On Saturday, April 5, we’ll say our last goodbye to Peter Slavov. The fineral shall take place at noon at the Central Sofia Cemetary. Peter Slavov – one of the best Bulgarian rock and jazz drummers, who played with a.o. FSB andВ Jazz Focus 65 – passed away on April 1, 2008. FSB – “High“

Bass player Todd Evans has left the mighty GWAR to focus on his new group, Mobile Deathcamp. The latter will hit the road this summer as one of the support acts for the reunited Green Jelly, while GWAR… Well, they’ll never surrender! GWAR – “School’s Out“

Last summer we informed you that Christian Olde-Wolbers and Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory have joined forces with Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard in a new project. Well, the band has finally gotten a name now. It’s Arkaea, and its debut album should be released later in the year.

Korn are to release a concert DVD, entitled “Live at Montreux 2004“, on May 12. The effort (view cover in the left) features 13 songs recorded during the band’s show in Switzerland, one of them being “Faget”: Korn – “Faget” (Live at Montreux 2004)

Klaus Dinger has died of heart failure at the age of 61. The German drummer was best known as one of the early members of Kraftwerk. Afterwards he and Michael Rother left the band to form Neu!. Later on Dinger was part of the project La DГјsseldorf. Rest in peace. Neu! – “Hallogallo“

Madness will play a festive gig at London’s O2 Arena right before Christmas, on December 19. The band is set to play songs from both their forthcoming new album, rumoured to be titled “The Liberty of Norton Folgate“, as well as hits from their back catalogue. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, April 4. Madness – […]

Peter Slavov, known as the drummer of FSB – one of the most popular and beloved Bulgarian rock bands during the last 3 decades – passed away on April 1 at the age of 66. Rest in peace. FSB – “Ten Years After“

Total Rock reports that Californian punk rockers Rancid are currently compiling a DVD. It’s going to feature 18 of the band’s videos and should be available shortly… Rancid – “Nihilism“

It’s official – Velvet Revolver have fired frontman Scott Weiland because of his “increasingly erratic behaviour”. The band played its last show with the singer yesterday, April 1, at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Holland. Velvet Revolver intend to go on with a new vocalist, while Scott is reuniting with his previous outfit, Stone […]

A new compilation, entitled “Radiohead: The Best of“, will be released via the band’s old label Parlophone on June 2. The 29-track collection will span two CDs, and features songs from Radiohead’s entire career before the release of their most recent album, “In Rainbows”. Here’s the complete tracklist of “Radiohead: The Best of”: CD 1: […]