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Rock Articles
The Darkness North American Tour Launches In Late Summer
On the heels “Dreams On Toast,” their eighth studio album, The Darkness have scheduled a North American tour that launches …
Rock History
President’s Day Special: When Presidents Meet Rock Stars
It doesn’t happen often but when Presidents meet Rock musicians it usually occurs when a musician is being recognized for …
The Week In Rock: April 12th – 19th
4/12 Neil Young And Joan Baez Perform At “Fighting Oligarchy” Young and Baez share the stage at political rally hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in L.A.’s …
All-Star Line-Up Honors Triumph
“Magic Power: All Star Tribute To Triumph” is slated to arrive June 6th. The 15-track album features DOROTHY, Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson, Joey Belladonna, Slash, Nita Strauss. and Ron “Bumblefoot” …
Marilyn Manson Streaming “In The Air Tonight”
Marilyn Manson’s cover of Phil Collins’s classic “In The Air Tonight,” that was originally available on a maxi single CD, which sold out in hours, is now available for streaming. In The Air …
Puddle Of Mudd’s Seventh Album Drops Next Month
Puddle Of Mudd will release “Kiss The Machine” on May 2nd. “There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and tears in this record,” noted frontman Wes Scantlin (pictured above). “We wanted …
The latest News from the Interwebs
- “To keep a standard up so long is an achievement. This album crowns that. Now people can play something other than A Whiter Shade Of Pale!” Procol Harum didn’t expect 50th anniversary album Novum to be their last
- After six albums of Beelzebub-bothering, Ghost's melodic metal is more tempting than ever
- Watch Dave Grohl perform Foo Fighters classic Everlong with a choir and the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra during surprise Coachella festival appearance
- "I couldn't care less about other people's opinions." M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold says they'll keeping pushing artistic boundaries
- Sleep Token Reveal All 'Even in Arcadia' Tracks + Fans Have Jokes
- "Metal's messiah has officially returned - and his name is Tobias Forge": Stand aside Jesus - Ghost’s devilish Skeletour show is the perfect Easter resurrection
- “I had to focus on something or I wouldn’t get through those next few months. I thought of Lennon wearing his army jacket: I went to war against the illness”: The turbulent story of The Alarm, the band who could have been the new U2
- The Who Rehire Zak Starkey + Townshend Apologizes for Confusion
- Watch Dave Grohl Perform With the LA Phil at Coachella
- Metallica Launches 2025 Tour: Set List, Video
- Metallica Launch 2025 Tour - Setlist, Video
- Why Blue Oyster Cult Is Still ‘Burnin’ for You'
- “Everyone in our circle was listening to a lot of West Coast hip hop, and it was minor key and dark. If you could take that to the next level, you could make it heavy metal”: How hip hop changed metal forever
- “He thought that the band should be a democracy, and it was more like a brutal dictatorship as far as he was concerned”: The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame
- “Everything I’m doing is purposely very different. If I’d wanted to keep doing what Dream Theater do, I’d still be in Dream Theater”: How Mike Portnoy reinvented himself after the trauma of leaving two massive bands