Former BUCKCHERRY guitarist Keith Nelson says that he has no regrets about his exit from the band. Nelson‘s departure from BUCKCHERRY was announced in May 2017. At the time, no reason was given for his split with the group. He was replaced by Kevin Roentgen, who had previously played with AMERICAN PEARL and SOUL. During

HALESTORM guitarist Joe Hottinger has revealed in an interview with Guitar Bonedo that the band has recorded a new EP with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who previously worked on last year’s “Vicious” album. Joe said (see video below): “There’ll be more information on that coming up. It’s just getting mixed now, and it sounds awesome. It’s

Chester Bennington‘s former bandmates in his first group, the Phoenix, Arizona-based post-grunge act GREY DAZE, have re-recorded their old material with the help of the late LINKIN PARK frontman’s friends and family. Among the guest musicians set to appear on the recordings are Chester‘s 23-year-old son Jaime Bennington, KORN’s Brian “Head” Welch and James “Munky”

Guitarist John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON, DAVID LEE ROTH) recently spoke with Sticks For Stones. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the upcoming Australian tour by his solo band, JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES: John 5: “We are going to record the shows, because

Anything or anyone that encourages people to listen to more interesting forms of heavy music has got to be a good thing. That seems to be the theory that motivates Mat McNerney — also known as Kvohst – whose presence on THE DEATHTRIP‘s second album makes perfect sense and will doubtless, and quite rightly, bring

Today (Sunday, December 8) marks the 15th anniversary of the death of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. Abbott, one of the most beloved and respected musicians in hard rock, was shot onstage during a DAMAGEPLAN concert on this date in 2004 at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio by a 25-year-old ex-Marine

METALLICA and GUNS N’ ROSES are among the world’s top-earning musicians of 2019, according to Forbes. On Friday (December 6) the outlet a published a report that revealed METALLICA earned $68.5 million this year, landing the the No. 10 spot on the Forbes list of Highest-Earning Musicians. GUNS N’ ROSES came in at No. 25,

According to Billboard, METALLICA, KISS, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT were among the top-grossing touring artists of the 12-month period ending on October 31. In the magazine’s just-published year-end Boxscore chart, which was topped for the second consecutive year by pop singer Ed Sheeran, METALLICA was the highest-ranked hard rock act (and sixth

Nikki Sixx says that he and his MÖTLEY CRÜE bandmates “missed each other” in the four years since they played their last show. CRÜE fans who shelled out for the band’s 2014/2015 “farewell” tour were led to believe that the group would never return after playing its final concert on December 2015 at the Staples

A newly posted video appears to support a previously floated theory about the identity of SLIPKNOT‘s newest member — the percussionist nicknamed “Tortilla Man.” Tortilla Man joined SLIPKNOT seven months ago, when he was first featured in the video for comeback single “Unsainted”. Since then, there has been much speculation about his name, with some