Within Temptation’s “The Invisible Force” Documentary

It took a while but Corrosion Of Conformity‘s “Deliverance: has been officially certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released in ’94 “Deliverance.” the band’s fourth studio album but first featuring vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan, became the band’s biggest-selling album containing “Clean My Wounds“ and “Albatross.”

It seems like an election year tradition: Rock acts complaining about the unauthorized use of their songs at political functions. They claim the playing of their songs at events implies support – which is often not the case. Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and Neil Young are but a few of the performers who have lodged…

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler’s sixth annual philanthropic “Jam For Janie” Grammys viewing party (on 2/2) raised over $2.5 million to support Janie’s Fund, the L.A. Fire Department Foundation and Disabled Firefighter’s Fund. More than 100 firefighters who battled the January Los Angeles wildfires were invited to the event through the Widows, Orphans And Disabled Firefighters Fund and Los Angeles…

Slash is #1 on the Blues Album charts in the U.S. and the U.K. with “Orgy Of The Damned,” which also debuted at #2 on the U.S. Rock Albums Chart. For the album, the Guns N’ Roses guitarist collaborated numerous singers including AC/DC’s Brian Johnson for a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor,” featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on the…

Godsmack’s “Truth” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart (dated June 1st). It’s the band’s 13th song to top the chart. The power ballad came about after frontman Sully Erna (pictured above) suffered a relationship betrayal that took a lot of processing to get through. The track is from “Lighting Up The Sky,” Godsmack’s eighth album…

Def Leppard will embark on a North American tour this spring and summer. The band, formed in ’76, has released a dozen studio albums and saw their greatest commercial success between the early ’80s to mid–’90s. One of their biggest albums was ’87 release, “Hysteria.” “For us the first album showed promise, the second showed the…