The Doors are set to receive a lifetime achievement award at next year’s Grammys. The Jim Morrison fronted seminal sixties act will be given the special honour at the award ceremony on February 11 in Los Angeles. Also receiving the award are The Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, saxophonist Ornette Coleman and soul stars Booker T […]

American Recordings has pushed back the projected release date of the “Unholy Alliance” CD+DVD package by two weeks. The discs will come out on February 27. В Filmed on July 13, 2006 at Vancouver’s 18,000-seat General Motors Place, “Unholy Alliance” features performance footage from SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, CHILDREN OF BODOM and THINE EYES BLEED. […]

Led Zeppelin are suing rock memorabilia website Wolfgang’s Vault – claiming it is illegally selling vintage recordings and merchandise. The rock legends are joined by Grateful Dead, The Doors and Carlos Santana in suing the website’s owner William Sagan. The San Francisco-based site sells material Sagan obtained after purchasing assets of concert promoter Bill Graham, […]

The long- awaited concert DVD “20 godini po-kusno” (20 Years Later) is coming out on December 20 (Wednesday). The disc, containing the concert ofВ  ERA, KONKURENT and AHAT on June 26 this year is a special collector’s edition. The concert marked the 20-th anniversary of the creation of the three most influential heavy rock bands […]

A video interview with legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and hisВ wife Candice Night has been posted online at Google Video. In other news, Blackmore’s NightВ holiday album, “Winter Carols”, has entered the Top 100 New Age/Ambient/World Radio/Internet Airwaves Chart at position No. 4. As previously reported, an audio interview with Ritchie Blackmore, conducted on December 2, 2006 […]

ZAKK WYLDE of Black Label Society and guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne’s band, won three awards from the “Guitar World” magazine’s readers poll. Zakk Wylde won the awards for “Most Valuable Player”, “Snappiest Dresser” and shares the “Best Cover” award for gracing the September 2006 issue alongside SLAYER’s Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Herman Li and […]

The most influential metal label, Roadrunner Records, has launched a site in Bulgarian. On the address http://www.roadrunnerbulgaria.com/ the fans can read all latest news, album reviews, interviews, to look at photos and videos and to listen to audio streams. In Bulgaria Roadrunner Records is represented by Virginia Records and releases bands like Soulfly, Stone Sour, […]

GARBAGE will make their first live appearance for 18 months with an intimate acoustic gig in California next month. The band – who have recently been the focus of reports they are set to split – will play the Alex Theatre in Glendale in a benefit for fellow musician Wally Ingram, who is recovering from […]

Korn recently recorded a performance for MTV Unplugged at the US music channel’s studios in Times Square, New York City. The Cure and Evanescence’s singer Amy Lee joined the band for a few numbers. Previously, Korn had only recorded five songs acoustically, but last weekend played several of their hits unplugged on MTV for an […]

The legendary British radio jockey John Peel, who passed away in 2004, was chosen as the most influential person in the British music industry in the past 20 years. An online survey of eMusic chose Peel as the person who had the most positive influence on the music in Britain, while the Sony head Simon […]