Dave Grohl has got some of the coolest friends in the world. How do I know? Because they're all in his new documentary. Down below is the trailer for a doc called Sound City which was directed by the Foo Fighters frontman and focuses on Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, CA. The studio was shut down in 2011 but not before some of the biggest names in rock recorded some legendary albums including Nirvana's Nevermind. Grohl said of… Read More
Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, who was involved in a car accident in November of 2008 that left him in a vegetative state, is continuing to show signs of improvement and has even awoken from a semi-comatose state. Down below, you can check out a video of Cheng being able to raise his leg on command. It's a hopeful sign but he's not out of the woods yet. He still can't communicate verbally but can open his eyes from time to time and see and hear things around… Read More
The second solo album from Slash is set to be released on May 22nd via his own label, Dik Hayd International. While the album has no title or track listing yet, it will only feature his touring band this time including Alter Bridge guitarist Myles Kennedy, drummer Brent Fitz and bassist Todd Kerns. Down below, you can check out video of the band working together in the recording studio. Unlike his debut album, which featured a different singer on almost every track, Slash explained… Read More
Yeah you just read the headline and probably started shaking your fist and screaming. Calm down, son, it's not bad news at all. Rolling Stone has confirmed that American Idol alum Adam Lambert will be the new frontman for the legendary rock band Queen. Now I know some young, ignorant rock fans will shriek in horror at this news and will call for Lambert… Read More
The annual Sasquatch festival, definitely a festival that I need to attend in the very near future, announced a killer line up for this year's installment. Recently solo Jack White, along with Beck and Bon Iver, will be headlining the George, WA based four-day event which runs from May 25-28. Also leading the way are Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, The Shins, Girl Talk, St. Vincent, Feist, and Silversun Pickups. But that's not all who you'll get to see at the Gorge… Read More
Slipknot's own Corey Taylor and Shawn "Clown" Crahan have decided to go into the movie business. The first thing they did, like all aspiring film moguls, is create a short film and then, naturally, go to the Sundance Film Festival with it and show it off to all the other Hollywood emperors of film. Now us common folk get to see the film too. Up top is the short film from Taylor and Crahan's production company, Living Breathing Films, called Thy Shalt I. Do you think this duo has what it takes to rule… Read More
So even though At The Drive-In is reuniting this year, The Mars Volta are still putting out new music. In this case, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala will release the band's sixth album, Noctourniquet, on March 27th. According to a press release from the band, the new album has 13 tracks and was inspired by "disparate elements including ’80s UK alt-rockers The Godfathers,… Read More
Velvet Revolver is finally back together! At least they were for one night. The "supergroup" reformed for a short four song set at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA for a tribute concert in honor of award winning composer John O'Brien. The band, which included the return of frontman Scott Weiland, played the songs "Sucker Train Blues, "She Builds Quick Machines," "Slither" and a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." Up top, you can check out the band's performance of "Sucker Train Blues" (via Read More
In case you guys were too busy watching the boring as all hell LSU/Alabama Championship game or maybe even The Bachelor, you missed Jack White on TV last night. The Third Man Records CEO appeared on American Pickers on the History channel and was seen bargaining for a elephant head. The show went to Third Man in Nashville, TN and saw hosts Mike Wolfe and Frank Fitz working out a deal for the head in exchange for some good from the label. Looks… Read More
