Hookers & Blow, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi. Recently hit the studios last year to record a covers album that will be released in 2021 via Golden Robot Records. Now the band are set to release the fifth single off the album, a cover of The Zombie’s Time …
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HOOKERS & BLOW Led By Guns ‘N’ Roses Keyboardist, Dizzy Reed Gets A Big Shout Out From Charlie Sheen! Announces More Tour Dates Hookers & Blow, the now legendary project formed by long time Guns ’n’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, recently announced a global merchandise and recording deal with the world’s …
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Saturday morning at Camp Hard Rock Hell dawned crisp and bright, with the day going on to prove to be warmest of the weekend. And so, as the sun made its first appearance, and after a morning of hanging around the press area waiting on bands not turning up for …
Read More »Gunzo – Club Academy, Manchester: 13th September 2015
As the nights start drawing in and evenings are getting dark earlier we head into a busy season for gig goers. The thirteenth, unlucky for some and what would otherwise, have been a quiet Sunday night in September, brought Gunzo to Club Academy in Manchester. Gunzo, not to be confused …
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Supergroups. One of the most despised words in music journalism. But, they are a phenomenon which come together for multiple reasons. Some of them come down to financial considerations – a bunch of down on their luck musos pooling their combined, and often dubious talents, in order to pull together …
Read More »Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute
It is hard to believe that it is 33 years since I heard the news of Randy Rhoads’ death in a tragic plane crash on Friday, March 19th 1982 on Tommy Vance’s Friday Rock Show on B.B.C Radio 1. I never got to see him play as even though I …
Read More »Rough Cut – Rollin’ Thunder EP
Back in the early to mid-1980s, a band called Rough Cutt had everything that it could possibly to take to become the then “next big thing” – big hair, big tunes, a big record deal (with Warner Brothers) and big management (in the shape of one Wendy Dio). However, despite …
Read More »Hotel Diablo – ‘The Return To Psycho, California’
Hotel Diablo should know a thing or two about sleaziness… after all, guitarist Alex Grossi has been involved with Bang Tango and Quiet Riot, as well as being an on-off-on touring (and sometime recording) member of Adler’s Appetite, the latter alongside vocalist and fellow HD founder Rick Stitch. Throw in …
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