Wanna live like a true rock n roll king? You can, if you have about $3.5 million kicking around; that’s about the asking price for the Los Angeles mansion previously owned by the late Ronnie James Dio. Here’s the listing courtesy of L.A. Weekly‘s article listing the “Top Ten L.A. Musician Mansions For Sale.” Dio’s […]

Paul McCartney has written to ask Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to declare a national Vegetarian Day in the country. Ther ex-Beatle urged Prime Minister Singh to introduce the meat-free day in order to celebrate compassion towards animals, reports the Press Association. In the letter he wrote that a Vegetarian Day “would be a celebration […]

‘Tequila’, the new video from Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band’s new album, ‘Ukon Wacka’, which will be released in Europe on February 4, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. According to the band, “Ukon Wacka, or Ukon Vakat, is a pagan sacrificial feast from ancient times, on […]

Robbie Robertson, of The Band fame, is to release his first solo album in over a decade during April. It’s to be titled How To Become Clairvoyant, and will be on the 429 Records label. This has guest appearances from Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Tom Morello and Trent Reznor. Also featured are bassist Pino Palladino […]

Former Survivor singer Jimi Jamison has teamed up with ex-Toto vocalist Bobby Kimball.The pair are currently working on an album, which is being produced by Matt Sinner (Primal Fear bassist). As yet untitled, the album should be released in the spring. CLICK HEREВ to see the pair presenting the album.

Limited to just 250 guitars worldwide, the LTD Slayer-2011 is highlighted with a custom graphic finish that employs elements of the cover artwork from the Reign In Blood album. Details include a special LTD headstock logo in Slayer’s distinctive typeface, pentagram-shaped neck inlays, and the Slayer logo inlaid near the 12th fret. The guitar uses […]

Gerry Rafferty, who had Top 10 success with Stealers Wheel’s ‘Stuck in the Middle’ and his own ‘Baker Street,’ died on Tuesday in London from liver failure after a long battle with alcoholism. The Scottish-born singer and songwriter had reportedly been hospitalized during November in Dorset, England, with a grim prognosis. He was taken off […]

Drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic), guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs), multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse (Transatlantic, Spock’s Beard), bassist Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs) and vocalist Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev, Endochine) have joined forces in a brand new project. The as-yet-unnamed band has just entered the studio to begin work on a new album, due […]

Sebastian Bach, the ex-frontman of Skid Row, is divorcing his wife of 18 years Maria Bierk. “We have tried to work things out for the sake of our family but it has become apparent that our differences at this point are irreconcilable,” Bach told TMZ. He added that he and Bierk have been separated since […]

MГ¶tley CrГјe bassist Nikki Sixx has posted a new video to promote his upcoming book ‘This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx.’ The book is due for release through HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint on April 26, 2011. ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’ will include more than two dozen […]