While working hard on a new full-length studio album, The Verve have decided to re-issue their 2004 compilation “This Is Music: The Singles 92-98”, however with a bonus DVD. The audio-visual collection, due to appear on December 3, shall contain following goodies: CD: This Is Music Slide Away Lucky Man History She’s a Superstar On […]

“I tried to ger Brian May to play some lead guitars, but the problem is… he’s Brian May, you know,” revealed Edguy’s Tobias SammetВ about the upcoming album by his project Avantasia yesterday. “Brian is one of the most important guitar players of all time, so I wanted to get him, but not by approaching him […]

Last week fans in Buffalo, New York witnessed MTV-friendly rockers Fall Out Boy doing a so-called secret show under the name Schrute Farms. What’s more curious is that during the concert the band was joined by Every Time I Die vocalist Keith Buckley for a cover version of Pantera‘s cutthroat hit “Walk”. Check it out […]

Roadrunner Records has partnered with music industry veteran Tom Lipsky, known as president of Sanctuary Records Group North America and co-founder of CMC International Records, to launch a joint venture label. The as-yet-unnamed company will focus on new recordings by established classic rock artists. Worldwide physical and digital distribution, marketing and licensing will run through […]

Vocalist Richard Patrick surprisingly announced he’s temporarily put his current project Army of Anyone on hold to focus on working on a brand-new studio album by his main band Filter. Nothing particular has been revealed so far, except that the long-awaited follow-up to Filter’s latest effort, “The Amalgamut” (2002), shall surface around the spring of […]

This week witnesses the release of “Complete Clapton” (view cover in the left) – a massive collection of songs by Britain’s guitar virtuoso Eric Clapton. The double CD features songs off the musician’s entire career – starting from his work with Yardbirds, Cream, Blind FaithВ and Derek & The Dominos, and going on through his numerous […]

Australian rock masters Rose Tattoo have shot a second video for a song off their current album, “Blood Brothers”, released in the beginning of the year via Armageddon Music. The word goes about the track “Man About Town”, which looks like this:

Sony Music must pay Steve Popovich, founder of Cleveland International Records, $5 million for failing to put his company’s logo on reissues of Meat Loaf‘s iconic “Bat Out of Hell” album, a federal appeals court ruled. Popovich started his label in 1977 and soon afterwards signed Meat Loaf and persuaded Epic Records to release the […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Michael “Flea” Balzary lost his house in Malibu in the fires that started in the L.A. area on Saturday, November 24. Flea’s $5-million French country-style mansion was one of dozens of houses that went up in flames in California.

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