"Lullaby renditions" of songs by PANTERA, SLAYER, KISS, METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, and OZZY OSBOURNE, among others, are featured on "Rockabye Baby!", a compilation album that aims to take "the best indie, metal and rock songs and [craft] them into radiant instrumental lullabies!" according to the official product description. "Your little one can now fall asleep ...
Chris Purdy of the Edmonton Journal reports: Stefan Conley (photo) was a "ticking time-bomb" who poked a teenaged neighbor in the stomach with a tire iron during a noise dispute six days before he died in a confrontation with other teens on a city bus, court was told today [Thursday, Jan. ...
The following artist appearances have been scheduled for the EMG Pickups booth (# 4850) at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants), which is being held January 18-21, 2007 the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA: Friday, January 19: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Ladies of EMG featuring: Michelle Meldrum and Frida Stahl (MELDRUM) Venessa ...
Popular OZZY OSBOURNE fan site Ozzyhead.com has officially shut down after 11 years. The site's founder and webmaster, Mitch Van Beekum, has issued the following "goodbye" message explaining his decision to discontinue the site: "In 1995 I decided to start up a small fan website on CompuServe devoted to Ozzy Osbourne. Some of ...
The MySpace Interview recently conducted an interview with QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: As a child, what did you aspire to be and when did you discover your musical talent? Frankie: After seeing THE BEATLES and later THE ROLLING STONES on TV back in New York, ...
Guitarist Alex Auburn of the Canadian extreme metallers CRYPTOPSY has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "CRYPTOPSY celebrates 15 years of extreme metal Saturday, January 6th in their hometown Montréal at the Medley. It is also the end of 2006 which was a year of intense touring for the last record, 'Once Was Not'. We ...
The fourth and last installment of guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak's (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) diary from SEBASTIAN BACH's tour with GUNS N' ROSES has been posted online at www.jacksonguitars.com. An excerpt follows: "I have played four or five more shows on the off days from the GN'R tour as a solo artist, booked ...
MJS Music Publications has set a February 2007 publication date for "A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage And Carnage At The Alrosa Villa" (cover), a new book by author Chris A. The official book description follows: On December 8th, 1980, a lone gunman took the life of John Lennon, one of rock 'n' ...
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I am currently in Derbyshire, England with [producer] Andy Sneap finishing the record. Glen [Drover, guitar] is over here doing some last-minute sleeping on the couch, er, uh, just kidding. He is seriously shredding some solos! ...
