AntiQuiet has an interesting report about Jane's Addiction, who said earlier this week that they were writing new music. However, it looks like if they do end up recording it won't be the full reunited band because Eric Avery posted a Twitter update that said "fyi, to answer the question directly, I am not writing with janes addiction." This has led to speculation about his future in the band. Read more hereCurtis Lanclos wants you to check out his new fan-made Chickenfoot video. It's actually a Chickenfoot / Larry Platt Mashup: "Get It Up - Pants on the Ground." Watch it here
Radiohead are doing a show this Sunday (24th January) to raise funds for the relief effort in Haiti. The venue is The Music Box Theatre at The Fonda in Los Angeles, doors at 7pm. All proceeds are going to the Oxfam Haiti relief fund. more
Gilby Clarke posted a new blog update: "Injury update... my 1st surgery went well & I'm home from the hospital. If everything looks good Friday, I can have the 2nd surgery next week. Thanks again for all the kind thoughts & prayers, they're working..." more
Jam reports that Steven Tyler has made his first public appearance since checking into rehab for drug abuse - at a Palm Desert karaoke contest. The former Aerosmith rocker made a surprise appearance at the Tilted Kilt pub in California on Tuesday night and even agreed to belt out his 1998 hit I Don't Want To Miss A Thing after cheering on revelers who tried to hit the high notes. more
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda tells MTV News that Rick Rubin is producing the band's follow-up to 2007's Minutes To Midnight (also produced by Rubin). Shinoda says, "We've been working in a different studio than we did the last record in, we decided to go back to the studio we did Hybrid Theory and Meteora in." more
Adolescents have announced that they will be playing four stops on this summer's Warped Tour. The band said that all four dates are in June and in California, which means they are likely playing the San Diego, Carson, Mountain View and Ventura more
Peter Gabriel reportedly won't be joining his former Genesis bandmates onstage for the group's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in March, that's if he even attends more
A trailer has been posted for the upcoming Blink 182 documentary titled The Blinkumentary. The film was put together by Handsome Randsome and aims to document the band's 2009 tour and the events leading up to it. check it out here
The latest episode of Talking Metal features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary drummer Carmine Appice. Topics in this historic hour long interview include Carmine's Guitar Zues albums, Cactus, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, King Kobra, Blue Murder, Carmine Appice's Slamm, Led Zeppelin, Paul Stanley, Paul Gibert, Pat Travers, Neal Schon, Ted Nugent, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Shortino, John McEnroe, and more. The podcast can be downloaded here
Slayer have again rescheduled their UK dates after two false starts, the trek is set to happen in May (provided Tom has recovered). Dates are here
Primal Scream bassist Mani has revealed that they have begun work on their next album. The follow-up to 2008's 'Beautiful Future', the former Stone Roses man explained that they will be spending the rest of the year working on their new record. more
Coldplay, the Arctic Monkeys and Blur's Damon Albarn are donating items to be sold at a charity auction beginning Friday to raise funds for Haiti earthquake victims, auction organizers said. more
Hypocrisy will tour North America this spring with support from Hate, Blackguard, and Swashbuckle. more
D.R.I. has set an April 13, 2010 release date for the upcoming reissue of 1987's Crossover. The reissue will be remastered and released on CD, LP and digital more -
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