Former EXODUS guitarist Rick Hunolt has shared the first details of his new band DIEHUMANE. The “avant garde alt-metal” group, which is based in Galveston, Texas, also includes Garret West on lead vocals, Sal Abruscato (TYPE O NEGATIVE, LIFE OF AGONY) on drums, Joshua Vargas on rhythm guitar, bass, piano, programming and Greg Hilligiest Jr. on keyboards, samples, additional guitar.

Earlier today (Tuesday, February 22), Hunolt took to his social media to write: “Ok so it’s time to announce my new band DIEHUMANE.

“Been in the studio finishing up vocals and odds and ends with the one and only producer Ulrich Wild. Not sure what genre it falls under so I’m not going to put a label on it as of yet, I will let you guys do that when the time comes haha. I will say that the music is absolutely epic, I absolutely love everything about it and am confident you guys will to.

“So the members are as follows. We have on vocals Garret West, on bass Josh Vargas, on drums the doom lord Sal Abruscato from TYPE O NEGATIVE and LIFE OF AGONY and Greg Hilligiest Jr. on keyboards.

“I just want to say that without you guys there is no anything so thanks a bunch for following. Our Facebook just went live today so hit us up at our Facebook and Instagram. You guys are going to love this I know it”.

The news of Hunolt’s project was first broken by BLIND ILLUSION’s Mark Biedermann who took to his Facebook Saturday night (February 19) to write: “Here’s what’s really going on. Rick Hunolt’s new band DIE HUMANE is going to blow your mind. I wish I could share what he gave me but just know this it is fresh, new and different with amazing vocals and top notch Guitar playing! That is after one listen to one song. Now let me get back to you in a few minutes as I have just received more. Dang it’s good to be in the loop! Thank you Rick!”

Hunolt — the other half of the famed EXODUS “H-Team” who is on every studio recording from 1985 through 2004 and co-wrote some of the band’s best-known songs such as “A Lesson In Violence” and “Deliver Us To Evil” — left EXODUS after the band’s highly acclaimed 2004 reunion album, “Tempo Of The Damned”. Following his departure, Hunolt was replaced by HEATHEN guitarist Lee Altus.

Rick discussed his exit from EXODUS during a November 2021 appearance on “Put Up Your Dukes”, the new podcast hosted by ex-EXODUS singer Rob Dukes. He said: “During the recording of ‘Tempo’, Gary [Holt, EXODUS guitarist] had just gotten clean a little while prior to that, and I was still using. But I’ve gotta say, Gary Holt — my hat’s off to the man for… He never sweated me. Not once did Gary say, ‘Dude, you’re a piece of shit. I’m gonna fire you from the band if you don’t get your shit together.’ He never said nothing. He let it take its course, you know what I mean?

“I was a mess,” Rick continued. “We all were, but everybody got better, and I didn’t. I fell down the rabbit hole even worse, I think, because I was just so depressed. I couldn’t stop. I don’t know what was up… To the point where I was gonna lose my position in the band I’d been in for over 20 years — my best friends, my life. Yeah, it was dark as fuck.

“One day, after spending my life, giving everything that I had and the whole world to EXODUS, one day I woke up and I wasn’t in EXODUS anymore,” Hunolt added. “And that morning was, like… Dude, I can’t even describe the emotions that I [was feeling]. I woke up and I wasn’t in EXODUS anymore, dude. It damn near took me out, bro.”

Rick revealed that he went through a particularly difficult period after splitting with EXODUS. “I had to reinvent myself at 40-plus years old, [with] two little kids,” he said. “I ended up moving out of Oakland. I had to get the fuck out of there, ’cause we were living at the studio; it was bad. And then we moved in with my wife’s mom and I got a job at the [discount chain] Dollar Tree and I ended up working there for, like, two or three years. I mean, I can go on and on and on. But long story short, I met a guy who knew who I was and offered me a job on his ranch. And the rest is history. He taught me how to live my life and make money.”

Hunolt makes a guest appearance on EXODUS’s new studio album, “Persona Non Grata”, which was released in November via Nuclear Blast Records.

The San Francisco Bay Area thrashers’ latest disc is the follow-up to 2014’s “Blood In Blood Out”, which was their first release since the departure of Dukes, the group’s lead singer of nine years, and the return of Steve “Zetro” Souza, who previously fronted EXODUS from 1986 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2004.

Back in April 2019, Hunolt rejoined Holt and other EXODUS members Tom Hunting (drums) and Souza to perform several of the group’s classic songs during a METAL ALLEGIANCE concert in San Francisco, California. More recently, Hunolt joined EXODUS on stage in August at Psycho Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The original lineup of EXODUS consisted of guitarists Kirk Hammett (now in METALLICA) and Tim Agnello, Hunting and vocalist Keith Stewart. Holt joined the band in 1981, while Kirk left two years before EXODUS’s debut album, “Bonded By Blood”, saw the light of day.

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THE BLACK CROWES have announced a 2022 North American tour celebrating their classic 1990 debut album, “Shake Your Money Maker”.

The 34-date trek will kick off on June 9 and run through July 24 before picking up again on August 13 and concluding on August 27.

