Founding Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler is set to release his autobiography, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath — and Beyond, on June 6th via the HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books. The book […]
A new action of figure of Cliff Burton has been unveiled, and its announcement coincided with what would have been the late Metallica bassist’s 61st birthday on February 10th. The figure is a collab between […]
The life of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton was celebrated with “Cliff Burton Day” on what would have been his 61st birthday, February 10. A special livestream, emceed by Nicholas Gomez, included such guests as […]
Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of the Pacific Northwest band Screaming Trees, died Tuesday. He was 55. His brother, Gary Lee Conner, took to Facebook Wednesday to announce the musician’s death, which he said was […]
Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson will team up with HELSTAR singer James Rivera for a night of jamming on “rock and roll covers” at a pre-New Year’s Eve party this Friday, December 20 at The […]
LOVEBITES, the all-female heavy metal band from Tokyo, Japan, has returned from its hiatus with a new member, a new music video and news of a fourth studio album coming in February 2023. The LP […]
Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford has formed the new band 7D7D with drummer Mathias Wakrat and guitarist Jonny Polonsky. The new project launched with its debut single, “Capitalism.” While the song taps into […]
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE bassist Tim Commerford has joined forces with Mathias Wakrat and Jonny Polonsky to form a new trio, 7D7D. The band’s debut track, “Capitalism”, has just been released via Mad Bunny Records […]
Robert DeLeo, bassist and principal songwriter of the iconic band STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, released his first solo album, “Lessons Learned”, on October 21. The official music video for the debut single, “Love Is Not Made […]
Getty Image / Erika Goldring Los Angeles Lakers fans are not happy right now. The franchise is struggling. They’ve traded away a lot of their future assets to build a winning team, but that team […]
Reformed Danish metal legends MERCYFUL FATE kicked off their first North American headlining tour in over two decades last night (Tuesday, October 25) at The Factory in Dallas, Texas. Stepping in on bass for MERCYFUL […]
Steel Panther have announced their new bassist and a short fall 2022 North American tour. The musician known as Spyder will take over permanent bass duties for the pseudo-parody glam metal act, replacing longtime bassist […]
Two Door Cinema Club have cancelled their tour as Kevin Baird battles an “incurable autoimmune disease”. The ‘Sleep Alone’ band won’t be performing their upcoming European headline tour due to the health of their bassist, […]
In a new interview with the “Metal Mayhem ROC” podcast, Frank Bello spoke about the cancelation of ANTHRAX and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s August 19 concert at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York. Regarding […]
On January 31, 2022, Frontiers Music Srl made an announcement welcoming the legendary ’80s hard rockers AUTOGRAPH to the label’s roster. The band, at the time featuring vocalist Simon Daniels, guitarist Jimi Bell, bassist Randy […]
“Thanks for a wild ride. It’s been emotional.” As It Is have announced that they have parted ways with bassist Alistair Testo. Ali joined the band back in 2014. He played on all of the […]
SLIPKNOT bassist Alessandro “VMan” Venturella spoke to Sophie K of Knotfest about the band’s upcoming album, “The End, So Far”. Due on September 30 via Roadrunner, the LP was produced by SLIPKNOT and Joe Barresi […]
Darryl Hunt, longtime bassist of legendary Irish punk band The Pogues, has died at the age of 72. According to a post on The Pogues’ Instagram page, Hunt passed away on Monday (August 8th) in […]
Former MEGADETH members David Ellefson (bass) and Jeff Young (guitar) recently announced the first four shows of the KINGS OF THRASH “The MEGA Years” tour. They will be joined at the dates by another former […]
Photo Credit: Pascal Müller Bob Heathcote, the former Suicidal Tendencies bassist, dies in a motorcycle crash. The musician’s son confirmed the news on Facebook that Bob Heathcote had died following a motorcycle accident over the […]