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When Great White released Elation earlier this year, the band wasn't just celebrating a new release, it was also celebrating officially welcoming a new singer to the fold. The group formally selected Terry Ilous (also of XYZ) as its new frontman, replacing Jack Russell due to what the band calls "addiction issues...

Tracing their band roots back to the Los Angeles music scene of the late '70s, Great White are rock 'n' roll lifers. Throughout their career together, the quintet has sold close to 10 million albums and a slew of MTV and radio hits including "Rock Me," "Save Your Love," and their show-stealing version of Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten, Twice Shy...

Former Great White singer Jack Russell -who actually still performs with his own version of the band- was involved in a boat crash recently, which he detailed in his tour diary for our friends at Metal Sludge. Turns out, Russell and his wife were relaxing on their vessel when they were interrupted by a huge boom...

The name Great White will forever be associated with the Station nightclub fire of 2003, a tragedy that claimed 100 lives in Rhode Island, but that hasn't stopped singer Jack Russell from battling the rest of the group for use of the moniker...

Nearly 10 years after a fire at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., killed 100 people at a Great White concert and injured scores more, singer Jack Russell continues to face scrutiny about his role in the tragedy. In an interview (video below) with Vegas Rocks...

Here at Noisecreep, we love a good old-fashioned slugfest. Luckily, there never seems to be a shortage of them in the world of hard rock. One of the common battles we come across covering this kind of music are the legal disputes over band names...

Original Great White frontman Jack Russell is causing waves today. The singer, who had been sidelined by illness, has issued an announcement that he is forming his own version of Great White. The current version of Great White continued on without Jack, using Terry Ilous of XYZ as a replacement singer while Russell recovered from a perforated bowel...

Even veteran rock stars get the pre-show jitters sometimes. "I gotta admit, I was nervous!" said Kix singer Steve Whiteman about his band's headlining slot at the M3 festival in Columbia, Maryland on May 13. The fest, held annually at Merriweather Post Pavilion, was expanded to two nights for the first time ever to include a special Kix-Off party...

It's always great to see Jani Lane onstage doing what he does best. Especially after more drug-related issues followed the ex-Warrant frontman earlier this year, as a DUI charge and subsequent sentencing put him back in the headlines. For the past few months though, Lane has been filling in for longtime Great White vocalist Jack Russell, who is currently recuperating from surgery...

Lava-spewing volcanoes look pretty damn cool on album covers, but the past week has taught us that volcanoes and metal don't always mix so well. As anyone who doesn't live in a torch-lit cave knows by now, an Icelandic volcano erupted April 15, spreading clouds of ash across much of Europe and grounding hundreds of planes...