Alternative Music

In a new interview with “I Ask No One With Kevin Re LoVullo”, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing spoke about the fact that he has been sidelined from concert halls during the coronavirus pandemic, unable to properly promote the recently released debut album from his new band KK’S PRIEST. “It’s just annoying. It’s very annoying,” he said. “I actually got my booster jab yesterday. I didn’t want to. I don’t think anybody wants to. It’s just the fact that my dear mom, she’s 88, and you just live in fear that you might pass something on. I’d never forgive myself. And that goes for everybody. And ’cause the thing is I like to go to concerts and stuff like that as well, and me being of an age, I suppose th...

Ted Nugent has blasted Rolling Stone magazine for including Joan Jett on its list of “100 Greatest Guitarists”. The 73-year-old rocker, whose recent time in the spotlight has been more for his political views than his music, railed against Jett‘s inclusion on the list while praising such great musicians as Angus Young (AC/DC), Eddie Van Halen (VAN HALEN), Billy Gibbons (ZZ TOP), Neal Schon (JOURNEY), Joe Bonamassa, Derek St. Holmes, Tommy Shaw (STYX) and Rickey Medlocke (LYNYRD SKYNYRD) during his December 30 YouTube livestream. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “So I just mentioned some killer, monster guitar players, huh? Some of the best that ever lived. But when you see the Rolling Stone magazine list of greatest guitar players, they list Joan Jett b...

Ykä Järvinen, who directed, edited and produced BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT‘s music video for the title track of the band’s “Paint The Sky With Blood” EP, has shared previously unreleased studio footage from the EP recording sessions, which took place in November 2020. You can check out the two short clips below. BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT was formed in 2020 by former CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho. He was joined in the group by guitarist Daniel Freyberg, drummer Waltteri Väyrynen (PARADISE LOST), bassist Mitja Toivonen (ex-SANTA CRUZ) and live keyboardist Vili Itäpelto. Alexi died on December 29, 2020 in his home in Helsinki, Finland. He died of alcohol-induced degeneration of the liver and pancreas connective tissue. Furthermore, Laiho had a cocktail of painkillers, op...

JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo was unable to join his bandmates for their performance at of “Any Way You Want It” and “Don’t Stop Believin'” in New York City’s Times Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” after testing positive for COVID-19. Filling in for him was his longtime tech Steve Toomey. Asked by a fan on Instagram why Deen didn’t play with JOURNEY at last night’s event, guitarist Neal Schon responded: “Covid”. Castronovo appeared to be looking forward to playing with JOURNEY in New York. On Thursday (December 30), he shared an Instagram photo of him behind his kit and added the following caption: “Hope you all had an AWESOME Holiday ! Off to NYC?to perform ...

In the 17-minute video below, DEEP PURPLE drummer Ian Paice shares some of his personal practice footage and talks about how he gets ready for recording albums. Some consider Paice to be the forefather of today’s rock drumming. Such hits as “Space Truckin'”, “Hush”, “Fireball” and “Smoke On The Water” prove that Ian was helping create a genre that would last many years to come. In fact, throughout DEEP PURPLE‘s long career, which has seen numerous changes among the other personnel, he is the only drummer the band has ever had. When the group dissolved in 1976, Ian joined PURPLE vocalist David Coverdale to form WHITESNAKE. After a short hiatus, DEEP PURPLE reunited in 1984 for the “Perfect Strangers” release and has not...

THE OBSESSED frontman Scott “Wino” Weinrich has doubled down on his claim that COVID-19 was created as a “depopulation tool.” Back in August, Wino took to his social media to fuel the conspiracy theory that coronavirus is a genetically engineered bioweapon that U.S. researchers helped create, and that thousands of doctors, scientists and elected leaders are apparently conspiring to hide the truth. Wino went on to claim that he had done extensive research through YouTube, scientific publications, journals and lectures, and insisted that the evidence points to the the virus existing and being weaponized. Weinrich discussed his controversial COVID-19 views in a new interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic. He said: “I had COVID. So it totally exists; I...

JOURNEY performed last night (Friday, December 31) from New York City’s Times Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022”. The show marked the 50th anniversary of America’s go-to annual New Year’s tradition that celebrates the year’s very best in music. The most-watched New Year’s Eve celebration nationwide which featured iconic performances of the year’s biggest songs aired live on ABC. According to ABC, JOURNEY played “a special collection of notable and celebrated hits” at the event, which was hosted by 17-time host and executive producer Ryan Seacrest (with co-host Liza Koshy). Also scheduled to perform were Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker (“Sk8ter Boi”, “Bite Me...

DISTURBED members David Draiman and John Moyer, THE OFFSPRING guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman and ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello are among the rockers who have reacted on social media to the passing of Betty White. The beloved “Golden Girls” actress, comedian and American icon died peacefully in her sleep at her home early Friday morning (December 31) at the age of 99. She was just weeks away from celebrating her 100th birthday on January 17. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas said in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most belo...