Lead singer and guitarist with The Dictators and Frankenstein 3000. A veteran musician and song writer for more than 30 years, Keith Roth has recorded on over 50 records as well as producing, performing, touring and writing with many music icons. Since 2003, Keith Roth is currently the host of Ozzy's Boneyard Ch 38 6pm - midnight EST, Hair Nation Ch 39 12pm - 6pm EST; Producing David Johansen's Mansion of Fun for over 20 years - Airing on The Spectrum Ch 28 12am - 3am EST.
Now Roth is embarking on his solo career releasing his first ever solo album The Law Of Diminished Returns in March 2025 through Deko Entertainment. The first single from the album "I Don't Feel Like Thinking Today!" was released on December 6th with accompanying lyric video. Roth had this to say about the album opener, "One of those tunes that you write in 5 minutes. Being in the thick of an album. I knew I needed an opener although it sounds very poppy the message is honest. Literally one of those days, an overload of news, questioning why people would want their future decided by someone other than themselves. Having faith in the faithless. The phrase just came out and the flood gates opened!" (continue)
Suburban Eyes are excited to present the music video for "4AM" from the release of the indie trio's self-titled debut album out now. With nods to both Toad The Wet Sprocket's Fear album and the announcement of the death of Wayne Shorter, the video for "4AM" itself celebrates the joy and innocence of independent childhood experiences.
"The audience is given a glimpse into a day in the life of three cousins exploring their unrestricted freedom on a sunny summer day," John Anderson of Suburban Eyes said. "The memories and relationships of youth can stay with us forever and have a lasting impact on our perspectives as we struggle to navigate adulthood in the modern age." (continue)
Following the enormous success of the first leg of their co-headlining Hollywood & N9ne Tour, which sold over 60,000 tickets, Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne are set to take the stage once again, with support from rising stars Set It Off and Zero 9:36.
The new run will mark Hollywood Undead's first coast-to-coast Canadian tour since 2015 and their first return to Western Canada since 2017, making these dates particularly special for fans north of the border. Tickets for the return of the HOLLYWOOD & N9NE Tour go on general sale at 10am local on Friday, December 20th, 2024. (continue)
FOZZY is Excited to Announce Their Most Anticipated Tour to Date: The "2025th Anniversary Tour"! Set to kick off in Springfield, MO on April 17 while concluding in Wyandotte, MI on May 12. FOZZY will hit the road on a cross country journey to 20 of the nations most epic venues, bringing their electrifying live performances for fans in every city.
Featuring Superstar showman Chris Jericho on vocals tagging with the iconic signature riffs of maven guitarist Rich Ward, Fozzy is set to launch the next phase of their 25th Anniversary tour with guitarist Billy Grey, bassist P.J. Farley, and drummer Grant Brooks rounding out the band. (continue)
Julien's Auctions announced the forthcoming auction "Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett, & More" will be held at the Musician's Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, TN on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
The auction features 60 items, 50 of these from journalist Al Aronowitz's personal archive including two pages containing three progressive typewritten drafts of the lyrics to "Mr. Tambourine Man" (estimate: $400,000-$600,000), an early Dylan oil painting from 1968 ($200,000-$300,000), a 1963 handbill from his first major headline performance at Town Hall in New York City ($1,500-$2,000), early vintage photographs, original sketches and much more. (continue)
Steven Wilson has announced details of a live film - Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall - available for the first time on 4K Ultra High Definition on February 21, 2025 via Mercury Studios. It was previously released on DVD and Blu-ray, packaged with the 2CD soundtrack of the show, in November 2018. The 4K can be ordered here.
At the end of March 2018, Steven Wilson played a sell-out three night residency at one of the world's most iconic venues: London's Royal Albert Hall. Coming at the tail end of a lengthy European tour, these concerts were the crowning achievement of an incredible seven-month period that began with the release of Wilson's fifth album, To The Bone ("His best and most complete solo album yet" Classic Rock 4*). Released in August 2017, To The Bone charted at No 3 in the UK and went top 10 all over Europe, rapidly becoming the biggest selling record in Wilson's singular thirty-year recording career. (continue)
Kim Dracula and harajuku-core trailblazers HANABIE. announced their 2025 co-headline tour across North America. Produced by Live Nation, the 24-date run kicks off on Wednesday, March 5 in Montreal, QC at MTELUS, with additional stops in Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Orlando, Nashville, Austin, Anaheim, Portland and more before wrapping up on Saturday, April 12 in Sacramento, CA at Ace of Spades. Special guest Kaonashi will join as support on all dates and Crystal Lake will join on select shows.
The co-headline tour comes on the heels of successful headline tours from both artists that took place earlier this year. On December 4th, HANABIE. released their EP Bucchigiri Tokyo and official music video for their latest track "Ito Okashi My Type." The band has previously dropped "OTAKU Lovely Densetsu" and their most recent banger, "Metamorphose!", which together have amassed nearly 3 million views on YouTube and over 2.8 million streams on Spotify alone. (continue)
Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai returned to the G3 touring concept in 2024 for a sold-out US tour. This was the original G3 line-up that saw the three virtuosos first share a stage back in 1996. Each guitarist plays a full set with their own band and then the three join together for an encore jam.
