Billy Rath, the bassist for the 1970’s punk band JOHNNY THUNDERS and THE HEARTBREAKERS, has died after a lengthy illness. Hew was 66. The Heartbreakers (different from Tom Petty’s band), were formed in 1975 when Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan left the New York Dolls and Richard Hell quit Television. The next year, Rath replaced […]

NICKELBACK have released a lyric video for ‘Edge Of A Revolution’, the lead single from their forthcoming, as-yet untitled album due this fall. The Canadian rockers recently filmed the full video for the song from the group’s first project since 2011’s ‘Here and Now.’ The album will be the group’s first for Republic Records, after […]

LEONARD COHEN has announced details of a new studio album, which will be released the day after his 80th birthday. ‘Popular Problems’ is the singer’s 13th studio album and will be available from September 22. It was co-written and produced by Patrick Leonard, who worked with Cohen on his last album, 2012’s ‘Old Ideas’. Listen […]

Earlier this year, FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton teased new music, writing on Twitter, “The reunion thing was fun, but now it’s time to get a little creative.” Then, no less than a week later, they debuted two new songs — including one titled ‘Motherfucker’ — during a show at London’s Hyde Park.  Last […]

MONY PANCHEV’s very special ROCKENROLL radio show today is dedicated to: AL GREENE! ROCKENROLL kicks off on Wednesdays at 6 pm BG time (5 pm CET). For the several reruns of the show – CHECK in our SCHEDULES.

Philip Anselmo has confirmed a reunion of SUPERJOINT RITUAL – they’ll play at his Housecors Horror Film Festival in Texas in October. But they’ll be billed simply as SUPERJOINT due to an unidentified legal issue with their original name. The announcement comes after he spent years saying it would never happen following their split in 2004, […]

ROGER WATERS will premiere the movie version of his The Wall Live show in Canada next month, he’s confirmed. Called simply Roger Waters The Wall, it was co-directed by Sean Evans and was filmed in three cities across two continents. The show is based around a 500-foot version of the wall prop and is thought […]

John Mellencamp is premiering ‘Troubled Man’, the lead single from his forthcoming new album, ‘Plain Spoken.’ Due September 23, the project is the Indiana rocker’s first release under a newly-signed and unprecedented lifetime recording contract with Republic Records. Produced by Mellencamp, it’s also the singer’s first release of new material since 2010’s ‘No Better Than […]

ENDSIGHT is set to support UNEARTH in Sofia on 16 September. As previously reported, the US metalcore machine will destroy the *MIXTAPE 5* side B. One more local support act will be announced next week. The gig is promoted by radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK with tickets priced 25 BGN to go on sale on Monday through www.Eventim.bg. They will go up […]

Max and Igor Cavalera are currently putting the finishing touches to their third  CAVALERA CONSPIRACY full-length, and we’ve got a sneak peek at it for you right now. Well what else did you expect? Another high-octane punch form the very metal brothers. The third album will be released on Napalm Records. There will be more […]