When she was a kid, Lily Allen knew her stepdad as ‘Uncle Joe’, the benevolent, whisky-glugging neighbour who was always hanging out with her dad Keith. Uncle Joe was, of course, Joe Strummer, ex of The Clash. Years later, Lily Allen cribbed some of The Clash‘s moves for her debut album. Like them, she delivered […]

On Monday, January 19, Zakk Wylde’s (OZZY OSBOURNE , BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) father passed away due to complications from his fight against cancer. The following is a statement from Zakk regarding his passing: “My father, Jerome F. Wielandt, who served as an inspiration to me and my music throughout my life, has passed away from […]

The beasts of Tampa, Florida will shoot a video for the ‘Evisceration Plague’ title track today in Northern New Jersey. The clip will be helmed by veteran video director Dale “Rage” Resteghini, who has previously worked with Mudvayne, Trivium and Hatebreed., among many others. The album is scheduled for release on February 3, 2009 via […]

Californa’s punk finest will perform for the first time in Sofia-Bulgaria on 14 February. They will headline the ‘St.VALENTINE RIOT’В  to be held at the ‘4 km’party center! NUFAN are bringingВ German punk rockers Scheisse Minelli with themВ and there are 6 moreВ local bands on the bill: Crowfish,В A-moral, Perfect Skies, Rise Above,В Empty FaceВ and La Muchedubre.В В  The punk […]

Oh yes, we could swallow the bitter bill of having to wait 14 whole years for the Guns’n’Roses top boy to release a new album, but that’s nothing compared to being forced to endure an entire 15 fucking weeks for the Babyface Clan frontman to finally decide upon a verdict on ‘Chinese Democracy’. And we […]

Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Norah Jones and Jack Johnson are among the acts confirmed for a Nick Drake tribute album to be released by Johnson’s Brushfire Records. The recording process was filmed for release as part of a DVD package. It will also include the late actor Heath Ledger‘s version of “Black Eyed […]

The former Husker Du frontman will release his latest solo effort, ‘Life And Times’, on April 7. The follow-up to 2008’s ‘District Line’ features 10 tracks including ‘The Breach’ and ‘Spiraling Down’. The album tracklisting is: ‘Life and Times’‘The Breach’‘City Lights (Days Go By)’‘MM 17’‘Argos’‘Bad Blood Better’‘Wasted World’‘Spiraling Down’I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand […]

It appears that the Hot Leg and former The Darkness frontman will be hitting the silver screen in a ‘psychological horror’ movie. According to horror movie web-site Bloody Disgusting, Justin Hawkins will co-star alongside former ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ hottie Charisma Carpenter in the forthcoming movie, ‘Vivid’. The story centres around a New York novelist […]

The mega-legendary Mott The Hoople have announced a pair of reunion shows to celebrate their 40th anniversary. The concerts, which are being billed as ‘the return of one of the best loved rock’n’roll bands of all time’, are at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on October 2 and 3. These will be momentous occasions for the following […]

British heavy rock legends, Iron Maiden, in association with EMI Records, Universal (USA) and Arts Alliance Media, announce that they will be releasing a feature length documentary film into cinemas worldwide on April 21st 2009. Entitled ‘IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666′ the movie follows the band on the first leg of their “SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME […]