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During an appearance on the May 6 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", THE PRETTY RECKLESS singer Taylor Momsen was asked about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the band's fifth album. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I don't have [release]...

MÖTLEY CRÜE played a "secret" club show Monday night (May 6) at New York's Bowery Ballroom. For the concert, the iconic Los Angeles rockers were billed as "1981". The year 1981 is a significant one in MÖTLEY CRÜE's history, as it represents the year they formed and released their debut single, "Live...

Kelly Clarkson covered METALLICA's "Sad But True" for the "Kellyoke" segment on today's episode of "The Kelly Clarkson Show". The "American Idol" winner's piano-ballad version of the METALLICA classic came three months after actress Isla Fisher appeared on Clarkson's talk show and convinced Kelly to...

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson has revealed to Ultimate Classic Rock that he has been revisiting the group's catalog with his bandmate, bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee. "We decided that we would play some RUSH songs. Because, you know, we haven’t played these songs in 10 years," Lifeson said. "We started th...

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has once again clarified his recent comments in which he said that hoped the traditional guitar solo would die "a slow and painful death". In an interview that was originally conducted in October 2023 and then published in the March 2024 print issue of Guitar...

In a new interview with Guido Piraino of The Monthly Social, Rickey Medlocke, who played drums in LYNYRD SKYNYRD in 1970-71 before leaving to lead his own band BLACKFOOT and coming back to SKYNYRD as a guitarist in 1996, spoke about his lifelong battle with a serious lung disease that causes lung sc...

ARMORED SAINT was forced to cancel two shows over the weekend — a headlining performance on Saturday, May 4 at Lovedrafts in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and a show on Sunday, May 5 at The Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina as the support act for QUEENSRŸCHE — after frontman John Bush was unable t...

In a new interview with Drew Stone of The New York Hardcore Chronicles Live!, original TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Sal Abruscato remembered the band's late frontman Peter Steele, who passed away in April 2010 from heart failure at the age of 48. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, [Pete...

In a new interview with Rocking With Jam Man, POP EVIL singer Leigh Kakaty was asked if he was "shocked" by the recent departure of the band's drummer Hayley Cramer. The U.K.-based musician, who joined the Michigan rockers in 2016, announced her exit from POP EVIL in a social media post last Decembe...