Foo Fighters’ forthcoming record may have received its public debut last Saturday, but not everyone lives in Santa Barbara. With that mind, mark April 12th down on your calendar, as that’s the day Dave Grohl and co. have chosen to release their much-anticipated seventh LP.В В There’s still no title, but based on last weekend’s performance, we […]

Peter Criss has lived the rock and roll lifestyle as the founding drummer of KISS and now he’s ready to tell all. In the fall of 2012, Criss will release his autobiography, Makeup to Breakup, via Scribner. Criss is writing the book with Larry “Ratso” Sloman. “From sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll to multiple […]

Brian Robertson releases his first solo album through SPV/Steamhammer on March 28 – and it’s all due to a bag of tapes. The former Thin Lizzy and Motorhead guitarist asked a friend of his, Soren Lindberg, to listen to a bag full of tapes with unreleased material, to see whether there was anything of interest. […]

As previously reported,В your very favorite radio Tangra Mega Rock will put FIVE concerts for its FIFTH anniversary bash this Spring. It’s a kind of a Best of…В the shows we’ve done through the years together with some new acts. Tickets for all the FIVE concerts are already on saleВ via Ticketstream.bgВ andВ www.Eventim.bg, as follows:В  15В March – D.R.I.В at ‘The […]

Punk rocker John Lydon has launched a scathing attack on Jay-Z, dismissing the rap superstar’s work as a “parody”. The former Sex Pistols frontman insists he is no fan of the hip-hop mogul and has no interest in reading Jay-Z’s book Decoded, which will compete against the singer’s own tome Mr. Rotten’s Scrapbook for Best […]

Composer John Barry, famous for his work on Born Free, Out of Africa and the James Bond films, has died in New York of a heart attack aged 77. Born John Barry Prendergast in 1933, the York-born musician first found fame as leader of the John Barry Seven. His arrangement of Monty Norman’s James Bond […]

Finland’s AMORPHIS has launched a brand new YouTube channel, which can be accssed by clicking HERE. As previously reported, Amorphis is currently hard at work on their new, as yet untitled album, which will “tell the story of the most important character of Finnish mythology and folklore. He is Finnish god VГ¤inГ¤mГ¶inen, who was described […]

Six Feet Under bass player Terry Butler has revealed to Blabbermouth.net that he and drummer Greg Gall have quit the band (Butler will be playing with Obituary). Here is Butler‘s statement: “I would just like to put it out there that Greg Gall and I have parted ways with Six Feet Under. As many of […]

Earlier this month, Greek act Rotting Christ announced an upcoming North American tour. The band has now commented on also lining up a run of European dates: “We are back in Europe. We proudly announce our third invasion in our continent in the frame of our worldwide tour for the promotion of our last album […]

Corey Taylor has spoken about rumours linking him with Velvet Revolver. Talking to Billboard he said: “To be continued”. Then refused to either confirm or deny reports that he’s the new vocalist in the band. So that’s made everything clear!