Def Leppard tribute band Pyromania have placed an advert looking for a one-armed drummer. According to a picture posted on Stereogum.com, the Texas band are looking to replicate the exact look of the British metallers and have placed an advert that begins with the words: “Seeking one-armed drummer (No prosthetics)!” The advert (pictured below) also […]

Record producer Pat Moran, who had worked with Robert Plant, Lou Gramm and Big Country, has died, according to ClassicRockMagazine.com. Moran passed away after a decades-long battle with a debilitating disease. Moran worked as a producer and engineer on many high-profile recordings. His rГ©sumГ© includes: Robert Plant’s Pictures at Eleven and Principal of Moments, Lou […]

Heaven and Hell singer Ronnie James Dio would still be alive today if he’d had a medical check-up while his bandmates had theirs, says friend and bandmate Geezer Butler. Dio died of cancer in May last year after a six-month battle against the disease. But Butler says the frontman had stage-four stomach cancer by the […]

Apocalyptica have been forced to pay Rammstein €45,000 (ВЈ38,000) after admitting in court to copyright infringement. The complaint stemmed from the advertising campaign for Apocalyptica’s 2007 album ‘Worlds Collide’, on which Rammstein’s Till Lindemann was one of the guest vocalists. The CD was sold with a sticker across its cover that said it featured “Rammstein” […]

The remaining members of Paramore are wasting no time moving forward after losing their drummer and guitarist, brothers Josh and Zac Farro, who quit the band last month. The band has confirmed that guitarist Taylor York’s brother Justin will fill in on guitar and rock veteran Josh Freese will step in on drums. Justin York […]

Y&T bassist Phil Kennemore sadly passed awayВ on FridayВ morning (January 7) after battling cancer. He was 57.Here’s what the man himself said of his condition in summer 2010: “Up to now you haven’t heard much information (other than about my extreme back pain) … I hated leaving you all in the dark but I didn’t want […]

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott’s DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ project has shot a video for the song ‘Overnight Angels’. It is available below. The song is the second radio single taken off their debut album, My Re-Generation. The song recently entered the US Rock Charts in the top 20. Elliott will be playing ten shows with […]

Boston’s HC heroes DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR are set to play at The Box club in Sofia,В В Bulgaria at a show, promoted byВ Re-Act. This will be the second coming ofВ DEATH BEFORE DISHONORВ to Buglarian shores after their ballВ bustin’ performance atВ the Mayday Fest inВ May 2008 where they shared the bill with Ignite, Born From PainВ and many more.В  Tickets for […]

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Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has taken to Twitter to set out a number of rules for the band’s next album. Barrow posted six tweets outlining his desires for how the follow-up to 2008’s ‘Third’ should be released, utilising his caps lock key for extra emphasis. He wrote: “There will be NO free downloads. There will be […]