CBGB, the legendary New York City club whose lease expires today, is "a great New York City institution" worth saving, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said, according to The New York Post. Bloomberg yesterday said the city is "trying to bring" the club together with its landlord, the Bowery Residents' Committee, so the nightspot ...
Back in May, SKID ROW traveled to North Korea to play six shows for U.S. troops. A gallery has been posted on the band's official web site consisting of band and crew photos as well as fan pictures. As previously reported, SKID ROW began rehearsals at Koda Studios in Decatur, GA in January ...
Sharon Osbourne spoke exclusively to Kerrang! magazine (web site) last week (as reported here yesterday) regarding IRON MAIDEN's final performance on this year's Ozzfest tour, during which she cut MAIDEN's power and arranged to have the band pelted with eggs and debris from the crowd. Several more excerpts from the interview follow: Kerrang!: ...
The Associated Press has issued the following report from KSTP-TV: When Denny Bennett couldn't make it to the MÖTLEY CRÜE concert at the Minnesota State Fair, he figured he'd just sell his tickets to recoup the money he spent. He ended up spending a lot more. Undercover authorities in front of the grand stand wrote ...
Metal Blade Records CEO/owner Brian Slagel has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "When I first heard the original VOIVOD demo and then their first album for us and their debut as well, 'War and Pain', I knew they would be a great band for a long time. ...
Pollstar.com is reporting that GREAT WHITE have called off the rest of their U.S. tour, with around 20 dates affected. The band, which has been on the road for much of the last six months, cited "medical reasons" as the cause for the cancellations. A press release said the group "will also not perform on ...
England's premier hard/melodic rock festival, Firefest II, which will take place on Saturday, November 26 at Nottingham Rock City in Nottingham, U.K., will also nbe held in Greece with a slightly different bill. The show will take place at the Underworld Club in Athens on Tuesday, November 29 and the bands that will be appearing ...
Belgium's ABORTED are preparing for their first full North American invasion. Their formidable new album, "The Archaic Abattoir", won the band considerable praise. Founder and vocalist Sven De Caluwe commented on the upcoming tour and lineup changes: "Things are really starting to move fast for us, and we're fully preparing ourselves for the upcoming U.S. ...
GOD AMONG INSECTS, the Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula (DARK FUNERAL), guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE), bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY), have set "Zombienomicon" as the title of their sophomore album, tentatively due late 2005/early 2006 via Threeman Recordings. "We can tell ...
