Metal / Hard Rock (29/03/2002)
Ozzy / Motley Crue Drummer Dies
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/Ozzy Osbourne Official Website) - Ex-Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue drummer, Randy Castillo has died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 51. Castillo was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma two years ago and was successfully treated at the time. Ten days ago he re entered ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (22/03/2002)
OzzFest 2002 Teams With WWF, Announces Dates
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Ozzy Osbourne, wife Sharon Osbourne, son Jack, and daughter Kelly joined WWF wrestler Triple H on Thursday (March 21) at the WWF restaurant/performance venue the World in New York City to announce OzzFest 2002. Bands booked for the first stage include Osbourne's band; System ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (19/03/2002)
Sammy Hagar & David Lee Roth Talking About Summer Tour
NEW YORK (Redrocker.com) - From the "they said it would never happen" file comes news that Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth might tour together this summer. A posting on Hagar's official site (redrocker.com) says, "Believe it or not, Sammy & David Lee Roth are talking about touring this summer. Sammy ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (17/03/2002)
Rush's 'Vapor Trails' Due In May
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - It's official: Rush has announced that its first album of new material in six years will be called Vapor Trails, and it will hit stores via Anthem/Atlantic Records May 14, according to a spokesperson for the band at Atlantic Records. The album was recorded in Toronto, and ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (17/03/2002)
Former Skid Row Singer Arrested In New Jersey
MIDDLETOWN, NJ (Top40 Charts) - Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach was arrested and charged with making terrorist threats and drug possession after an altercation with a bartender in Middletown, N.J., on Wednesday (March 13), according to the Associated Press. Bach - real name Sebastian Bierk -- ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (13/03/2002)
Silverchair Setback
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - There is strange news coming out of the Silverchair camp. Seems like singer Daniel Johns is suffering from a strange extremely painful virus that causes swelling in the joints; in his case, his knees. John�s condition was reached a point where he can�t walk or even stand on ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (13/03/2002)
The Tea Party Talks Touring
TORONTO, Ca (Top40 Charts) - Hot on the heels of headlining a tour of Australia, The Tea Party is keeping up the pace by playing dates across Canada, opening for Ozzy Osbourne. Journalists had a chance to speak to them about their rigorous tour schedule. "The tour we did in Australia was by far the ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (05/03/2002)
Metallica Get The Documentary Treatment
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Metallica has one of the best stories in the history of Rock N Roll. People have quit, been fired and died in tragedy. They took on the industry, changed it and won the game. And none of that is as important as the fact that they really did it their way. Now the group is having ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (25/02/2002)
Sammy Hagar works new album with Neil Schon (Journey)
NEW YORK (Sammy Hagar Official Website) - Sammy Hagar and his former bassplaying bandmate in Van Halen, Michael Anthony, have joined forces with Journey guitarist Neil Schon and drummer Deen Castronovo and recorded a track titled "Vertigo" which may be included in the "Spider-Man" soundtrack and movie, ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (23/02/2002)
Tommy Lee Sued For Wrongful Death Over Last Summer's Drowning
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Tommy Lee has been sued by the estate of Daniel Karven-Veres, the 4-year-old boy who drowned at the rocker's Malibu, Calif., house last summer, for wrongful death, premises liability, general negligence, and negligent supervision. The suit was filed on Feb. 15 in Los Angeles ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (20/02/2002)
Metallica Pays Tribute
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Now that he's clean and sober, Metallica's James Hetfield is making plans with his head firmly on his shoulders. The Metallica mainman says he wants to record a song as a tribute to Exodus singer Paul Baloff who died of a stroke earlier this month. "We in Metallica would like ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (18/02/2002)
Ozzy Launches A Reality Show
RADNOR, Pa. (TV Guide/MTV) - Reality television watchers can follow the daily activities of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his family on MTV in "The Osbournes." "What you see on the show is absolutely us," Osbourne says in the Feb. 23 issue of TV Guide. ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (14/02/2002)
Ozzy Osbourne: new LIVE album and DVD
TOKYO, Jp (JPress) - Ozzy Osbourne, on his first tour of Japan in four years, will tape his performance Friday at Tokyo's legendary Budokan Hall for a live album and DVD. Live at Budokan, a title most music fans associate with Cheap Trick's bombastic 1979 live effort, is scheduled for a summer release. ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (08/02/2002)
Metallica's Kirk Hammett On Loss Of Exodus Singer Paul Baloff
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Exodus singer Paul Baloff died Saturday (February 2) at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California after suffering a stroke that Thursday (January 31). Former bandmate and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett called the hospital and spoke to Exodus guitarist Rick Hunolt, ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (02/02/2002)
Tommy Lee's Never A Dull Moment Due May 21
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Ex-Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has shed his Methods of Mayhem moniker and will unleash Never a Dull Moment under his own name on MCA Records on May 21. Never a Dull Moment was produced by Scott Humphrey (Rob ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (01/02/2002)
Alice Cooper Joins The A*Teens!
STOCKHOLM, Sw. Top40 Charts) - In what seems to be a very unlikely pairing, Alice Cooper teamed with pop group the A*Teens for a cover of his classic "School's Out" in a Stockholm studio last weekend. Two versions - one rock and one pop-came out of the session from hell. Sell-out Cooper sings on both ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (30/01/2002)
Van Halen: no singer, no label, what else now?
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Van Halen parts ways with Warner Bros., its home for 23 years. Having just left their label following 23 years and 11 albums, Van Halen's career is in limbo and their future seems uncertain. The band severed ties with Warner Bros. Records last month, according to a source ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (26/01/2002)
Van Halen, Warner Bros. Records Part Ways After 25 Years
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - After 11 studio albums, three lead singers, and loads of highs and lows, Van Halen and its record label of some 25 years, Warner Bros., have parted ways. According to Brad Starks, the Webmaster of Van Halen's official Web site (www.van-halen.com), the split occurred approximately ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (26/01/2002)
Metallica's Hetfield Becomes Father For Third Time
SAN FRANCISCO (Top40 Charts) - Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield became a father for the third time on Thursday (January 24), when his wife Francesca gave birth to a healthy baby daughter, Marcella Francesca Hetfield. She was born in San Francisco, weighing 8 pounds, 5 ounces and measuring 21-and-a-half ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (24/01/2002)
Slayer looking for a new drummer!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Attention Drummers! Slayer will be holding auditions to find a new, permanent drummer. The metal band's original drummer, Dave Lombardo, had been filling in since the departure of Paul Bostaph. Candidates need to send a VHS tape of themselves playing along to several Slayer ...
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