Chad Childers

Soundgarden have unplugged their instruments a few times in recent weeks and one such performance recently took place at Los Angeles radio station KROQ as frontman Chris Cornell and bassist Ben Shepherd teamed up for a pair of acoustic performances highlighting their past and present.

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Pearl Jam have one of the most dedicated fan bases in music and several members of that base are rallying their cohorts to create a book that will serve as a tribute to the band.

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Social Distortion's Mike Ness is penning an autobiography aptly titled after the band's hit song 'Story of My Life.' The punk-rock legend revealed during an interview with Los Angeles radio station KROQ at Coachella that he's been working on a new book that's expected to arrive in 2014.

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Green Day are one of the more generous rock bands when it comes to their fans, and during a recent show in Berkeley, Calif., they invited some very special VIPs from the Children's Hospital of Oakland.

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Wolfmother are winding down the days to their split, as the band has revealed that their April 28 date at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl opening for Aerosmith will be their final performance.

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Metallica have their hands full with a number of various projects, and now the band has unveiled details about the release of their the revelation that their 3D film 'Metallica Through the Never' now has a planned release. The band revealed that the film will make its debut Sept. 27, playing in IMAX theaters across the U.S. for a full week.

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Stone Sour / Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor will be the latest rocker to take part in the popular Reddit AMA Session series, fielding questions from fans about Stone Sour's new albums, the 'House of Gold & Bones' comics and whatever questions might pop up.

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Slipknot percussionist Joey Jordison has often found projects to keep him busy during the band's downtime, and it looks as though he's finding another creative outlet to keep him occupied until the band regroups in the studio again.

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Krokus are mourning the death of their former drummer, Dani Crivelli, who has reportedly passed away. Crivelli, pictured at the far left above, was a member of the group from 1987 to 1989 and appeared on the band's 1988 album 'Heart Attack.' An official cause of death was not revealed.

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Filming is about to get underway on the upcoming movie 'Army of the Damned' with Godsmack's Sully Erna playing one of the lead roles. In the film, he's a police sheriff named Bridge who uncovers more than he bargained for when answering a domestic disturbance call. Erna, making his feature film debut, has been taking part in rehearsals and some of the first photos from the film with the singer in his role have surfaced online. They can be seen below.

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Metallica are currently in the process of moving on to their next record, but drummer Lars Ulrich recognizes exactly what their past release, 'Death Magnetic,' has meant to their career. Speaking with United Arab Emirates paper The National, the drummer says that the disc may be a difficult one to follow, but he feels up to the challenge.

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Earlier this week, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine revealed that the David Draiman-led Device would be part of the 2013 Gigantourtrek. Now the second band has been named and it's opening act Death Division.

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