Legendary frontman for Black Label Society, ZAKK WYLDE will release his handbook to everything heavy metal, ‘Bringing Metal to the Children,’ on April 10 on William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Tales of “general mayhem” aboard Wylde’s tour bus on adventure, including stories of rocking with some legendary metal personalities, including Metallica’s Lars Ulrich […]

JORDAN KARADJOV, frontman of Bulgarian rock vets SIGNAL will be celebrating his 60th Anniversary with a huge conert at Hall 1 of the National palace of culture on 21 March. There will be plenty of very special guests on the bill. Tickets priced 15, 20, 30 and 50 BGN are already available through www.Ticketstream.bg and www.Eventim.bg.  

MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS sound almost exactly like their name suggests: Brash, chaotic, and drugged out as hell. The “noise collective” can be traced back to Ryan Olson, who also founded the Gayngs collective (which also includes Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce). ‘Crazy Master’ is the title track of the group’s four-song debut (hear the […]

Music fans were in for a rare treat Friday night at New York’s Apollo Theater. Eric Clapton was joined by Keith Richards at Howlin For Hubert: A Concert to Benefit the Jazz Foundation of America. The event was a tribute to guitarist Hubert Sumlin, who played in Howlin’ Wolf’s band for decades and passed away […]

Punk rock band THE SEX PISTOLS have signed a record deal with Universal, it has been announced. An “expanded and repackaged edition” of the band’s Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols album will be released later this year. Universal said the release will tie in with the record’s 35th anniversary. “To be given […]

ARCTIC MONKEYS have debuted their brand new single ‘R U Mine?’ online, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to hear the track. The track, which does not feature on the band’s 2011 fourth album ‘Suck It And See’, was posted online in the early hours of this morning (February 27), with […]

MOTLEY CRUE have recorded a brand new track. It’s been done at Tommy Lee’s home studio in Calabasis, California, and will be released in time for the band’s summer touring schedule. Says Nikki Sixx: “Haven’t been in the studio in a few years with the guys and it feels like magic. Hard to explain what […]

The Houston Press reports that KING’S X drummer Jerry Gaskill suffered a heart attack last night and underwent emergency surgery. Gaskill is in stable condition at the hospital. Vocalist/bassist dUg Pinnick reported the event on twitter with the following message: Jerry had a heart attack last night. He was operated on and is in stable […]

Swedish prog kings OPETH will play for the first time in Sofia on Thurdsay, 1 March. After finishing a string of dates in Asia, the band played one gig in Russia and are now back to Europe. The setilst from last night’s first European concert in Stodola club in Warsaw, Poland is available beow.. 120 MINUTES (!!!) is the time announced […]

Sure, Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister has collaborated with a long list of rock stars, from Dave Grohl to Billy Gibbons. But, ask Mr. Kilmister, and he’ll tell you there are still a slew of peeps with whom he’s itching to lay down tracks. “Janet Jackson,” Kilmister told SF Weekly, laughing, when asked whom he’d like […]