"You create music for your own passion...at some point you start doing things for the fans" - Mike Krompass
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with MIKE KROMPASS & BILLY SHEEHAN of THE FELL
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with STEPHEN HAYMAN of HEAVY PETTIN
"When the band split up, we just didn't like each other. In 2016…everybody said yes, everybody was excited, but within a couple of weeks, the usual problems were starting to happen…everyone vanished except me and Gordon [Bonnar]." - Stephen “Hamie” Hayman
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with MILIJENKO MATIJEVIC (STEELHEART) & JEFF KEITH (TESLA)
“We did four days of nothing but laughing, eating, singing, recording, and having fun." - Milijenko Matijevic
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with ROBBY THOMAS WALSH of PURPENDICULAR feat. IAN PAICE
"To put us into a category like [tribute band] is a little bit unfair...if they come and see the show, they would know it's not." - Robby Thomas Walsh
Review: DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG – Babylon (2025)
October 3, 2025 will see the release of Babylon, the first full-length album by DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG. I've given this album quite a few spins in recent weeks, and I still can't figure out what Udo Dirkscheider is trying to accomplish here. The music of ACCEPT & U.D.O. is pretty straightforward…
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with ROGER EARL of FOGHAT
"We did a live show in 1977 called 'FOGHAT's Tribute To The Blues', it was filmed and recorded by Bearsville Records. [Warner Brothers] won't put it out, or don't know where it is. They'll probably find it after I've departed this Earth." - Roger Earl
KNAC.COM Exclusive: An Interview with DAVID REECE of BANGALORE CHOIR
"Dieter Dierks told me during the production of [Eat The Heat], you realize that if this album fails, [ACCEPT] is going to blame you and they're going to blame me...that's exactly what they did." - David Reece
Review: FOGHAT – Fool For The City (50th Anniversary Edition)
On September 12, 2025, Rhino Records is releasing a 50th anniversary edition of FOGHAT's first platinum selling album Fool For The City. The British blues rockers' 5th studio album gets an upgrade in the audio department, as well as a bonus disc/vinyl of a new, never before heard 1975 live performance at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago...
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with WILL EVANKOVICH of STYX
"Once a songwriter, always a songwriter...I think it's the lifeforce and the vitality of a band to stay creative. It gives the band a shot in the arm, it gives everybody something to work towards and be proud of." - Will Evankovich
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with MATT BARLOW of ASHES OF ARES
"People love a comeback story, but sometimes people really love to see people fall." - Matt Barlow
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