Metal / Hard Rock (23/01/2002)
Metallica are going to release a song with Ja Rule, due In May
NEW YORK (Metallica.com) - While Metallica aren't gonna turn all rap-metal on your ass, they are going to release a song with hotshot rapper Ja Rule. "We Did It Again" will come out May 14 on Ghetto Stories, a hip-hop compilation by Ruff Ryders producer Swizz Beatz. The Metallica track will be the only ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (23/01/2002)
Ozzy and Zombie Hit Canadian Soil
TORONTO, Ca (Canadian Press) - The Ozman cometh. That is to say, Ozzy Osbourne will be rocking Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, with special guests The Tea Party and Project Wyze on Sunday, March 10th. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, January 26th at 11 a.m. ET. Meanwhile, Rob Zombie, who performed on the ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (21/01/2002)
David Lee Roth Working With Cocker, Metallica & Others On New Project
NEW YORK (DavidLeeRoth.com) - David Lee Roth is in the midst of a new project that features contributions from Joe Cocker, Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett, and Chic leader Nile Rodgers. Details are sketchy, but Roth describes the current results as "one hour of edited, retina-roasting film, ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (15/01/2002)
Steven Tyler Pleased With Life
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Life is making rocker Steven Tyler pinch himself these days. With his band Aerosmith receiving four Grammy nominations, including best rock album, and his daughter, Liv, co-starring in the box-office hit "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,'' Tyler is thrilled. "Am ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (14/01/2002)
Alien Ant Farm Confirmed For SnoCore
NEW YORK (Yahoo) - Alien Ant Farm has been confirmed for the seventh annual SnoCore Rock tour, which kicks off February 15 in Providence, Rhode Island. Joining AAF is Fenix TX, GlassJaw, and another still-to-be-named band. The tour of mid-size venues will last for six weeks, wrapping up on the West ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (10/01/2002)
Rush Putting Final Touches On Long-Awaited New Album
While Rush fans endure the longest gap between new recordings in the band's 27-year history, word has come from its Toronto studio that work on album No. 17 is nearly complete. In fact, the trio -- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart -- has finished the recording phase with co-producer/engineer ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (08/01/2002)
Slash Not Welcome...
LAS VEGAS (AP) - We all know that Guns n Roses were set to play a couple of shows in Las Vegas for New Years. What most people didn't know was that former Gunner, Slash was on vacation in sin city at the same time. So Slash being a curious little fella, made some calls and got on the guest list. But, ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (03/01/2002)
Guns N' Roses' Las Vegas Show Plagued By Bad Sound; Axl Rose Goes Off Onstage
NEW YORK (AP) - Has the bloom come off the Rose? That question lingered during Axl Rose & Co.'s two-night stint at the Joint at the Hard Rock Caf� Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this New Year's weekend. Rose's problems started even before the band took the stage Saturday (Dec. 29) for the first of two ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (20/12/2001)
Tommy Lee Wins First Round In Custody Battle With Pamela Anderson
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ex-Motley Crue drummer/current Methods of Mayhem mainman Tommy Lee has won the first round in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Pamela Anderson, who claimed Lee was an unfit parent in a petition for full custody of the couple's two children in November. On Tuesday (Dec. 18), ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (08/12/2001)
Pam Anderson Accuses Tommy Lee Of Poor Parenting Skills; Asks For Full Custody
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pamela Anderson is accusing her ex-husband - Tommy Lee of Motley Crue and Methods of Mayhem fame - of demonstrating "a lack of parenting skills and good judgement," in a petition for full custody filed in November in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Anderson is seeking full custody ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (05/12/2001)
Guns N' Roses Line Up New Year's Shows In Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Guns N' Roses will once again celebrate New Year's Eve with shows at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. GN'R has lined up two year-ending shows at the Joint -- the venue inside the hotel -- for Dec. 29 and 31. Tickets for the shows go on sale on Saturday (Dec. 8) at 12 p.m. ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (05/12/2001)
Metallica frontman exits rehab, recovering well
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Metallica lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield has left the rehabilitation facility where he had been receiving treatment for alcohol abuse since July, a spokeswoman for the hard rock band said Tuesday. The publicist confirmed a report appearing on the band's official Web site ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (04/12/2001)
Osbourne, Zombie Cancel L.A. And San Diego Dates
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie have decided to pull the plug on the Merry Mayhem shows in Los Angeles on December 28 and San Diego on December 29, due to routing problems. The tour is now set to end December 23 at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Zombie's management is currently scheduling ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (03/12/2001)
Kiss Good-Bye? Not With Broadway Musical, Gene Simmons' Tongue On Way
NEW YORK (AP) - If the Who, Elton John and Abba can be glorified on the theater stage, Gene Simmons sees no reason why he and Kiss can't get a piece of those Broadway bucks. He plans to work with some of the top names in musical theater to put together a musical about Kiss. Next week, the Kiss bassist ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (28/11/2001)
Dodge Ad Boosts New Aerosmith Single
NEW YORK (AP) - With an endless stream of car commercials hocking vehicles via classic rock anthems such as Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" and the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again," little notice was taken when Dodge trucks began running an ad with the title track from Aerosmith's multi-platinum Columbia ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (16/11/2001)
Ozzy Osbourne's Merry Mayhem Tour Back On Track
NEW YORK (AP) - Ozzy Osbourne has been given the green light to resume his Merry Mayhem tour, which was sidelined due to the rocker's leg injury. The tour, which also features Rob Zombie, Mudvayne, and Soil, will resume on Nov. 29 in Grand Forks, N.D., at Alerus Center. Last week, 10 dates were postponed ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (15/11/2001)
Kiss's Stanley Says He's Happy With Criss-less Lineup
NEW YORK (AP) - The members of Kiss have previously revealed to their intentions to continue the farewell tour they began last year into 2002, with no firm end yet in sight, although bassist Gene Simmons writes in his autobiography, Kiss And Make-Up, that there will be a final show at New York City's ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (13/11/2001)
Ozzy Osbourne's Merry Mayhem Dates Postponed Due To Leg Fracture
NEW YORK (AP) - Ten dates of Ozzy Osbourne's current Merry Mayhem tour with Rob Zombie, among others, have been postponed as the rocker recovers from a leg-stress fracture suffered during a recent fall. Osbourne fell while exiting the shower before a show in Tucson, Ariz., on Halloween, but continued ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (12/11/2001)
Ozzy Breaks A Leg; 10 Merry Mayhem Dates Postponed
(AP) - Despite what legions of metal followers would have you believe, Ozzy Osbourne is apparently mortal after all. The heavy music pioneer has suffered a stress fracture and will have to reschedule 10 dates on his Merry Mayhem tour, according to a statement released late Friday (November 9). Ozzy ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (08/11/2001)
Aerosmith Axe More Shows
NEW YORK (AP) - Just over a week ago, Beantown bombers Aerosmith canceled a pair of shows in Toronto and Pittsburgh, claiming that vocalist Steven Tyler was road-weary and needed a brief break. They planned to resume the Just Push Play tour on Halloween in Montreal, and while they did indeed play the ...
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