Band Profiles
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Long-time Uriah Heep bassist and Spiders From Mars icon Trevor Bolder has died of cancer at the age of 62, it’s been confirmed. Bolder joined David Bowie’s backing band in 1971, alongside guitarist Mick Ronson – with whom he’d played in The Rats – and drummer Woody Woodmansey. He appeared on the ...
Steve Hyams, who worked briefly with Mott The Hoople as frontman/rhythm guitarist, has passed away aged 62 after battling heart problems for several years. Hyams joined his first group, Dolls House, in 1971, then went on to become a member of the Samuel Prody Band with Canadian guitarist Bruce Irvine. In 1974 ...
Nazareth have shouted down a rumour that they’re about to split up, condemning it as a promoter’s tactic to sell more tickets. Contrary to the false claim, the Scots veterans are currently working on a new album and have live dates planned in North America, with a set of UK shows confirmed ...
Stone Temple Pilots plan to write more music and play more shows with Chester Bennington in place of Scott Weiland. The band surprised fans at the weekend by appearing on stage in Los Angeles with the Linkin Park singer at the front. They performed a set of classics and also delivered new ...
Iconic Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek has died at the age of 74, it’s been confirmed. He passed away in a clinic in Germany after having fought cancer of the bile duct for some time. He was surrounded by his family. Manzarek founded the band with Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger and John Densmore ...
Soundgarden have confirmed they’ll return to the UK and Ireland for four shows in September. The Seattle icons blasted back into action with last year’s acclaimed album King Animal. And bassist Ben Shepherd says he had no doubt they’d be able to deliver the goods, despite having split in 1997. He tells ...
Jon Bon Jovi says the door is open for Richie Sambora to rejoin the band any time he feels ready. He still won’t discuss what led to the guitarist’s non-appearance at the start of Bon Jovi’s latest world tour leg – but he insists it’s not about money, and the pair haven’t ...
Stone Temple Pilots have released a new track, Out Of Time, which features Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington in place of fired frontman Scott Weiland. Hear it below. STP announced in February that they’d “terminated” Weiland’s contract. But since then, he’s been insisting both that he wasn’t fired and that he can’t ...
Another top bloke took time to spend putting up with my inanity. Jettblack certainly won a lot of friends at HRH AOR in Rotherham – those who braved the route march to the second stage were met by a huge queue and people crammed, sardine-like into a small room! The astute amongst ...
Whilst preparing for their show in Manchester (touring alongside Fozzy), CJ from Drowning Pool took time to talk with me (and, of course, Sue – when she could get a word in). We talked about all things musical, influences, the numerous changes in vocalists and what it’s like to have Nikki Sixx as ...
As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis returned to the Vista Superior Court Friday (May 17) for a bail hearing relating to his alleged-murder-for-hire plot against his estranged wife and more details about the case were revealed in the process. According to UTSanDiego.com, during Friday’s hearing the rocker’s attorney, Thomas Warwick, argued ...
AC/DC have thrown their support behind a campaign to erect a new statue of the late Bon Scott in the singer’s hometown of Kirriemuir, Scotland. Though AC/DC are known for their Australian pride, Scott actually moved to the continent from Scotland in his youth. At the recent 2013 Bonfest in the city, ...
Pogues guitarist Phil Chevron is battling cancer for the second time – and he’s admitted it will be “lethal” in this case. He was sidelined from the Pogues and his pioneering punk band, The Radiators From Space, in 2007 after being diagnosed with cancer of the head and neck. In 2011 he ...
Bass player Ken Whaley, best known for being a member of Welsh rockers Man, has died at age 66 after a long illness. Whaley was a member of Man for two years, from 1974 to 1975, during which they recorded one of their most renowned albums, Rhinos, Winos And Lunatics. The band’s ...
Randy Blythe has told of the moment he met the family of Daniel Nosek, the fan who died after attending a concert. The Lamb Of God frontman spent five weeks in prison in the Czech Republic last year after he was accused of murder by injuring Nosek at the show in 2010, ...
Mick Fleetwood admits Fleetwood Mac try not to discuss the internal affairs which have rocked the band in the past – including his own affair with Lindsay Buckingham’s ex Stevie Nicks. But he says it’s wrong to assume the four members don’t like each other. Fleetwood tells CBS Local: “The misconception is ...
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford says he’s saddened that the US is the only part of the world in which his band have been accused of inciting hate acts. The veteran band have been the victims of legal action in which it’s been claimed they promote violent behaviour. A notable lawsuit in ...
Slayer have announced a public memorial event for late guitarist Jeff Hanneman. He died earlier this month as a result of liver damage caused by drinking – a problem which, it’s been suggested, contributed to the attack of necrotising faciitis that forced him off the road in 2011. He was 49. The ...
Nine Inch Nails have lost bassist Eric Avery before the revamped band even started touring. But the former Jane’s Addiction man admits he’s not sure if he’s made the right decision. Trent Reznor announced in February he would be taking a “reinvented” version of NIN on the road, four years after he ...
Jimi Hendrix invited Paul McCartney to join a supergroup in 1969 – but the Beatle never got the message because he was on holiday. The guitar icon’s telegram to McCartney is part of a memorabilia collection in the Hard Rock Cafe in Prague. It’s signed off by Hendrix, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis ...