"Red Brick City", the first music video from HEAVY WATER, the new project featuring SAXON's Biff Byford and son Seb Byford of NAKED SIX, can be seen below. The song is the title track of HEAVY WATER's debut album, which will be released on July 23 via Silver Lining Music. Soaked in gritty, riff-baked blues, ...
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According to Deadline, Chris Cornell's widow and his doctor have reached a confidential settlement in a lawsuit in which she accused the physician of over-prescribing drugs that eventually caused the singer to commit suicide. "After years of litigation and settlement negotiations, plaintiffs and (Dr. Robert Koblin and Robertson Cardiovascular Center LLC) ...
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The Reelz cable network has set a May 9 premiere date for "Chris Cornell: "Life, Death & Money". Official episode description courtesy of Reelz: "When grunge rock icon and former SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell dies from suicide in middle of a tour in May 2017, the world is caught completely off guard. According to Cornell's ...
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A teaser for the "Red Brick City" music video from HEAVY WATER, the new project featuring SAXON's Biff Byford and son Seb Byford of NAKED SIX, is available below. The full clip will make its online debut tomorrow (Friday, May 7). "Red Brick City" is the title track of HEAVY WATER's debut album, which will ...
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Silver Lining Music has set a July 23 release date for "Red Brick City", the debut album from HEAVY WATER, the new project featuring SAXON's Biff Byford and son Seb Byford of NAKED SIX. Soaked in gritty, riff-baked blues, yet rich with the sound and metre of classic hard rock, "Red Brick City"'s ten songs ...
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AXS TV turns back the clock this spring with a time capsule full of iconic bands that defined an era in the "Long Live The 90s" all-new weekly limited concert series — launching Sunday, May 9 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The special event joins the network's "Sunday Night Rocks" lineup which also includes ...
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SEVENDUST has announced a month-long "socially distanced" U.S. tour for this summer. The trek, which will feature support from AUSTIN MEADE and KIRRA, will kick off on June 26 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and wrap up on July 24 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. All local COVID-19 protocols will be followed, including social distancing, additional hand sanitizer ...
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Chris Cornell's widow has accused the surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN of wanting access to the band's social media accounts in order in order to "maliciously defame" her, "provoke her online stalkers" and to "instigate third parties" to harass her and her minor children. Late last month, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Ben Shepherd and their business ...
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Taylor Momsen, lead singer/songwriter of the band THE PRETTY RECKLESS, was a guest on the latest episode of "Mind Wide Open", the IGTV series and podcast hosted by Chris Cornell's daughter Lily Cornell Silver. "Mind Wide Open" aims to "help destigmatize the conversation around mental health," according to a press release. Guests include mental health ...
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EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee spoke to Alternative Press about how the band's original record label Wind Up threatened not to release the group's debut album, "Fallen", if she and her bandmates didn't add a male voice to lead single "Bring Me To Life" to make it more palatable for radio. The album version of "Bring ...
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According to Billboard, a federal judge in Washington state has recommended the court throw out two of the six claims against the surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN filed by Vicky Cornell, the widow of SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell. U.S. District Judge Michelle Peterson said that there wasn't evidence that the band was ...
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Echo released the second design in its "Kiss Poster Series" with the legendary Frank Kozik on Friday, March 19. "For this amazing opportunity, I wanted to combine the raw energy of a great comic book cover with the power of KISS and rock and roll," said Kozik. "It being for a show in Japan, I ...
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SEVENDUST has announced two special back-to-back livestream events for next month. The Atlanta-based band will perform its fourth studio album, 2003's "Seasons", in its entirety on April 10 and its 1999 sophomore effort, "Home", from front to back on April 11. For more information, including tickets, go to this location. This ...
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Last month, THE PRETTY RECKLESS's latest album, "Death By Rock And Roll", debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart. It marked the third top 10 and first No. 1 for the Taylor Momsen-fronted act on the chart. The album opened with 16,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending February ...
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The surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN have responded to a lawsuit filed last week by Vicky Cornell, the widow of SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell, saying a buyout offer they made to her "has been grossly mischaracterized." In her lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, Cornell said that Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and ...
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According to TMZ, Chris Cornell's widow has sued the surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN over the buyout price for her stake in the band. In the lawsuit, which was obtained by BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Vicky Cornell says Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd offered her just $300,000 for Chris's share. This amount, she ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS singer Taylor Momsen recently spoke with Kerrang! Radio's Sophie K about recording the band's new album "Death By Rock And Roll". They discussed the troubling times that inspired the LP, as well as the joy that rock music can bring, the state of rock music right now, their hope that Download festival ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the video for THE PRETTY RECKLESS's new single, "And So It Went", can be seen below. The song, which features a guest appearance by guitarist Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), > is taken from THE PRETTY RECKLESS's upcoming album, "Death By Rock And Roll", which will be released ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen says that she is optimistic that, in a post-pandemic future, concerts will be "bigger and better than ever." Momsen, who is promoting THE PRETTY RECKLESS's upcoming album, "Death By Rock And Roll", tells NME that she has a bright perspective of where the touring industry will be once the ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS has shared the official video for the new single "And So It Went" featuring guitarist Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE). By thought and by action, emotion and intellect, the accompanying visual personifies the angst and unrest alive in this timely anthem. "The world has been in such a state of civil ...
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Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, was a guest on the latest episode of "Mind Wide Open", the IGTV series and podcast hosted by Chris Cornell's daughter Lily Cornell Silver. "Mind Wide Open" aims to "help destigmatize the conversation around mental health," according to a press release. Guests will include mental health professionals, ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS recently filmed a video for the song "And So It Went", featuring a guest appearance by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello. The track is taken from THE PRETTY RECKLESS's upcoming album, "Death By Rock And Roll", which will be made available on February 12 via Fearless Records in the U.S. ...
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Last month, Vicky Cornell and her children, Toni and Christopher, on behalf of The Chris Cornell Estate in conjunction with UMe, released "No One Sings Like You Anymore: Volume One", Chris Cornell's handpicked collection of 10 cover songs, which he personally selected and sequenced to celebrate artists and songs that inspired him. Speaking to "The ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen spoke to Terrie Carr of the Morristown, New Jersey radio station 105.5 WDHA about the importance of seeing her vision through to full execution while making music with her bandmates. "I'm fine with compromising, but I'm not fine with compromising when it comes to art," she said (see video ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen has once again reflected on how the deaths of SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell and longtime producer Kato Khandwala affected the making of THE PRETTY RECKLESS's new LP, "Death By Rock And Roll". Momsen, whose band was the opening act for SOUNDGARDEN's spring 2017 run of dates, told "Elliot In ...
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Chester Bennington's widow has announced her split from her husband of a year. Talinda Bennington and Los Angeles County firefighter Michael Friedman walked down the aisle on January 4, 2020, four months after they announced their engagement. The ceremony took place at the Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku, Hawaii. Earlier today (Friday, January 22), Talinda ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke recently spoke to 80's Metal Recycle Bin about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. "There was a lot of talk of the climate changing — a lot of it," ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen spoke to Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station about the band's upcoming album, "Death By Rock And Roll", which will be made available on February 12 via Fearless Records in the U.S. and Century Media Records in the rest of the world. Asked if it's true that the LP ...
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS has shared its new single "And So It Went". The track, which features a guest appearance by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello, is taken from THE PRETTY RECKLESS's upcoming album, "Death By Rock And Roll", which will be released on February 12 via Fearless Records in the U.S. and Century ...
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GUNS N' ROSES has released video footage of the band's October 2019 performance at the Exit 111 festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The 32-minute clip is part of the GN'R web series dubbed "Not In This Lifetime Selects" featuring highlights from the four-year "Not In This Lifetime" tour. Featured songs: 01. Live And Let Die (WINGS ...
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