Steve Mascord

1 week ago | hotmetalmag.com | Steve Mascord

MELBOURNE City Council wants Ackadacka to climb onto the Swantston Street flatbed truck one more time. The 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic rock videos of all time – AC/DC performing “It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock’n’Roll)” on the back for a truck driving through the Melbourne CBD – is coming up and the band is heavily tipped to return to Australia at the end of the year. That led to a light bulb appearing over the heads of councillors.

1 week ago | hotmetalmag.com | Steve Mascord

LA Guns – Waking The Dead Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith $53.74 Motley Crue – Cancelled EP (CD) $30.08 Slash – Orgy Of The Damned CD and vinyl $23.33 Skid Row – Subhuman Race vinyl $57.03 Riley’s LA Guns – Renegades $65.99 Motley Crue – Shout At The Devil 40th anniversary boxed set $271.88 KISS – Creatures Of The Night 5CD blue ray boxed set $317.42 Tags: Jimmy BarnesJoe StumpRed VoodooRobbie WilliamsScorpion ChildTony IommiVelveteen Queen...

1 week ago | hotmetalmag.com | Steve Mascord

REUNION tours rake in the cash but Buckcherry singer Josh Todd isn’t buying the theory it’s a sure fire way to success in the modern music industry. Oasis fans are estimated to have spent A$2.1 billion on tickets to the Brit Rock legends’ upcoming stadium shows while in the US post-grunge outfit Creed have been watching the cash registers go wild after sometimes-troubled singer Scott Stapp reunited with the Christian rockers.

2 weeks ago | hotmetalmag.com | Steve Mascord

By STEVE MASCORDDavid Lee Roth – “Damn Good”While most punters would be a bit unsure of buying a BALLAD by Diamond Dave, this is pretty classy offering and at least as good as his Van Halen material. Steve Vai plays some great notes in this tear jerker which should garner airplay. Def Leppard – “Live Bites” 12 inchOK, we’ve already reviewed the single. But this has some good extras, like the orgasmic mix of “Excitable”, an archetypal guitar dance track if ever there was one.

2 weeks ago | hotmetalmag.com | Steve Mascord

THINGS are hotting up as we close in on three weeks until Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne bid us farewell at Vila Park in Birmingham. Unofficial ticket resellers have the cheapest tickets at just under A$2000 but that might go down with the news the event is to be streamed and made available for replay at a cost of around A$40 – with the money going to three charities.