Iron Maiden are on the road in much of Europe, Russia, Turkey and Croatia in July and the U.K. in early August before heading to North and South America.
Check out the first in a series of Iron Maiden tour diary videos below the band has posted on their Facebook page.
Blabbermouth.net: An audio sample of the song “Ready To Rumble” recorded by Axl Rose’ pre-GUNS N’ ROSES band Axl Rose RAPIDFIRE can be streamed in the YouTube clip below (uploaded by former RAPIDFIRE guitarist Kevin Lawrence). The RAPIDFIRE tapes, which were purportedly recorded in May 1983, have been in storage in the original eight-track…
Screamer Magazine: (New Queensrÿche vocalist Todd LaTorre) “This is a rebirth of a legendary band that deserves this chance again and that’s how I feel as a fan! I think I can speak from a different perspective than anybody here because this has been my favorite band since I was 14 years old. And…
On April 6, 1985, DOKKEN performed their hits ‘Just Got Lucky’ and ‘Alone Again’ on American Bandstand. Bassist Jeff Pilson shared his memories… “I remember the day well. We’d just played with Triumph the night before in San Diego, and had to play AB at 9:00 AM. Back then that was extremely early…
November 24, 1991: Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello) of KISS died of heart cancer at age 41. He replaced Peter Criss in 1980, choosing the stage name “Eric Carr” and taking up the “Fox” persona. Eric gave KISS a new sound with his energetic and “heavy” drumming, especially on the album ‘Creatures…
Blabbermouth.net: Swedish hard rockers EUROPE celebrated the 30th anniversary of their appearance at the Swedish rock talent contest Rock-SM this past Thursday, December 13 by performing the song “In The Future To Come” at Hovet in Stockholm during the Scandianvian leg of their “Bag Of Bones” tour. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can…
‘How’s the lad?’ and welcome to the wearing-o’-something-green edition of ‘How’s it going there’ in 80’s metal. It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so below is a video performance of ‘Whiskey In The Jar’. THIN LIZZY’s version came out in 1972 and METALLICA’s cover of Thin Lizzy’s version was released in 1998. Since neither came…