DEFTONES drummer Abe Cunningham gave fans an update on the follow-up to 2016’s “Gore” album via the band’s official Instagram page (see below). “We’re currently mixing it,” he says. “Given the current situation, it’s been a bit difficult to get everyone in the same room. We can’t. So, we’re at least still doing that. I wanted to thank you for your patience, obviously, and, of course, your interest in that. It’s coming.” In the meantime, DEFTONES will launch a series of livestreamed events. Programmer/sampler Frank Delgado will kick off the series with a live DJ set on the group’s Twitch...
BREAKING BENJAMIN has released the official music video for its song “Dear Agony”, featuring a guest appearance by Lacey Sturm (ex-FLYLEAF). The track is taken from BREAKING BENJAMIN’s latest album, “Aurora”, a collection of reimagined versions of the band’s biggest and most popular songs and one new song, “Far Away”. “Aurora” also includes special guests Scooter Ward (COLD), Michael Barnes (RED) and Spencer Chamberlain (UNDEROATH), to name a few. Last summer, BREAKING BENJAMIN’s founder/frontman Ben Burnley told “Cutter’s RockCast” that he had been friends with Sturm for more than 10 years. “And one of the first tours, I think, they...
GODSMACK Cancel All Touring Plans For 2020
Sully Erna says that GODSMACK has blown out any any tour dates this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “We were going out with THE PRETTY RECKLESS to do a major tour in July through September, but all that’s gone now,” the frontman told SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation” in a new interview (hear audio below). “Because I don’t see this thing resolving itself to the point where people are going to want to jump back into big crowds yet. “I do think we’re gonna eradicate this thing and I have high hopes that this is gonna end soon, but I...
METALLICA has posted another full concert video as part of its new concert series, “#MetallicaMondays”, where the band is streaming a complete live show for fans on the group’s YouTube channel and on Facebook every week. The fourth concert to be shared was recorded on August 12, 2017 at the Outside Lands festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California and can be seen below. The band said in a statement, “While we’re all doing our part and staying home, we find ourselves missing live music, so how about we dive back into a few of our favorite shows...
RATT Appear In New Geico Commercial
The latest Geico commercial features the guys in RATT and can be seen below. The spot is part of Geico’s “Bundling Made Easy” campaign, which reminds people that bundling your home and car insurance is easy with Geico and helps you save money. The RATT classic “Round And Round” is featured in the commercial which originally appeared on the band’s 1984 release “Out Of The Cellar”. RATT’s collaboration with Geico comes a couple of months after guitarist Chris Sanders confirmed his exit from the band. Sanders joined RATT in 2018 after the departure of original axeman Warren DeMartini. He spent...
Healthcare Advisor Says Live Concerts May Not Return Until 2021
Well here’s some great news to make your day a little bit brighter. And yeah, we’re being sarcastic. Dr. Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, one of the key architects of the Affordable Care Act and a special adviser to the director general of the World Health Organization, told The New York Times that he doesn’t anticipate it to be safe to return to concerts, sporting events and other mass public gatherings for another 18 months. “Restarting the economy has to be done in stages, and it does have to start with more physical distancing at a work site that allows people who...
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The Late VINNIE PAUL’s Cookbook Will Be Released Posthumously
Here’s some pretty cool news. Our dear friend the late Vinnie Paul Abbott will have his cookbook released posthumously. Speaking out publicly for the first time since the PANTERA and HELLYEAH drummer’s death, Vinnie’s girlfriend Chelsey Yeager recently said: “[Vinnie’s] cookbook that he titled ‘Drumming Up An Appetite With Vinnie Paul’ is in the works. There are over 120 recipes that are saved and pictures to follow that will be in the cookbook as well. Not sure on an exact date when it will be finished.” Chelsey also spoke about what life has been like for her since Vinnie’s passing....
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According To TOMMY LEE The MÖTLEY CRÜE Stadium Tour Is Still Happening
MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee recently spoke with Billboard saying that the band’s “Stadium Tour” with DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS is “still a go” despite the fact that most concerts, festivals, film and TV shoots, and other events have been canceled, rescheduled or modified as the world battles the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “We’re all in constant communication,” Lee said. “[Bassist] Nikki [Sixx] and I have been in several production meetings. You’re talking multiple stadiums, so it’s like two kids in a candy store putting together something people are going to walk [away from] saying, ‘Are...
GODSMACK has released the official music video for its latest single “Unforgettable”, taken from the band’s most recent album, “When Legends Rise” which can be seen above. With music programs continuing to be at risk in schools across the U.S., it was important for the band — Sully Erna (vocals, guitar), Tony Rombola (guitar), Robbie Merrill (bass) and Shannon Larkin (drums) — to make a video about the power of music to uplift lives. They invited more than 400 aspiring musicians from all over New England to join them at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire for the shoot....
Check Out MEGADETH Bassist DAVE ELLEFSON’s New Solo Track ‘Simple Truth’
MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has released “Simple Truth”, the new single from his solo band ELLEFSON, with all proceeds going to Italian COVID-19 relief. The track, co-written by Ellefson and vocalist Thom Hazaert, with Italian guitarist and drummer Andy Martongelli and Paolo Caridi, will appear on the upcoming full-length follow-up to the 2019 release “Sleeping Giants”, a compilation featuring several new songs and reworkings of previous Ellefson instrumental solo material co-written and produced by Ellefson and Hazaert. “Sleeping Giants” was released as a companion album “soundtrack” to Ellefson’s 2019 biography “More Life With Deth”, also co-written with Hazaert. The group...