The music industry’s collapse is good news for the Melvins, the defiantly uncommercial “thud-rock” band that just cracked the U.S. pop album chart for the first time in its 26-year career. The group, whose heavy guitar riffs and mumbled vocals paved the way for fellow Seattle-area bands such as Nirvana and Soundgarden, grabbed the last […]

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following message: “Wanna rock London with (me), Anthrax and a bunch of other sick metal bands at the Sonisphere Festival in the UK? Come rock the tables at UB first. There’s no deposit needed. Just download, sign up and play on the 30th. Even if you don’t know […]

The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger releases a new solo album on June 29. It’s titled Singularity, will be on the Oglio label and has a flamenco meets jazz-rock feel. Says Krieger on the choice of album title: “It was named after my painting which we used for the album cover. A singularity is a profound […]

You can win this magnifiscent genuine bike by bying a three day ticket for the Kavarna Rock Fest! At last year’s festival a 25 year oldВ Silvya Damianova from SofiaВ (pictured below with Kavana mayor) got her HARLEY-DAVIDSON and is planning now to ride itВ the whole way to Kavarna on July 22. В  В В 

Daniel Lanois was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on Saturday (June 5) in Los Angeles, and will take the next two months off to recover from his injuries. Lanois is currently in an intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital after having suffered multiple injuries in the crash. While a press release states […]

Ace Frehley is to have his memoirs published next summer. To be titled ‘No Regrets’, the autobiography will be put out by VH1 Books, who are connected to Simon & Schuster.

This annual celebration of film and music will inject some thrill’s’n’pills’n’bellyaches into the beautiful seaside town of Balchik from 19th-26th June. The international festival is named ‘In the Palace’ due to the fact that the main venue is the old palace-villa-botanical garden of a former Romanian princess in Balchik. The festival has two main parts […]

Fish has quite a number of shows lined up for the rest of the year.Here’s a list: June 9: Edinburgh Usher Hall (charity show)June 26: North Hykeham Terry O’Toole TheatreJune 27: Hull LampJuly 13: York DuchessJuly 14: Cambridge Junction 2July 15: Manchester Band On The WallAug. 6: Newcastle ClunyAug. 7: Carlisle BrickyardAug. 8: Glasgow ArchesAug. […]

Filter will release its fifth studio album, ‘The Trouble With Angels’, this August on Rocket Science Ventures. Fans of the band’s ‘Short Bus’ and ‘Title of Record’ will be ecstatic to hear Richard Patrick return to his industrial roots. Rocket Science owner Kevin Day says, “I have known Richard for a good while and have […]

Rage Against The Machine are reportedly considering a new album. The band, who reunited in 2007 had originally come out against a new record. Frontman Zach de la Rocha told NME about the change of mind: “I think it’s a genuine possibility. We have to get our heads around what we’re going to do towards […]