West Coast based glam punk n rollers PROPHETS OF ADDICTION have released the third video for “Walk the World” from their latest album, Face the Music, which saw a successful digital release in October of 2024 through Bravewords Records and is now in brick and mortar stores through F-Bomb Records and distributed via The Orchard / Sony Music Entertainment.  The band teamed up …

The brand new EVICK single, “Your Last One,” combines a classic feel with a fresh, modern edge While he is best known for commanding the stage as Bret Michaels’ lead guitarist and music director for over two decades, Pete Evick spent many years before that on the road and in the studio with his band Some Odd Reason, signed to …

When is the last time rock ‘n’ roll made you feel good? We’re talking heart-racing, headbanging, fist-pumping good? Sing-along, shout-it-out-loud, party-all-night good? If it’s been a minute, know that you’re not alone. Also, know this: Gavin Evick has your back. The 22-year-old singer, songwriter and leader of the namesake Gavin Evick Band may be a child of the 21st century, …

Guitarist and singer / songwriter PETE EVICK, best known as the lead guitarist and band director of the Bret Michaels Band has released a new single today, “For Whom It May Concern,” the latest in a string of single releases that Evick has undertaken in the past year and will continue to do in the foreseeable future. In 1998 Pete …

                        Rising UK heavy rock trio, BLITZ release the track, “Freddie Said” – a tribute to Freddie Mercury today, which would have been the legendary frontman’s 77th birthday. Taken from the band’s upcoming album, Kicking Up A Storm, “Freddie Said”  is, “without a doubt our most complex song arrangement wise,” relays …

Phoenix, AZ based melodic hard rockers ESCAPE THE HIVE release a brand-new single today and along with it, the video for “Separate Lives,” which the band teamed up with Sleaze Roxx for the premiere of and can be seen here. Pulled from the band’s debut album, This is Gonna Sting, released on 15 September via Shock Records / Vanity Music …

  Today sees the release of “Scream Your Name,” the first single and video from HELL’S ADDICTION’S long awaited new album, entitled 9 O’Clock Horses and due on 29 September through Weapon Records / Vanity Music Group. “Scream Your Name” sees the Leicester, UK based quintet come tearing out of the gate with the perfect track to introduce the public to the 9 …

                                    Out now through 20th Century Music / Vanity Music Group are two previously unreleased albums worth of material from a couple of Hollywood’s hottest properties in the late 80s and early 90s. ST. VALENTINE were basically the face of the Sunset Strip through the latter half …

Favorite Songs” is what is missing from the music industry today: a heartfelt power ballad that is reminiscent of the ’80s hard-rock sound that dominated the airwaves for a decade. Much like the raw emotion heard when music icon Bret Michaels poured his heart out on the timeless crossover hit, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” Gavin has embraced the high …

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Los Angeles metal stalwarts ATTACK OF THE RISING have recently finished work on their newest album, Game Changer. Recorded at GailForce Studios and Skull Seven Studios with legendary Bill Metoyer at the helm, Game Changer will be out in the late Spring of 2021 via Weapon Records / Vanity Music Group, preceded by “a single or two,” according to guitarist and band co-founder Tony Lepre. The …

New York City early 90s AOR heroes VALENTINE led by one of the most loved voices in music, courtesy of Hugo Valenti, have released “Sandy,” the first single from their upcoming collection Demos from the Attic and it can be downloaded from here. The Demos from the Attic collection comes two decades after the quartet’s much loved debut surfaced on Giant / Reprise Records in …

Vancouver, Canada’s glampunk kings DIRTBAG REPUBLIC have released the first single from their forthcoming Tear Down Your Idols full length album due this Spring via Shock Records / Vanity Music Group. According to frontman, Sandy Hazard, ““Wannabees” is an anthem for all of the musicians that tried but didn’t get the breaks over the years.” The track is a great representation of what’s to …

Vancouver based glam punk quintet DIRTBAG REPUBLIC have finished shooting the video for “Wannabees”, the first single from their upcoming Tear Down Your Idols full length album. Set to premiere on 7 January 2021, “Wannabees” was directed by Matt Leaf from Hadron Films (Mother Mother, The Pack AD, k-os and others) and shot in the band’s hometown of Vancouver, Canada. Frontman, Sandy Hazard on …

Veteran metallers AITTALA (pronounced EYE-tah-la) have signed with Exitus Stratagem Records (ExSR) beginning with the re-release of their fully remastered fourth album, American Nightmare as the band works on their sixth currently untitled studio album. Hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, AITTALA was initially formed back in 1991 in The Netherlands by lead vocalist / guitarist and band namesake Eric Aittala, the band quickly became an attraction …

North Carolina hard rock outfit, THE FIFTH are currently hard at work on their new Ep, Ascension, which will see the light of day later this year through EXS Records and distributed both digitally and to retail outlets by The Orchard / Sony Music via Vanity Music Group. Produced by the band themselves and recorded by Andy Pow at Digital Wave Recording in …

Phoenix based retro rockers KINGS OF DUST have released a lyric video for the track “Ya, That’s Me,” which can be seen here. “The song discusses being stuck with who you are. Good or bad,” says singer Michael Thomas Beck.  “This was one of the tracks that the rhythm section recorded in one take. There are several of those on …