New Year’s Eve will be 296 Days Since the KISS Stage Went Dark To send off 2020 in their larger-than-life style on New Year’s Eve, the iconic Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, multi-platinum selling band is reigniting the FIRE and roaring back to life! In true KISS fashion, they…
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RICKY PHILLIPS discusses working with Montrose, Coverdale/Page, Elements of Friction and Styx
RICKY PHILLIPS Ricky Phillips is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and member of the rock band Styx since 2003. He’s been a member of The Babys and Bad English, and his session/live-work credits include such names as Coverdale/Page, Roger Daltrey, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, and Ted Nugent. In the early…
SWEDEN ROCK 2019
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Solvesborg, Sweden 5-8 June 2019 REPORT AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ AND ARTO LEHTINEN Once again, it is time for the annual march to Sweden Rock. This is the 18th time in a row that the Finnish Metal Rules team made an invasion to the mighty Sweden…
Strine, Fran (Dir.) – Hired Gun (DVD Review)
Director: Fran Strine Title: Hired Gun Studio: Vision Films Year: 2016 Reviewed: March 2019 Reviewed by: JP Rating: 3/5 This month I’m going to look at two relatively new documentaries that focus on the Hard rock and Heavy Metal music industry. They are BAND VS. BRAND (2019) and HIRED GUN…
BRUCE KULICK Discusses KISS Kruise VIII and More
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Former KISS guitarist, Bruce Kulick, returned to the KISS Kruise after last his highly successful debut last year. This time, Kulick performed not only with his solo band, but with KISS, for the first time since 1995! Seeing Kulick perform with KISS was…
BRUCE KULICK – solo artist, Grand Funk Railroad, ex-KISS
BRUCE KULICK INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Bruce Kulick has had a long and successful career in the music world. He is still, and probably will always be, best known for his twelve-year-long KISS career. Kulick joined the band in 1984, but before that, he worked for many…
KISS KRUISE V feat. Kiss, Lita Ford, Fozzy, The Dead Daisies, Steel Panther and more
KISS KRUISE V Oct 28 – Nov 3 2015 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA KISS Kruise is an annual festival which is held on a most luxurious cruise liner in the Caribbean. The event brings together the band’s most loyal and die-hard fans around the world. What makes this…
ALICE COOPER BAND – Nita Strauss and Chuck Garric
INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA There is no doubt that Alice Cooper is one of the biggest and most legendary rock stars of all time. The man’s career has lasted more than four decades, and there is no end in sight. Originally, Alice Cooper was a band that consisted…
KISS – Guitarist Tommy Thayer
TOMMY THAYER INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA WITH THE COURTESY OF THIS IS ROCK -MAGAZINE The legendary KISS arrived in Europe in June after a two year break. The bands tour, The 40’th Anniversary tour, did not come to Scandinavia at all, so I traveled to the Netherlands, where…
GLEN SOBEL – Alice Cooper band, Beautiful Creatures, Impelitteri and more.
INTERVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA Glen Sobel is an American drummer and a native of Los Angeles. Sobel’s professional career got started after he won a large drum-off competition in Los Angeles at the age of 19, and it led him to join guitar virtuoso Tony MacAlpine’s band. Sobel…
KISS – St. John’s, NL Saturday August 3rd, 2013
Saturday August 3rd, 2013 Mile One Center St. John’s, NL Review & Photo’s by Celtic Bob This was Kiss’ second ever only show in this great Province (The first was 2011 in mine and EvilG’s hometown) and the first of 2 back to back nights at Mile One.…
KISS – Press conference, 40th anniversary tour, Tom Lee Music, Vancouver, Jul 4th, 2013
KISS Press conference, 40th anniversary tour Tom Lee Music, Vancouver, July 4th, 2013 by Metal Rules guest contributor, Darrin Pope Pics by Fawn Downey
KISS: Live at Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 2013
3’rd of June 2013 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA BY COURTESY OF THIS IS ROCK MAGAZINE Legendary U.S. rockers KISS opened up their European leg of the Monster tour in Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden, on 1’st of June. The show was the World Premier of bands new spectacular stage…
KISS – Drummer Eric Singer discusses “Monster -tour”, the Spider, KISS fans, and the future of the band.
ERIC SINGER INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA WITH COURTESY OF THIS IS ROCK MAGAZINE Legendary U.S. band KISS started its long-awaited European leg of the Monster tour in Friends Arena, Stockholm, on 1’st of June. The band introduced its new spectacular stage set in front of 30 000 fans…
KISS KRUISE II feat. KISS, Adler, Skid Row
REVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA The second Kiss Kruise was settled to depart Miami, Fla. on October 31 — Halloween — and head to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. The expected return to the port was on November 4’TH. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, the plans had to be changed at…