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GEORGE LYNCH And JEFF PILSON Are Working On Another ‘Heavy Hitters’ Album
Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with former DOKKEN bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems. The follow-up to 2020’s “Heavy Hitters”, tentatively titled “Heavy Hitters 2”, will be released later in the year via Deadline Music, a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records, Inc. In a new interview with Tone-Talk, Lynch confirmed that “Heavy Hitters 2” will contain 11 songs, including a cover of Sam Smith‘s “Stay With Me” and “an original Christmas song.” Pilson told Tone-Talk about the upcoming effort: “It’s us doing covers, which is really fun. We kind of get to experiment a little bit. So we’re doing another one of those....
ANTHRAX’s FRANK BELLO: ‘My First Time Meeting KISS Was So Influential For Me’
In a new interview with Travis Failey of KNAC.COM, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello, who is currently promoting his memoir, “Fathers, Brothers, And Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, And Anthrax”, spoke about his first time meeting the members of KISS. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “My first time meeting KISS was so influential for me; it was so big. And Steve Harris [IRON MAIDEN bassist], because those guys taught me how to treat fans, ’cause I was such a fan. And how kind they were to me, just talking to me. They made me feel like I was one on one, even though they were elevated in my life — they were the gods; they were the heroes. They brought me to a real human place. And that’s why I’ll always remember that. “I say it in the boo...
SHADOWS FALL’s JASON BITTNER Shares Drum-Cam Video Of ‘Fire From The Sky’ Performance From Reunion Concert
SHADOWS FALL‘s Jason Bittner has uploaded a drum-cam video of the “Fire From The Sky” performance at the band’s one-off show, which took place on December 18 at The Palladium in Worcester in their native Massachusetts. Bittner said in a message accompanying the YouTube release of the video: “This is one of my all-time favorites by us…….here’s the first drum cam video from the SHADOWS FALL sold out Reunion show in Worcester, MA December 18, 2021 – Enjoy!!” In a new interview with the Podioslave Podcast, conducted just days after the reunion gig, SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair stated about the comeback performance (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It was insane, man. It couldn’t have gone any better than we could ha...
R.I.P. Calvin Simon, Parliament-Funkadelic Vocalist Dead at 79
Calvin Simon, the former vocalist of George Clinton’s pioneering funk collective Parliament–Funkadelic, has died. He was 79. “Rest in peace to my P-Funk brother Mr. Calvin Simon,” Clinton wrote in a post to Facebook. “Fly on Calvin!” “We lost another original member of Parliament/Funkadelic,” bassist Bootsy Collins wrote on Twitter, describing Simon as “a friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy.” Advertisement Related Video Calvin Eugene Simon was born on May 22nd, 1942, in Beckley, West Virginia, where he grew up singing in his local church choir. After relocating to New Jersey, Simon hit it off with Clinton, eventually joining a doo-wop group called The Parliaments in the late 1950s. He sang on many of the band’s early hits like “I Can Feel the Ice Melting,” “Heart Trouble,” and “I Wan...
Scott Pilgrim Anime Series In the Works for Netflix
Sex Bob-omb’s next gig is coming to a small screen near you. An anime series adaptation of the hit graphic novel Scott Pilgrim — which was most famously memorialized with Edgar Wright’s iconic 2010 live-action film — is currently in the works at Netflix. Once they nail down an official series order, the showrunners of the new Pilgrim adaptation will be Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, the former of whom wrote and illustrated the original graphic novel series. Animation work will be handled by anime house Science SARU, and Abel Gongora will serve as director. Wright is also attached as an executive producer. The Scott Pilgrim comics were published in six volumes by Oni Press between 2004 and 2010. Wright adapted them into Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which boas...
QUEENSRŸCHE Begins Recording New Album
QUEENSRŸCHE has entered the studio to begin recording its new album for a tentative late 2022 release. Helming the effort once again is Chris “Zeuss” Harris, who previously worked with the band on 2015’s “Condition Hüman” and 2019’s “The Verdict” LPs. Earlier today, Zeuss took to his Instagram to share a photo of QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Casey Grillo‘s drum kit, and he included the following caption: “RŸCHE under way.. @caseyjgrillo” This past November, QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre told Canada’s The Metal Voice about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s new album: “We have all the songs that we’re gonna be recording. We’re gonna press record at the very beginning of January....
