Kenneth Partridge

While corsets, leather skirts and tall boots might not seem ideal for climbing, goths can hoist themselves into trees as well as anyone. For proof, check out the aptly named Tumblr Goths Up Trees, which features photos of sullen misfits clinging to branches, perhaps doing their best to escape the unbearable sadness of life here on the ground.

Thanks to songs like "Shout at the Devil," Vince Neil can afford to drive a Rolls-Royce, and when mix-ups at parking garages keep him from his beloved ride, he's liable to shout at a valet. That's what happened last week at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, where cameras captured the Motley Crue frontman blowing up at the parking staff, TMZ reports...

Eric Cook, guitarist for the progressive metal band Lethal, has died of cancer, Blabbermouth.net reports. Based in Kentucky -- where Eric and his bassist brother, Glen, founded the band in 1982 -- Lethal released two albums before calling it quits in 1996...

Compared to pop singer Cheryl Lloyd, who dodged a bottle of urine during her performance at England's V Festival, Staind frontman Aaron Lewis had an easy weekend. Appearing with his band at Edgefest VIII in Little Rock, Arkansas, all he had to contend with was flying mud, though he wasn't exactly grateful for the relatively innocuous choice of projectile...

Former Metal Church bassist Stephen Wesley Ungerbuehler has been found guilty of growing marijuana, Washington's News Tribune reports, and while that makes him a convicted felon, he's likely breathing a sigh of relief. Ungerbuehler -- who professionally goes under the name Steve Unger -- had also been facing a pair of more serious charges, and had the jury in Tacoma found him guilty of money laund

Thought you'd seen the last of Limp Bizkit? Think again. In a Twitter post yesterday, guitarist Wes Borland denied that the seminal nu-metal outfit is breaking up, despite what singer Fred Durst implied in a recent interview. "LB has not called it quits," Borland tweeted...

Either Dave Mustaine really enjoys riling up his left-wing enemies, or he honestly, truly believes President Obama orchestrated a series of recent shootings -- among them the July 20 "Dark Knight Rises" theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado -- to promote his gun-control agenda...

Baroness Nine people were injured near Bath, England, when a tour bus carrying the band Baroness fell 30 feet from a viaduct, the BBC reports. The accident occurred after the Georgia sludge-metal stalwarts performed Tuesday (Aug. 14) at the Fleece in Bristol and had started down the road toward Southampton, where they were to scheduled to appear this evening...

It's been less than two weeks since Randy Blythe was released from a Czech prison, and understandably, the Lamb of God frontman isn't doing a lot of press. He did, however, agree to an interview with L.A. Weekly, and discussing his recent incarceration -- which stems from the 2009 death of a 19-year-old fan he's alleged to have pushed from a stage in Prague -- he refused to label himself as "

Today, President Barack Obama celebrates his 51st birthday. One person who likely won't be stopping by the White House for a slice of cake is Dave Mustaine. The Megadeth frontman has been extremely vocal about his distaste for Obama, and in a recent interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Blabbermouth...