This morning the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the original drummer for Prince & The Revolution, Bobby Z, is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack. The newspaper reported that the 55-year-old drummer (whose real name is Robert B. Rivkin) had three blocked arteries, two of which have so far been cleared. After Prince […]

Bulgarian HARDCORE fans are already counting the days toВ 7 April whenВ SICK OF IT ALL will play in SofiaВ at Tangra Mega Rock’s fifth anniversary bash. In the meantime we got on the phone another NYHC legend – ROGER MIRET of AGNOSTIC FRONT asВ the band is putting out its tenth studio record – ‘My Life, My Way’В on […]

This Monday’s Bulgarian national TV’s website published a list of Bulgarian contenders for the comedy gold “Eurovision” contest. These are the clowns who will be jostling to get into the 2011 edition. One of the country’s most successful bands – Wickeda, may get a shock when they see the way their name has been incorrectly […]

Foo Fighters’ forthcoming record may have received its public debut last Saturday, but not everyone lives in Santa Barbara. With that mind, mark April 12th down on your calendar, as that’s the day Dave Grohl and co. have chosen to release their much-anticipated seventh LP.В В There’s still no title, but based on last weekend’s performance, we […]

Peter Criss has lived the rock and roll lifestyle as the founding drummer of KISS and now he’s ready to tell all. In the fall of 2012, Criss will release his autobiography, Makeup to Breakup, via Scribner. Criss is writing the book with Larry “Ratso” Sloman. “From sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll to multiple […]

Brian Robertson releases his first solo album through SPV/Steamhammer on March 28 – and it’s all due to a bag of tapes. The former Thin Lizzy and Motorhead guitarist asked a friend of his, Soren Lindberg, to listen to a bag full of tapes with unreleased material, to see whether there was anything of interest. […]

As previously reported,В your very favorite radio Tangra Mega Rock will put FIVE concerts for its FIFTH anniversary bash this Spring. It’s a kind of a Best of…В the shows we’ve done through the years together with some new acts. Tickets for all the FIVE concerts are already on saleВ via Ticketstream.bgВ andВ www.Eventim.bg, as follows:В  15В March – D.R.I.В at ‘The […]

Punk rocker John Lydon has launched a scathing attack on Jay-Z, dismissing the rap superstar’s work as a “parody”. The former Sex Pistols frontman insists he is no fan of the hip-hop mogul and has no interest in reading Jay-Z’s book Decoded, which will compete against the singer’s own tome Mr. Rotten’s Scrapbook for Best […]

Composer John Barry, famous for his work on Born Free, Out of Africa and the James Bond films, has died in New York of a heart attack aged 77. Born John Barry Prendergast in 1933, the York-born musician first found fame as leader of the John Barry Seven. His arrangement of Monty Norman’s James Bond […]

Finland’s AMORPHIS has launched a brand new YouTube channel, which can be accssed by clicking HERE. As previously reported, Amorphis is currently hard at work on their new, as yet untitled album, which will “tell the story of the most important character of Finnish mythology and folklore. He is Finnish god VГ¤inГ¤mГ¶inen, who was described […]