SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser‘s wife, Patricia Perissinoto Kisser, passed away Sunday morning (July 3) after a battle with colon cancer. She had just turned 52 years old. Andreas and the couple’s three children, Giulia, Yohan and Enzo, announced Patricia’s passing in a social media post yesterday, writing: “It is with deep sadness that we have to...
STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis has once again voiced his opinions on politicians and the media before performing his new single “Am I The Only One“. The latest rant took place during his July 2 show at The Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio. Lewis said to those in attendance (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “There’s one thing I...
BLINK-182 drummer Travis Barker is currently recovering in hospital after a diagnosis of “life threatening pancreatitis”. The 46-year-old drummer was rushed to West Hills Hospital and Medical Center on Tuesday and then transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Yesterday (Saturday, July 2), Travis released the following health update via social media: “I went...
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist and founder Nikki Sixx is celebrating the 21st anniversary of his getting clean and sober. Earlier today (Saturday, July 2), Nikki, who is now 63, shared a screen shot from an app on his phone which revealed that he had been sober for 21 years, 252 months, 7,671 days or 184,089 hours....
South Carolina death metal group NILE have announced the departure of bassist/vocalist Brad Parris. On Friday (July 1), NILE released the following statement via social media: “It’s time for us to share with our fans and the metal community that Brad Parris is leaving NILE this year. This is something that we have known about...
METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett recently revealed that the band were in fact working on new music all throughout the global pandemic. In a recent interview with Guitar World, Hammett said METALLICA wasn’t exactly sitting around doing nothing throughout the global pandemic and that fans can draw their own conclusions from that. “Well, let’s just say...
RATT singer Stephen Pearcy recently confirmed that he and late RATT guitarist Robbin Crosby almost formed a band with MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee before their respective bands formed four decades ago. Speaking in a new interview with Tommy London of SiriusXM’s Hair Nation this past Thursday (June 30), Pearcy said (as transcribed...
AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer‘s wife , Linda, passed away on June 22 at the age of 55. No cause of death has been revealed. Just one day prior to her death, Linda wished her husband a happy 72nd birthday on Twitter, writing: “Happy Birthday to the Love Of My LIFE !! You are the most...
MÖTLEY CRÜE has released a short video recap of the first few shows of “The Stadium Tour“, which kicked off on June 16 in Atlanta, Georgia. MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s current North American run with DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS was initially supposed to commence back 2020, however it would end up being...
WHITESNAKE has announced that it’s cancelling the remainder of it’s European tour dates “due to continuing health challenges.” Yesterday, WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale released the following statement via social media: “It is with the deepest sadness that I must announce that due to continuing health challenges, doctor’s orders, and our concern for everyone’s health and...