POISON singer BRET MICHAELS performed live for the first time since suffering a brain hemorrhage on April 22nd on last night’s (May 26th) American Idol finale. Watch him and Casey James perform the Poison classic ‘Every Rose Has It’s Thorn’ below – check out the clip below.

Rocker JON BON JOVI has given up cigarettes – because he refuses to pay the huge insurance premiums needed to cover a smoker. The Livin’ On A Prayer hitmaker picked up the habit while filming 1994 movie Moonlight and Valentino, but finally decided to turn his back on tobacco after trying to buy life insurance […]

Life Of Agony reveals cover and complete track listing for their ’20 Years Strong’ release! On Saturday April 3rd 2010 I Scream Records recorded & filmed Life Of Agony’s performance at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, this was the second show of their exclusive European ’20 Years Strong’ tour. In late 2009 the band […]

The original Bang Tango lineup of Mark Knight, Kyle Stevens, Kyle Kyle and Tigg Ketler is reuniting with vocalist Michael DeMay. Calling themselves Bang Tango Redux, the band is scheduled to play their first gig together on August 6th at Paladino’s in Tarzana, California. More dates will be announced as they are confirmed. Guitarist Mark […]

Vocalist Jeffrey Nothing (a.k.a. Jeffrey Hatrix) of the Ohio-based alternative metal band MUSHROOMHEAD was interviewed by Nic and Big J on the May 23 edition of “The Morning After” show, which airs on the Boise, Idaho radio station KQXR 100.3 The X Rocks. In a March 2010 interview with the “Iron City Rocks” podcast, Jeffrey […]

Early last year, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor hinted at his possible involvement in a series of films called Tetsuo which had, at the time, its third installment, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, in development. The director, Shinya Tsukamoto, had supposedly been interested in working with Trent ever since the first movie, Tetsuo: The Iron […]

‘Sanctuary’ is the title of the longa-waited new album of Sofia punk outfit Empty Face. The release party-concert is set to happen at ‘The Box’ club in Sofia on 12 JuneВ with two support acts -В  Everybody Hates ThisВ and Start Today. Three songs from the album andВ a short teaserВ are now available at EMPTY FACE’sВ MySpaceВ and the cover […]

Watch out politicians who want to jump musicians’ trains and jack their music for your campaign: You may end up in court. To wit: David Byrne filed a $1 million lawsuit against Florida Governor Charlie CristВ used a Talking Heads song , ‘Road to Nowhere,’ in campaign ads, according to Billboard. Although Crist — who is […]

Against all odds, Bret Michaels won The Celebrity Apprentice finale on Sunday night. Just days after returning to hospital with what was diagnosed as a warning stroke, the 47-year-old U.S. rocker appeared on the live last episode of Donald Trump’s reality TV show in New York. Michaels, noted for the years he spent fronting the […]

Former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade and Lizzy Borden guitarist Ira Black will record the Bon Scott-era classic ‘Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll)’ for Versailles Records’ forthcoming ‘Rock & Roll Train: A Millennium Tribute to AC/DC’. Alongside Slade, the tribute also includes current/former members of Guns N Roses, Megadeth, Yngwie […]