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Justin Hawkins: “What?! Split harmonics on the bass?”
By Nick Wells published
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins reacts to the fast and furious licks of Billy Sheehan and Richie Kotzen of rock supergroup The Winery Dogs

Richie Kotzen, Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan revive The Winery Dogs with energetic new single, Xanadu
By Matt Owen published
The lick-heavy lead single is the first to be lifted from the supergroup's first studio album in 8 years, III

Watch John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy jam on the James Bond theme at Los Angeles gig
By Jackson Maxwell published
With the help of Dave LaRue on bass, the former Dream Theater bandmates injected some 007-esque mystique into a recent rendition of Damage Control

John Petrucci will be backed by Mike Portnoy on first-ever solo headlining tour this fall
By Jackson Maxwell published
Dave LaRue (best known for his work with Steve Morse) will also join the Dream Theater axeman on the trek

Hear Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and Eddie Ojeda team up with Rudy Sarzo and Mike Portnoy for a thunderous cover of Theme For An Imaginary Western
By Jackson Maxwell published
The hard-rocking version of the Pete Brown/Jack Bruce-penned tune – famously covered by Mountain – features on Legacy, the forthcoming all-star Leslie West tribute album

The Winery Dogs are working on a new album
By Jackson Maxwell published
The follow-up to 2015's Hot Streak is currently being hashed out by the trio in Los Angeles

Between The Buried And Me announce new album Colors II, recruit Mike Portnoy for thunderous lead single, Fix the Error
By Matt Owen published
The track is jam-packed with the ever-immaculate fretboard constructions of Paul Waggoner and Dustie Waring, who offer up dizzying rhythmic riffs and a fierce two-part solo

John Petrucci-led supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment unveil blazing new song, Hypersonic
By Richard Bienstock published
The "frantic" instrumental is the leadoff track to the band’s forthcoming album, Liquid Tension Experiment 3
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