Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan: It’s Time to Make a Real Album
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan talks about why the alternative rock band's next collection, Oceania, will be released as a traditional album.
Buckcherry, Betty White and Shaquille O’Neal Rock Childhelp [Video]
Rock guys Buckcherry are lending their musical talents to a worthy cause. The California-based group have teamed up with Childhelp, a national nonprofit committed to the prevention and treatment of…
Static-X’s Wayne Static: ‘Pighammer’ is About Transition [Interview]
Static-X main man Wayne Static releases his debut solo album, Pighammer, Oct. 4. Read what Static has to say about the new album, and listen to the podcast!
Nirvana’s ‘Live at Paramount’ to Air Commercial-Free on Vevo
Nirvana enthusiasts may travel to Vevo.com today (Sept. 27) for an exclusive, commercial-free, 24-hour on-demand showing of the band’s 'Live at Paramount' show.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Talk 20 Years of ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’
Is it possible that two of the most influential albums in alternative rock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Nirvana’s Nevermind, arrived to ‘90s-fashioned cassette players…
Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ Remembered by Rev Theory and Stars Go Dim
Nirvana’s big Nevermind birthday happens on Saturday (Nov. 24), and it’s hard to believe the alternative rock nugget will be a whopping 20 years old. Staind, Crossfade and the Raconteurs…
Switchfoot’s Jerome Fontamillas Goes Inside ‘Vice Verses’ [Interview]
Switchfoot's upcoming album, Vice Verses, is out this week, and guitarist Jerome Fontamillas is chatting about the new album and touring with Anberlin.
Underoath to Release ‘Play Your Old Stuff’ Triple-CD Set
Florida Christian metal-core gents Underoath have announced the release of a 3-CD set, Play Your Old Stuff, featuring songs from three of their past albums.
Alice Cooper: Inside the Brain of the Coop
Syringe-happy, makeup-heavy, "School’s Out"-singing shock rocker Alice Cooper doesn’t do anything halfheartedly, and mediocre isn’t in his vocabulary.
9 Left Dead, ‘The Wrong Things’ – Album Review
Amber, Okla.-based hard rock band 9 Left Dead drop their debut album, The Wrong Things, Tuesday (Sept. 27) on Dirtbag (via Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).