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Peter Criss will emerge from a long period of inactivity this year with the release of his first album since 2007’s One for All.

“I want to let the Kiss Army and all my rock fans know that my new ‘rock’ album will be coming out this fall,” Criss tells Rolling Stone. “I’ve got some really great players on it: Michael McLaughlin, John 5 on lead and rhythm guitar, Billy Sheehan, Piggy D [Matt Montgomery] on bass, and Paul Shaffer on B3 and piano. I am on vocals, drums and percussion.

A few years ago, Spooky Pinball LLC created a pinball machine inspired by John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, and a while back they also built a Texas Chainsaw Massacre pinball machine, inspired by Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic. Now, they’re continuing their journey through some of the greatest horror movies ever made, as they’ve revealed that their latest pinball machine is inspired by Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise!

Here’s the information: Evil Dead Pinball is a wide body pinball machine set in the world of the first two films of the iconic franchise, The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. The players will be guided along by Ash Williams, voiced by Bruce Campbell, as they battle the relentless forces of evil. Ash’s now evil girlfriend Linda (voiced by Lara Sluyter) and Professor Knowby (voiced by Scott Innes) will provide an additional level of...

Just hours after bassist Piggy D. revealed that he was exiting Rob Zombie’s band early on Tuesday morning (January 30th), Zombie announced the return of his original bassist, Rob “Blasko” Nicholson.

“After 18 years I am thrilled to announce that Blasko has returned! ☠️ The original 4 string Zombie monster is back. Get ready for a crazy summer of mayhem,” posted Zombie on Instagram (see below), along with the band’s new lineup of himself, Blasko, guitarist Mike Riggs, and drummer Ginger Fish.

Earlier in the day, Piggy D stated, “Dear Friends, My time with Zombie has come to an end. It was an honor to entertain you for the last 18 years. I look forward to the future and wish everyone the best. Peace & Love, Matt Montgomery aka Count D., Piggy D., Giggles.”

Piggy actually replaced Blasko back in 2006 after the latter left Zombie to join Ozzy Osbourne’s band. With Ozzy...

Bassist Matt “Piggy D.” Montgomery has announced his exit from Rob Zombie’s band after being a fixture in its lineup for nearly two decades.

The news comes just one day after Zombie announced his 2024 co-headlining “Freaks on Parade Tour” with Alice Cooper, featuring support from Ministry and Filter.

Update: Rob Zombie has announced the return of Rob “Blasko” Nicholson to the lineup. Get all the details here.

Montgomery did not give a specific reason for this exit in a private Instagram post (as seem below via Blabbermouth), simply stating, “Dear Friends, My time with Zombie has come to an end. It was an honor to entertain you for the last 18 years. I look forward to the future and wish everyone the best. Peace & Love, Matt Montgomery aka Count D., Piggy D., Giggles.”

Piggy’s exit is especially shocking considering Zombie just lost his longtime guitarist John 5 when the...

Listen up, pinball wizards! In addition to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre pinball machine revealed earlier today, Spooky Pinball has also announced a Looney Tunes machine! You can check out a handful of pics of the machine below.

As with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre machine, the Looney Tunes pinball machine will be limited to 888 units. The machine features custom speech from award-winning Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza, custom Looney music by Matt Montgomery, over 20 full-length golden-era Looney Tunes episodes, an original story and rules by Luke Peters, and much more.

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Although these two machines have been developed by the same company, they will be different as each has its own full development team with two completely different rule sets. The Collector’s Edition of the Looney Tunes unit will include a Bug Bunny topper, a complete metallic powdercoat package,...