Alternative Music

GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash and some of his family members — including sons London and Cash Hudson, as well as his longtime girlfriend Meegan Hodges — spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Hodges shared several photos of the outing on her Instagram and included the following caption: “Our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2021 #disneyland #family #xmas #thanksDianeforalwaysmakingourdisneychristmasspecial”. London and Cash‘s mother is Perla Ferrar, whom Slash divorced more than three years ago. Around the time his second son was born, Slash told The Pulse Of Radio that becoming a family man helped settle him down. “I never actually was one of those guys that said I’m gonna be single forever and never have children,...

Chris Caffery, who has been a member of SAVATAGE for more than 30 years, spoke to That Metal Interview about the possibility of new music from the cult metal outfit. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We’ve been writing and talking about it now. It’s the first time in a long time where I actually have been trading riffs and songs with Jon [Oliva, SAVATAGE frontman] over the phone, and I have some really cool things. I have this one song that I wrote that he really likes and it’s kind of one that I think would be a good lead-off track for SAVATAGE. [We’re] just calling it ‘The Dungeous Are Calling Again’ and it’s a really, really, really cool metal song. “We’ll see what happens,” he continued. “I know a lot ...

Paul Stanley has pushed back against claims that having to take multiple doses of the COVID-19 vaccine is unusual or unprecedented. The KISS frontman, who tested positive for COVID-19 in August, took to his Twitter on Monday (December 27) to point out that certain childhood vaccines that have been used for decades, like the diphtheria vaccine and the polio vaccine, require four or more doses to complete immunization. He wrote: “Just Some Vaccine Information For Those Who Question The Current Validity Because Of The Amount Of Doses, FYI… POLIO-4 Doses; CHICKENPOX-2 Doses; SMALLPOX-4 Doses; MEASLES-2 Doses; DIPTHERIA/TETANUS/WHOOPING COUGH-5 Doses. “Share your opinions here but no ‘education’ thru rudeness”. Stanley went on to say that he has been testing negati...

In the video below, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, who is also the chairman of Caerdav, a fully approved and certified Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and pilot training company based at the St Athan – Cardiff Airport Aerospace Enterprise Zone in South Wales, United Kingdom, shares his thoughts on what has been “a challenging, yet hugely prosperous and exciting” year for Caerdav. Operating from a former RAF maintenance base equipped with 6,000ft ILS runway and parking for up to 20 narrow-bodied airliners, Caerdav specializes in MRO work for Airbus 320s and Boeing 737s, and provides complete training for airline pilots and cabin crew. Founded in 2012, Caerdav is one of the only independent U.K.-based MROs, specializing in the A320 and B737 families of aircraft. The c...

Former GUNS N’ ROSES drummer Matt Sorum is mourning the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the human rights crusader who died in South Africa at the age of 90. He had reportedly been in ill health for years. On Sunday (December 26), Sorum took to his Instagram to write: “Very Sad to hear of the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, I had the honor of meeting him while on tour in South Africa with KINGS OF CHAOS in 2014. I received a call from a friend asking if we’d like to meet him for tea. Steven Tyler, Duff [McKagan], Billy Gibbons and Nuno Bettencourt along with our wives headed to his office walking through the Cape Town marina near The Nelson Mandela gate. We were greeted by his lovely staff and Archbishop Tutu. We sat with him for around 1 hour while he filled us with...

JOURNEY will perform from New York City’s Times Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022”. This year marks 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 features iconic performances of the year’s biggest songs airs live December 31 at 8 p.m. EST/PST on ABC. According to ABC, JOURNEY will play “a special collection of notable and celebrated hits” at the event, which will be hosted by 17-time host and executive producer Ryan Seacrest (with co-host Liza Koshy). Also scheduled to perform are Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker (“Sk8ter Boi”, “Bi...

GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash recently took part in a “fan first” interview with Revolver magazine in which he shared his history as a fan of music, from encounters with THE ROLLING STONES and AEROSMITH to working with A-class vocalists like Axl Rose and Myles Kennedy. Speaking about his working relationship with Axl, Slash said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’d worked with different singers, on and off, for a while, and then when I met Axl and we started jamming together, he was the only singer that ever brought an emotional content to it that affected me on an emotional level, on an energy level. A song all of a sudden went to a whole new level, and I felt it. And that’s when I realized where music and vocals really meet. Because prior to that...

NONPOINT has released the official music video for its new song “Back In The Game”. The track is taken from the band’s latest EP, “Ruthless”, which was also made available today (Monday, December 27). With the roar of one word “independence”, NONPOINT has transcended the underground and taken its rightful place in metal history. Even now they continue to change the rules with their newest song “Back In The Game”, which keeps the NONPOINT tradition of inviting you in close, kicking you in the chest, then imprisoning an infectious lyric like “’cause you’re looking at a one-man death squad” into your mind knowing it will never escape. This song and official video go live across all streaming platforms December 27 at...

In a new interview with V13, guitarist Bill Steer of British extreme metallers CARCASS spoke about the band’s latest album “Torn Arteries”, which sees them once again combining the breakneck intensity that defined their earliest years with the vastly tighter and more polished tone that characterized their later efforts. “We’ve always been quite stubborn and just done what we wanted to do at any given time,” he said. “And sometimes that means you’re gonna be out of step with the prevailing trends at that time. But it’s definitely better to be honest about where you’re at and what you’re into, ’cause if you go chasing an audience, you end up making a clown of yourself, really. “We don’t really analyze it,R...

During an appearance on the “White Line Fever” podcast, former EUROPE guitarist Kee Marcello spoke about how his 1980s Swedish glam-rock band EASY ACTION was forced to take legal action against POISON for allegedly “stealing” the chorus to the EASY ACTION song “We Go Rocking” for the POISON U.S. smash-hit “I Want Action”. EASY ACTION was said to have been awarded a financial settlement in the case. Kee said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I got [in] contact with the producer of POISON‘s album [‘Look What The Cat Dragged In’], Ric Browde, and he told me he brought the EASY ACTION album and the HANOI ROCKS album to the studio when he did the POISON album, and he put on ‘We Go Rocking’ and suggested the...