Guitar Girls: Joan Jett, Orianthi Among Gibson.com’s Top 10 Female Guitarists

Listen up, female strummers. Gibson.com just compiled their list of the Top 10 Female Guitar Players of All Time, and it’s causing some debate.
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Rock Report: News on Rage Against the Machine, the Smashing Pumpkins, AC/DC

Rage Against the Machine is in talks about how to celebrate their 20th anniversary, Billy Corgan is Tweeting new album details for the Pumpkins and sharks love AC/DC. Really.
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Featured Artist: Seether’s Shaun Morgan Looks Up to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones

“Country Song,” the new Southern-tinged track by neo-grunge band Seether, is No. 1 on the active rock chart, and this isn’t a milestone for the South African trio. Shaun Morgan and his band have racked up plenty of rock staples since their 2002 debut in “Gasoline,” “Remedy,” “Broken,” “Fake It,” “Fine Again,” “Truth” and more.
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Dave Grohl, Josh Freese Among Gibson.com’s Top 10 Rock Drummers of All Time

Gibson.com recently counted down Gibson’s Top 10 Rock Drummer of All Time. A couple of excerpts from the list follow below. Who are your picks?
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Avenged Sevenfold Bass Player Says Next Album Will Be Difficult Without the Rev [VIDEO]

When Avenged Sevenfold came out with their fifth release, 2010’s Nightmare, all ears turned towards the effort. It was Avenged Sevenfold’s first record without founding member and drummer James “The Rev” Sullivan, and many thought the band’s influence was over.
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Disturbed, Paramore, the Black Keys Make Gibson.com’s Top 10 Modern Rock Bands of the 2000s

Gibson.com recently counted down the Top 10 Modern Rock Bands of the 2000s, and the list includes everyone from Paramore to Disturbed to The Black Keys. Tons of great bands sprouted out of the post-grunge landscape of the new millennium, so this list carries a unique, quirky flavor.
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Rock on the Range 2011 [REVIEW]

As Disturbed burst into the chorus of the turbulent “Indestructible” at Columbus Crew Stadium on Sunday, vocalist David Draiman paced back and forth on stage, sporting his trademark black jumpsuit, while lead guitarist Dan Donegan gutted out machine-gun sounding riffs balanced out by melodic passages.
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Slash is the Reason Corey Taylor Isn’t in Velvet Revolver

After months of rumors that Stone Sour/Slipknot singer Corey Taylor was going to be christened as the next Velvet Revolver vocalist, followed by that not happening, Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash admitted in a new interview that he was the main reason Taylor didn’t get the gig.
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Metallica Contrubite to Movie Soundtrack for ‘Hesher’

Rock News: Metallica rarely allow the use of their songs in movies, but the metal band digs a new independent feature called, “Hesher,” so much, they’ve granted the filmmakers use of some of the band’s music.
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Ted Nugent Gets Political on the Simpsons

Donald Trump, move over. You’re not the only celebrity who has his eye on the Oval Office. It appears Ted Nugent will run for president when he lends his voice in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons, reports Entertainment Weekly.
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