The Vegas Rocks! Hair Metal Awards took place at the Eastside Cannery on May 15, 2016. Love them or hate them, Sally Steele and Vegas Rocks! Magazine have been pillars of the Las Vegas music scene for over a decade, filling the void left by the folding of publisher Chris ...

Following the passing of Ronnie James Dio in 2010, original Dio band members Vivian Campbell (also of Def Leppard), Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, and Claude Schnell teamed up with vocalist Andrew Freeman to put together Last in Line, a band dedicated to keeping Dio’s musical legacy alive. The group started ...

By 1982, Ozzy Osbourne had been out of Black Sabbath for several years, embarking upon his solo career. But Black Sabbath continued on with new vocalist Ronnie James Dio, fresh out of Rainbow. This new version of Sabbath had recorded and released two studio records which have long since become ...

March 5, 2016 was supposed to be the night the legendary Glenn Hughes came to rock Vamp’d alongside guitarist Doug Aldrich… and then Hughes had to cancel on account of his knee surgery. I was sorely disappointed to hear the bad news, but was at least somewhat relieved to hear ...

When Ronnie James Dio died in 2010, the world lost one of its heavy metal greats. Yet, even upon his passing, many of his former fellow band members did their part to keep his legacy alive. Classic Dio band members Vivian Campbell, Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, and Claude Schnell joined ...