Hear Snippet Of Title Track Of SCORPIONS’ ‘Rock Believer’ Album
SCORPIONS have shared a snippet of their next single, “Rock Believer”. The full track will be released on Thursday, January 13 at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET. The single’s cover art was designed by Klaus Voormann and can be found below. “Rock Believer” is the title track of SCORPIONS‘ 19th studio album, which will be released on February 25. Two months ago, SCORPIONS released the official music video for “Rock Believer”‘s first single, “Peacemaker”. The track features music courtesy of guitarist Rudolf Schenker and bassist Pawel Maciwoda and lyrics by singer Klaus Meine. Asked in a recent interview with Chile’s Radio Futuro what fans can expect to hear on “Rock Believer”, Meine said: “Well, you can e...
SKILLET’s JOHN COOPER: ‘Pandemic Of Fear’ Is ‘Much More Alarming And Deadlier’ Than COVID-19 Pandemic
John Cooper, the frontman for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band SKILLET, spoke to Brutal Planet Magazine about the lyrical inspiration for the group’s upcoming album, “Dominion”. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “So much of what the album is about is facing the challenges that are inside. In other words, there are challenges from outward. Me and you and everybody listening, we do not have the power to end COVID. Me and you don’t have the power to end the economic stuff that’s happening or inflation or the fact that some people — I don’t know — may be losing their jobs, for whatever reason that may be; we don’t have the power to do anything about that. But we do have the power to control what happens in our hearts and in ou...
DEVIN TOWNSEND Recalls ‘Screaming In A Wall Of Chicken’ While Working At Restaurant
In a recent interview with the “Breaking Absolutes With Peter Orullian” podcast, Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend was asked if he ever had any formal training to help him effortlessly flip between orthodox choral singing techniques and guttural screaming. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I never wanted to be a singer — ever. When I was younger, I just wanted to play guitar. And then when we looked for singers, when we went hire singers as kids — when we were teens — they were just the worst of us; almost without fail, they were just terrible people. And I remember thinking, ‘Okay, well, I’ll just sing until I can find somebody.’ And I had many jobs as a teen too — I worked in dozens of restaurants or stainless st...
Justin Bieber – Peaches ft Daniel Caesar & Giveon
Justin Bieber’s “Peaches” is a well-arranged pop song, accompanied with the right opening piano cuts along with the sturdily baked bass instrumentation underneath, that also gives it a clear structure assembled to attest Justin Bieber’s golden musical experience over the years. Peaches is a classic that encompasses collaboration between Canadians and an American creator which includes, Giveon and Daniel Caesar’s effort. The record builds upon the foundation Canada’s sweetheart, Justin Bieber laid which is about a committed love, even as JB expressed his fancy and choices. He pronounces where he loves to chill and where he gets his weed. TOP PICKS FOR YOU: He also mentioned where he gets his life which he revered his source. While Daniel Caesar and Giveon’s verses are collected and establis...
Maroon 5 – Memories
The American pop band consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, lead guitarist James Valentine alongside Keyboardist PJ Morton and Jesse Carmichael, Bassist Sam Farrar and Micky Madden, and drummer Matthew Flynn has been doing exceptional and weaving records that could relate to everyone’s reality just as their Memories 2019 does. The band’s effort on “Memories”, released through 222 and Interscope records around September, debuted at number 22 on Billboard HOT 100, as well as it raked huge streaming number and collectively made appearances on music charts from Canada, America, UK, Argentina, Japan, Germany and more. Memories made a successful run and succeeded in seeding a connection with various people in the world. Memories brought many parts of the world together. However, the beauty of “...
Justin Bieber – Love You Different ft BEAM
Justin Bieber’s “Love You Different” is more of JB professing how he’d cherish and love his woman differently, just as the title depicts. While the American rapper and record producer, BEAM, shudder an effort next door to Justin Bieber’s essence as he claims his woman’s love put him on the soft spot with goosebumps alongside which the love renders him. The record is pop, however, the essence hovers around a love that is so caring and is structured on loving differently. Justin Bieber on the other end, calls his love different as it is what he eventually promises his lover alongside BEAM. TOP PICKS FOR YOU: Although his lyrics were cut from rap flavors with carefully weaved outflows that scaled through in making the record an outstanding stint with Justin Bieber. Listen, Enjoy & Share J...
