METALLICA were one of the artists performing on "Top of the Pops" in London at BBC TV Studios on Thursday (May 29). Check out pictures from Globe Photos. In other news, Phil Freeman of the Cleveland Scene reviewed METALLICA's latest effort, "St. Anger", calling it "definitely the noisiest, ugliest record METALLICA's ever made." ...
The new band featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum is reportedly looking into doing several one-off gigs this summer, including a possible appearance at Milwaukee's Summerfest (web site) between June 26 and July 6. According to Slash's Official Fan Site (www.snakepit.org), the band "have no confirmed ...
Sebastian Bach (ex-SKID ROW), Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE), Tommy Lee (ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE), and Steven Adler (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) are among the hard rock musicians scheduled to appear Saturday night (May 31) at the "Meatloaf & Friends All Star Jam & Pool Party" at Skin at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will be ...
Former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has reportedly set "Misunderstood" as the title for his upcoming autobiography, due in the fall through Atria Books, the hardcover imprint of Simon & Schuster. The book, which was originally rumored to have been titled "Ragz to Riches", will contain many details not included in the CRÜE's best-selling band ...
Sweden's IN FLAMES have posted the following message to their official web site, www.inflames.com: "Hello all, as of [Thursday, May 29], we are safely back at home in Gothenburg after the 2 weeks in Denmark doing the pre-production. "We are very pleased with what came out of 'The Tuborg Sessions' — we managed ...
Commenting on the report that the American forces are subjecting Iraqi prisoners of war to a new kind of torture — METALLICA's brand of heavy metal — the band's frontman James Hetfield told the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that the whole thing feels "absurd and sad" to him. Meanwhile, in an online chat ...
GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson (ex-THE REPLACEMENTS), who has been working with Axl Rose in the reconfigured band since 1998, is launching a solo career, according to the L.A. Times. He's finishing an album at the home studio of former PIXIES frontman Frank Black and also recently played sets in L.A. and New York ...
DEEP PURPLE have reportedly set "Bananas" as the title for their forthcoming album, tentatively due on Aug. 1 through EMI Records. The group performed two tracks from the upcoming CD live at the Schwung Festival in Roeselare, Belgium this past Thursday (May 29), including a slowie called "Haunted", which is planned as the first single ...
Dutch progressive metallers SUN CAGED, who feature in their ranks STAR ONE keyboardist Joost van den Broek, will be opening for QUEENSRŸCHE on June 4 at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Holland. SUN CAGED's debut album is slated for release on Oct. 22 through Finland's Lion Music. It was mixed by AYREON/STAR ONE mastermind ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message to the "Rock'n'Roll Diary" section of CRÜE's official web site: "We're [BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION] gonna pull out of [rehearsal] for awhile and finish up the lyrics and arraignments [sic] at my house. We plan on starting the album in late July (in a ...
