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James Durbin on Joining Quiet Riot: ‘I’m Very Grateful for the Opportunity’
Durbin teamed up last month with Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi for a new collaboration called Maps to the Hollywood Scars, whose debut EP also featured playing by Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed. “I have been a fan of James’s for a while, and after we got an impromptu chance to jam together in Las Vegas last fall, we kept in touch and the ideas just started flowing back and forth,” Grossi told Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks at that time.
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Lyric Video Premiere: ‘American Idol’s’ James Durbin Teams With Quiet Riot’s Alex Grossi in Maps to the Hollywood Scars
He’s the American Idol finalist who jammed onstage with Judas Priest and begged the nation to “give metal a chance.” And now James Durbin is putting his metal where his mouth is, teaming up with veteran Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi for a new collaboration called Maps to the Hollywood Scars. Their debut five-song EP, Maps to the Hollywood Scars – Volume 1, which also features playing by Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed, comes out today (Friday, Feb. 17) — and to celebrate, Yahoo Music’s R
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First Person: My ‘American Idol’ Experience, by James Durbin
The 15th and final bittersweet season of American Idol is almost over, and all season long, Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks has been inviting alumni from the series to share their stories. Today’s essay is by Season 10 rocker James Durbin, the man responsible for two of the most headbanging (and only two Judas Priest-related) moments in Idol history – moments that had fans “giving metal a chance!"
