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Bassist Rudy Sarzo spoke to Adika Live! about his recent decision to rejoin the band after an 18-year absence. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “My decision, in addition to [it] being [late QUIET RIOT drummer] Frankie‘s [Banali] request that I return to the band, was a decision that I had to meditate on it, because it is that important. Not meditate whether it was the right decision to make or not — no, that wasn’t the point — it was to meditate about the timing of it. Because it could not be an abrupt decision that you drop everything you’re doing and you change the band. “Regina [Frankie‘s widow] and I, we sat and we talked about it, and we said, ‘Okay, the best thing to do is to let everybody fulfill their commitments.’ Becaus...

Former JOURNEY singer Steve Perry will release a holiday record, “The Season”, on November 5. The LP features eight holiday standards, including “Winter Wonderland”, “Silver Bells”, “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and leadoff single “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, which can be streamed below. Earlier today (Monday, September 20), Perry gave an interview to the KNBR radio station in which he discussed his reasons for making a holiday album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I was literally teleported back to times when I was a child because I had always loved these timeless classic songs. So I thought, ‘Well, let me try to record and sing some of tho...

In a new interview with DeWook Tour, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello, who is currently promoting his upcoming memoir, “Fathers, Brothers, And Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, And Anthrax”, was asked if there is one album in the band’s catalog that he would like to go back to and do differently if he had a chance to. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “When I got in the band, it was tunnel vision, man. It was a goal, and we had to do this. So, from ‘Spreading The Disease’… ‘Among The Living’ was the breakthrough; it was a good time in everybody’s life. And that became touring, record — that kind of thing — touring, record. And it was so busy — I mean, we were never home. So there would be so many tours. And every time we...

Ted Nugent exchanged words with a Michigan man after the outspoken conservative rocker called the Black Lives Matter movement a “terrorist organization.” According to WWMT, the confrontation took place last Friday (September 17) in downtown Centreville, Michigan where Nugent appeared as part of the Jack Coleman Presents Ted & Shemane Nugent Constitution Tour, featuring various Michigan Republican candidates for elected office. “Aren’t there any BLM punks who want to come up and harass me?” Nugent asked the crowd. A few second later, Jalen Brown approached the stage to challenge the singer. “What’s wrong with Black Lives Matter?” Brown demanded to know. “Black Lives don’t give a shitt about black lives. They’re standing b...

Billie Eilish made a triumphant return to the arena stage at this weekend’s iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a full set of old and new music. The arena performance was also her first since her Where Do We Go? World Tour was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With brother Finneas accompanying her, Eilish encouraged the crowd to let loose and have a good time. “I didn’t wait a year and a half to watch this in a crowd,” said Eilish. “Let’s have fun and dance and jump around.” The set included “Bury a Friend,” “Bad Guy,” “Oxycontin,” “Happier Than Ever” and “My Future.” Eilish is slated to begin her North American Tour in support of her sophomore album, Happier Than Ever, in February of next year. Earlier this month, the Grammy-Award-winning artist dropped her Disne...