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08.27.08 - METALLICA RELEASE SECOND SINGLE FROM "DEATH MAGNETIC"
Yesterday, Metallica released their second single from their forthcoming album "Death Magnetic". "My Apocolyspe" is available for download on iTunes, or keep it looked to 97.5 The Blaze to hear it! Click here for more.
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08.27.08 - BIG SHOCKER: OZZY WAS USING DRUGS DURING "THE OSBOURNES"
Sharon Osbourne was interviewed at Studio 24 and talked about her son Jack's documentary on Ozzy. Jack said he felt "The Osbournes" did not portray Ozzy in a good manner. Sharon went on to say during The Osbournes Ozzy was using the whole time, and this documentary is not about the funny side but gets back to the music and his accomplishments. Click here for more.
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08.26.08 - OZZY'S SON TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTARY...ABOUT OZZY
Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack is executive-producing an Ozzy documentary. "I'm trying to paint a realistic picture of who my father is" Jack said. Click here for more.
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08.25.08 - IN NEW BOOK AXL REVEALS "SEX PARTIES"
Stephen Davis has written a tell-all about the most notorious band in Rock 'N Roll. Guns 'N Roses. "Watch you Bleed" is projected to be a fly-off-the-shelves book as Axl Rose revealed much about the band. Axl tells of his "debauched sex parties at his home - with all female visitors ordered to 'get naked or leave." Click here for more.
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08.25.08 - OH BOY! HERE COME THE ZEPPELIN RUMORS
Jason Bonham, late Led Zepplin drummer John Bonham's son, recently revealed he plans to leave Foreigner. He also said he's been working with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones on some new material. Let the Led Zeppelin rumors begin!! Click here for more.
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08.25.08 - RED TO BE ON KUTV!
Tune in to KUTV Wednesday morning to watch Wednesday Rocks artists RED perform live!!! Then, dont' forget to join us at 6pm at the Gallivan Center for Wednesday Rocks! Shinedown, red and Jet Black Stare! Don't worry about tickets....it's FREE!! Your Welcome! Click here for more.
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08.22.08 - SAMMY SLAMS VAN HALEN
Ex-Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar recently spoke about his feelings toward the Van Halen reunion with David Lee Roth and their replacement of Bassist Mike Anthony for Eddie Van Halen's 17 year-old son. He said: "They just keep going, making more and more mistakes." Click here for more.
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08.22.08 - THE DOORS ORDERED TO PAY $5 MILLION FOR USING BAND NAME
Doors drummer John Densmore, Jim Morrison's parents and his widow were awarded $5 million from Ray Manzarek and Robby Kreiger for using the band name "Doors" a federal court has ruled. The lawsuit started in 2003, when Densmore sued his band mates after they "improperly invoked The Doors' name and images" when Kreiger and Manzarek toured as "The Doors of the 21st Century." Click here for more.
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08.21.08 - SLIPKNOT SPEAKS ABOUT FATAL STABBING
Kids at a South African High School were horrified Monday when a fellow student fatally stabbed another student and two gardners. Many are pointing the finger at Slipknot because the kid wore a mask resembling those donned by Slipknot members. Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, spoke to Blender Magazine about the incident: Click here for more.
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08.21.08 - VELVET REVOLVER SETTLE PLAGIARISM CASE
Velvet Revolver has settled a plagiarism case with UK rocker Tony Newton, bassist of Voodoo Six. Tony claimed the band stole his riff and melody of his song "Cyber Babe" for their tune "Dirty Little Thing". Click here for more.
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08.20.08 - WORLD PREMIERE OF METALLICA'S "THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES!"
Listen to The Blaze tomorrow at noon for the World Premiere of Metallica's new single "The Day That Never Comes!" This is the first single from Metallica's forthcoming album "Death Magnetic" which will hit stores September 12th. Click here for more.
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08.19.08 - AC/DC READY FOR PRE-ORDERS
Starting today, ACDC.com, Walmart.com and Samsclub.com are taking pre-orders for the bands highly anticipated "Black Ice" album. The band's first album in 8 years will be available on October 20th and is selling for $11.88! Click here for more.
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08.19.08 - NEW LEAK COULD VERY WELL BE "SHACKLER'S REVENGE"
A new track claiming to be "Shackler's Revenge" has found it's way to the internet. "Shackler's Revenge" is said to be the first single from Axl Rose's long over-due "Chinese Democracy" album. Bloggers and news stands across the country are buzzing with the likelyhood of this being the actual track. Click here for more.
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08.19.08 - The Blaze Pick of the Week
This week's Blaze Pick is Shinedown's Sound of Madness .
You can pick up the Blaze Pick of the Week at any one of the seven Graywhale locations for just $9.99. Click here for more.
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08.18.08 - 97.5 THE BLAZE HAS A NEW PHONE NUMBER!!
We finally ditched those old phone numbers!
Here are the new ones:
Utah County 470-9750
Salt Lake County 570-9750
Davis County 670-9750
Click here for more.
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08.18.08 - IT'S $1000 THURSDAYS!!!
97.5 The Blaze is bribing you to listen with $1000 Thursdays! Listen to 97.5 Wednesday as each jock will tell you what the $1000 Thursday song of the day will be. When you hear it played on Thursday...be caller 9 at our new phone number (470-9750, 570-9750, and 670-9750) and YOU, my friend, are $1000 richer! Click here for more.
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08.17.08 - 97.5 THE BLAZE AND SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PRESENTS: THE PRO PIGSKIN PRO PICK 'EM TOURNAMENT!
It's that time of year again! Time to rollout the hotdogs and onion dip, the beer and body paint and assume the position...on your couch! Yea! The 2008-2009 Football season is about to kick off and 97.5 The Blaze has your chance to win NFL Flyaways, Concert Tickets and Backstage Passes, Electronics and a bunch of other crap you probably can't afford right now! Click here for more.
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08.15.08 - SYSTEM OF A DOWN ON HIATUS
Serj Tankian told Rolling Stone Magazine he has no plans to reunite with System of a Down in the near future. "You shouldn't have to wait until people are not buying your records or your tickets for you to stop, I think that's ridiculous," he explains. Click here for more.
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08.15.08 - BATMAN'S OFF THE HOOK!
Whew! Batman star Christian Bale will NOT face charges over an alleged assault on his mother and sister during a row, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Click here for more.
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08.14.08 - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE PLANS WAR PROTEST
Rage against the Machine have announced an anti-war protest in Denver on August 27th. The show is scheduled for the same day as the Democratic Convention and will be FREE! Click here for more.
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08.14.08 - JOHNATHAN DAVIS AND THE SIMPLY EFFING AMAZING'S
Yes...Korn's Johnathan Davis is working on a solo project he so lovingly calls "The Simply F***ing Amazing's". The new album, he hopes, will hit stores in November and he is planning a tour to coincide. Click here for more.
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08.13.08 - NEW SONGS FROM BUCKCHERRY'S "BLACK BUTTERFLY"
Buckcherry has posted a couple new songs from their upcoming "Black Butterfly" album on their myspace page. The band who's currently on tour with Cruefest posted a blog says "We just put a couple of new songs from Black Butterfly up on our MySpace page for you guys to check out." Click here for more.
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