It’s always a bittersweet moment when a band member moves on — just ask Anthony Kiedis, Flea, or Chad Smith. Sometimes it’s expected, sometimes it’s just… out of left field. One member we never thought would leave is keyboardist Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady. But, as is the case these days, surprises are kind […]

Primal Scream bassist Mani has revealed that they have begun work on their next album. The follow-up to 2008’s ‘Beautiful Future’, the former Stone Roses man explained that they will be spending the rest of the year working on their new record. “This year is a writing year and it’s going well,” Mani told NME.com. […]

Peter Frampton release an autobiographical album at the end of April. It’s titled ‘Thank You Mr. Churchill’, and was recorded at his home studio in Cincinnati, with co-producer Chris Kimsey. Guesting on the record is Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron.

Three years after joining Bulgarian hard rock veterans Konkurent, the guitarist left to concentrate on his daily job. “Playing in this band is very demanding and time consuming. We couldn’t make enough money though, so I had to quit in order to pay more attention to what I ‘m doing. We are still good friends […]

Former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke is recovering at home from injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run accident on his motorcycle on Sunday, January 10. He suffered three broken bones in his left foot/ankle and a broken bone in his right foot. He had one successful surgery last week, which “went well,” he writes […]

Gorillaz will release their third album, ‘Plastic Beach’ on March 8, the cartoon creations of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Confirming the record’s full tracklisting, the band also announced that the likes of Lou Reed, Mos Def, Mark E Smith, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, De La Soul and Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys, while The […]

‘Emotion & Commotion’ boast both originals and covers, including renditions of Jeff Buckley’s ‘Corpus Christi Carol,’ The Wizard of Oz’s ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ‘I Put a Spell On You,’ featuring Joss Stone on vocals.Emotion also finds Beck teaming with a 64-piece orchestra for a handful of tracks, like Gustav Mahler’s […]

The new album of freshly reunited Fear Factory seems to be pretty good. ‘Mechanize’ will be officially out on February 5 through AFM/Wizard but Tangra Mega Rock’s Ivaylo Alexandrov had his verdict on our website:В  “‘Mechanize’ is uncompromisingly angry record. It grabs you in the beginning and the opening ‘Mechanize’ delivers the first series of […]

Bulgarian deathmetallers EUFOBIA are relaseing their new record ‘Insemination’ through a Romanian label. These guys are doing more shows in Europe then in their home country. Why the hell? We askedВ EUFOBIA frontman Nick and drummer Blago who were guests in our studio: WHY DO YOU THINK THE SCENEВ IN ROAMNIAВ IS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN OURS – […]

The Mayhem Festival featuring Korn and Rob Zombie will kick off Saturday, July 10 in San Bernardino, CA and will roll through 24 cities in the U.S. and Canada between early July and late August (a full itinerary will be announced in the coming weeks). Mayhem presale tickets go on sale April 2 and tickets […]