Brian Redman, a long-time staple of Tacoma’s music scene, was killed in an early Sunday morning scooter crash, according to Tacoma police. He was 31. Redman was known as the leader of Tacoma, WashingtonВ hard-rock band, Dirty Knockers, and for a two-year stint with popular, Vancouver, BC-based thrash-metal outfit 3 Inches of Blood, among other projects. […]

It’s called ‘Halfpenny Dance’, and will include Americana-style versions of popular Quireboys songs ‘There She Goes Again’, ‘King Of New York’ and ‘Roses And Rings’. The album will only be available through the band’s website (see below). The band will be part of Joe Elliott’s Down & Outz, when the Def Leppard singer supports Mott […]

MotГ¶rhead drummer Mikkey Dee has finished third in the Swedish equivalent of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Called KГ¤ndisdjungeln, it was filmed in the Malaysian jungle, and Dee was eliminated in the 15th episode. As a result of his commitment to this, the drummer was forced to miss dates at the start of […]

Legendary Bulgarian new wave act NEW GENERATION are back with a new album called ‘Via’. The main driving force behind NEW GENERATION – singer/poet Dimiter Voev passed away in 1992 when he was only 27. The band disbanned soonВ after that but reunited in 2003. ‘Via’ is a collection of 13 new tracks recorded with guest […]

‘Forging Europe Tour’ 2009 has been launched in St Petersburg, Russia last Friday. Amorphis played in Moscow the following day and Russian Darkside e-zine has posted the setlist of theВ concert at club 1Rock – see below. ‘Forging Europe Tour’ 2009 will pass through Sofia – Bulgaria on 30 October with 2 more Finnish bands to […]

AC/DC have been forced to postpone six tour dates because frontman Brian Johnson is recovering from a medical procedure and his doctors have advised him to take time to rest. According to the band’s official Website, the group’s October 1st show in Phoenix will be postponed, along with gigs in Las Vegas, Louisville, Kansas City, […]

The incredible MR. BIGВ will headline theВ special radio Tangra Mega Rock night at the ARENA MUZIKA 2009 festival on 1 October. MR.BIG are flying to Sofia on Thursday with their private jet from Prague! There will be NO SUPPORT band at the show in Universiada hall! We expectВ MR.BIGВ to go onsatge at 8:30 pm local time. Their […]

Here we go again. Tawny Kitaen first made a name for herself in the 80s as the video vixen in Whitesnake videos who was seen seductively climbing on cars. Now she is making headlines for reportedly driving a car intoxicated. The Celeb Rehab alum was busted on Saturday in Newport Beach, Ca for suspicion of […]

Legendary vocalist of the first two IRON MAIDEN albums played in Sofia at the 8th anniversary bash of the Pro-Rock magazine! Our Metal Willie was at the show where two local bands also took part -В SMALLMANВ andВ LAVINA.В  The live report of Metal Willie is a huge effort, because the concert was sponsored by Jack Daniel’s, but […]

‘Babylon’ will be out on 12 October through Demolition/Wizard,В but Tangra Mega Rock’s Dr Sttifenstein alreadu knows everuthing about it. And hisВ  conclusions were drawn out of one week of listening to ‘Babylon’, the whole lot. “The new W.A.S.P. material won’t cause you any problems… On the one hand it’s great, because it seems no one […]