Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) and Mike McCready (PEARL JAM) took part in an interview and an acoustic performance on yesterday's (Thursday, February 25) edition of "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" show on the Seattle radio station KISW 99.9 FM. They were promoting their upcoming appearance at "A Hootenanny For Haiti", an extraordinary ...
Mark Morton of the Heavy Metal Examiner recently conducted an interview with guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Heavy Metal Examiner: In the wake of the amazing shock hearing HAMMERFALL mentioned during Sunday night's Olympic curling coverage, I was wondering, are you ...
Hard rockers BLACK WATER RISING announced that they have signed a deal with new label Giddy Up! Records. The band's self-titled album is available now on iTunes and will be in stores on Tuesday, March 2. BLACK WATER RISING's debut album has independently sold over 1,000 copies and there were over 4,000 downloads of the ...
New York's UNEARTHLY TRANCE will enter SIR studios in the band's hometown this weekend with engineer Sanford Parker to begin recording its fifth album, aptly titled "V", for a late spring release via Relapse Records. After completing the basic tracks with Parker, the band will continue to self-record with additional help from trusted experts along ...
AC/DC, METALLICA and KISS have made Billboard's annual Money Makers list, which is the most comprehensive report card of its kind. For the first time, the ranking is based on the artist's share of revenue as opposed to total dollars generated by each artist in the ranking. Billboard's annual Money Makers list - ...
Twenty years after the release of the highly acclaimed "Damnednation", California glam-rock veterans JETBOY have completed work on their most recent project, "Off Your Rocker", due on March 2, 2010 via iTunes and Amazon.com. Best described as a blend of edgy rock and roll with a traditional, blues-based influence, "Off Your Rocker" is the perfect ...
STONE MOUNTAIN FREEWAY, the new band featuring former members of ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER and RED RIVER REVIVAL, is bringing the riff-laden swagger of yesteryear into a new generation of heavy, ass-stomping rock and roll. STONE MOUNTAIN FREEWAY formed in February of 2010 and has already begun recording demos for its self-released EP, tentatively due out in ...
North America's progressive metal gods SYMPHONY X are putting the finishing touches on the material for their next studio album, tentatively due mid-2010 via their new record label, Nuclear Blast Records. The band's guitarist, Michael Romeo, tells the SYMPHONY X webmaster, "Technically, we could be done. "I put together some pre-production mixes for us to ...
Ozzy Osbourne was scheduled to be given a key to the city of West Palm Beach this afternoon (February 26) at the town's Centennial Square. Mayor Lois Frankel was to present the key to Ozzy "in recognition for his many years of bringing both his shows and Ozzfest to South Florida." In honor of Ozzy ...
A photo of FAITH NO MORE frontman Mike Patton exposing himself for the camera during the band's February 20, 2010 concert in Brisbane, Australia as part of the Soundwave Festival can be found at Dlisted.com. (Warning: Intended for mature audiences only.) The incident apparently occured halfway through FAITH NO MORE's performance of the ...
