Music

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Loves Keith Richards [Interview]

ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons talks about his recent collaboration with blues player Leslie West, his love for Keith Richards and ZZ Top’s simple secret to success.
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Former Korn Guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch Announces ‘Over My Head’ Tour

Former Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch just announced a North American tour with fellow faith-based rockers Project 86, the Letter Black and the Wedding.
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Haste the Day Say ‘Goodbye’ With Live Album Set

Haste the Day’s Live CD / DVD Promises Metal-Core Memories Great things usually don’t happen overnight, and that’s the case with Haste the Day’s new live CD / DVD set. “Haste the Day vs. Haste the Day” took over a year to record and package, and now the time has finally arrived for the boys to unbridle the double-collection on Sept. 13.
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Evanescence ‘What You Want’ is Dance-y Hard Rock – Song Review [Audio]

Evanescence just released the first single off their upcoming, self-titled album, and the track “What You Want,” brings a stormy blast of hard rock and anguish pop, with Evanescence’s typical layers of symphonic chords. Move towards the bottom of the page and click on the player to hear the song.
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Skillet’s ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You,’ the Perfect Breakup Song – Song Review

Hard rock band Skillet’s latest album, Awake, has been out is over 100 weeks, but it’s not slowing down one bit. The collection has scored a third RIAA Gold certified No. 1 active rock single in, “Awake and Alive,” and the band’s hoping to tally a fourth with their new track, “It’s Not Me It’s You.”
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Maylene and the Sons of Disaster ‘Life on the Road’ Video

Ever wondered what it would be like to cram backstage with the guys of Maylene and the Sons of Disaster? Find out in the band’s latest video series.
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Black Stone Cherry: Carnival of Madness is ‘a Big Family Reunion’ [Interview]

The 2011 Carnival of Madness tour kicks off this Saturday, Aug. 13, in Twin Lakes, Wis., featuring Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, Adelitas Way and Emphatic. Black Stone Cherry are stoked for the tour, saying it’s ‘a big family reunion.’
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Seether Drummer John Humphrey: New Single ‘Tonight’ Almost ‘Didn’t Make the Album’ [Interview]

Drummer John Humphrey checked in with Audio Ink Radio to talk about Seether’s new album (“It was like a Christmas present for me”), their new single ‘Tonight’ (which almost didn’t make the album) and why the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival will be one big reunion.
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Anberlin and Switchfoot ‘Excited’ to Pair Up for North American Tour

Alternative pop-rock band Switchfoot are due for a cross-country tour, so why not team up with fellow Christian rockers Anberlin and make it one big party? The duo recently announced just that: a full-fledged, North American tour together, which kicks off Sept. 25 in New York City.
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RED’s ‘Lie to Me (Denial)’ Brings the Heavy – Song Review

Nashville hard rock band RED’s new single, “Lie To Me (Denial),” opens with an eerie instrumental passage, pierced with subtle electronic beats and warm guitar tones, before exploding into crushing riffs and towering melodies.
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