NEWS

23 August 2010

Michael Been, singer/guitarist for ’80s band The Call and father of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bassist Robert Been, unfortunately died at a BRMC show last ThursdayВ night. Been, 60, had been on tour with BMRC in Europe as their sound engineer. He suffered a heart attack back stage at the Pukkelpop festival in Hasselt, Belgium. Been […]

23 August 2010

An unusual tribute to late guitarist Randy Rhoads, who died in 1982, has just been made available to the public. It’s actually a wine, the Rhoads special edition 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon. A limited edition, it’s been produced and bottled by the D’Argenzio Winery, which is co-owned by Rhoads’ sister, Kathryn Rhoads D’Argenzio.

20 August 2010

Bass player MASA KOBAYASHI and guitarist MARIO BUTKOVIC who leftВ KULTUR SHOCK 18 months ago are nwo back with a brand new band – SONS OF MOTHERS. В  SONSВ OF MOTHERS had spent this last weekend in the studio to upload some new demo recordings on their officialВ MySpace.В  Two more musicians complete the lineup – Tyler Johnson […]

20 August 2010

Last Sunday, In roasting temperatures, System of a Down’s frontman rushed back to his air-conditioned hotel right after soundcheck at Spirit of Burgas 2010 where he had a quick informal meeting with the city mayor and then a nice little chat woth your favourite rock radio, during which he told us that despite having acquired […]

20 August 2010

Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz has teamed up with the band’s one-time singer Jesse LРµach in a new project called TIMES OF GRACE. Their debut album ‘The Hymn Of A Broken Man’ is due out through Roadrunner on November 8.

20 August 2010

The rugby world cup women starts toda with the first game to be live onВ Bulgarian Europsort 2. All the commentaries will be done by Tangra Mega Rock’s Vassil Varbanov. The games today: 16:00В Wales – Рђustralia16:15В New ZealandВ – South Africa20:30В England – Ireland England star Emily Scarratt Vassil Varbanov started his rugby as a kid. During the late […]

20 August 2010

Courtney Love has finally settled a law suit brought against her, relating to the Kurt Cobain publishing catalogue. She had been sued in 2008 by a company called London & Co., who claimed they were owed part of the proceeds after Cobain’s publishing rights had been sold for $20 million. Now, both sides have agreed […]

20 August 2010

The third edition of the massive beachside fiesta is officially over. Boo-hoo. We were there though. En masse! Once again the TMR crew worked its socks off at the frontline. 19 of the 20 bands announced on the JD Rock Arena performed for you and one – Wickeda – was lent to the Main Stage […]

19 August 2010

Rock and roll legend and guitar god, Eric Clapton has said he will release a new studio album in September, according to Billboard.com. Simply titled Clapton, his 19th studio release will hit store shelves and online retailers on September 28. The album features guest contributions from Steve Winwood, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, Allen Toussaint, Derek […]

19 August 2010

Pearl is lovely! A true rock’n’roll chick! Her debut album ‘Little Immaculate White Fox’ was produced by her husband, Scott Ian of Anthrax. He also recorded the guitars and there are some name guest stars, such as Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains. Pearl’s stepfather is the (literally) massive Meatloaf. The first single from her […]