Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Drumtalk, the video podcast by German drummer and videographer Philipp Koch, conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini last year in Bonn, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how important it is for musicia... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Mike Portnoy says that "would love nothing more" than to have his former bandmates in DREAM THEATER join him at his 50th-birthday party in early 2017. Portnoy will celebrate the milestone event on next February's Cruise To The Edge, where he will pe... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Asked if think... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Metal Wani's editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with guitarist Herman Li of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Speaking about the reactions from metal m... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Prog-rock fans are in for a treat on next February's Cruise To The Edge music vacation: iconic drummer and former member of DREAM THEATER, Mike Portnoy will — for the first time ever — perform the band's "12 Step Suite" in its entirety ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — According to Melodic Rock, Rik Emmett will be rejoined by his bandmates in TRIUMPH, bassist Mike Levine and drummer Gil Moore, on three songs on the vocalist/guitarist's upcoming album, to be released later in the year. The collaboration will mark th... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — THE WINERY DOGS, the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB), legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON), launched anoth... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Ernie Ball Music Man, one of the world's premier guitar, bass and amplifier manufacturers, announced the JP16, a brand new guitar designed in collaboration with acclaimed guitarist John Petrucci. Named by Guitar World magazine as one of the greatest ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Glenn Hughes spoke to the Danish metal magazine Metalized about BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's plans to reunite for a fourth studio album in 2017. BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION was the Anglo-American rock supergroup featuring Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE), dru... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Drummer Arin Ilejay says that he was "totally shocked and scared" after being fired by AVENGED SEVENFOLD in 2014. Ilejay's exit from AVENGED SEVENFOLD after four years was announced last July even though he had been out of the band for a year. He ha... more info