Aerosmith

There are three Canadian songs on Six Feet Under's new covers album, 'Graveyard Classics III' -- Anvil's 'Metal On Metal,' Bachman-Turner Overdrive's 'Not Fragile' and Exciter's 'Pounding Metal' -- and it might have something to do with frontman Chris Barnes' affinity for America's neighbor to the north...

Forget all the rumors about Aerosmith parting ways with Steven Tyler and replacing him with some other big name rocker, because no one wants Aerosmith without Steven. Case in point: Aerosmith have just been booked for the 2010 installment of the U...

One of the coolest young bands to emerge from the new wave of thrash metal is Huddersfield, England's Evile, whose 20007 debut, 'Enter the Grave,' was a scorching blend of Slayer speed and Metallica-style riffs. With their 2009 follow-up, 'Infected Nations,' Evile strived to bust outside the box by creating more original songs without abandoning their core sound...

Metallica took a lot of heat for the sound and direction of their 2003 album 'St. Anger.' A lot of people complained about the drum sound and the stripped-down songwriting approach, but the guys in Stygian beg to differ. The Pennsylvania combo started out playing Metallica covers over a decade ago and cite the legends as one of their prime influences...

Things have been nothing if not fractious for the members of Aerosmith the last six months, which has led Joe Perry, out promoting his own side project, to really open up about the band's current situation with estranged frontman Steven Tyler, who is still undergoing rehabilitation for painkillers...

Things are getting even more tense in the Aerosmith camp. Legendary 'Smith guitarist Joe Perry recently told reporters the band was planning on holding auditions for a new singer to be able to hit the road this summer. Now there are reports that frontman Steven Tyler is considering a lawsuit to protect his place in Aerosmith...

Late last month, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler entered a drug rehab facility for pain management and his addiction to prescription painkillers fueled by 10 years of onstage injuries. Then, on Jan. 19, Tyler was apparently in good spirits when, according to reports, he waltzed right into the Tilted Kilt Pub in Palm Desert, Calif...

Allison Robertson is a name that shouldn't be unfamiliar to Noisecreep readers. The Los Angeles-based guitar goddess has been a member of the Donnas since their inception way back in 1993. These days, Robertson is also playing in the more metal leaning Chelsea Girls...

Black Robot bassist Jonathan 'J.B.' Brightman saw what he thought was the downfall of traditional rock 'n' roll. But his faith was restored when he witnessed kids playing 'Guitar Hero' in a California big box store. "I went to Best Buy a couple times and I saw these kids rocking out to Mountain and all these old classic songs," Brightman, the former bassist for Buckcherry, told Noisecre

If Steven Tyler is out as Aerosmith's frontman, as the online rumor mill's been suggesting, who would take over behind the microphone if the band does, indeed, carry on without him? Well, anyone who had their money on Lenny Kravitz for the vacancy needs to rethink that wager...