The Music News Update

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Here's an interview with Wildestarr's Dave Starr (ex-Vicious Rumors / ex-Chastain). It's a big interview with Starr revealing some surprising health news.

Mike Mitchell, the guitarist for The Kingsmen (best known for their "Louie Louie" hit song) has passed away.

Skid Row has signed a worldwide deal with earMUSIC.

Mudvayne is reuniting for some live shows.

The Wildhearts will release their new album 21st Century Love Songs on September 3rd via Graphite Records.

The Phil Lewis / Tracii Guns version of L.A. Guns will release their new studio album Checkered Past in November via Frontiers Music Srl.

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Ted Nugent has tested positive for Covid-19 and he confirmed it in a video message.

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CD Review - Cheap Trick - In Another World

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Rapper Black Rob has passed away.

Jim Steinman, the songwriter who wrote the Bat Out Of Hell album (which has sold upwards of 50 million copies) as well as big hits for Celine Dion, Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply and Barry Manilow, has passed away.

Massacre has signed with Nuclear Blast Records.

Singer Wade Black (Crimson Glory, Seven Witches, Leatherwolf) has a new project called Chalice of Sin. The band's self-titled debut album is due out June 18th via Frontiers Music Srl. Details.


01. Chalice Of Sin
02. Great Escape
03. Whisky
04. Miracle
05. Sacred Shrine
06. Ashes Of The Black Rose
07. Through The Eyes Of A Child
08. I Stand
09. The Show
10. The Fight
11. Nightmare

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Of Mice & Men EP news.

The new Buckcherry album will be called Hellbound. It's due out June 25th via Round Hill Records. Details.

01. 54321
02. So Hott
03. Hellbound
04. Gun
05. No More Lies
06. Here I Come
07. Junk
08. Wasting No More Time
09. The Way
10. Barricade

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Steinman passing is a big blow. His rock songs are just EPIC masterpieces that ...we all can sit and run down. This is the sample of Steinman's songs.


Bat Out of Hell
Paradise by Dashboard Light
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us
I Would Do Anything for Love
Making Love out of Nothing At All
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Holding Out for a Hero
Original Sin
Its All Coming Back To Me Now


Man could write some epic rock songs. And to think Clive Davis told him how he didn't know how to write rock songs when he started.

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The band Headless has signed with M-Theory Audio for the release of their album Square One. The band features ex-Yngwie Malmsteen singer Goran Edman on vocals. Details.

The new Joe Bonamassa live album Now Serving: Royal Tea - Live From The Ryman is due out June 11th. Details.

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The Cassette Chronicles #171 - Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy

Former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown has passed away.

Yola will release her 2nd album, entitled Stand For Myself on June 30th.

Pressure will release their The Path of A Shadow on May 7th. Details.

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Crystal Viper singer Marta Gabriel will release her debut solo album Metal Queens on July 30th via Listenable Records. Details.

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Well they are going to squeeze him for every drop of information they can get out of him. If he holds back even a little, say goodbye to the deal.

Dee Snider had some interesting comments about Schaffer in a in a recent interview.

Never have I loved Dee Snider as much as I do today.

Ted Nugent has tested positive for Covid-19 and he confirmed it in a video message.

LOLz. What a rough way to get a dose of reality shoved in your face.

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Brett Young's new album will be called Weekends Look A Little Different These Days on June 4th.

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Rock music record producer Michael Wagener has announced his retirement.

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The debut album from country songwriter Rory Feek will be called Gentle Man. It is due out June 18th.

The new Billie Eilish album will be called Happier Than Ever. It is due out July 30th via Darkroom / Interscope.

Here's the track listing:

01 Getting Older
02 I Didn’t Change My Number
03 Billie Bossa Nova
04 my future
05 Oxytocin
06 GOLDWING
07 Lost Cause
08 Halley’s Comet
09 Not My Responsibility
10 OverHeated
11 Everybody Dies
12 Your Power
13 NDA
14 Therefore I Am
15 Happier Than Ever
16 Male Fantasy

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The new Exodus album is due out in the summer of 2021 and will be called Persona Non Grata.

The album has been delayed as drummer Tom Hunting fights a cancer diagnosis.

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My interview with Greek metal band Illusory!

Priscilla Block will release her self-titled debut EP on April 30th. Article Link.

Darkthrone album news.

Asia box set news.

L.A. Guns will release their Cocked & Loaded Live album on July 9th via Frontiers Music Srl. Details

01. Slap In The Face
02. Rip And Tear
03. Sleazy Come Easy Go
04. Never Enough
05. Malaria
06. The Ballad Of Jayne
07. Magdalaine
08. Give A Little
09. Speed
10. 17 Crash
11. Showdown (Riot On Sunset)
12. Wheels Of Fire
13. I Wanna Be Your Man

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The Zac Brown Band has signed a deal with Warner Music Nashville / Home Grown Music.

Genesis has announced a fall 2021 North America slate of dates. Article Link.

Motorhead's No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith is getting a 40th Anniversary reissue.

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Former Judas Priest drummer John Hinch has passed away.