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In a new interview with Dawn Osborne of TotalRock, Richie Kotzen was asked about the status of SMITH/KOTZEN, his collaborative project with IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith. He responded: "[There's] quite a bit [going on]. Yes, we got together and we did some writing. And we've got a few surprises...

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis was asked which METALLICA album he thinks is better, "Ride The Lightning" or "Master Of Puppets". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It's tough bec...

In a new interview with The Rock N' Roll & Coffee Show, ex-WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp was asked what his former bandmate, guitarist Vito Bratta, thinks about Mike releasing two albums of reimagined WHITE LION songs with a lineup that includes guitarist Marcus Nand. Tramp said (as transcribed b...

Joseph Duplantier of French metallers GOJIRA has defended his band against accusations that they were "perpetuating satanism" with their performance at Friday night's (July 26) Olympic Games opening ceremony. GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Rev...

During an appearance on "The Downbeat Podcast", the podcast hosted by STRAY FROM THE PATH drummer Craig Reynolds, NICKELBACK bassist Mike Kroeger spoke about why his band faced a huge backlash in the 2000s despite becoming a quintessential part of the music industry. Kroeger said (as transcribed by...

July 30, 2024's edition of ABC's "Celebrity Family Feud" series features PAPA ROACH and DAUGHTRY. The hit game show, which pits two celebrity-laden teams against one another and asks them to answer open-ended questions for points, is set to feature the members of the two bands. The episode, recorded...

In a new interview with Victor Ruiz of Signals From Mars, frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL addressed the fact that his band never quite hit it big despite being musically ahead of their time, due to a combination of poor management, shady record labels and bad luck. He sa...

In a recent interview with Loud TV, AMORPHIS keyboardist Santeri Kallio spoke about the progress of the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2022's "Halo" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I think everybody has done some songs in their home studios a little bit, but we haven'...

Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the songs "If Darkness Had A Son" and "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" on July 5 and July 7, respectively, at PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland during the 2024 leg of the band's "M72" tour can be seen below. In support of METALLICA's latest album, "72 Seas...

PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix joined SHINEDOWN on stage Friday night (July 26) at The Venue at Thunder Valley in Lincoln, California to perform a cover of LYNYRD SKYNYRD's "Simple Man". Fan-filmed video of his appearance, as well as SHINEDOWN's official footage of the collaboration, can be seen b...