Vince Neil was fired by Arnold Schwarzenegger on this past Monday's episode of NBC's "The New Celebrity Apprentice". The MÖTLEY CRÜE singer was let go by the twice-elected California governor, successful businessman and international movie superstar after Neil's co-ed "Prima" team lost the season's seventh task. Schwarzenegger terminated Vince because he felt the singer was responsible for his team's loss after coming up with an idea deemed inappropriate and being one of the weaker team members. During his time on the show, Neil...
DC4 — the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring guitarist Rowan Robertson (ex-DIO) alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN) on drums and Matt Duncan on bass — has inked a deal with HighVolMusic. The group's fifth album will be released in early summer. The disc is being produced by Bill Metoyer (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, W.A.S.P., SLAYER), with recording sessions set to take place April 16-18 in Las Vegas, Nevada. "We're very happy and excited to be with...
U.S. thrashers HAVOK will release their new album, "Conformicide", on March 10 via Century Media Records. A lyric video for the song "Hang 'Em High" — created by Cloud Music Typography — can be seen below. Speaking about the message behind "Hang 'Em High" and the accompanying lyric video, HAVOK guitarist/vocalist David Sanchez said: "In our current political atmosphere, corruption runs deep. This is our response. It's time to wake up." In addition to "Conformicide" being released on CD, digital and streaming platforms, the album...
On January 18, David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee at the Hall Of Heavy Metal History all-star induction ceremony at the Anaheim Expo Center in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the fact that it has already been more than a year since the passing of iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister: Mikkey: "That's really weird. That is weird. And just the...
On January 18, David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee at the Hall Of Heavy Metal History all-star induction ceremony at the Anaheim Expo Center in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the fact that it has already been more than a year since the passing of iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister: Mikkey: "That's really weird. That is weird. And just the...
