Today in rock and metal news, the music world is mourning the loss of former Deep Purple and Whitesnake keyboardist Jon Lord, who passed away Monday morning at the age of 71 from a pulmonary embolism. Members of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Slash were among those paying their respects to Lord for his classic work. Meanwhile, Randy Blythe’s supporters are heading to the Supreme Court where they’ll hold a
Archive for July 17th, 2012
Daily Reload: Jon Lord, Green Day + More
July 17th, 2012 
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Tags: black, black-sabbath, classic, classic-work-, loss, metal-news, Music, respects, supporters-are, their-respects 
No Comments »Slash Dishes On Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony
July 17th, 2012 Metalkult At the recent ceremony presenting Slash with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Calif., the axe-slinger recruited his friend and neighbor Charlie Sheen to be his official Master of Ceremonies and to speak on his behalf. In a new interview with Fuse, Slash explains how that curious kinship came to be, his biggest supporter at the ceremony and his initial shock about receiving the honor. “When
Posted in News Tags: a-new-interview, biggest, ceremony, charlie-sheen, explains-how, hollywood, initial, initial-shock, new-interview, official, speak-on-his, star-on-the, the-ceremony No Comments »Queensryche Producer Says Rockenfield, Wilton + Jackson Had Little Involvement in the Studio
July 17th, 2012 Metalkult As the Queensryche legal battle continues to heat up over naming rights, the latest allegations are coming from a sworn declaration submitted by producer Jason Slater. Slater’s history with Queensryche includes producing their last three studio releases. According to the new reports, Slater alleges that guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield had very little involvement with the writing and recording of the band’s 2006 disc ‘Operation:
Posted in News Tags: 2006-disc, a-sworn-declaration, are-coming, band, eddie-jackson, jason-slater-, latest, legal-battle, over-naming, the-latest, their-last-, with-the, writing, writing-and No Comments »Go Inside Machine Head’s Tour Bus with Phil Demmel
July 17th, 2012 Metalkult If you ever wanted to know what the hallowed halls of Machine Head’s tour bus look like, now you can check it out. Machine Head guitarist and official tour guide Phil Demmel invites fans on board for a tour of their big rig in a new video. Demmel starts at the front of the bus, showing off their front lounge area, where he explains, “all the karaoke to Journey and
Posted in News Tags: a-new-video, fans-on-board, guitarist-and, hallowed, invites-fans, karaoke, look-like-, new-video, official-tour, starts-at-the, their-big, their-front No Comments »Female Concertgoer Dies at Warped Tour Stop in Toronto, Canada
July 17th, 2012 Metalkult Sad news to report from the Toronto, Canada, stop of the Warped Tour, as a 19-year-old female concertgoer died while in the crowd earlier today (July 15) during the band Chelsea Grin‘s afternoon set. The young woman, whose name has not been released yet, was found unconscious near the stage around 12:40PM, shortly after the gates opened at Toronto’s Molson Ampitheatre. Reports state that a fellow concertgoer tried giving her
Posted in News Tags: after-the-gates, afternoon-set-, band, been-released, chelsea-grin, crowd, during-the, during-the-band, earlier-today, gates, near-the-stage, report-from, shortly-after, stage, young-woman No Comments »Filter and Fuel Light Up New York City Fans With Rocking Concert
July 17th, 2012 Metalkult Filter couldn’t get enough of New York City after just playing a show there in March. Only a few months later, they returned to the city that never sleeps for a rocking show at Irving Plaza (on July 12), and this time they brought along Fuel, Static Summer and Menew with them. Menew started off the night with an impressive set. The Toronto based band have a Muse-y vibe with catchy
Posted in News Tags: a-rocking-show, a-show-there, brought-along, irving-plaza, march-only, rocking-show, show-at-irving, started-off, started-off-the, static-summer, time, toronto No Comments »Green Day Release New Single ‘Oh, Love’ From Upcoming Album ‘¡Uno!’
July 17th, 2012 Metalkult When it comes to punk music, Green Day are certainly one of the most progressive bands within the genre. Having drifted into more of a ‘rock opera’-type of style, Green Day have released the new single ‘Oh, Love’ from their upcoming album, ‘¡Uno!,’ the first of three discs the band will be releasing within a four-month period. Back in 2004, Green Day had already carved themselves a legendary career, although
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