Kenneth Partridge
The Offspring, New Album: ‘Days Go By’ Due Out This Summer
After nearly 30 years in the game, the Offspring are entitled to a little reflection. Maybe that's why they've chosen Days Go By as the title of their ninth album, which drops sometime in "early summer," Punknews.org reports.
The 12-song set (tracklist below) arrives via Sony some four years after Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, the California quartet's last full-length...
Steven Adler ‘Done With’ Axl Rose, Never Speaking About Singer Again
When Axl Rose refused to join his old Guns N' Roses bandmates at the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, he didn't just disappoint fans hoping for a reunion. He effectively wrote himself out of Steven Adler's life.
Speaking recently with Rolling Stone, the drummer said he's "done with" the redheaded singer, who he's "never mentioning" or "talking about&qu
Steven Tyler Skypes, Sings With 10-Year-Old Cancer Patient (VIDEO)
Rock 'n' roll might not be a cure-all, but it sure has brightened the spirits of one Rhode Island boy battling brain cancer. As Blabbermouth.net reports, 10-year-old Cole Grace recently enjoyed a Skype conversation with his hero, Steven Tyler...
Simone Simons Hit With Drumstick: Epica Singer Whacked in Face Onstage
Epica drummer Arien van Weesenbeek needs to get a grip -- seriously. Earlier this week, while the Dutch metal band was performing in Milan, Italy, singer Simone Simons was hit in the face with a drumstick that apparently slipped out of the timekeeper's hands, Blabbermouth...
Serj Tankian, New Album: System of a Down Singer Drops ‘Harakiri’ July 10
In early January 2011, System of a Down leader Serj Tankian heard reports of mass bird and fish deaths around the world. It was then, he says in a press release, that he started writing Harakiri, the brand-new solo album he'll release July 10...
Dave Kushner, PusherJones: Velvet Revolver Guitarist Launches Cartoon Rock Band
Weeks after Damon Albarn announced that Gorillaz is likely done for, a new cartoon rock band has emerged to take their place. As Rolling Stone reports, Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner has joined forces with Dave Warren, creative director on "The Simpsons," to create PusherJones, an animated group that could spawn its own series...
Ted Nugent, Secret Service: Feds ‘Aware’ of Rocker’s Incendiary Statements About President Obama
Yesterday, conservative rocker Ted Nugent grabbed headlines across the country, thrilling some and enraging others with his tirade -- "We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November" -- against President Obama and the "vile," "evil" members of his administration...
Metallica Biography: Da Capo Press Readies Two-Volume Book
It's perhaps not as exciting as Matt Sorum's proposed Guns N' Roses biopic, since books are fundamentally less cool than movies, but Da Capo Press has announced a forthcoming two-volume biography of Metallica, Loudwire.com reports. Birth School Metallica Death: Volume I arrives in the fall of 2013, with its companion following a year later...
Matt Sorum, Guns N’ Roses Screenplay: Drummer Working on Movie About His Former Band
Drugs, sex, violence, top hats: The story of Guns N' Roses has it all, and now Matt Sorum wants to bring the band's adventures to the big screen. In an interview with Vh1, Contact Music reports, the drummer said he's talked with "a couple of really big people" about writing a screenplay about the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees...
Ted Nugent, President Obama: Rocker Calls Administration ‘Criminals,’ Looks to ‘Chop Off Their Heads in November’
Should President Obama be reelected, Ted Nugent "will either be dead or in jail by this time next year." Those words -- a promise or a threat, depending on your point of view -- came straight from the rocker, who blasted the current administration during a recent speech at the NRA's annual meeting in St...