It turned out that Hilly Kristal – the owner of legendary New York punk rock club CBGB, who died last month of lung cancer – has left behind a $3.7 million estate after his death. While he was apparently socking away a lot of money while he bitterly disputed an increase in his club’s rent, […]

The Daily Star and other yellow papers are reporting that England’s drug lord Pete Doherty (Babyshambles, ex-The Libertines) and Kurt Cobain’s notorious widow Courtney Love have been seen making out in British bars. According to the media, it’s too early to call it romance, but it’s hard not to get giddy with speculation about the […]

Richard Reinhardt a.k.a. Richie Ramone, known as drummer for America’s punk rock godfathers The Ramones from 1983 to 1987, has filed suit against Apple Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for copyright infringement. According to Richie, the companies do not have permission to sell downloads of six songs that he wrote – “Smash You”, “Somebody Put […]

After playing in Bulgaria’s capital for the first time ever on March 7, America’s ska veterans The Toasters shall visit Sofia again on December 7, event promoters Re-Act Music confirmed. The venue and other details shall be announced soon.

Italian melancho metallers Novembre shall release their new full-length studio album, entitled “The Blue” (view cover in the left), on November 5 via the British label Peaceville Records. The follow-up to last year’s “Materia” is going to containg 12 songs recorded at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki under the guidance of producer Mikko Karmila, known for […]

Canadian extreme metal avantgardists Voivod have created videos for the last two songs off their latest album “Katorz” (2006) and uploaded them on the Internet. The word goes about “The X-Stream” and “Polaroids”, the latter featuring some of drummer Michel “Away” Langevin‘s animation work. Now sit back and give in to the stream… “The X-Stream“ […]

While going on with the recordings for their next full-length studio album in their own IF Studios, Sweden’s metal masters In Flames have also contributed a brand-new song to the compilation “Viva La Bands, Vol. 2”. The track is called “Abnegation” and can be heard on the band’s MySpace page at myspace.com/inflames.

The Rolling Stones have been named the top earning music act of the year so far by the American business publication Forbes. Mick Jagger & Co. have made 88 million U.S. dollars so far, largely from their Bigger Bang Tour, which grossed $437 million in total. Here’s how the top 10 Top Earning Music Acts […]

The former gang of Babyshambles’ notorious frontman Peter Doherty, The Libertines, who disbanded three years ago, will release a compilation album on October 29. Entitled “Time for Heroes – The Best of The Libertines”, the English garage rockers’ CD is going to contain following tracks: Up the Bracket Time for Heroes Mayday Don’t Look Back […]

Exactly two decades after the release of Guns N’ Roses‘ legendary debut “Appetite for Destruction”, Harper Collins shall publish the official autobiography of the band’s emblematic guitarist Slash. Written by the musician himself in cooperation with former Rolling Stone contributor Anthony Bozza, the book is going to be entitled simply “Slash” and is scheduled to […]