Category Archives: Super MegaGroups

Motörhead’s Motörboat lose Megadeth, gain all-star Metal Allegiance

Posted by on September 10, 2014

You have to take the good news with the bad. Motörhead’s Motörboat, the heavy metal cruise setting sail later this month will be without Megadeth, who had to pull out for medical reasons. And yes, they have a doctor’s note: “Due to complications arising from a previous cervical spine surgery, and upon his doctor’s strict […]

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Megadeth And Anthrax Bassists Join Forces For EP

Posted by on December 12, 2013

Bassists of The Big 4 have joined forces for a unique project. Anthrax’s Frank Bello and Megadeth’s David Ellefson announced that they’ve teamed up to record an EP under the name Altitudes & Attitude. The EP came as a result of the two writing together while traveling for the Metal Masters clinics. The resulting material […]

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The Winery Dogs Announce North American Deal With Loud And Proud

Posted by on May 21, 2013

About a month ago, we showed you a song from The Winery Dogs, a power trio consisting of drummer Mike Portnoy (Adrenaline Mob, ex-Dream Theater), bassist Billy Sheehan (ex Mr. Big) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (Mr. Big, ex-Poison). Now the band has landed a US deal with Loud & Proud Records. While the band’s self-titled […]

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Members Of Pearl Jam, Guns N’ Roses, Screaming Trees Forming New Group

Posted by on March 4, 2013

In April, an expanded reissue of the 1995 album Above by Mad Season (which featured members of Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees) will be released. But now it looks like previously unreleased demos might be rerecorded by a new group featuring guitarist Mike McCready, drummer Barrett Martin and Guns N’ Roses bassist […]

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Deftones’ Chino Moreno Forms New Group With Former Isis Members

Posted by on April 25, 2012

Chino Moreno is busy enough as it is. He’s been performing with his side project Crosses †††as of late, and soon he’ll be hitting the studio and the road with his the Deftones. And now comes word that Moreno is teaming up with former members of Isis in a new group called Palms. In addition […]

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