Tag Archives: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Corrosion Of Conformity sign with Nuclear Blast, release nearly forgotten Lynyrd Skynyrd cover

Posted by on October 15, 2015

Nuclear Blast have announced that the Pepper Keenan-fronted version of Corrosion of Conformity have signed a worldwide deal with the label. They’ll be entering the studio next year to work on an album with John Custer, who produced the band’s other four albums with Keenan on vocals and guitar, including Deliverance and In the Arms of God. […]

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Find out how much Aerosmith, Slash, Failure and more made on the road

Posted by on August 26, 2015

If you keep wondering how much your favorite bands make when they head out on the road, Billboard‘s Boxscore released their latest batch of earnings and attendance from many artists, including rock and metal ones, and we’ve summarized them here for you. This time around, we will revisit the numbers of bands we’ve seen before like Alice […]

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Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Shinedown to headline Louder Than Life Fest

Posted by on June 15, 2015

Well, the rumors about Ozzy Osbourne’s return to touring as a solo artist turned out to be false, but the Louder Than Life festival unveiled their lineup today, and the Louisville festival, taking place on October 3 and 4, has a pretty impressive lineup. The festival will take place on four stages this year at […]

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Is Ozzy Osbourne touring this fall?

Posted by on June 11, 2015

The last we heard from Ozzy Osbourne, he was fighting with Bill Ward and denying he bought a house. What could be next? Well, we’re not ones to spout rumors, but we’ll totally repeat ones that we hear. That’s why we’re letting you know that according to Wolverine Kills, Ozzy will be heading out on tour this […]

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Tesla’s Frank Hannon talks ‘Simplicity,’ longevity, being lumped in with hair metal

Posted by on July 8, 2014

Tesla took a lot of people  by surprise when their seventh studio album, Simplicity, debuted just outside of the top 20, selling over 13,000 copies. Their first album in six years, it doesn’t deviate that far from the relatively straightforward heavy rock that netted them a string of gold and platinum albums in the ’80s […]

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Roadrunner Records to release 30th anniversary box set

Posted by on August 15, 2013

Roadrunner is celebrating more than 30 years of music with the release of a box set, XXX: Three Decades of Roadrunner Records, hitting the market October 1. The set, to be released in America and abroad, is a pretty good summation of the label’s beginnings as an underground label, their rise to one of America’s premier […]

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John 5 (Rob Zombie Guitarist): “The Grass Is Not Always Greener, And I’m Really Happy With What I’m Doing”

Posted by on April 25, 2012

Chances are John 5 is best known for his work with Rob Zombie. However, the collection of musicians the guitarist has performed and written music with reads as a “who’s who” list: everyone from Marilyn Manson to David Lee Roth, from Rob Halford to Lynyrd Skynard, and from Meatloaf to K.D. Lang. Yet despite keeping […]

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Dave Mustaine, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford, Glenn Danzig And More Join Metallica Onstage For Last Two 30th Anniversary Shows

Posted by on December 12, 2011

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2R6HMwhvj8[/youtube] This past weekend, Metallica performed the last two nights of their intimate 30th Anniversary shows at the Filmore in San Francisco. And like the first and second nights, the last two shows were jam packed with lots of surprise guests. So many, in fact, that we’re going to have to break down a few […]

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Rob Zombie To Guest On Lynyrd Skynyrd Album

Posted by on September 14, 2009

Rob Zombie will be making a guest appearance on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s new album Gods & Guns. More details here.

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Longtime Roadrunner A&R Man Mike Gitter Let Go

Posted by on July 10, 2009

For the past 12 years, the name Mike Gitter has been synonymous with Roadrunner Records and metal. As one of their main A&R people, some of the bands that he’s brought to the label include Cradle of Filth, Opeth and the band with this week’s #7 album in the country, Killswitch Engage. Yesterday, the metal community was shocked […]

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