May Birthdays
Drummers dominate the month of May for birthdays, John ‘Bonzo’ Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Bill Ward of Black Sabbath, Alex Van Halen of Van Halen, Eric Singer of KISS, Roger Earl of Foghat, Phil Rudd of AC/DC and Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains. If you know of any others, let us know.
April Birthdays
April Birthdays from outer space including Vinnie Moore and Phil Mogg of UFO and Space ‘Ace’ Frehley of KISS. The man in black and his Strat. Also see what real life Howard Stern clown and Metal drummer was born an April Fool.
January Birthdays
The new year kicks off with January birthdays from a diverse group of rockers. From AC/DC to Zeppelin and everything in between.
December Birthdays
Two of the hardest living, hardest partying and hardest rocking men in Hard Rock and Metal, Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmister were born this month along with numerous other rock and metal legends.
November Birthdays
Blue Oyster Cult is well represented in the month of November for birthdays with three members celebrating being born this month. Along with many legendary guitarist.
Roctober Birthdays
The guitarists for one of Metals greatest guitar tandems Judas Priest’s K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton were both born in Roctober! See what other rockers were born this month.
30th Anniversary Celebration ‘Screaming For Vengeance’
To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the release of ‘Screaming For Vengeance’ Judas Priest will issue a Special 30th Anniversary Edition”, containing not only the remastered original album plus bonus tracks, but also a live DVD from the 1983 US Festival show, filmed in San Bernadino CA on May 29, 1983.
August Birthdays
Leo’s and Virgo’s know how to rock. The month of August is hot and full of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Legends. I don’t know what was in the air nine months before August, but it must have been rock and metal dust. Wait until you see who was born this month. WOW!
Lyric Video For New KISS Song ‘Hell or Hallelujah’
With the new KISS record Monster due out this Fall, the band has released a lyric music video for the first single off the record called ‘Hell or Hallelujah,’ it ROCKS!
July Birthdays
The greatest Hard Rock/Heavy Metal singer ever was born in the month of July. Ronnie James Dio born Ronald James Padavona was born on the 10th, 1942. Making July Ronnie James Dio month. Celebrate it by listening to at least one DIO sang song every day.
Review | Fatal Smile ’21st Century Freaks’
Look out! The circus is in town and the freaks have arrived, ‘21st Century Freaks‘ that is, the new ball busting, monster, Heavy Metal album from Sweden’s Fatal Smile.
June Birthdays
Guitarist/Vocalist Niklas Stalvind of the Swedish Metal band WOLF leads off the month of June for birthdays along with some heavy hitters from multiple generations of rockers.
Win A Free Rock Music T-Shirt
The Rockin’ crew at T-Shirts.com is offering a free Rock Music related tee shirt to the person that comes up with the best caption for a photo that may leave you speechless, but let’s hope not. Give it your best shot and win the tee.
Interview | Josh Schwartz From ‘A Sound Of Thunder’
Check out my audio interview with A Sound Of Thunder guitarist Josh Schwartz talking about his band, their new record and what’s in the future for this kick ass group.
