Punk rocker John Lydon has launched a scathing attack on Jay-Z, dismissing the rap superstar’s work as a “parody”. The former Sex Pistols frontman insists he is no fan of the hip-hop mogul and has no interest in reading Jay-Z’s book Decoded, which will compete against the singer’s own tome Mr. Rotten’s Scrapbook for Best […]

Composer John Barry, famous for his work on Born Free, Out of Africa and the James Bond films, has died in New York of a heart attack aged 77. Born John Barry Prendergast in 1933, the York-born musician first found fame as leader of the John Barry Seven. His arrangement of Monty Norman’s James Bond […]

Finland’s AMORPHIS has launched a brand new YouTube channel, which can be accssed by clicking HERE. As previously reported, Amorphis is currently hard at work on their new, as yet untitled album, which will “tell the story of the most important character of Finnish mythology and folklore. He is Finnish god VГ¤inГ¤mГ¶inen, who was described […]

Six Feet Under bass player Terry Butler has revealed to Blabbermouth.net that he and drummer Greg Gall have quit the band (Butler will be playing with Obituary). Here is Butler‘s statement: “I would just like to put it out there that Greg Gall and I have parted ways with Six Feet Under. As many of […]

The musicians of the Swiss rock band Gotthard have decided to continue on despite the death of their leader Steve Lee (pictured below). The group’s management have already received applications that all members of Gotthard will study in the weeks to come. The band says, “After the tragic accident of our friend and singer Steve […]

T-Rock TV will be a twenty-four hours TV channels dedicated to ROCK music. It will show defferent face of the prominent rock culture – Classic RockВ and Heavy Metal, Alternative, Modern, Punk Rock, Mainstream rock, Britrock and more. The programe director of T-Rock TV is Evelina Pavlova who has been in the business for yearsВ as an […]

3 Doors Down will release their fifth studio album, entitled Time of My Life on April 12.В  According to lead singer Brad Arnold, the band took an organic approach to a portion of the tracks on the album, writing them in the basement of Arnold’s house. “We actually wrote most of this record in the […]

Earlier this month, Greek act Rotting Christ announced an upcoming North American tour. The band has now commented on also lining up a run of European dates: “We are back in Europe. We proudly announce our third invasion in our continent in the frame of our worldwide tour for the promotion of our last album […]

Corey Taylor has spoken about rumours linking him with Velvet Revolver. Talking to Billboard he said: “To be continued”. Then refused to either confirm or deny reports that he’s the new vocalist in the band. So that’s made everything clear!

Frontman Michael Sadler has returned to Saga. Sadler quit the band in at the end of 2007 for personal reasons, being replaced by Rob Moratti. Now he’s back alongside guitarist Ian Crichton, keyboard player Jim Gilmour, bassist Jim Crichton and drummer Brian Doerner. Expect more news soon on both a new album and tour.