Pantera's Anselmo Autobiography- The Fall Of The Fall Of Troy- Axl Denies GNR Concert Reports- Quadriplegic AC/DC Fan Injury- Akercocke Lose Member and more was a top story for this week. Here it is again: Ex-Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo has signed a contract with MetalSucks.net writer and acclaimed true crime author Corey Mitchell to help pen his autobiography. Says Mitchell, "Rest assured, MS Maniacs will be privy to many exclusives as I help Phil tackle his incredible story. I will do my best to take you behind the scenes of the making of the book, post advance chapters before the book hits the stores, and post deleted material that won't make the final cut but will be worth reading nonetheless." moreThe Fall Of Troy has officially called it quits. Thomas Erak (guitar, vocals) has issued the following: "After nearly 9 years, 5 full-lengths, 2 bass players, hundreds of shows, and numerous other achievements and follies, Andrew, Frank, and I have decided to end our career as The Fall of Troy." more
Axl Rose has issued the following message: "There are NO new Guns N' Roses shows added to our current onsale itinerary dated as of February 25th. This means NO SHOWS in Panama, Costa Rica or Guatemala regardless of ANYONE's claims or ticket sales. These dates or ANY additional dates anywhere other than those already previously announced and on sale before February 25th will Not Be Honored." more
A quadriplegic AC/DC fan suffered serious facial injuries when a mate accidentally hit the joystick of his motorised wheelchair and catapulted him into the mosh pit during a concert on Saturday night. Witnesses said a metal pin used by the 31-year-old Morningside man to manoeuvre objects became a spear and imbedded in his eye as his chair crashed more than a metre to the centre's floor. more
Prince has settled legal action brought against him by promoters of his cancelled Croke Park, Dublin gig from 2008. more
Metallica had this update: For only the third time in 'Tallica history, we will be visiting Tel Aviv, Israel again and it sure has been way too long (over ten years!). Needless to say, we are looking forward to returning for a show at the Ramat Gan Stadium on May 22, 2010. more
The Strokes' Julian Casablancas tour in support of his debut solo album 'Phrazes Of The Young', Casablancas will now begin at Lupo's in Rhode Island on March 23 and he has added an additional seven shows to the trek. more
Matt Wilcock, guitarist of Akercocke, has issued the following update regarding his departure from the band: "After 5 years with Ak, and a lot of good times, its now time for me to move on. Musically, im differing a bit with the natural path that akercocke's taking, so it's best for me to part ways now." more
Carlos Santana plans a covers album. According to Billboard the effort will include Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" with Thomas, the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with India.Arie and Yo-Yo Ma, Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" with Joe Cocker, the Rolling Stones' "Can't You Hear Me Knocking " with Scott Weiland, Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son." more
Peter Gabriel's Genesis bandmates are giving him the benefit of the doubt for bowing out of next month's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Gabriel will not attend the March 15 affair because it conflicts with orchestra rehearsal dates for his upcoming European and North American concerts more
On May 22nd, East Of The Wall will be independently releasing the demos for what would have been The Postman Syndrome's second album. The band - of which four out of five members went on to East Of The Wall - released their debut LP Terraforming, on Now Or Never Records in 2002. A second album was planned but never recorded due to the label shutting down in 2004. more
Deftones will perform at the Copenhell Festival in Denmark on June 11 and Nova Rock in Austria on June 13. more
According to Digitalspy.com, Slash has revealed that he is in talks to play at Download Festival and "a couple of other" UK events this summer. more
If money makes the world go round, then U2's latest tour, which is dubbed "360 Degrees," proves this saying true. The veteran act leads Billboard's 2010 Money Makers list, earning more than $108 million in 2009. more
And here is some 80s Madness for your Monday. Watch it here Think of all the poor people they can help with all that cash!
Jimmy D'Anda was joined by his former BulletBoys bandmate Marq Torien for the first time in years at a recent Thuggs show more
Collective Soul, Jonny Lang, Don Felder, Hoobastank and Blackberry Smoke have all been added to this year's Moondance Jam schedule, joining the previously-announced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Reo Speedwagon and Pat Benatar (with Neil Giraldo) more -
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