This Week in Rock

“Roads To Madness: The Touring History Of Queensrÿche (1981-1997)“ will be published in March. The book covers all the concert dates that feature band’s original lineup. Pre-order at nwmetalworxmusic.com. The progressive heavy metal band formed in the early ’80’s and have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over six million albums in the U.S.   A limited…

Green Day took the stage during ABC’s broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” and called out Donald Trump’s supporters by changing the lyrics to their ‘04 hit “American Idiot.”  Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sings “I’m not part of the MAGA (Make America Great Again) agenda” rather than the original line,…

The groundbreaking vocalist is in the RockinTown Hall of Fame – Class of 2024. According to legend, Tina Turner’s life and career took a dramatic turn for the better as soon as she left her violent husband Ike.  Not exactly accurate. Her first two albums after splitting from Ike, “Rough” (’78) and “Love Explosion” (’79) were…

Evanescence has released a music video for the song “Yeah Right,” directed and edited by Eric Richter. The track is from ’21’s “The Bitter Truth,” the band’s first album of original music in a decade. The set reached #11 on the Billboard 200 and landed in the Top 5 on the Alternative, Hard Rock, and Rock Albums charts….

Now that KISS has reached the “End Of The Road” as a live act or at least the end of a road, frontman Paul Stanley has offered his take on the band’s recording career. Best Song: “Rock And Roll All Night.” That’s pretty obvious but “Detroit Rock City” is right up there. Best Album: “KISS…

Arch Enemy have “amicably” parted ways with longtime – 9 years – guitarist Jeff Loomis (pictured above). “We respect that he’s in a place and time in life where he needs to step out of Arch Enemy and we all wish him nothing but the best moving forward,” wrote band founder and chief songwriter Michael Amott in a 12/30 post. Amott…

12/2  KISS close out their “End of the Road” farewell tour with the second of two shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. At the end of the concert, KISS introduces avatars “a combination of LED screen projection and lasers, as way the KISS brand will continue.  “The band will never stop,” says frontman Paul…

Ivan Moody leaves Vegas, starts a business and gets a key. 3/4 “Welcome To The Circus” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart.  The track is from Five Finger Death Punch’s ninth studio album “AfterLife.” 3/8 Vocalist Ivan Moody marks his fifth year of sobriety.  He nearly died due to an alcohol-related seizure and went…

A comeback album, a #1 song and a dust-up with PETA. 7/25 Staind is #1 on Billboard’s Active Rock survey with “Lowest In Me.” The single, the band’s first since ’11, is from their eighth studio album, “Confessions Of The Fallen.” 8/5  “Lowest In Me” is #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.  It’s the band’s fifth single to…