Amy Sciarretto
You Can Now Play Guitar With Your Pee
And now, for the discerning person with enough hubris and ego to actually think that even their urine is creative, we present Guitar Pee, an interactive urinal. Wait, what? No, make that WTF? We know, it’s just wrong on all sorts of levels and we haven’t even gotten to the hook yet. No pun intended.
Gene Simmons Endorses Mitt Romney for President
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons appeared on Fox News Channel’s ‘Fox & Friends’ and the hot topics The Demon touched on included the 2012 election, President Obama, who he supported in 2008, and of course, a Gene business endeavor in the form of his Rock & Brew bar that’s launching near the Los Angeles Airport.
Yes and Genesis Members Announce Release Date for New Squackett Album
Here’s a riddle, of sorts. What’s a “Squackett?” No, it’s not some hybrid bird created in a lab, unless you want to get metaphorical and consider music a bird and a studio a lab. It’s what you get when you cross Yes bassist Chris Squire (who has played on every one of said band’s records) and onetime Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. The duo will release ‘A Life Within a Day’ on May 29 via Esoteric
Alice Cooper Gets Robbed
Alice Cooper’s storage facility, which is full of archival items that are essentially priceless, was broken into early this week, by someone apparently unafraid of making enemies with a man who owns snakes and guillotines.
Kiss on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: ‘We’ll Just Buy It and Fire Everybody’
Ted Nugent once said he wanted to buy Muzak for $10 million in order to shut it down, since it represented everything “uncool” about music. Now, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has similar feelings towards the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band has been eligible for induction into the music institution since 1999, but they’ve yet to be voted in. You can bet that Simmons’ feathers are ruffled by their
Crosby, Stills and Nash Announce Massive 2012 Summer Tour
Fifty two. That’s not their average age, but the amount of dates that Crosby, Stills and Nash have scheduled for their upcoming summer tour.
Metallica Promises ‘New, Sick as F—, Over the Top, Out of Control’ Stage Design for Future Shows
About a month after their historic, newly launching Orion Music + More festival weekend, which takes places this June in Atlantic City, N.J., the mighty Metallica will return to Mexico for a pair of shows at the Sports Palace in Mexico City. The shows are scheduled for Aug. 1 and 2. Why is that a big deal, other than being a few more tour dates? Well, the Four Horsemen promised to unveil a “mind-b
Ronnie Montrose Tribute Presented on ‘InTheStudio’ Radio Show
‘InTheStudio: The Stories Behind History’s Greatest Rock Bands,’ the nationally syndicated radio show, is paying tribute to the late, great Ronnie Montrose in a special ‘Medium Rare’ episode.
Sammy Hagar on Eddie Van Halen: ‘I Don’t Hate the Guy. I Love the Guy’
Sammy Hagar has shared his true feelings about his former bandmate, Eddie Van Halen. Even though the Red Rocker’s split with Van Halen was a rather difficult one, he contends that he doesn’t hate the guitarist, nor does he wish him ill. It’s more of a case of hating the sin, not the sinner.
Kiss to Appear At Opening of Band-Themed Las Vegas Mini Golf Course
Fore! Grab your putters and head over to Las Vegas’s hottest mini golfing green, Kiss fans! And guess what? It’s a glow-in-the-dark course, too. How cool, right?
Metallica Name Director for 3D Film Due Out in 2013
More details have surfaced about Metallica‘s upcoming 3D feature film. It will land in multiplexes in 2013 and the Four Horseman have tapped Nimród Antal to direct. It has also been confirmed that the film will marry a narrative with concert footage.
Van Halen’s Early Years Dissected on New Radio Show
Nationally syndicated radio show ‘InTheStudio: The Stories Behind History’s Greatest Rock Bands’ will take a look back at Van Halen‘s early days in their latest episode. With the new album ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ out now, the show uses interviews with founding band members to offer a peek into their mindset at this particular formative era.