View Maiden tour as celebration

Iron Maiden have kicked off their new retro tour – and they’re preparing for the barrage…

How Tankian recycled his own music

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian cut and looped his own back-catalogue to create his…

Runaways settle their differences

Lita Ford has settled her differences with former Runaways Joan Jett and Cherie Currie – but…

Def Lep to re-record their hits for business reasons

Def Leppard are aiming to re-record all their hit singles after failing to reach an agreement…

Music: REM guitarist channels the Cramps on new solo offering

REM guitarist Peter Buck recently premiered a solo track called 10 Million BC on New Jersey radio station WFMU.…

How Kinks star Quaife took Davies’ feuds on the chin

Kinks bassist Pete Quaife knew he’d never shout down bandmates Ray and Dave Davies – so…

Green Day’s blue collar struggle

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong would love to be more involved with the Occupy protest…

Queensryche split with Tate

Queensryche have split with singer Geoff Tate, and will continue with Todd La Torre in his…

Veteran producer-manager Gerry Bron dies

Producer and band manager Gerry Bron has died at the age of 79. He worked closely…

Vision Of Disorder to play 2 special UK shows

Vision Of Disorder will be playing 2 special uk shows on the 14th  (London) and 15th (TBC)…