Amen frontman Casey Chaos has died at the age of 59, according to a social media post that was shared on Saturday (December 21st) by Cleopatra Records founder and CEO Brian Perera.
Brian broke the sad news to fans with the following message on the label's Facebook page, "With heartfelt sadness, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Casey Chaos. (continue)
Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann has released a brand new solo single entitled "Meine Welt", which translates to "My World" in English and also the title of his 2025 European arena tour.
According to his website, Till "will grant audiences an insight into the depths of his world in 2025 - from the end of October until the end of the year, fans can look forward to over 25 raw and completely reconceptualized arena shows on his solo 'Meine Welt' tour across 17 countries in Europe." (continue)
Helmet have digitally released "Move On" a project that features their covers of classics from David Bowie, Wire, The Beatles and Blue Oyster Cult, as well as three live tracks.
"Move On" was originally released in 2021 as a special set of 7 inch vinyl singles, but has now been made available via digital retailers and streaming services. Each disc featured a cover on side A with the live tracks as side B, except the title track that had a song called "More Bad News" on the b-side. (continue)
The Philly Specials are back with one last surprise this holiday season, with the release of 'Run Rudolph Run', another massive and unexpected collaboration- this time with Jon Bon Jovi.
This comes on the heels of Operation Snowball, which saw Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, and Jordan Mailata - surprising students at Ben Franklin High School, Eliza B. Kirkbride School, and Alliance Charter School as Operation Snowball arrived via motorcade which included The Philly Specials' red Astrovan, a Philly Specials toy truck, police escorts, three Amazon delivery vans, and a firetruck amongst others to hand deliver presents and celebrate the end of 2024! (continue)
Scott Stapp's "Black Butterfly" has become the rocker's second Top Ten single from his chart-topping solo album, Higher Power (Napalm Records), according to Mediabase's Active Rock Chart. It follows title track "Higher Power," which rose to #8 earlier this year.
It's been a transformative year for Stapp, who released Higher Power (one of Loudwire's Best of 2024), made his theatrical debut with a cameo in Reagan, and performed his stunning acoustic duet with Dorothy, "If These Walls Could Talk," during his Grand Ole Opry debut. (continue)
Crossfaith proudly present the Hyper Planet 2025 Festival - a celebration of musicians performing their respective crowd favorites on Sunday, February 2. HYPER PLANET will take place at Japan's largest convention center, Makuhari Messe in the 7-8 Hall, and will host bands including but not limited to: Enter Shikari, Underoath, Wargasm, Paledusk, and more.
"From the moment we started Crossfaith, hosting our own festival has always been one of our biggest dreams. With HYPER PLANET, a festival we are proud to host, that dream is now coming true," says Crossfaith's Kenta Koie. (continue)
Pete Price and The Price Brothers Band just released the new album "Pictures in Time" and to celebrate we asked Pete to tell us about the lead single "House Of Mirrors". Here is the story:
House of Mirrors is my first single release from my second album; Pictures In Time. I'd had some lyrics about being my own jailer kicking around in my head for a couple of years and after a couple of weak efforts at getting the idea into a song, I struck on House of Mirrors. (continue)
The widow of late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland had a top 24 story of June 2024 after she revealed that she believes the coroner incorrectly labeled his death an accidental drug overdose and in an interview she shared what she believed killed her husband.
Jamie Wachtel Weiland told the Appetite for Distortion podcast, "I feel like when he died, everybody was kind of, like, that's tragic, but, of course, he overdosed, which he didn't f***ing overdose, which I tried to get that point across. He didn't. Because he had drugs in his system, the coroner had to rule it an overdose." (continue)
Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx landed a top 24 story of June 2024 after he shared that he does not see a good reason for the band to return to the recording studio in the near future since they already have a couple of new songs recorded.
The veteran hard rock band delivered a new track called "Dogs Of War" back in April that reunited them with producer Bob Rock and was the first recording from the band to feature their new lead guitarist John 5. (continue)
GHOST's RITE HERE RITE NOW earned a top 24 story of June 2024 after setting a record at the box office. Here are the details from Nasty Little Man in our look back in the Year In Rock: nclusive of the screenings on June 20 through 23, the unique feature-length concert/narrative film entered the worldwide Top 10 box office at No. 9 with a total gross of $5.04 million worldwide* from limited showtimes.
RITE HERE RITE NOW, which screened in 1,800+ cinemas across 49 territories, combines never-before-seen 2023 concert footage of GRAMMY award-winning rock band, GHOST, with a narrative story that picks up plot threads from the band's long-running Chapters series, directed by GHOST's Tobias Forge and Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell). (continue)
Sick of It All frontman Lou Koller had a top 24 story of June 2024 after he took to social media to reveal that doctors discovered a tumor in his esophagus, which was the reason behind the band's recent cancelation of their European tour plans.
Koller shared a video update with fans. He had this to say in the clip, "What's up everybody, Lou here. As you may or may know, we had to cancel out full European tour this Summer. There's some rumors going around as to why and we're here to set the record straight. But we wanted to wait til we got all the information before making an announcement. (continue)
Ed Sheeran scored a top 24 story of June 2024 in our look back in the Year In Rock after he jumped on stage for a surprise performance with Limp Bizkit during their appearance at the Pinkpop Festival on Sunday (June 23rd) in Landgraff, Netherlands.
The chart topping pop star joined the nu metal pioneers for a rendition of their famed cover of The Who's classic "Behind Blue Eyes" and video or the performance has been shared by the Limp Bizkit Brasi YouTube channel. (continue)
Ozzy Osbourne earned a top 24 story of June 2024 after he referenced the infamous "ant snorting" incident in Motley Crue's biopic and autobiography "The Dirt" in a PSA message for beverage brand Liquid Death.
The company has released a new video entitled "Ozzy Osbourne Warns Kids Not To Snort Liquid Death" as a reaction to posts on Instagram talking about snorting the brand's "Death Dust". (continue)
The Eagles legend Don Henley scored a top 24 story of June 2024 after the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands shared an episode celebrating the 35th anniversary of his "The End Of Innocence" album.
Redbeard shared this synopsis: The evening before my first interview with him was scheduled to occur, regarding his third solo album The End of the Innocence, Don Henley wanted to check me out. You see, Henley doesn't suffer fools lightly, and now that I've lived for almost forty years among the rural Northeast Texas hard-scrabble ranchers and family farmers that, like Henley from Cass County, have populated this region for generations, I've come to know discernment of a stranger's intentions as a common trait. (continue)
Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock had a top 24 story of June 2024 after his official cause of death was revealed by a representative. The singer was found dead in his Los Angeles home on June 24th. He was 49 years old.
Howie Hubberman, a reported representative for Shellshock, real name is Seth Binzer, told Rolling Stone, "Seth has been struggling with substance abuse problems for quite some time. (continue)
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