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Haris Ansari
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Former Judas Priest guitarist satisfied with his current venture

K.K. Downing, the former Judas Priest guitarist, has revealed that he is content with his current venture, developing a multi-million dollar sporting complex complete with luxury hotel and world class golf course. “At around the time our ‘Turbo’ album came out we would get massive numbers of girls at our concerts, which for a heavy […]

P.O.D made up for Papa Roach’s absence at Grand Rapids

Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix’s vocals have been suffering problems, which has forced the band to drop off from many shows with most recently at Grand Rapids. P.O.D, an American rock band, covered their last slot on Tuesday, August 21. “Headed to Grand Rapids. Papa Roach dropped off today’s show so we’re covering their slot […]

Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part V)

Continued from ‘Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part IV)’ In October 1999, ‘Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory’ hit the stores, and the fans hailed the record as Dream Theater’s masterpiece. The new album was a commercial and critical success, though, it reached only No. 73 spot on the US Album Charts. A […]

Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part IV)

Continued from ‘Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part III)’ In May 1995, Dream Theater entered BearTracks Studios in New York to rewrite and record ‘A Change of Season’ with Sherinian contributing significantly to the final product. The band released the self-titled ‘A Change of Seasons’ EP along with a collection of cover songs recorded […]

Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part III)

Continued from ‘Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part II) Dream Theater returned to studio in May 1994 to record new material. The band’s third studio album, Awake, was released on October 4, 1994. Although, the record failed to live up to the expectation, it is said to be one of the finest albums of […]

Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part II)

Continued from ‘Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part I)’ In 1989, Dream Theater released their first album, When Dream and Day Unite. However, it was not received as they were anticipating. Mechanic Record broke majority of the financial promises made with the band due to the unsuccessful album. Dominici was fired in the early […]

Dream Theater: A journey from 1985………. (Part I)

In 1985, three students of Berklee College of Music, John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy, decided to form a band in Massachusetts. The trio decided to name their group, Majesty, when they were waiting in line for tickets to a Rush concert at the Berklee Performance Centre while listening to the band on a […]

System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan wants to hit the studio in 2013

System of a Down drummer, John Dolmayan, has expressed his desire that the band enters the studio until the summer of 2013 and release the record in 2014. The Armenian American rock band, which was formed in 1992, released five studio albums before the band was dismantled in 2006. However, the rock band was reunited […]

Slash: I’m looking for something that feels right to me

Slash, an American musician, has insisted that he is looking for something that feels musically right to him, while admitting that working on his solo project along with Myles Kennedy, Todd Kerns and Brent Fitz feels great. “I’m looking for something that feels right to me, because everything I’m doing is to satisfy me, musically. […]

Judas Priest’s new album is shaping up to be quite intense, says Rob Halford

Judas Priest released ‘Screaming for Vengeance, in 1982, an album that brought the metal band massive success around the world. Rob Halford, the band’s front-man, has now revealed that on the metal band is gearing up for some new stuff on the 30th anniversary of ‘Screaming for Vengeance’. “We’ve already got a strong cross-section of […]

President Barrack Obama was born in Kenya, says Dave Mustaine

Megadeth lead guitarist and vocalist, Dave Mustaine, is known to stun everyone with his extremely controversial statements, as the American musician is never reluctant to express his heart out. The former Metallica guitarist remained relatively quiet for quite some time. However, he has now yet again made the headlines by claiming that President Barrack Obama […]

Danko Jones’ new album to hit the stores in October

Canadian hard rockers Danko Jones have announced details of their upcoming sixth studio album. ‘Rock and Roll is Black and Blue’ will be released Oct. 9. It’s described as ‘13 tracks that are bolder, brasher and brawnier than anything they’ve attempted before.’ ‘Rock and Roll is Black and Blue’ was produced by longtime collaborator Matt […]

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