The mother of late Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley is taking legal action against her son's former bandmates, claiming they've not made good on royalties owed on the band's music.
2 weeks ago Five Finger Death Punch are set to dominate the rock world once again with the release of not one but two full length albums this year. Vol. 1, titled The Wrong Side of Heaven & The Righteous Side of Hell Vol.1, will hit stores on July 23rd, just 3 days after their appearence at this year's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival at SPAC.
Today, the band released the first song from the album "Lift Me Up",
Drowning Pool, fresh off dates with Flyleaf earlier this spring, will kick off a new leg of shows with support act Eye Empire toward the end of the month.
Happy Mother's Day 2013. It's a day for saluting the women who have brought children into the world, raised them and put them on the path to the life they have chosen. In some instances, that life is rock and roll and a number of top rockers are offering up Mother's Day wishes to their own mothers as well as the other mothers out there.
Last August, Baroness were involved in a bus crash that would forever change their lives. Their vehicle fell 30 feet off the freeway into the woods after crashing through a guardrail and three of the four band members were significantly injured. Knowing that a costly and lengthy recovery process was ahead, three of the band's cohorts -- sound engineer Jason "Loopy" Lupietuu, manager Rennie Jaffe and webmaster Nath Core -- began organizing a fundraising auction using their contacts to help the band.
If you've been watching TV over the past week, odds are pretty good you've caught Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' in a new commercial spot, but it's entirely possibly you may not have immediately recognized it. That's because a cover version of the song, softened considerably with a mesmerizing children's choir, has soundtracked the new Johnson & Johnson spot.
Baroness endured one of the scariest moments of 2012 when their tour bus broke through a guardrail while traveling in England and plunged 30 feet into a wooded area below. The bus driver in the incident, Norman Markus, was charged earlier this year with using a vehicle that had defective brakes, breaching the bus' 7.5 ton weight limit and not adhering to sufficient daily and weekly rest periods. He was also charged with not having the correct license entitlement and using a vehicle in a condition likely to cause injury. However, with that laundry list of charges, it's possible that Markus will never have to answer to the courts.
Pearl Jam are now in the homestretch of recording their next album and guitarist Mike McCready has some hefty expectations for what's to come. He told Seattle's KIRO Radio that he foresees the still untitled disc as being "way better than 'Backspacer.''
Queensryche's Geoff Tate asked for harsh critiques of his new album and he got plenty of response. Tate recently launched a contestasking for people who hated the 'Frequency Unknown' album to videotap
Iron Maiden's 'Trooper' beer officially hit the shelves this week, but not all of the markets are on board with the promotion. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports that sales of the beer have been halted in Sweden due to concern of the beer's label running afoul of the country's alcohol requirements.
If you're an archivist sort of music fan and are looking to fill out your Rob Zombie collection, now is the perfect time to do it. Universal Music Group is dipping into Zombie's past to deliver the 'Classic Album Collection,' arriving in stores this Tuesday (May 14).
Metallica's second Orion Music + More Festival is creeping up on us as summer draws near. To get fans pumped for the diverse fest, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed a mass of details about the 'Kirk's Crypt' exhibit, which will include meet + greets, Hammett's massive collection of vintage horror film posters and more.
