NEWS

04 January 2012

EVERY TIME I DIE has announced that their new album is titled ‘Ex Lives,’ and that the effort will hit stores on March 6th via Epitaph Records. Additionally, the band has debuted their first offering from the release, a song (and video) titled ‘Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space.’ Have a listen below. The ‘Ex Lives’ […]

03 January 2012

Audio Fidelity will issue DIO’s classic debut album Holy Diver as a 24 karat gold limited edition CD. The CD contains a two-page spread copy of the photo-montage LP liner with images from both RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH days that was included in the original vinyl release. Leaving Black Sabbath to create a new group […]

03 January 2012

Guns N’ Roses’ Ron Thal – a.k.a. Bumblefoot – has a holiday gift for you. It is a studio recording of ‘The Pink Panther Theme.’ It’s a tune GN’R performed on the band’s 2009-11 tours. You can learn guitar from this also. Via Bumblefoot’s website you can get a “Player Pack” that has “a transcription […]

03 January 2012

DREAM THEATER Vocalist James LaBrie has issued the following update: “Hey everybody! Matt Guillory and I are very happy to announce that writing for my next solo album has started. We’re very pleased with how well Static Impulse was received and are excited to be making a follow-up. You can expect all the usual suspects: […]

03 January 2012

Toronto-based CANCER BATS’s new song, ‘Old Blood’, was featured on the January 2nd edition of the Rock Show With Daniel P Carter, which airs on BBC Radio 1. Check it out below. The song is taken from the CANCER BATS’ new album Dead Set On Living, which is due to be released in April via […]

03 January 2012

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith is involved in a new project called Primal Rock Rebellion. He’s joined forces with former Sikth frontman Mikee Goodman in this band, who will release their debut album through Spinefarm at the end of February. The band’s style apparently, ‘Fuses together two very different approaches to music — Mikee’s unique […]

02 January 2012

Shock rock legend ALICE COOPER and his band performed on New Year’s Eve at Mala Wailea, located at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Hawaiian Islands of Lanai and Kaho`olawe. AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler joined Cooper on stage for a jam of THE BEATLES classic ‘Come Together’. Tyler […]

02 January 2012

Four times is the charm for former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. Wakeman, 62, wed Rachel Kaufman, 37, on Dec. 14. It’s his fourth marriage and to a woman 25 years younger after proclaiming in interviews that he would never marry again. Despite their age difference, it was a romantic ceremony at a windmill in Norfolk, […]

02 January 2012

On an update posted on it’s Facebook page and website, Swedish power metal band SABATON has revealed that the title of it’s upcoming album will be ‘Carolus Rex.’ The album, set to be issued via Nuclear Blast Records, will be launched at a party on May 23rd at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. […]

02 January 2012

Velvet Revolver are reuniting with vocalist Scott Weiland – but only for one night. The band will play at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood on Thursday, January 12. It’s for a show being billed Love You Madly: A Concert For John O’Brien. He was a top film and TV composer, found dead at […]