Kenneth Partridge
Rex Brown Tax Liens: Pantera Bassist Owes IRS Nearly $450K
It's hard out there for bass players. Like Kevin McDonald says in that great Kids in the Hall sketch, "No one invites the bass player to the party after the show. If he does go to the party, he can only get the good looking girl's best friend...
Linkin Park Album and Tour News: Band Drops ‘Living Things’ June 26, Tours With Incubus in August
This is shaping up to be a big day for Linkin Park. In addition to releasing their new single, "Burn It Down," to radio (check out the new lyric video below), the California nü-metal titans have announced details on their forthcoming fifth studio album. It'...
Vince Neil Stage Fall: Crüe Singer Tumbles Gracefully at Vegas Strip Club
Things tend to work out for Vince Neil. The rocker said something to that effect in Motley Crue's legendary episode of Vh1's Behind the Music, and over the weekend, the rocker once again showed his resiliency, rebounding from what might have been an embarrassing stage fall...
Hulk Hogan, Metallica: Lars Ulrich Has No Memory of Wrestler Almost Joining
In his version of history, Hulk Hogan was once "big pals" with Lars Ulrich, and the two were so chummy that the Metallica drummer invited him to play bass in an early incarnation the band. Sadly, the wrestling superstar told Britain's Sun newspaper earlier this year, "it didn't work out," and he was forced to find fame as a grappler, not a headbanger...
Rich Teeter Dead: Drummer for Twisted Sister and the Dictators Dies at 61
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Rich Teeter, a drummer who played with punk pioneers the Dictators and later served a short stint with Twisted Sister, has died, Loudwire.com reports. He was 61.
The sad news comes via Dictators Forever, Forever Dictators, a blog devoted to the legendary New York City band Teeter joined in 1976...
Ronnie Montrose: Death Ruled a Suicide
According to the carefully worded statement Ronnie Montrose's family released following his death in March, the guitarist "chose his own exit the way he chose his own life." Now, we know what that means: The rocker committed suicide -- a revelation contained in an April 6 police report and confirmed on Montrose's website...
Tommy Lee Supports Animal Adoption, Calls Pet Stores ‘A Bad Scene’
"The road gets pretty lonely, man, sometimes," Tommy Lee told Rolling Stone in a recent interview. Ordinarily, such a statement might lead into a conversation about drugs and groupies, two things the Mötley Crüe drummer once consumed like food and water, but as it happens, Lee has a new cure for tour monotony: his puppy Bowie.
Lee is ...
Black Sabbath Headlining Lollapalooza? Leaked Festival Lineup Says So
Back in February, after Black Sabbath was forced to scrap its reunion tour following guitarist Tony Iommi's lymphona diagnosis, Sharon Osbourne revealed in a radio interview that the band would manage one summer show in the United States...
Aerosmith Songs Ranked by AOL Radio Listeners
Last month, Noisecreep asked Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer which of his band's albums are his favorites. He picked Permanent Vacation (1987) and Pump (1989), and as it turns out, he's not alone in digging those records.
	Our friends at AOL Radio recently asked listeners to name their favorite Aerosmith tunes, and those two collections accounted for five of the top 10 selections
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Sell Malibu Beach House for $7.925 Million
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have finally sold a three-story Malibu beach house they've had on the market since 2006, Blabbermouth.net reports. The Prince of Darkness and his wife got $7.925 million for the 4,500-square-foot property, which is more than the $5...