BW&BK reports that RUSH's Replay X 3 - a four-disc box set containing DVD reissues of Exit… Stage Left, Grace Under Pressure Tour and A Show Of Hands along with first time in print CD soundtrack version of the Grace Under Pressure Tour - has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of 2 million copies.

As previously reported, the band's The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974 – 1987 compilation was recently certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies.

Rush are at work on their new studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, SHADOWS FALL). An early 2007 release is expected.

Source BW&BK

Glammetal has recently conducted interview with Warrant's guitarist Erik Turner. Few excerpts are follows:

Q: Erik, first of all let me congratulate you on the release of Born Again. This is Warrant's first album since 1997. Tell me about the direction of the music on the new CD?
A: "Yes, it is the first all original record. There has been a bunch of stuff live records and re-recordings. It has been ten years since we put out Belly To Belly. It has all new original material on it. We are pretty proud of it."

Q: Tell me about the title? Does this symbolize the rebirth of the band?
A: "Yes, that is kind of where the title came from. We got a new singer. It kinds of feels like a fresh new beginning. It would be nice for our musical careers to be born again. It has that kind of double meaning. A lot of people think of Christianity, when they think of "Born Again". 80's rock being born again, that is where the title came from."

Q: I noticed on your new album that it is a lot more guitar oriented. I know there was a time back in the grunge era, when the guitar solo sort of took a back seat, and everything sounded the same.  How do you feel about the popularity of the guitar riff making a comeback?
A: I like a lot of the grunge music, like Alice In Chains and Soundgarden. There was awhile there, where people got away from guitar solos. I play rhythm guitar. I play one solo on the record. I love a guitar solo, that is what I grew up with Aerosmith, and AC/DC, Led Zeppelin. If you listen to Avenged Sevenfold, there is some great guitar playing on that record.  We just make Warrant music. Hopefully people will like it. We had a lot of fun making the CD, and out our heart and soul into it.  The CD turned out cool. 

Q: Would you say, "Born Again rekindles that old school sound? Is that what you were aiming for at when you went into the studio?
A: We did "Belly to Belly" and those CD's, and we are proud of them, but they are definitely a stretch from the old school Warrant sound that people seem to know and love. When we went into to make this CD, we really wanted to make a CD for people that dig Dirty Rotten Stinking Rich, and Cherry Pie.  We wanted to make a CD that would fit in with that sound. We wrote 22 songs. When we went to select the songs for the new CD, we kept in mind the type of CD, we wanted to make. So yes there was a conscience effort involved, in making the record.

Q: Why did Jani Lane leave the band? Did he want to pursue a solo career?
A: Yes, pretty much. He left the band in 93 to do a solo career and then returned.  I don't know exactly what all of his reasons were. I mean we had some conversations, as you can imagine, it wasn't very pleasant. Then that was it. He was like; I want to do my own thing. We decided to keep on going.  Now 2 1/2 years later, we are still doing it.

Q: How does the new version of Warrant compare to the old Warrant sound back in 1989?
A: I think we are better musicians. We appreciate what we have more. We just enjoy doing what we do.

Q: Are you working on a DVD?
A: We shot twelve videos for the new CD, "Born Again." It is basically a compilation of those twelve videos. It also features about a half hour into he studio, footage from the road. It is turning out pretty cool; we will probably release it in the Fall sometime.

Q: What made the songs  from the 80's metal genre so timeless?
A:  I think it just the good melodies and good songwriting; the lyrics are pretty easy to listen to. 

Q: Eric, how would you describe the 80's?
A: Good times, it was all about a big party and just having fun.

Q: What does the future of Warrant hold?
A: All I can say is that we have a bunch of shows booked thru December; we are going to be pushing the new CD

Source Glammetal

Frontiers Records has announced the release of WINGER's Demo Anthology, due on March 23rd, 2007.

Comprising of all the demos recorded by Winger during the 80's and early 90's, in preparation of their multi million selling albums Winger, In The Heart Of The Young and Pull, the Demo Anthology will be a very special 2CD release that includes the following tracklisting:

CD1 - 'Madalaine', 'Hungry', 'Seventeen', 'State Of Emergency', 'Time To Surrender', 'Hangin' On', 'Headed For A Heartbreak', 'Only Love' (*), 'Can't Get Enough', 'Loosen Up', 'Easy Come Easy Go', 'Rainbow In The Rose', 'In The Day We'll Never See', 'Under One Condition', 'Little Dirty Blonde', 'Star Tripper' (*), 'You Are The Saint I Am The Sinner', 'In The Heart Of The Young'.

CD2 - 'All I Ever Wanted' (*), 'Skin Tight' (*), 'Never' (*), 'Someday Someway' (*), 'Blind Revolution Mad', 'Down Incognito', 'Spell I'm Under', 'Hour Of Need', 'Junkyard Dog', 'The Lucky One', 'In For The Kill', 'No Man's Land', 'Like A Ritual', 'Who's The One', 'Written In The Wind' (*), 'Until There Was You' (*), 'Without Warning' (*), 'Give Me More' (*).

(*) denotes a song which is unavailable on album.

"I think this is a very interesting release from a fan's perspective" says Kip Winger, "it shows how much the songs progressed from the early stages and also gives the fans the possibility to discover some hidden gems never released on any album, but that I thought was time to somehow release officially".

Source BW&BK