A Sausalito, California man who worked as a personal assistant to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has filed a lawsuit claiming years of unpaid overtime. The Marin Independent Journal reports Steven Wiig, 38, is seeking unspecified damages for alleged state and federal labor violations, breach of oral contract and continuing wages, according to the suit in […]

A collection of early Bon Scott recordings is to be released later this month. To be titled Round And Round – The Forgotten Tales, it has tracks the iconic singer did before joining AC/DC. Here’s the track listing: 01. Carey Gully02. Round And Round03. To Know You Is To Love You04. She Said05. Every Day […]

Guitar Hero has been axed. The hugely popular game, which has helped to resurrect the careers of several classic rock bands, has been in a steep decline saleswise for the past few years. When Guitar Hero III came out in 2007 it sold 1.5 million copies in the first month. By contrast the latest edition, […]

Ministry of Kultur, the seventh album from Seattle Balkan-punk outfit Kultur Shock, drops online March 1, 2011Starting March 1, Ministry of Kultur will be available online through CD Baby and www.kulturshock.com, as well as available for streaming or downloadat www.kulturshock.bandcamp.com, iTunes, Amazon.com. Download codes available. Kultur Shock will be supporting the album with release shows […]

The Strokes are set to release their comeback single ‘Under Cover Of Darkness’ as a free download today (February 9). The song will be available from the band’s website, Thestrokes.com, from 7:35pm (GMT). It will be available to download for 48 hours. The track will also be released as a limited-edition seven-inch vinyl single on […]

Alice Cooper is to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame by Rob Zombie. The ceremony happens at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on March 14. The pair toured together last year, and Rob Zombie recently told UK Classic Rock magazineВ that they’d love to do it again, possibly in the UK […]

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The band features the Cavalera siblings Max (vocals/guitar) and Igor (drums). The former Sepultura pair got back together under this name in 2007, after being apart for 10 years. Together with bassist Joe Duplantier (also guitarist with acclaimed French band Gojira) and guitarist Marc Rizzo (like Max also a member of Soulfly), they released debut […]

It now appears that Gary Moore died from natural causes. Despite one report that he choked on his vomit, official reports from Spain, where the iconic guitarist died on February 6, now suggest Moore probably died from a heart attack. A police spokesman commented: “Mr Moore died of natural causes and his death is not […]

The 63-year-old rocker and lead singer of one of the world’s biggest rock bands is understood to be in discussions with V8 Supercars heavyweights about a possible one-off drive that would see him line up on the grid of Australia’s largest motor racing series. It’s not yet known whether Johnson, a former paratrooper, would race […]