SOUL legend Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with colon cancer after he was admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia, according to his pal William ‘Bootsy’ Collins. The singer/songwriter’s health battle was revealed by Collins in a series of posts on his Facebook.com page on Sunday. His first message read, “Funkateers, Send Prayers & Love Vibes Up […]

TENACIOUS D, literally rock and roll’s most important duo ever, has released the triumphant music video for ‘To Be The Best’. The six-minute epic begins with a Maria Menounos-narrated news story chronicling the band’s downfall after the pitiful performance of their film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. However, following Val Kilmer’s assassination, the […]

Australian squad behind Are You Gonna Be My Girl say “thank you and goodnight” in brief statement after two-year hiatus. Australian outfit JET have officially split after going on hiatus two years ago. The four-piece formed in Melbourne in 2001. After releasing an EP they achieved global success with first album, Get Born, featuring hit […]

SOUNDGARDEN has contributed its first piece of new music in 15 years to the soundtrack to The Avengers. Its comes in the form of a track called ‘Live to Rise’ and you can sample 22 seconds of it below. The new flick is the sixth in the Marvel comics superhero series. The film soundtrack will […]

Two more bands join the bill of SOFIA ROCKS 2012 festival. And these are KAISER CHIEFS and SWEET SAVAGE. Here’s the program so far 7 July (Saturday): GODSMACK CLAWFINGER SCAR SYMMETRY SWEET SAVAGE 8 July (Sunday): GUNS N’ ROSES IGGY AND THE STOOGES WITHIN TEMPTATION KAISER CHIEFS UGLY KID JOE LOU GRAMM BAND More bands will be announced soon. […]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has a brand new studio album, called ‘Wrecking Ball’. “… the most beautiful thing about it is the overalloldschool feeling. Springsteen doesn’t preach- you can’t come heavy when you’ve been pulsing around in a tight white t-shirt and worn out jeans for the last 40 years. Despite all the new musical touches here […]

SKITNICKS is the brand new band of our good friend NUFRY. This good old bugger has been the main driving force behind several seminal bands on the Bulgarian scene, including PANICAN WHYASKER, PYROMANIA, R.O.B.T.F., BASTARDOLOMEY and more NUFRY will be at Tangra studios today at noon to talk about SKITNICKS and to play some brand new songs. Stay […]

Finnish metallers CATAMENIA will release The Rewritten Chapters on April 27th via Massacre Records. A free download of the track ‘Blackmension’ has been released by the label and can be found at this location. Recorded and mixed at Mastervox Studios in Oulu, Finland by Kari Vähäkuopus, The Rewritten Chapters includes re-recorded and rearranged versions of songs from […]

DIMITER VASSILEV – NUFRY is unbreakable. This good old bugger has been the main driving force behind several seminal bands on the Bulgarian scene, including PANICAN WHYASKER, PYROMANIA, R.O.B.T.F., BASTARDOLOMEY and more NUFRY was at Tangra studios today at noon to talk about SKITNICKS and to play some brand new songs. You can now listen to the interview AT THIS […]

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are hoping they can persuade JIMMY PAGE to join them on-stage when they play at Knebworth Park in the U.K. on June 23. Speaking to London’s Daily Star, Chili Peppers drummer CHAD SMITH said: “Jimmy Page has come to our shows before but we haven’t had a chance to play with […]