PEEPING TOM — the new project of Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS) — will open for THE WHO on seven East Coast dates in early September. PEEPING TOM‘s self-titled debut album was released on May 30 via the Ipecac label. The CD features Patton alongside a slew of collaborators, such as […]

A host of bands are set to have their Peel Sessions released in new compilations this autumn.Pulp, Gene, The House Of Love plus Siouxsie And The Banshees will all feature on the records which will be out in October.Pulp’s double album will feature the previously unreleased track ‘I Need You’ plus sleeve noted fron front […]

Wickeda are getting ready for their Europe tour, which will be the biggest tour for the band so far.В There are 9 countries included in the tour – UK, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Chech Republic, Croatia and Bosna. It is possible that the band will also play in Slovenia. The tour will last more than […]

The numbers are in on the Aug. 4-6 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago’s Grant Park, and they blow last year’s event out of the park. The event grossed nearly $8 million in ticket sales, with total paid attendance of more than 166,000. Last year’s Lolla, its first as a one-off festival, had a total paid attendance […]

STONE SOUR‘s official forum has been updated with a scan of a recent interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor, which was published in Kerrang! magazine. Check it out at StoneSour.com.STONE SOUR rocked The Billboard 200 chart last week, debuting at at the lofty position of No. 4 with their first studio album in over […]

The Rolling Stones canceled their concert tonight (Aug. 14) in Valladolid, Spain, after lead singer Mick Jagger developed laryngitis.The band said in a statement they expected to appear on Sunday at Twickenham Stadium in London. A spokeperson declined to confirm whether the Stones would perform as scheduled in El Ejido, Spain, on Wednesday.“I am very […]

Beck has revealed the full details including the track listing of his new album ‘The Information’.As previously reported the fifteen track affair will be released on October 2 and will come with a customisable cover.The follow up to January’s ‘Guerolito’ was produced by Nigel Godrich who also took charge of ‘Mutations’ and ‘Sea Change’.The album […]

DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, has just finished recording its new album, due in Europe on October 23 via Metal Blade Records. Entitled “Gloria“, the follow-up to 2004’s “Back to Times of Splendor” will include the following tracks:01. The Black Sea02. Dread It03. Don’t Go Any Further04. Avalanche05. Gloria06. Aerophobic07. The Hole We […]

Independent Music Press has set a September 7, 2006 publication date for Joe Shooman‘s TRIVIUM biography, entitled “Trivium: The Mark of Perseverance“. Ex-punk bassist Joe Shooman is a music journalist and broadcaster whose work has featured in mags including Metal Hammer, Record Collector, Plan B Magazine, Mixmag and The Fly; he is also a regular […]

A preview clip of the first-ever SUICIDAL TENDENCIES live DVD has been posted online at the group’s official web site. Check out the song “War inside my Head“, recorded on October 29, 2005 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, at this location. SUICIDAL TENDENCIES is currently putting the finishing touches on its new […]