EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee welcomed her first child, a son named Jack Lion, last Thursday, July 24. "I have never known the depths of my heart till now. The world just exploded into Technicolor," Lee wrote on Instagram. According to People.com, Jack Lion entered the world weighing 7 lbs., 13 oz. The 32-year-old ...
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CINDERELLA's TOM KEIFER On Illegal Music Downloading: 'It's Kind Of Become The Accepted Norm'
During a recent interview with American Blues Scene magazine, CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer gave his thoughts on the subject of illegal music downloading. "I think there's been a mindset of entitlement with a certain percentage of the population out there, but with others I don't think it's intentionally done to harm anyone," he ...
Report: SCORPIONS' 'Diva-Esque' Rider Demands Drove Up Finnish Concert Ticket Prices
According to YLE.fi, fans of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were forced to fork out an extra 30 euros each to see the band perform at a festival in Finland because of the "diva-esque stipulations" made by the group in their agreement with the promoter. Among the items requested by SCORPIONS in the ...
SUICIDE SILENCE Interviewed By MAZE MATTHEWS In Mansfield (Video)
Maze Matthews conducted an interview with guitarist Mark Heylmun and vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida of California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE at the July 22 stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Mansfield, Massachusetts. You can now watch the chat below. SUICIDE SILENCE's new album, "You Can't Stop Me", sold around 15,000 copies in ...
BUTCHER BABIES Vocalist CARLA HARVEY To Release 'Death And Other Dances' Novel In August
BUTCHER BABIES vocalist Carla Harvey will release a semi-autobiographical novel, "Death And Other Dances", on August 25. In a recent interview with Detroit Live, Harvey stated about the book: "'Death And Other Dances' is a story about the human connection. And how touch connects us all. It's about loneliness and how in today's digital age ...
MACHINE HEAD To Tour North America With CHILDREN OF BODOM, EPICA, BATTLECROSS
San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will embark on a 21-show North American tour in the fall. Support on the trek will come from Finnish heavy metal powerhouse CHILDREN OF BODOM, Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA and American melodic death/thrash openers BATTLECROSS. The tour launches on October 4 in Denver, Colorado and includes five Canadian ...
METALLICA's LARS ULRICH, KIRK HAMMETT Talk About 30th Anniversary Of 'Ride The Lightning'
METALLICA's Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett spoke to RollingStone.com about the band's classic sophomore album, "Ride The Lightning", which celebrated its 30th anniversary this week. Asked if METALLICA was trying to do something different, musically, after 1983's "Kill 'Em All", Ulrich replied: "It was the first time that the four of us wrote ...
OBITUARY: New Album Title Revealed
Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY have set "Inked In Blood" as the title of their ninth studio album, tentatively due at the end of October via the band's new partnership with Relapse Records. OBITUARY drummer Donald Tardy revealed the CD title during an interview with the Italian blog Metal Skunk before the group's ...
OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Crazy Train' Covered By HARP TWINS (Video)
Identical twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt have covered the OZZY OSBOURNE classic "Crazy Train" as an electric duet harp arrangement. Check it out in the YouTube clip below. Known as the "harp twins," Camille and Kennerly perform internationally as a dynamic acoustic and electric rock harp duo. As the world's only known identical twin professional ...
ALICE IN CHAINS: 'No Excuses' Performance Clip From 'Guitar Center Sessions'
Guitar Center, the world's largest retailer of musical instruments and equipment, and DirecTV, one of the world's leading providers of digital television entertainment services, will spotlight ALICE IN CHAINS in the award-winning music series Guitar Center Sessions on August 3 on DirecTV's Audience Network (Channel 239). Guitar Center Sessions features exclusive performances and intimate, enlightening ...