Renowned guitarist Gary Moore was laid to rest on Wednesday, in a small village graveyard outside Brighton. Moore passed away in his sleep February 6 at the age of 58, from a heart attack while on holiday in Spain. The Belfast Telegraph reports Moore’s family decided to hold his funeral not in Belfast, where he […]

The Tommy Bolin Archives is reporting that Greg Hampton (producer of the Tommy Bolin Whips and Roses CDs) is currently finishing up production on ‘Teaser Deluxe’, a CD which will contain alternate versions of all the tracks that appeared on the original 1975 ‘Teaser’ album plus bonus tracks, for release March 11, 2011 via Samson […]

It’s to be titled Raw Power: Live In The Hands Of The Fans, and was recorded on September 13 last year at an All Tomorrow’s Parties show. It’s to be released on April 5. Says Iggy of this album: “Getting this top-notch performance of the entire Raw Power album by The Stooges realized a life […]

One week after announcing the title and tracklist of their seventh studio album, ‘Wasting Light,’ the Foo Fighters have unleashed the album’s artwork and its first official single, ‘Rope.’ The track features a meaty guitar lick that sounds ripe for ‘Rock Band,’ a rip-roaring extended instrumental solo and a few choice “Yow!”s from frontman Dave […]

In Sonic Pump Studios, on the outskirts of Helsinki, AMORPHIS premiered their latest twelve track opus for an assemblage of foreign journalists, as well as homegrown fans. Even the album artwork is still in transition, as an egg hovers in the clouds above a groove of snow covered pine trees, the familiar arched Hammer Of […]

UK crust punk pioneers EXTREME NOISE TERROR’s vocalist Phil Vane was found dead yesterday by friends. No cause of death has yet been reported. The band’s website has been updated with the following: “The rumors are true – we’re sorry to announced that Phil (Vane) passed away recently. The band will make a full statement […]

The seventh studio effort by Seattle’s gipsy outfit KULTUR SHOCK will be officially out on March 1 and will be called ‘Ministry of Kultur’!В  “If these guys play at a wedding, the bride will go to bed without teeth!” Yes, such punk-folk dances surely would lead to a marvelous Balkan fight be it during a […]

The Melvins’ latest offering Sugar Daddy Live, a thirteen-track live recording, will see a May 31 release on Ipecac Recordings. Recorded at The Busta-Guts Club in Downey, CA. the album features fan favorites such as “Boris,” “A History of Bad Men” and “The Kicking Machine.” The band recently completed a month-long residency at Los Angeles’ […]

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and Amanda Palmer have been forced to postpone gigs in New Zealand after a devastating earthquake struck on Tuesday. At least 65 lives were claimed in the powerful tremor, which took down dozens of buildings in downtown Christchurch and prompted officials to declare a state of emergency in the city. […]

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a title for their new album… and it’s a real mouthful! According to frontman Anthony Kiedis, the record is to be called (wait for it) Dr Johnny Skinz’s Disproportionately Rambunctious Polar Express Machine-head. This rather rambling title comes from experiences of a friend of the band while on acid: […]