According to HeraldTribune.com, guitar player Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt, a Bradenton native who founded CAPTAIN BEYOND, died from a respiratory infection Monday at Manatee Memorial Hospital. He was 63. “He was one of the true American classic rock guitar players, like Michael Monarch of STEPPENWOLF and Mark Farner of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD,” said publicist Billy James […]

Stanislav Vassilev – Staffa of Bulgarian death metallers THE REVENGE PROJECT is now readyВ with his debut solo album. It’s called ‘Prima Vista’ and the music is pretty close to the vibe ofВ Staffa’s previous bandВ KARTZER. A number of guest musicians from THE REVENGE PROJECT,В  ACT OF GROTESQUE, LORA, G.R.A.S., FANDANGO, THE POMORIANS and more play on […]

According to a recent studio report featured in the February 2012 issue of Decibel; Converge are planning to title their forthcoming album ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’. The group will soon begin recording the outing with tentative plans for a late spring/early summer release date via Epitaph. (The pic below is a recent shirt […]

DREAM THEATER Vocalist James LaBrie has issued the following update: “Hey everybody! Matt Guillory and I are very happy to announce that writing for my next solo album has started. We’re very pleased with how well Static Impulse was received and are excited to be making a follow-up. You can expect all the usual suspects: […]

Toronto-based CANCER BATS’s new song, ‘Old Blood’, was featured on the January 2nd edition of the Rock Show With Daniel P Carter, which airs on BBC Radio 1. Check it out below. The song is taken from the CANCER BATS’ new album Dead Set On Living, which is due to be released in April via […]

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith is involved in a new project called Primal Rock Rebellion. He’s joined forces with former Sikth frontman Mikee Goodman in this band, who will release their debut album through Spinefarm at the end of February. The band’s style apparently, ‘Fuses together two very different approaches to music — Mikee’s unique […]

Audio Fidelity will issue DIO’s classic debut album Holy Diver as a 24 karat gold limited edition CD. The CD contains a two-page spread copy of the photo-montage LP liner with images from both RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH days that was included in the original vinyl release. Leaving Black Sabbath to create a new group […]

Guns N’ Roses’ Ron Thal – a.k.a. Bumblefoot – has a holiday gift for you. It is a studio recording of ‘The Pink Panther Theme.’ It’s a tune GN’R performed on the band’s 2009-11 tours. You can learn guitar from this also. Via Bumblefoot’s website you can get a “Player Pack” that has “a transcription […]

Shock rock legend ALICE COOPER and his band performed on New Year’s Eve at Mala Wailea, located at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Hawaiian Islands of Lanai and Kaho`olawe. AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler joined Cooper on stage for a jam of THE BEATLES classic ‘Come Together’. Tyler […]

Four times is the charm for former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. Wakeman, 62, wed Rachel Kaufman, 37, on Dec. 14. It’s his fourth marriage and to a woman 25 years younger after proclaiming in interviews that he would never marry again. Despite their age difference, it was a romantic ceremony at a windmill in Norfolk, […]