“If somebody asked me about something about the band, like what a strength would be of the band, I always say a live show whether you like the band or not…” From Release: Multi-platinum hard-rock heroes, EXTREME, are touring Australia in 2023 with their friends, LIVING COLOUR. With the force of a Boston wrecking ball, EXTREME swings between unapologetic fits […]

“One of the pre requisites of performing in Bon But Not Forgotten is to have a passion and great understanding of what AC/DC deliver.” From release: It will definitely be a High Voltage event when BON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, the ultimate AC/DC Tribute Act head out on a Nation-Wide run of shows, commemorating the 76th birthday of the legendary Bon […]

There are not many iconic and legendary guitarists who hold the same esteem, respect and legacy as Eddie Van Halen. A guitarist who shaped generations, shaped genres and blew our minds with the heights he took his instrument to. The death of Eddie Van Halen on 6 October 2020 will forever be a date etched into the collective memories of […]

Sammy Hagar & The Circle will release their debut album of original material, Space Between on May 10 through BMG. The album, written by Hagar, unfolds like a novel with each song exploring a different chapter in a saga about money, greed, enlightenment and truth. The video for “Trust Fund Baby,” directed by ZZ Satriani (son of Hagar’s longtime collaborator and friend Joe Satriani) is an extreme […]

“You know if your purpose or your goal is just to pretend you’re a teenager the rest of your career then your career is not going to be interesting, it’s going to be boring.” From release: The Original Voice of SKID ROW, Musical Royalty SEBASTIAN BACH returns to Australia this October! Hailed as one of the finest front men to […]

“…there’s going to be people that hate us and always hate us and always leave bad reviews on iTunes and those people can just suck my dick, but for us we’re a really consistent bitchin’ heavy metal  band and if you’re into bitchin’ heavy metal that gets pussy this is another bitchin’ record, so…” From Release: Lower The Bar is Steel […]

“This time we had all four of us in there at the same time when we were practising putting the songs together so there was no guess work on how it was going to sound when the bass guitar was added. Then we spent just a whole lot more time in pre-production just putting as many ideas as possible together…” […]

“Instead of thinking about that we just went in and had a great time *laughs* and made some music that got us excited and put it together, so it was a different mindset, again I think that the only rules in place were we’re not going to record the record in the same way that we did the last two, […]

Van Halen’s First Six Albums to be Remastered Directly from the ANALOGUE Master Recordings WITH VAN HALEN AND 1984 – SET FOR APRIL 3 RELEASE Van Halen will release its first-ever live albumto feature original singer David Lee Roth. Recorded on June 21, 2013 at the famed Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo Dome Live In Concert includes 23 songs, […]

“Woke up to the sound of pouring rain…” Literally. It is terrible outside this morning, of all days… This could make for a very interesting day… As the mentioned rain delayed my arrival at the inaugural Stone Music Festival at ANZ Stadium, this is a festival that really hasn’t been accepted as much as it should’ve, I mean and who […]

TWO FULL DAY SUPER CONCERTS! – A celebration of music, life & freedom! Aerosmith set to join the Saturday line-up! – Billy Joel, Van Halen and Aerosmith all performing full 90 minute sets  Billy Joel and Van Halen’s only Australian shows! For Immediate Release: Thursday, 4 April, 2013: With just over TWO weeks to go until the first ever STONE […]

STONE Music Festival is coming to Sydney in April! Only Australian performances from Billy Joel, Van Halen and Kings of Chaos Billy Joel (Sunday 21 April) and Van Halen (Saturday, 20 April) have been confirmed to headline the inaugural STONE Music Festival to be held over two days at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium. STONE Music Festival will be an EPIC once-in-a-lifetime Aussie celebration […]

It’s finally here… Thanks to our friends at Universal Music Australia, we have five copies of the new VAN HALEN album ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’  to give away to five of our lucky readers.  First single ‘Tattoo’ has the fans divided, you can hear it for yourself below but from what we hear, the album is a huge rocker!  […]

VAN HALEN ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM,  A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH Van Halen, Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductees and one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time, confirmed their new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, will be released in the Australia on February 3, 4 days ahead of the U.S. which releases […]

“Even today I try and get things as 99% right as possible. Paul Stanley phoned me up to talk about doing the shoot for his solo album “Live To Win”. I said “Paul have you got a makeup artist you want to use?” and he goes “Neil I don’t need a makeup artist, we are going to get everything retouched […]