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SLIPKNOT's 'All Hope Is Gone' Certified Gold In U.S.

SLIPKNOT's latest album, "All Hope Is Gone", was officially certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 9, 2008 for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the LP has shifted 592,000 units in the United States since its August 26...

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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On KKFI 90.1 FM

Journalist Greg Prato, whose work has appeared in a variety of sites and magazines, including All Music Guide, Billboard.com, RollingStone.com, Record Collector, and Classic Rock, will be interviewed by Stormin' Norman of Kansas City's KKFI 90.1 FM on Monday, December 22 at 7:00 a.m. CST. Greg will...

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'Roadrunner United The Concert' DVD: First-Week Sales Revealed

The "Roadrunner United The Concert" DVD sold just under 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on the Top Music Videos chart. The double-disc set hit shelves almost three years to the day after the now-legendary concert held at the Nokia Theater in...

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Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN: 'Touched By Magic' Book Available

To many, Tommy Bolin was the legitimate heir to Jimi Hendrix's rock guitar throne. Stints with the JAMES GANG and DEEP PURPLE — as well as solo albums and a groundbreaking release with jazz-rocker Billy Cobham — certainly proved that the adulation was rightly deserved. And with a techno-color fashio...

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VEIL OF MAYA: Orangevale Footage Available

Capital Chaos has posted video footage (see below) of VEIL OF MAYA's November 21, 2008 performance at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California. Also on the bill were THE FACELESS, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DECREPIT BIRTH and NEURAXIS. VEIL OF MAYA released its latest full-length album, "The Common Man's Coll...

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SLIPKNOT's CHRIS FEHN, SHAWN CRAHAN Interviewed In Scotland; Video Available

John Kilbride of Scotland Today conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionists Chris Fehn and Shawn Crahan prior to the band's December 8, 2008 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Watch the 13-minute chat at this location. SLIPKNOT has garnered another Grammy nomination — this time fo...

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SLIPKNOT For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival?

In this week's issue of U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor reveals that the band has been approached to headline next year's Download festival. He says: "We've had an offer from Download but we've also got a few other options open to us at the moment. A couple of the guys in th...

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SLIPKNOT: 'Harddrive' Special Available Online

The weekly extreme rock series "Harddrive", hosted by Lou Brutus, aired a SLIPKNOT "All Hope is Gone World Tour" special from December 3 to December 6 on radio stations all across the country. The special featured exclusive live tracks from the band's current tour as well as candid interviews and ot...

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SLIPKNOT: Pro-Shot Paris Footage Available

Professionally filmed video footage of SLIPKNOT's November 2008 concert at Zenith in Pris, France can be viewed below. SLIPKNOT was honored in the UK-based magazine Total Guitar "reader awards" for the year 2008. The Iowa-based nine-piece won "Solo of the Year" and "Best Video" for "Psychosocial". J...

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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' Drops Out Of U.K. Top 10

GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy", dropped out of the U.K. Top 10 earlier today (Sunday, December 7),having landed at No. 11 in its second full week of release. The CD debuted at No. 2 in the U.K. after failing to outsell "Day & Age", the latest album from Las Vegas ...

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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' To Drop Out Of U.S. Top 10

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", will drop out of the Billboard Top 10 next week with second-week U.S. sales that are expected to fall below the 80,000 mark. "Chinese Democracy" sold 2...

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GUNS N' ROSES Out Of Ammo?

Keith Caulfield of Reuters/Billboard reports: [GUNS' N' ROSES long-awaited album] "Chinese Democracy" sold a modest 261,000 copies [in the United States in its first week of release]. The tally paled against those of the band's last studio efforts, "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II", w...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Says Having No. 1 Album In U.S. Was 'Incredible'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor spoke to Scotland's The Daily Record about his upcoming 35th birthday celebration, which will happen on Monday, December 8 when the band plays Glasgow's SECC. "That should be a very interesting night," he said. "I'm pretty excited because I turn 35 in Glasgow. We've al...

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SLIPKNOT Honored In TOTAL GUITAR Reader Awards

SLIPKNOT was honored in the UK-based magazine Total Guitar "reader awards" for the year 2008. The Iowa-based nine-piece won "Solo of the Year" and "Best Video" for "Psychosocial". Jim Root's signature Telecaster also took home the "Hottest Guitar" award. SLIPKNOT has garnered another Grammy nominati...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Interviewed On UK's SCUZZ; Video Available

Percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan of SLIPKNOT was interviewed at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England two nights ago by British music channel Scuzz where he answered questions which were submitted through Scuzz.com. Watch the footage below. SLIPKNOT has garnered another Grammy nomination — thi...