EVANESCENCE guitarist Jen Majura has shared a series of videos featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the band’s current U.S. tour with HALESTORM. The trek kicked off on November 5 in Portland, Oregon and will run through December 18 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Majura wrote in a message accompanying the YouTube release of her latest video: “I wanna make clear that this is NOT official […]

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell was the featured guest on BBC‘s “The Rock Show With Johnnie Walker” during the “Rock God” segment. Jerry picked THE ROLLING STONES frontman Mick Jagger and stated about his choice: “I had the good fortune to see him perform with THE STONES in Los Angeles a couple of days ago. I’ve been lucky enough to catch a few STONES shows over the years, but it was […]

David Coverdale says that he was shocked to hear about the death of actress Julie E. “Tawny” Kitaen, who is best known in the rock world for her appearance in the band’s video for “Here I Go Again”. While WHITESNAKE was working on it 1987 self-titled album, Coverdale started dating Kitaen, who had recently starred opposite Tom Hanks in the movie “Bachelor Party”. Kitaen soon appeared in several […]

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt says that he agrees with Kerry King that SLAYER called it quits too soon. Earlier this month, Kerry made headlines in the metal world when he said that SLAYER retired “too early.” While recording a short video message to congratulate MACHINE HEAD on the San Francisco Bay Area act’s 30th anniversary, SLAYER‘s founding guitarist said: “So, I hear congratulations are in order for my friends […]

Late last month, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell returned with “Atone”, the first single from his upcoming solo album, “Brighten”. The song’s accompanying video was creatively directed as a group effort by Jerry; photographer/musician Jim Louvau; singer/guitarist Greg Puciato; visual artist Jesse Draxler; and photographer Tony Aguilera. Asked in a new Instagram Live question-and-answer session with fans how he chose “Atone” to be the first single and […]

During an appearance on the “Bloodthirsty” podcast, hosted by DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2018’s “Firepower” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We’re kicking the tires. We’ve got some good stuff in the can, as I say, already. But you know, you can never stop, can you? You can keep […]

TRIUMPH drummer Gil Moore spoke to Dr. Music about about the forthcoming first-ever feature documentary about the band’s dramatic career. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’ll be [out in Canada] this fall. Will it come out in [the rest of North] America at the same time? I’m not sure. Canada, it’ll be fourth quarter this year, for sure. If it’s […]