodic metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA have been keeping themselves very busy lately. Having successfully released their eighth studio album Pariah’s Child this past April – which debuted at #1 in Finland and at #6 on the American Billboard Heatseekers chart – and poised to launch their world tour, band members found the time to re-record their defining…
MR. BIG Return With Their Eigth Album In Their 25 Year Career
Hard rock’s original supergroup, Mr. Big, are back with a vengeance with their new album …The Stories We Could Tell. The band’s eighth studio album is slated for release on September 23rd via Frontiers Music SRL. The original lineup comprised of Eric Martin on vocals, Paul Gilbert on guitar, Billy…
TNT – vocalist Tony Harnell
INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA After a seven-year absence, Tony Harnell’s return to TNT was one of last year’s biggest news in the world of hard rock. The reunion was officially announced last October, and the tour, “Intuition 25’Th Anniversary tour”, started from Norway in January of 2014. The…
ANITA CHELLAMAH – solo artist, ex- Cherry Bombz, Toto Coelo
ANITA CHELLAMAH INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA Anita Chellamah is a British singer and actress, best known for her career with the pop band Toto Coelo and rock band Cherry Bombz. The latter was formed in 1984. The lineup consisted of Anita, ex-Hanoi Rocks members, Andy McCoy, Nasty Suicide, Terry Chimes,…
Copenhell Festival 2014 at Refshaleoen Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhell Festival 2014 Refshaleoen Copenhagen, Denmark 11-13/6 – 2014 Review and live pictures by Anders Sandvall
Damn Pigeon – Re-Coop
Damn Pigeon Re-Coop 2014, Independent Rating: 4/5 Former Syre frontman Doug Weir’s new band Damn Pigeon released this album of excellent Melodic Rock songs in 2014. While I am a little slow writing this review I have not stopped playing and enjoying this disc. Doug replaced the original vocalist a…
John Waite Live In PA
John Waite July 26th, 2014 Mohegan Sun, PA Photos by Camus Article by SumacSin JOHN WAITE YOU SUCK That’s what your peers must say. They envy you. They loathe you. They wish they were you. Your performance, July 26th at the Mohegan Sun in Wilkes-Barre, PA exceeded my expectations in…