THE BLACK CROWES will perform “Shake Your Money Maker” in its entirety, along with “all the hits.”

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, February 25 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

THE BLACK CROWES 2022 tour dates:

June 09 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
June 11 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place
June 12 – Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium
June 15 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
June 16 – Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater
June 18 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion
June 19 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
June 22 – Portsmouth, VA @ Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion
June 23 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts
June 25 – Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC
June 27 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
June 29 – Lenox, MA @ Tanglewood
June 30 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summerstage
July 02 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Spa & Resort
July 03 – Scranton, PA @ Peach Festival
July 05 – Windsor, Ontario, Canada @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
July 06 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Budweiser Stage
July 09 – Mt. Pleasant, MI @ Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
July 11 – Prior Lake, MN @ Mystic Lake Casino Amphitheater
July 12 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Park
July 17 – Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada @ Abbotsford Centre
July 19 – Seattle, WA @ [to be announced]
July 21 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater
July 22 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre
July 24 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Aug. 13 – Missoula, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
Aug. 16 – Boise, ID @ Idaho Botanical Garden
Aug. 17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ venue to be confirmed
Aug. 19 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah’s Council Bluffs – Stir Cove Event & Concert Venue
Aug. 20 – Camdenton, MO @ Ozarks Amphitheater
Aug. 23 – Little Rock, AR @ First Security Amphitheatre
Aug. 24 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 – Durant, OK @ Choctaw Grand Theater
Aug. 27 – Miami, OK @ Buffalo Run Casino

The 2021 leg of THE BLACK CROWES’ “Shake Your Money Maker” tour ended last September at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York.

Joining Chris and Rich Robinson in the new BLACK CROWES lineup are longtime bassist Sven Pipien, who played with the band live from 1997 up until the band’s hiatus in 2015, along with Brian Griffin on drums, Joel Robinow on keyboards and Isaiah Mitchell on guitar, plus backup singers Mackenzie Adams and Leslie Grant.

Rich told Cleveland.com that he and his brother wanted to re-start THE BLACK CROWES with a clean slate. “There was a strong agenda in the band [previously] to keep Chris and I apart and keep Chris and I fighting,” he said. “We just didn’t want to have to deal with any of that negative [stuff], so it had to be this way in order for it to be what we want.”

“Shake Your Money Maker” was re-released in multi-formats sets in February 2021 through UMe/American Recordings. The album, fueled by singles “Jealous Again”, “Twice As Hard”, “She Talks To Angels” and a cover of fellow Georgian Otis Redding’s “Hard To Handle”, has sold over five million copies.

Chris Robinson recently confirmed to SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” that there are tentative plans to record a new BLACK CROWES album.

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You could WIN an Invader Distortion from Maestro Pedals in today’s I Love Pedals giveaway! Ends Feb. 23, 2022.Invader DistortionThe Maestro Invader Distortion is a high-gain, all-analog modern distortion pedal with a heavy, aggressive, dominant sonic character and loads of rich harmonics. With the Maestro Invader Distortion, users can generate a wide range of distorted sounds. The 3-knob control layout gives users intuitive control over Gain (distortion amount), Tone, and output Level, with more than enough volume on tap to easily exceed unity gain when you want to. Users can also engage a built-in noise gate with the top panel toggle switch. An internal trim pot mounted on the circuit board inside the pedal allows the user to adjust the level of the noise gate’s Threshold. The true bypass footswitch triggers the LED lights in the bugles in the Maestro logo when it’s on, so you’ll always know when the effect is active.I Love Pedals Day #22: Maestro Pedals Distortion

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Cloud Rat, World Peace, Sick/Tired, Choke, Fluoride, Knoll, Test, Sissy Spacek, Grishka and Brazil’s Test all set for the second annual Dreary North Fest.
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Bret Michaels’ official YouTube channel has been updated with a three-and-half-minute video in which fans can get “an inspirational peek behind the scenes into the songwriting process” with the POISON frontman. Check out the clip below.

Michaels capped off his 2021 “Nothin’ But A Good Vibe” tour with select solo performances and festivals and is now preparing for POISON’s upcoming “The Stadium Tour” with MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD which begins on June 16 in Atlanta, Georgia.

As a reality TV star, Michaels has appeared in an extensive library of hit shows including VH1’s smash show “Rock Of Love”, winning the highest-rated season of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” and Travel Channel’s “Rock My RV”, currently featured on the Discovery+ streaming platform. Fans have eagerly binged his TV hits on Hulu, Amazon Prime, Tubi, PlutoTV and AppleTV.

Bret was born in Butler, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1963. Rising to fame as the frontman of POISON, one of rock’s most iconic and enduring bands, he helped define rock ‘n’ roll on the Sunset Strip. POISON’s massive success includes selling over 30 million records worldwide and numerous hit singles. Bret’s solo career has charted its own course with multiple solo albums. His “Custom Built” album included guest appearances by Joe Perry (AEROSMITH) Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Buffett, Ace Frehley (KISS), Michael Anthony (VAN HALEN) and members of LYNYRD SKYNYRD.

POISON’s “The Stadium Tour” with MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS was originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020 but ended up being pushed back to 2021, and then to 2022, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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