GreenDay

Green Day have cancelled some upcoming promotional appearances as Billie Joe Armstrong is seeking treatment for substance abuse. "Billie Joe Armstrong is seeking treatment for substance abuse," the band said in a statement on its site Sunday afternoon...

To honor Metallica's 30th Anniversary, Green Day has recorded a cover of 'Hybrid Moments' by the Misfits. The original version of the song can be found on 'Static Age,' the Misfits' debut album. The New Jersey punk heroes originally recorded the album in 1978, but it remained shelved until Caroline Records included it in the Misfits' box set in 1996...

A lot of people don't get the Melvins, which is fine. The ever-changing, but always loud, 26-year-old band is fine with that. But a lot of the critics behind the veil want to know why the legendary band does what they do. Why make a remix album where every song is a full album's re-tooling...

Right now, the name Tosin Abasi is on everyone's lips in the metal scene. The guitarist of Animals as Leaders is being celebrated by everyone from his tourmates in Darkest Hour -- who even called him the Steve Vai of this generation -- to the dude who runs his label, Prosthetic Records...

It's official! Rumors that freshly-reunited grunge godfathers Soundgarden have booked a live gig in the States meaning a full-on Soundgarden tour -- as have been whispered about since the band first announced it was reuniting back in January -- can't be too far off...

The rumors have started about 2010's Lollapalooza, and they've got the recently reunited Soundgarden co-headlining the three-day event. Some reports are claiming that Soundgarden will share the honors with Green Day and Lady GaGa when Lolla takes over Chicago's Grant Park Aug...

In the late '00s, Rise Records well, rose to prominence -- pun intended -- much like Ferret and Trustkill did in the early part of the decade. Rise is the hot boutique label in the metalcore scene, and it was started by founder/president Craig Ericson as a senior in high school...

On your mark. Get Set. Go! Superstar street punks Green Day have just tapped relative newcomers Prima Donna as touring partners for their upcoming jaunt to UK and the rest of Europe. More '70s glam than modern day punk, Prima Donna released their debut 'After Hours' in 2008...

We doubt any of you watched the MTV Video Music Awards last night (unless you're girlfriend made you watch, in which case, dump that broad), because we sure as hell didn't. Given there isn't even a metal or hard rock video category, why would we...

You know what's awesome? Spending the entire Labor Day weekend in bed, sick as a dog, and then waking up Tuesday morning, feeling fine. Just in time for work. Yep, that's right. This writer's Labor Day weekend was the pits. Coughing, wheezing, sneezing, getting loopy on Nyquil ...