Criterion International is set to release a project by the band EIGHT AND ONE HALF, entitled “The Jourgensen Sessions“, produced by MINISTRY‘s Al Jourgensen in 1983. This collection spans a tapestry of sounds, from funk-inspired dance grooves in the vein of ABC, to dark electro synths reminecent of early MINISTRY, XYMOX, or DEPECHE MODE.This previously […]

Thom Yorke has admitted that Radiohead have been on the verge of splitting on a number of ocassions.The celestial singer says that at times the band have felt like not getting together after hiatuses.But Yorke, who is nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his solo effort ‘The Eraser’, says that such ideas weren’t always […]

A radio-edit version of “Goodbye“, the first single from ARMY OF ANYONE, the new band featuring FILTER‘s Richard Patrick (vocals), former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Dean (guitar) and his brother Robert DeLeo (bass), and ex-DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier, is available for download at this location.

The Rolling Stones have been invited to play at Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday celebrations.They will play for the former President at the Beacon Theatre in New York on October 29, two months after Clinton’s actual birthday on August 19.The party will also raise money for Clinton’s charity foundation and will be filmed by Hollywood legend […]

Video footage of several of the press conferences held at last weekend’s Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany has been posted online at Podcast.Wacken.com. Question-and-answer sessions with the following artists can be found on the page:SCORPIONSCELTIC FROSTGAMMA RAYSchenker brothers (Rudolf and Michael)AMON AMARTH

Norway’s RED HARVEST will release its long-awaited live DVD, “Harvest Bloody Harvest“, on September 18, 2006. The disc features the group’s entire September 2005 gig at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo that was recorded with a professional, 12-camera film team. The DVD comes in a limited deluxe metal box.“Harvest Bloody Harvest” (view cover here) track […]

LOUDNESS guitarist Akira Takasaki will release his new solo album, “Nenriki“, on September 20 via Tricycle Entertainment. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Surf Trip02. Mars03. I Want To Take You Higher04. Neighborhood05. Mindphase06. Chicago Drive07. The Sun Goes Down08. No One To Depend On09. Black Gold10. Paradise Jungle11. Echoes12. Funk […]

MONSTER MAGNET guitarist Ed Mundell is currently in Los Angeles writing and recording demos for a solo project. Several new demo tracks, most of which feature Ed on guitars and bass, and Bob Pantella on drums, have been posted online at EdMundell.com.

According to Deep-Purple.net, the second of the planned series of Tommy Bolin (late DEEP PURPLE/JAMES GANG guitarist) CDs and DVD has been compiled by Johnnie Bolin (Tommy Bolin‘s brother/drummer) and producer Greg Hampton. Due late September, “Whips and Roses II” features four alternate tracks from “Teaser” (“Vol. 1” contained alternate takes of the other five […]

METALLICA performed another new song (Video, Windows Media) — tentatively dubbed “New Song No. 2” — during their headlining appearance Saturday night (August 12) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan.As was the case with all the concerts on the band’s recent European tour, METALLICA played their entire 1986 album, “Master of Puppets“, during […]