Author: Mark Leader

Drowning Pool has released “Madness,” the follow-up to last September’s single, “Revolution (The Final Amen),” which was first new music with vocalist Ryan McCombs (pictured) in 13 years. “We are inspired by the multiple possibilities for millions of conflicting disputes across many schools of thought and ideals across this world” wrote the band regarding “Madness.”. “Embrace…

Ex-Butcher Babies vocalist Carla Harvey has released “Sick Ones,” the lead single from her new project The Violent Hour.  The track, co-written by Harvey and her fiancé, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, features Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5. “‘Sick Ones’ is a Rock ‘n’ Roll anthem about cutting the toxic people out of your life,” said Harvey. “It was written at a vulnerable time in my life when…

4/6 The Beatles Original Drummer Retires Pete Best (pictured on the far left) announces he is stepping away from public appearances and performances “due to personal circumstances.” He was The Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr. In fact, he was sacked by the band in favor of Ringo, “And at that time, I didn’t think they’d go…

Epica has release its ninth studio album, “Aspiral.” The title, referencing renewal and inspiration, is derived from the eponymous sculpture created in ’65 by Polish sculptor and painter Stanisław Szukalski. “(Producer) Joost Van Den Broek became a little bit like the seventh Epica bandmember,” noted vocalist Simone Simons (pictured above). “And it’s great working with him. Yeah, we were…

Disturbed‘s “I Will Not Break” is #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated April 12th), giving the band its 13th chart topper. “I Will Not Break,” currently a standalone single, follows the band’s eighth studio album, “Divisive,” which debuted at #1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart in December ’22 and has moved 184,000 equivalent…

Looking ahead, Creed has announced the 2026 edition of the Summer Of ’99 & Beyond Cruise, sailing April 17th-21st, from Miami, FL to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. Creed — comprised of vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips — will perform two pool deck sets on the Norwegian Joy cruise ship, The line-up also include…

Blink-182’s bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus has released his memoir, “Fahrenheit-182,“ via the Dey Street Books. Co-authored by Dan Ozzi, the book is described as a “memoir that paints a vivid picture of what it was like to come of age in the 1980s as a latchkey kid hooked on Punk Rock, skateboards, and MTV.” Hoppus also writes about the formation…

Turnstile will release its fourth album “Never Enough” on June 6th. It will be the band’s first full-length effort in four years. It’s also Turnstiles first album to not feature founding member and former guitarist Brady Ebert following his ’22 departure, and the first to feature guitarist Meg Mills as an official member, after touring…