October Album Releases: Fever 333, Myles Kennedy, The Offspring, Jerry Cantrell, Atreyu & 311

October Album Releases: Fever 333, Myles Kennedy, The Offspring, Jerry Cantrell, Atreyu & 311

Fever 333: Darker White Release Date: 10/4 The set features “No Hostages” and “Higher Power.”  “(The set) is the intersection we will all find ourselves in at some point in our lives,” noted frontman Jason Aalon Butler. “It is the struggle we will inevitably face when identifying our metric for good or bad. Wrong or right. Dark and light….

Halestorm/I Prevail Top Rock Chart

Halestorm/I Prevail Top Rock Chart

Halestorm/I Prevail’s collaboration “Can U See Me In The Dark?” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated September 28th). “Can U See Me in the Dark?” is currently a standalone single. It’s Halestorm’s seventh #1 and I Prevail’s third – their first since “Bad Things” in ’22. Siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale founded Halestorm in…

Billie Armstrong Rant Gets Green Day Banned

Billie Armstrong Rant Gets Green Day Banned

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong (pictured) is not happy that the Oakland A’s baseball team is moving to Las Vegas. During a concert at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on September 20th the East Bay native told the crowd, ““I (expletive) hate Las Vegas. It’s the worst (expletive) hole in America.” As a result, a…

New Music: Spiritbox, Ded, Crossbone Skully (featuring Nikki Sixx), Atreyu & Marilyn Manson

New Music: Spiritbox, Ded, Crossbone Skully (featuring Nikki Sixx), Atreyu & Marilyn Manson

Spiritbox: Soft Spine The Canadian Metal band was established by guitarist Mike Stringer and vocalist Coutney Laplante in ’17. The full lineup includes drummer Zev Rose, and bassist Josh Gilbert.  Ded: Rockstar “In a way, our new song could serve as the ‘anti-rockstar’ mentality anthem,” says vocalist Joe Cotela. “I am personally drawn to and enjoy genuine…

Richie Kotzen’s “Nomad” Has Arrived

Richie Kotzen’s “Nomad” Has Arrived

Featuring the tracks “Cheap Shots“ and “On The Table, guitarist/singer Richie Kotzen has released “Nomad” on September 27th. “I really never know how, when or where inspiration will strike for a song idea,” explained Kotzen. “I never try to force anything because I know ultimately at some point in time life will hand you a…

Daughtry Deliver A “Shock To The System (Part One)”

Daughtry Deliver A “Shock To The System (Part One)”

Daughtry’s EP, “Shock To The System (Part One),” has dropped. The set features the lead single, “The Reckoning.” “(The song) is about that moment in life when you realize that you are in control of your own destiny,” stated frontman Chris Daughtry. “It’s about that moment you decide to take responsibility for the person you want to be…

Duff McKagan’s Two New Songs Support Upcoming Tour

Duff McKagan’s Two New Songs Support Upcoming Tour

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has issued two songs to promote his upcoming “Lighthouse Tour ’24” which will kick off in Europe in late September with U.S. dates in November. The songs are a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” and a McKagen original “True To The Death Rock N Roll Ballad.” Both tracks are…

Ann Wilson Finishes Chemo

Ann Wilson Finishes Chemo

Heart’s Ann Wilsom has revealed that she’s finished chemotherapy and ready to prepare for the band’s rescheduled 2025 tour. Earlier this year, Heart cancelled summer/fall North American tour dates so Wilson could undergo treatment. “I underwent an operation to remove something that, as it turns out, was cancerous,” Wilson explained. “The operation was successful.” Wilson’s doctors then recommended…

Garbage
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Garbage

Often bands are missing a key element and go looking for it in another band. Drummer Butch Vig, multi-instrumentalist Duke Erikson and guitarist/bassist Steve Marker first saw the Scottish-born Angelfish singer Shirley Manson on MTV’s “120 Minutes.” They hooked up with her when Angelfish toured the States. Manson went through what was termed an “introductory…