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Black Sabbath Axeman Tony Iommi Donates Old Guitar Strings to Charity
Where do old guitar strings go to die? Well, they don't, at least in the case of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. The guitar deity has elected to donate his old guitar strings to Wear Your Music, a charity that takes musician-used strings and fashions them into wearable jewelry, such as bracelets and necklaces...
Former Eighteen Visions Bassist Mick Morris Dead at 35
Mick Morris, the onetime bassist of early '00s metalcore giants Eighteen Visions who had also done time in fellow Orange County band Bleeding Through, has died. Morris was just 35 when he passed away in his sleep on Sunday, June 2. Reports indicate that Morris' cause of death was a pre-existing heart condition...
Smile Empty Soul Prep New Album ‘Chemicals’ for Fall 2013 Release
California rockers Smile Empty Soul, last seen on eOne, releasing the album '3's' back in May of 2012, are back at it already. They are prepping their new album 'Chemicals,' which will be issued via a unique partnership between the band's own Two Disciples Entertainment imprint and Chicago's Pavement Entertainment...
Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins Denies Child Sex Offense Charges, Issues Statement
There's a new update in the strange and disturbing case of Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins. The singer, who has been in custody in his native Wales since December of last year when he was arrested for allegedly committing sex crimes against children, pleaded not guilty to a total of 24 charges, including two charges of raping a baby...
Against Me! Recording With NOFX Frontman Fat Mike + Former Offspring Drummer Atom Willard
Despite some changes and instability in the Against Me! lineup as of late, frontwoman Laura Jane Grace took to Twitter to share some details about the band's progress, which will no doubt thrill fans of the political punk rockers. NOFX frontman and bassist Fat Mike and drummer Atom Willard, who has also done time in Rocket From the Crypt, the Offspring and Angels & Airwaves, have joined Agains
Rapper Scarface Dreams of Starting a Band With Gene Simmons (VIDEO)
Rapper Scarface has a dream collaborator and it's none other than KISS bassist Gene Simmons. Because, well, who wouldn't want to work with the God of Thunder? Scarface even has designs on an all-star rock band.
	"I don't even know when my next album is going to come out, but I am going to make a rock 'n' roll album, though," the Houston-born hip-hopper said
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KISS, ‘Beth': Short Film Offers New Perspective on Classic Ballad + More News
"Beth" is one of the most famous fictional "chicks" in rock music, as the subject of the famed, Peter Criss-sung KISS ballad that is named after her.
Originally called "Beck," the 1976 single was co-written by Criss, producer Bob Ezrin and frequent KISS collaborator Stan Penridge...
Sacred Mother Tongue: British Metal Stars Set Their Sights on America With ‘Pawn’ (US SONG PREMIERE)
Noisecreep has joined forces with Sacred Mother Tongue and The End Records to premiere the thrashy new track "Pawn" from the band's Out of the Darkness, which drops April 30.
"It's a dark, twisted, angry riff, full of aggression, and it spits fury in the face of the listener from the get go," singer Darrin South warned Noisecreep before we listened to the track, so we felt
Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland Scores Animated Short Film Starring Basketball Star Chris Bosh (WATCH NOW)
When he's not giving Fred Durst an injection of credibility by infusing Limp Bizkit songs with a dose of spazzed-out riffery, guitarist Wes Borland is taking on other projects, like, uh, scoring an animated short film featuring Chris Bosh, a member of the Miami Heat who is not LeBron James or D
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As I Lay Dying Singer Addresses ‘Satanic’ Rumors + More News
As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis has taken the time to clarify the lyrical concepts behind his Pyrithion side project and their The Burden of Sorrow EP. He said that fans were concerned that it was his "crazy Satanic side band" since the lyrics are darker
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