METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was interviewed on the December 19 edition of "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On preventing his creative enthusiasm from getting overwhelmed by sorting through the sheer volume of ideas while writing a new METALLICA album: Kirk: "I've been a musician for most of my life. I've been playing guitar for four decades now. And it seems that after a while, you reach a...
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and his solo band performed on Friday, January 20 at the City National Grove Of Anaheim in Anaheim, California as the support act for METAL ALLEGIANCE. You can now watch fan-filmed video footage of his set below. Friedman recently completed work on the follow-up to his 2014 album "Inferno" for a tentative early 2017 release via Prosthetic. The new disc was mixed by Swedish producer Jens Bogren, who performed the same duties on "Inferno" and has also worked with such acts as KREATOR, SEPULTURA,...
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and his solo band performed on Friday, January 20 at the City National Grove Of Anaheim in Anaheim, California as the support act for METAL ALLEGIANCE. You can now watch fan-filmed video footage of his set below. Friedman recently completed work on the follow-up to his 2014 album "Inferno" for a tentative early 2017 release via Prosthetic. The new disc was mixed by Swedish producer Jens Bogren, who performed the same duties on "Inferno" and has also worked with such acts as KREATOR, SEPULTURA,...
KISS, America's #1 gold-record-award-winning group of all time in all categories (RIAA), gears up in 2017 for a new European tour. KISS celebrates another milestone, reaching 125 new licensing partners worldwide, adding to the juggernaut of all music licensing/merchandising entities' thousands of products over a 43-year history! Among its 125 new licensing partners, KISS holds the distinction of introducing unique products into the market, including the band's first-time-ever mobile game (for IOS, Android and Kindle), KISS digital emojis...
During last week's appearance on "Trunk Nation", Eddie Trunk's show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106), Rob Zombie spoke about his reluctance to assemble a brand new solo band after the musicians he used on his first couple of albums fell out with each other, resulting in the group's breakup. "What happened really was after WHITE ZOMBIE fell apart and I put a new band together, which was the first two solo records, I'm, like, 'This is great.' Especially on the first record , everybody was happy, we were touring together, it was the most fun we...
