Between The Buried And Me drummer Blake Richardson recently performed a cover of the Dave Matthews Band’s “Two Step” after hearing it for the first time without percussion. You can see footage of him adding his own drum parts to the track in the below video from Drumeo:
Bobby Blotzer has expressed interest in doing one more tour with RATT’s classic lineup. The drummer says he “need[s] it” for the “closure.”
Blotzer told The Hair Metal Guru the following when asked about a rumored tour with Mötley Crüe:
“I heard that from people. I think I saw something Nikki [Sixx] wrote [on social media] — I can’t remember — he’s going, ‘Yeah, we’re trying to get bands [to join us on tour]. We’re going round and round and round.’ And if that’s not a direct, like, ‘Get your shit together or fuck off’ to RATT, I don’t know what is. But that is a ticket that needs to happen, I think.
I don’t know, man. I’m not friends with those guys anymore — for no reason other than everybody’s gone different ways. But it would be insane to have MÖTLEY and RATT go out. That would be a great double bill, for sure. People would love to see that.”
He also agreed with the interviewer’s assessment that he wants “one more go-around”:
“Absolutely. Yeah, man. I need it. It’s closure. I wanna say goodbye to the fans [who gave us] so much for so long. I just — I wouldn’t say ‘celebrated’, but last week was 44 years since I joined RATT, and that’s when my son was born. He was one month old when I officially joined RATT March 12th of ’82.”
[via Blabbermouth]
Stanley Simmons, the project featuring Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, the sons of KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, have premiered a new video for their new song “Dancing While The World Is Ending.” You can check that out below:
Suzi Quatro and Alice Cooper have shared a new video for their cover of MC5’s “Kick Out The Jams.” You can check that out below. The track appears on Quatro’s latest album “Freedom.”
As previously reported, Iron Maiden were recently nominated for the 2026 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction. However, the initial announcement failed to mention ex-singer Blaze Bayley. Despite this, his name has since been added to the list of nominees.
Billy Morrison (Billy Idol, etc.) has recruited Sully Erna (Godsmack) and Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) for a new song titled “Becoming.” You can check that out below. The track is from Morrison’s new album, “Hollow,” which is expected to be released in August.
Morrison commented:
“‘Becoming‘ is about “transforming out of the darkness and negativity of certain lifestyle choices and becoming a strong, positive and powerful force. For an in-depth description, you would have to ask Sully about the lyrics that he wrote.
When the music to ‘Becoming’ was finally finished, in my mind there was only one person I could imagine singing it, and that was Sully Erna. His work with Godsmack over the decades has just proven his voice to be one of the most powerful in rock music. Plus he’s a great guy to hang with. So fortunately for me, not only was his response ‘Absolutely I’ll sing it.’ We got to record it in Los Angeles together while he was here.
It was a killer vibe, and when we were all at the Above Ground show late last year here in LA, it seemed only fitting for me to ask Nuno to play lead (keeping it Boston on this track!). And again, he graciously agreed, and absolutely killed it. It’s been a pleasure to work with both Sully and Nuno on this song — it’s the perfect collaboration to launch this new album of mine!”
Erna continued:
“I really enjoyed working with Billy and Nuno on this track. It’s always a bit challenging when you have three creative people that work at such high levels of production to get to the finish line, but in the end the product always speaks for itself. And this song is strong! It’s a perfect example of not settling for anything less.”
Bettencourt added:
“When you’re asked to collaborate on a song with incredible artists like Sully Erna and Billy Morrison, you’d have to say ‘yes’ before even hearing the song. But man, when you DO hear the song and it’s as badass as this…you forget who’s on it and just do it for the love of it.”
Paradise Lost have announced a 35th anniversary edition of their 1991 album “Gothic.” The updated record will be available on vinyl and CD on May 15. Jaime Gomez Arellano remastered the effort and it will also include a 1991 live set from Germany.
Here’s the track listing:
Disc 1 (“Gothic”):
01. “Gothic”
02. “Dead Emotion”
03. “Shattered”
04. “Rapture”
05. “Eternal”
06. “Falling Forever”
07. “Angel Tears”
08. “Silent”
09. “The Painless”
10. “Desolate”
Disc 2 (“Live In Ludwigsburg 1991”):
01. “Intro” (live)
02. “Dead Emotion” (live)
03. “Gothic” (live)
04. “Paradise Lost” (live)
05. “Breeding Fear” (live)
06. “Eternal” (live)
07. “Shattered” (live)
08. “Frozen Illusion” (live)
09. “Angel Tears” (live)
10. “The Painless” (live)
11. “Our Saviour” (live)
12. “Deadly Inner Sense” (live)
Pre-orders can be found HERE. A remastered version of “Eternal” can also be found below:
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