This Week in Rock

Jeffrey Hatrix (also known as Jeffrey Nothing), a co-founder and former vocalist for the industrial collective Mushroomhead, has sued the band’s drummer and producer Steve “Skinny” Felton, alleging copyright infringement and failure to pay Hatrix royalties that he is owed. Hatrix (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick), who left the band in ’18, claims he wrote or helped write 148…

Former Great White singer Jack Russell died on August 15th at the age of 63. Earlier this year, Russell issued the following statement: “”After a recent diagnosis of Lewy body dementia (LBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) in May 2024, I am unable to perform at the level I desire and at the level you deserve. Words cannot…

Marilyn Manson has released “Raise The Red Flag,” a maxi single CD limited to 3,000 copies worldwide. Manson returned to the stage earlier this month as part of Five Finger Death Punch’s summer arena tour. It was his first live performance since the completion of his fall ’19 headlining trek. Over the past three years, Manson has been embroiled…

Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd has been sober for nearly 30 years and discussed the positives during a recent interview with Australia’s Heavy magazine. “I wasted so much of my young life where you’re bulletproof, where you’re at the top of your game, you’re the best you’re ever gonna be — your body, your mind, your…

The Sex Pistols (Paul Cook, Glen Matlock and Steve Jones) fronted by Frank Carter played the first of three shows on Tuesday to help save Bush Hall in West London. The band performed songs from their landmark ’77 album “Never Mind The Bollocks” (including God Save The Queen” – with lyrics changed to reflect current U.K. monarch King Charles…

In This Moment will embark on “The Godmode Tour Part 2″ tour this fall. “Godmode,” the band’s eighth studio set, was released in ’23. It contains the tracks “I Would Die For You” (which was on the “John Wick: Chapter 4″ soundtrack), The Purge,” “Godmode” and “Army Of Me.” In This Moment Tour Dates: Ticket Information Nov. 08…

Knocked Loose will launch a tour this fall in support of their third and latest album, “You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To.” The Hardcore Punk band’s run kicks off on October 4th in Columbus, OH and wraps up in Washington D.C. on November 10th. Knocked Loose Tour Dates: Ticket Information: Oct. 04 — Columbus, Ohio…

Nightwish’s official music video for “The Day Of…” has arrived. The track is on the band’s upcoming tenth studio effort, “Yesterwynde,” which is due September 20th. “‘Yesterwynde’ took more time to make than any previous Nightwish album,” noted keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen (pictured above w. vocalist Floor Jensen), who composed the majority of the material. “The new album was intensively worked…

A Kurt Cobain plaque at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle has generated a debate over the wording describing the late Nirvana frontman’s death in ’94. The exhibit on the “27 Club,” covering musicians who perished at the young age, stated Cobain had “un-alived himself” at 27. The term is an alternative to using…

BBC 2″ will broadcast “Brian May: The Badgers, The Farmers And Me” on August 23rd. The program follows the Queen guitarist on his decade-long opposition to the controversial badger cull, implemented to curb the spread of the disease in cattle. May and his team have organized marches, protests, and a petition to end the practice. The…