Members of Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton participated in an interview at this year’s Heavy Montreal festival, which was held August 6-7 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Vocalist Joakim Brodèn and guitarist Chris Rörland spoke about the recent announcement that guitarist Thobbe Englund will be playing his final gig with Sabaton later this month […]
Guitarist Angus Young spoke to Rolling Stone in an interview recently about moving forward with AC/DC. Angus says that after completing the “Rock or Bust” tour, he hasn’t made a decision about the band’s future. There’s been a string of personnel changes for the band recently. In 2014, co-founding guitarist Malcolm Young departed the band […]
In an interview with Kaaos TV prior to a July 9 performance at the Jalometalli festival in Oulu, Finland, Anthrax bassist Frank Bello talked about the changing music business and what Anthrax is all about right now. Anthrax started in the early 80’s, when the music industry was a bit different than today. On that […]
Backstage on July 23 at Ramblin’ Man Fair, held at Mote Park, Maidstone, England, Planet Rock conducted an interview with Europe singer Joey Tempest and drummer Ian Haugland about the group’s plans for the coming months. Joey said: “We’re looking forward to recording the next album. We’ll probably go into the studio the beginning of […]
Supergroup Last in Line, featuring guitarist Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard), founding Dio member drummer Vinny Appice and singer Andrew Freeman (Hurricane, Lynch Mob), will embark on it’s first tour this fall. Appice said: “What’s gonna happen is we’re going to do some dates on the West Coast at the end of October, and then we’re […]
“Icon: The Life and Legacy of B.B. King” will take place on September 1 to celebrate the 15-time Grammy-winning rhythm and blues singer. The event will be put on by the Grammy Foundation and Grammy Museum, and will be sponsored in part by Gibson USA. Set to perform will be multi-Grammy winners Keb “Mo”, Derek […]