Karen Bliss
Duff McKagan Talks Velvet Revolver Future + Walking Papers Present
Duff McKagan told Billboard recently that Velvet Revolver may rise again once they have found a replacement for frontman Scott Weiland.
Billy Corgan Compares Work Ethics of ’90s Smashing Pumpkins + Current Lineup
Billy Corgan has perspective now on the music the Smashing Pumpkins made back in the '90s as compared to the material he is creating now and he notes a definite difference in the personalities and work ethic of the players.
Mayhem Festival Spreading Health Awareness With Keep a Breast Foundation
Metalheads love boobies and want to keep them safe and sound. That is the message of this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. For the sixth annual metal festival's performance in Chicago this Saturday (July 27), producers have teamed up with the Keep A Breast Foundation, whose amusing “I love boobies!” motto helps spread awareness about breast health to young people.
Mark Lanegan Announces 2013 Tour Dates Behind Covers Album
Mark Lanegan will kick off a world tour at the Troudabour in Los Angeles Oct. 4 in support of his new covers album, ‘Imitations,’ (due out Sept. 17 on Vagrant Records). The U.S. leg ends Oct. 15 at New York’s Gramercy Theatre, before the Washington native heads over to Vienna to begin his five-week tour of Europe and the U.K.
Slash to Broadcast Final Summer Concert With Myles Kennedy + the Conspirators
Can’t get to Vegas? No worries. Slash, featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, are performing their final summer concert at the House of Blues in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 25 at 9PM PT and the whole thing will be webcast live by EVNTLIVE.
Nirvana Alumni Join Paul McCartney For Historic Seattle Jam
Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana have played together before, but the most recent reunion was extra special: it was in Seattle -- the city which catapulted the unlikely rock stars to global success and the forefront of the so-called grunge movement in the early '90s. Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear joined the former Beatle onstage at Safeco Field for five songs during
Bob Ezrin, Deep Purple: Legendary Producer Had to Be Convinced to Work With Rockers on New Album
Bob Ezrin, the man behind the board for such classics as Pink Floyd's The Wall, KISS' Destroyer, and Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies and Welcome to My Nightmare, needed some convincing to produce the new album by 40-plus-year institution Deep Purple...
Buckcherry Singer Says His Father’s Suicide Inspired Film He’s Seeking Funding For (INTERVIEW)
Buckcherry's Josh Todd has written a short film as a companion to the band's new album, Confessions, which is largely based on the seven deadly sins. One of the more impactful songs on the 13-track album is "Sloth" about his father's suicide...
Adam Gontier, Three Days Grace: Singer Posts Explanation for Leaving Band
News of frontman Adam Gontier's departure from Three Days Grace yesterday (Jan. 9) for health reasons has prompted the singer to post his own explanation for leaving the band he started in 1997 in the small Ontario town of Norwood.
Yesterday, Three Days Grace - bassist Brad Walst, drummer Neil Sanderson and guitarist Barry Stock - posted that My Darkest Days frontman Matt Walst (Brad's brother) wo
Sal Costa, My Darkest Days: Guitarist Tells Us Why He Really Left the Band
The day after Sal Costa got married to his long-time girlfriend in Toronto, the pair weren't able to shut out the outside world and truly enjoy their first day as husband and wife.
No, a three-month secret that he had left My Darkest Days was released by his former bandmates online - and Costa's phone started ringing and buzzing like mad...