The Blur, The Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad front man revealedВ  that his Chinese operaВ is almost ready and soon will be on its way toward release. The album, which he describes less as an opera piece and more of a proper album, featuresВ  more than 100 separate musicians.В LyricsВ  are entirely all in Mandarin. He’s […]

Original Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and BRITNY FOX confirmed for the annual South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place on July 11-13. The other participants in this giant but somewhat nostalgic event are as follows: ACE FREHLEYBANG TANGOBIG COCKBRITNY FOXBULLETBOYSDOKKENFASTER PUSSYCATFIREHOUSEGODZHELIXHOUSE OF LORDSJACKYLJOKSTER L.A. GUNSMAD MARGRITTOZZ KNOZZPRETTY BOY FLOYDQUEENSRYCHESKID ROWSTEPHEN PEARCYTESLAUFOY&TZERO HOUR

Legendary Sweden’s music magazine Close-Up has published a list of the top 100 albums in metal, hard rock, hardcore andВ punk released during the past 17 years. Compiled from 23 individual writers’ selections, Close-Up‘s extensive list sees AT THE GATES classic cult album “Slaughter Of The Soul”. Close-Up‘s Top 20 albums 1991-2008: 01. AT THE GATES […]

From today (April 29), the song “Violet Hill” will be available for free dowloadВ for a week at theВ  band’sВ website. The new album “Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends” is due no to June 17 as was previously announced, but to June 12 with global release dates.

Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet RevolverВ frontman Scott Weiland is goingВ to serve 192 hours in jail, after being found guilty of Driving Under the Influence. This follows his arrest last November. He must serveВ the sentence by May 28.

The Wildhearts have released a cover versionВ of Helmet’s ‘Unsung’ . TheВ track will be includedВ in aВ covers album entitled ‘Stop us If you’ve Heard This One Before Vol. 1 planned to be released onВ May 19th. Meanwhile rumors insist that The Wildhearts will take part in this year Dowload festival.

OnВ May 26В EMI shall release “When in Rome 2007” – a triple DVD set (view cover in the left) featuring over 5,5 hours of video footage captured during Genesis‘ Turn It On Again Tour 2007.

UK death metal veterans Benediction have completed work on their new album, “Killing Music“, due before the end of the year via Nuclear Blast. The CD, produced by Mick Kenney of Anaal Nathrakh, is going to contain 13 new songs plus cover versions of “Seeing Through My Eyes” by Broken Bones and “Largactyl” by Amebix, […]

The reunited The Jesus & Mary Chain have recorded their first new song in more than a decade. The track is called “All Things Must Pass” and shall be included in the soundtrack to the “Heroes” TV series, due out on May 5 and also featuring music by Panic at the Disco, Nada Surf, Bob […]

Izzy Stradlin is currently working on a new solo album. What’s known so far is that some of the songs shall feature a guest appearance the guitarist’s former Guns N’ Roses bandmate Duff McKagan, who’s currently active with Velvet Revolver. Izzy Stradlin – “Hammerhead“