Current Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy (ex-Stevie Salas Colorcode/Pride & Glory) has been drafted in as the drummer for the upcoming Lynch Mob tour dates.
Tichy will play with George Lynch, ex-Ratt basist Robbie Crane and vocalist Oni Logan at the following shows:
Jun. 22 – Idaho Falls, ID – Rockin’ The Falls
Jul. 06 – Lombard, IL – Taste Of Lombard
Jul. 28 – Royalton, MN – Halfway Jam
Aug. 18 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Theater (w/ CINDERELLA, SEBASTIAN BACH)
Ahead of the release of their eagerly anticipated new album, The Gaslight Anthem have released a new video, which can be viewed below.
The new track, ’45’, is the opening cut from Gaslight’s 2012 full length album ‘Handwritten’, which drops on July 23rd.
Gaslight Anthem make three UK live appearances over the summer, the first at London’s KOKO on June 11th. The band also will also play the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August.
A new video from US alternative metal outfit Iwrestledabearonce has been released. The track ‘I’m Gonna Shoot’ is taken from the band’s second full-length album ‘Ruining It For Everybody’, which was released via Century Media Records in July 2011.
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE current line-up:
Steven Bradley – guitar, programming
Mike “Rickshaw” Martin – bass guitar
Krysta Cameron – vocals
John Ganey – guitar, programming
Mikey Montgomery – drums
In May 2012, The Cult released their long-awaited album ‘Choice of Weapon’, their first full length studio record since 2007’s ‘Born Into This’.
Featuring Cult mainstays Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, alongside bassist Chris Wyse and ex-White Zombie drummer John Tempesta, the album was produced by Masters Of Reality/Queens of the Stone Age man Chris Goss. Extra production work came courtesy of Bob Rock, who previously worked with The Cult on their best-seller ‘Sonic Temple’.
As part of the ongoing promotion for ‘Choice of Weapon’, Ian Astbury gave an interview with Lithium Magazine. You can watch the half-hour conversation in the embedded video box below.
Whether long or short, Def Leppard’s live sets are often spot on. Their last London show in 2011 was no exception, as armed only with a video screen, great songs and no gimmicks, the Leps had the near impossible task of following Motley Crue’s larger than life show, which came complete with pyros, a revolving drum kit and a truck-load of attitude.
For those at that particular show, it seemed the attitude which fuelled the Motley Crue set was not just confined to the the stage. From REAL GONE’s position, we’d witnessed a drunk man making a nuisance of himself throughout the Crue set, which actually led to another audience member grabbing him around the throat and then punching him square in the face, leading to bloodloss! The Def Leppard fans were, in contrast, as genial as the band themselves.
On Wednesday June 6th, 2012, Def Leppard took a step back from the large venues and played a short set in front of an intimate crowd at Hollywood’s House of Blues. The seven song, 25 minute set was followed with a half-hour Q&A session, which can also be seen below.
As a bonus, the bottom embedded link contains 90 minutes from Def Leppard’s huge homecoming show at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 1992.
Read a review of Def Leppard’s often overlooked debut ‘On Through The Night’ here.