For those lucky enough to have been at any one of those 2024 shows, 'Big Bad Moon' (from Joe Satriani's Grammy-nominated, certified Gold "Flying in a Blue Dream" album) is a standout moment to relive and cherish again. For those who weren't, G3 Reunion Live is the full G3 live experience waiting to be discovered. (continue)
Ice Nine Kills are thrilled to unleash news of their very special US Headline Tour, The Silver Scream-A-Thon. This unprecedented tour, produced by Live Nation, will offer fans a thrilling two-night experience in every city, that will see the band play both their hugely successful, seminal albums The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood in full on respective evenings, along with a selection of deep cuts and fan favorites. Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 10am local on Friday, December 20th from IceNineKills.com.
Night One: A full-album performance of The Silver Scream alongside select deep cuts and brand-new material. Night Two: A complete performance of The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood along with deep cuts and brand-new material (continue)
Wounded Touch are violently busting back onto the scene with their rendition of Finch's original track "Worms of the Earth," out now. The cover is a nod to one of the band's most significant early influences.
The track, recorded and mixed by Andy Nelson (Pain of Truth, 200 Stab Wounds, Harm's Way) at Bricktop Recording and mastered by Ryan "Bart" Williams (The Black Dahlia Murder, Walls of Jericho), is the band's first release following up their dynamic split EP Traumatic Entanglement with FallFiftyFeet from earlier this year. (continue)
Former Journey frontman Steve Perry is helping fans get in the holiday spirit by releasing his official yule log video set to his recently released Christmas album "The Season 3".
The album arrived last month as an expanded edition of his original 2021 album "The Season" and now features six new tracks including "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Let It Snow", as well as the duet with his father Ray Perry, "Call Me Irresponsible". (continue)
Static-X's original Wisconsin Death Trip lineup of Tony Campos, Koichi Fukuda, & Ken Jay along with current vocalist/guitarist Xer0 will be bringing their ultra entertaining Evil Disco extravaganza on the road in 2025 for the Machines Vs Monsters Tour produced by Live Nation.
The tour kicks off May 23rd in Tucson, AZ at the Rialto Theater and concludes on June 18th in Oklahoma City, OK at The Criterion. Special guests GWAR, dope, and A Killer's Confession will be joining Static-X on the tour. Tickets for the tour will be on sale starting Friday, December 20th at 10AM local time. (continue)
Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne had a top 24 story of May 2024 after he and his family discussed his nervousness over the acceptance speech to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on an episode of The Osbournes podcast.
Ozzy went on to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist in October. He was previously inducted as a member of Black Sabbath. During the episode, his son Jack mentioned the upcoming solo induction and Ozzy suggested that he should "start rehearse the **** speech now, I'll **** it up." His daughter Kelly then added, "for those listening, one of my father's least favorite things in the world to do it give a speech and I get it. Is not a fun thing." (continue)
The sad passing of Staind's founding drummer Jon Wysocki ate the age of 53 was a top 24 story of May 2024 in our look back in the Year In Rock: Jon assed away on Saturday, May 18th, and his former bandmates paid tribute to him, including Staind frontman Aaron Lewis.
Lewis tweeted on X, ""I'm so sad. I lost my friend. A friend I loved like a brother... fought with like a brother... cared for like a brother... worried about like a brother... cried over like a brother... because he was my brother in arms. My journey would've been different without him. (continue)
Guns N' Roses landed a top 24 story of May 2024 after lead guitarist Slash revealed that the band is "trying" to make a new studio album. Slash shared the news during an interview to discuss his new solo album, "Orgy of the Damned", which hit stores May 17th.
The new album features an impressive list of special guests including AC/DC's Brian Johnson, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Chris Stapleton, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Beth Hart, Bad Company's Paul Rodgers, Iggy Pop, Gary Clark Jr., The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson and Demi Lovato. (continue)
Rush had a top 24 story of May 2024 after guitarist Alex Lifeson addressed the idea of reuniting with Geddy Lee and recruiting a drummer to replace the late Neil Peart for a Rush reunion in a new interview, calling the idea a "money ploy".
Lifeson was asked about a possible reunion by ClassicRockHistory.com and he responded, "There's so many people that ask about us getting back together, if we'll find a new drummer, or continue with Rush, and honestly, I'm proud of the fact that we haven't, and that it was over when it was over. (continue)
Led Zeppelin landed a top 24 story of May 2024 in our look back in the Year In Rock after Sony Pictures Classics revealed that they had acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia (excluding Japan), and Benelux to the first official Led Zeppelin documentary "Becoming Led Zeppelin."
hennemusic reported at the time: Directed by Bernard MacMahon ("American Epic"), the project delivers awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music as the members of Led Zeppelin tell their origin story in their own words. (continue)
Kenny Chesney earned a top 24 story of May 2024 after he brought out Megan Moroney for a special guest duet on his Sun Goes Down Tour. Here is the report in our look back in the Year In Rock: When Kenny Chesney booked his Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour, he had no way of knowing Megan Moroney would be the leading female nominee at the Academy of Country Music Awards. The idea the young woman who hit No. 1 with "Tennessee Orange" wouldn't be able to attend the ceremony wasn't on the table, and then she received not one, two or three, but six nominations; ultimately winning for New Female Artist.
"Those nominations are such a big deal when you're starting out," says the 8-time ACM and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year. "And the fact Megan was up for Female, as well as New Female, Song of the Year as writer and artist, Vocal Event and Visual Media for 'Can't Break Up Now' with Old Dominion? That's massive. I hated knowing she was missing the show, but when we're not in stadiums, she's my direct and only support." (continue)
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