GREAT WHITE

GREAT WHITE Harp Seal Benefit Concert Photo Gallery Available

All original members of GREAT WHITE reunited for a concert to benefit Canadian Baby Harp Seals. Knac.com writer/photographer Gnarly Charlie attended the show on Saturday, January 27 at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA and filed the photo gallery here. Coming soon to Knac.com, Charlie will post his exclusive conversation with Great White frontman, Jack Russell.

GREAT WHITE - Station Fire Update: Bartender Recalls First Moments Of Fatal Club Fire

The following report is courtesy of the Associated Press:

A bartender at a nightclub where a 2003 fire killed 100 people said she saw flames snake up the walls after a rock band (GREAT WHITE) ignited pyrotechnics, thought "somebody's going to put that out, right?"

Julie Mellini, who worked at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, said she grabbed her tip jar and register drawer and headed out, according to grand jury testimony released Thursday. She then handed them to club co-owner Jeffrey Derderian, who was "right by the front door helping people."

"He grabbed the drawer and said for me to help people, and he went away for a minute," Mellini told a statewide grand jury that investigated the Feb. 20, 2003 fire at the club.

Read more here.

GREAT WHITE Hit The Studio; Confirm Live Date


Singer Jack Russell and guitarist Mark Kendall, along with Michael Lardie (keyboards/guitar), Sean McNabb (bass) and Audio Desbrow (drums) will be celebrating GREAT WHITE's 25th Anniversary with a new record. They are in the studio recording right now, but they will be taking a small break to play the following show, celebrating the release of VH1 Classic Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3: March 7th, 2007 at the Keyclub in Hollywood, CA with QUEENSRŸCHE, TESLA, RATT, JANI LANE and DOKKEN.

Sidewinder Music and VH1 Classic Records will be releasing the VH1 Classic Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3, this Tuesday, March 6th.

Tracklisting (not in sequential order) includes:
Tracklisting (not in sequential order) includes:
WINGER - 'Balls To The Wall',
AUTOGRAPH - 'Turn Up The Radio',
TOM KIEFER (CINDERELLA) - 'Nobody's Fool',
DOKKEN - 'In My Dreams',
FIREHOUSE - 'When I Look Into Your Eyes',
KIX - 'Don't Close Your Eyes',
ERIC MARTIN (MR. BIG) - 'Just Take My Heart',
POISON (MTV Unplugged) - 'Unskinny Bop',
QUEENSRŸCHE (MTV Unplugged) - 'The Killing Words',
RATT (MTV Unplugged) - 'Way Cool Jr.',
SHAW/BLADES - 'High Enough',
SLAUGHTER - 'Up All Night',
TESLA - 'Signs',
JANI LANE - 'Heaven',
WINGER - 'Headed For A Heartbreak'.