80’s Metal Memories
Some great hair band photos from back in the day were posted at accesshollywood.com.
Ratt in their full 80’s regalia, strike a pose, Chicago, Jan. 1, 1990
Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi poses for a pic with fellow hair metal god Joe Elliot of Def Leppard, Jan. 12, 1989
A young Sebastian Bach rocks out with his band, Skid Row, at The Forum, Los Angeles, Jan. 3, 1990
Hair metal kings Motley Crue — Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars pose for a shot, Jan. 1984
Brett Michaels attends a taping of the television Show’ ABC in Concert’ at the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles, April 30, 1991
In a new interview with Mexico's Loud! Metal Radio, bassist David Vincent spoke about the future plans for the reactivated TERRORIZER, in which he is joined by Pete "Commando" Sandoval [...]
Journey were a noodling jazz-rock band with a cult following – until they discovered Steve Perry and made 1978’s Infinity [...]
Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the song "Creeping Death" during the band's April 19 concert at at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York can be seen below. [...]
In a new interview with Rob Rush, the evening host on Long Island, New York's 94.3 The Shark radio station, Gene Simmons spoke about KISS's upcoming appearance without makeup at [...]
Hard rock band A-Z will release its sophomore album, "A2Z²", on June 6 via Metal Blade Records. Spearheaded by legendary drummer Mark Zonder (FATES WARNING, WARLORD) and along with former [...]
Australia's metal giants PARKWAY DRIVE have unveiled their powerful new track "Sacred" — a monumental blend of strength and vision that showcases the band's ultimate drive and power. The anthemic [...]
Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp has announced the addition of a second weekend of its blockbuster camp featuring Alice Cooper and JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford, set to take place November [...]
Classic Rock presents the first in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury [...]
Fan-filmed video of Alice Cooper's entire May 2 concert at the VBC Mark C. Smith Concert Hall in in Huntsville, Alabama can be seen below (courtesy of hissdemon). The setlist [...]
In a new interview with Gastão Moreira of Bangers Open Air, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King talked about his brief involvement with MEGADETH during the latter band's early days (King played [...]
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Fan-filmed video of Michael Schenker's May 4 concert at Sala La Riviera in Madrid, Spain can be seen below. The legendary German guitarist — accompanied by ex-SKID ROW frontman Erik [...]
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have released the debut song from their SATCHVAI band, "I Wanna Play My Guitar". The track features Satriani and Vai alongside rhythm guitarist Pete Thorn, [...]
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Marty Friedman, who was in MEGADETH from 1990 to 2000 and played guitar on the albums "Rust In Peace", "Countdown To Extinction", "Youthanasia", "Hidden Treasures", "Cryptic Writings" and "Risk", was [...]
Fan-filmed video of Ace Frehley's entire May 4 performance at the 2025 edition of the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below. [...]
"It's time," the Prince of Darkness explains, admitting he's become a "homebody." Continue reading… [...]
From post-punk icon and award-winning female solo artist to becoming regarded as just the prog mastermind’s wife, her rebellious creative energy is fired by Roxy Music, Devo, The Tubes and [...]
Diamond Dave returned to the stage at the weekend and now he's booked a dozen more shows [...]
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The new additions included two songs from Ratt's underrated 1986 album 'Dancing Undercover.' Continue reading… [...]
The former Van Halen singer will hit the road after making a triumphant return from a five-year retirement. Continue reading… [...]
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Anticipation for Black Sabbath's farewell bow is making even the most experienced musicians nervous [...]
"I’m the one that said, 'I don’t know if we should do it.'" Continue reading… [...]