NEWS

The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies’ founder, main songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist Steve Perry talked to Tangra Mega Rock a couple of days before the American swing band’s first ever concert in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 13, 2008… Check out the entire interview HERE.

The new edition of the “Rock and Roll” weekly show on RE:TV shall feature an exclusive interview with Marky Ramone, as well as a short storyВ of the glitter rock era, tons of news and more… “Rock and Roll” is aired Fridays at 10:30 p.m. on RE:TV.

PJ Harvey has revealed that she has been working on a new album in collaboration with producer and composer John Parish. The CD shall be entitled “A Woman a Man Walked By”, and is due for release on March 30, 2009.

In Flames, Opeth, Amon Amarth, The Haunted and Yngwie Malmsteen are among among the nominated artists for the second annual Swedish Metal Awards, which will be held on January 23, 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Here’s the complete list of nominees is as follows: Hard Rock: BULLET – “Bite the Bullet” YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – “Perpetual Flame” […]

Blur are reforming to play live next year, revealed New Musical Express today. The full line-up – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – will play their first gig together since 2002. Speaking to NME, Albarn and Coxon explained they had put their differences behind them and were looking forward to playing […]

Thrash metal veterans Testament uploaded the video for their song “More Than Meets the Eye” on the Internet, as can be seen below. The track comes off the band’s latest album, “The Formation of Damnation” (view cover in the left). Testament – “More Than Meets the Eye“

Reactivated late 80’s Portland, Oregon-based thrash metal/hardcore icons Wehrmacht are back! For the last two months, Marco Zorich (guitar), Shann Mortimer (bass), Tito Matos (vocals), Brian Lehfeldt (drums) and John Duffy (guitar) have been rehearsing “all the old Wehrmacht material and are booking shows for the beginning of the year. Yes, it’s actually all five […]

Total Rock reports that Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel are currently writing new songs for A Perfect Circle. Whether this leads to a full album remains to be seen…

At the end of this news you’ll see the final front cover artwork of the Revolting Cocks’ eagerly awaited new full-length studio album, “Sex-O Olympic-O”.The CD is officially due out on March 3, 2009 via Al Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Recordings. Revolting Cocks – “Sex-O Olympic-O“

Swedish hard rock veterans Europe have set “More Is More” as the working title of their eighth studio album, tentatively due in early 2009. The CD, which was described by the band as a “a modern retro rock album,” is being helmed by the Swedish Grammy award-winning producer Tobias Lindell, known for his work with […]