Alternative rock legends Smashing Pumpkins and upstarts Neon Trees were on hand for the Sunset Strip Music Festival and they talked about the famous scene and its 2010 honoree, Slash.
Newswrap for September 2: Eminem & Jay-Z's home-and-home kick-off, Guns N' Roses storms off in Dublin, info on new albums by Kings Of Leon and Neil Young.
T.I. has been released from prison after being arrested on suspicion of drugs. Marijuana and Methamphetamines are thought to be discovered in his car. He could go back to jail for a probation violation, In a previous interview he talked about his previous troubles.
Meat Loaf, who has one of the most successful albums of all time in Bat Out Of Hell, said he's supremely confident in his new album Hang Cool Teddy Bear thanks to Green Day producer Rob Cavallo, and he's not afraid to reflect that in his live set.
Pantera is re-releasing Cowboys From Hell in three different configurations, and two of them are three disc sets that include demos, live songs and a never-before released track. Ex-Pantera, and current Hellyeah, drummer Vinnie Paul talked about how it came about and his thoughts on the newly discovered Pantera song.
Uproar tour features Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Halestorm, Hellyeah, Stone Sour, Airbourne and a few others, and all are required to party for the aftershow. Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul talks about cooking for the bands.
Tommy Lee's Methods Of Mayhem is set to release their latest album in September, and fans who submitted tracks for the album will have to wait to find out if they made the cut.
The Uproar tour has been good for bands, fans, healing, and production with kindred spirits Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, and Hellyeah as Dan Donegan 00:40, Dream Theater & A7x Mike Portnoy 01:56, and Jim Root 02:58 all share thoughts on the fests
Disturbed will release their long awaited new album, Asylum, tomorrow, Tuesday August 31, and they convinced their label to include a 75 minute documentary for free, said guitarist Dan Donegan.
Newcomers such as Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory and Archie Panjabi of The Good Wife were among the throng of new winners at the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards, but the news was that Jon Stewart's The Daily Show beat out sympathetic choice Conan O'Brien who was booted off Tonight.
Katy Perry's new album Teenage Dream will likely debut at Number One, and she'd enjoying the most success out of almost any artist in the last three years, however there was a time where she endured failure as her own Teenage Dreams were crushed. Glen Ballard of Alanis Morissette fame gave her some invaluable tools along the way.
Former Ozzy Osbourne and current Black Label Society guitarist Zakk Wylde Motley Crue drummer and Methods Of Mayhem mastermind Tommy Lee talk about their experiences on OzzFest this year, giving back to Ozzy, and the child guitar prodigy Yuto Miyazawa.
Jason Reeves has had success with Colbie Caillat, and now with his sophomore effort The Lovesick, he hopes Helium sends him to the top with the help of American Idol judge Kara Dioguardi.
Zakk Wylde made an appearance at Hudson News at New York City's Grand Central Station to meet fans on the heels of his Guitar World, Revolver magazine covers and Black Label Society's new Number Four album Order Of The Black.
Slipknot is set to release the first DVD since the death of bassist Paul Gray on September 26 titled (sic)nesses, allowing fans to remember him in a positive way as his widow has his baby. Meanwhile, All Hope Is Gone has gone Platinum, and Chris Fehn says producing the band is not an easy task.
