Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) and Mike McCready (PEARL JAM) are among the Seattle musicians who will unite for one extraordinary evening of music to benefit Haiti. Presented by Showbox and Seattle Theatre Group (STG), "A Hootenanny For Haiti" will take place on Sunday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. Other artists scheduled to ...
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper will be joined by pop singer Katy Perry when he presents the award for "Best Rock Album" at Sunday night's (January 31) 52nd annual Grammy Awards. "Best Rock Album" nominees: * AC/DC - "Black Ice" * ERIC CLAPTON & STEVE WINWOOD - "Live From Madison Square Garden" * GREEN DAY - ...
David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the chat below. For the versatile rocker, no guitar can speak as ...
The fifth in a series of webisodes documenting the making of "We Are The Void", the ninth album from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY, can be viewed below. "We Are The Void" will be released via Century Media Records on the following dates: * Sweden: February 24 * Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Australia: ...
San Francisco Bay Area power/thrashers IMAGIKA will release their new album, "Portrait Of A Hanged Man", on March 19 in Europe and May 11 in the U.S. via Metalville. The CD was recorded at Fang Studios in San Mateo, California by IMAGIKA guitarist Steve Rice and was mixed at KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque's ...
If you live in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, you can now listen to ROB ZOMBIE's new album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2", in its entirety at this location. "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" hits stores on February 2 via Roadrunner Records' Loud & Proud imprint, and independent retail stores in the U.S. are offering a bonus FREE ...
A short video clip featuring Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE, OPETH) talking about "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", the fourth album from Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND, can be viewed below. "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR" was released in Europe on January 25 and will be made available in the U.S. on ...
Ozzy Osbourne was recently interviewed on the "Drew & Mike" show, which airs on Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Osbourne doesn't think he's likely to play with BLACK SABBATH again since he and wife/manager Sharon Osbourne are involved in a lawsuit against ...
Televisión Nacional de Chile show "24 Horas" and Brazil's "Jornal da Globo" have filed separate reports on METALLICA's performances in Santiago, Chile and Porto Alegre, Brazil on January 26 and January 28, respectively. Watch the clips below. A policeman was injured and 120 people arrested when rioting broke out outside METALLICA's concert in Santiago, according ...
"Hirundineans", the new video from German black metallers DARK FORTRESS, can be viewed below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Ylem", which will be released via Century Media Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: January 22 Rest of Europe: January 25 USA: February 9 The track listing for the CD is ...
