It was only last year when Brit-American musician Slash decided to file for divorce from Perla Hudson, his wife of 10 years - not the first time the couple have been to court over the past few years, as we mentioned in our blog about partying. But now it seems like all is rosy again – well, not Guns ‘n’ Rose-y like many fans would ideally like it to be.
We’ve not done may Slipknot posts for a while, but Athens was the venue on Friday night for Slipknot’s first live show since bassist Paul Gray passed away last year. Frontman Corey Taylor had recently warned that these summer gigs could be their last, unless they can get over this tragic event. And so 25,000 fans waited in anticipation as Slipknot took to the stage at Sonisphere.
Manchester rock fans considering getting betrothed to their partner this summer, but who find they are too skint to afford a big knees-up, can now put themselves forward for “The Rock Radio Wedding”.
Always looking towards the future and being highly regarded in their own right, the US band, which features three former members of the multi-platinum-album-selling Creed, is already viewing the upcoming UK arena tour as one of its career “highlights”.
It has been a mad two years for Panic! At The Disco. After two name changes, two of their band members leaving to pursue other things (guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker) and lead singer Brendon Urie injuring his ankle on their recent tour, the band have a resilience to take on all that stands in front of them.
If you have happened to visit the Google search page today then you couldn’t have failed to notice that the image for the search engine has been changed to represent a guitar. This is because the legendary Les Paul, a name entwined within rock’n’roll heritage, would have celebrated his 96th birthday today.
The man who set the standard for solid-bodied guitars passed away two years ago and the homage paid to him by the search giant was certainly a nice touch.
For everyone who loves to rock out, you must surely have come across one of these iconic classic guitars that Les Paul invented. Even if you haven’t heard of the Fender Telecaster or Gibson Explorer by name, you will probably have seen Metallica’s James Hetfield or Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones wielding one of these beauties.
Lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis has spoken for the first time about the band’s upcoming new album, their first release in five years.
In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, Kiedis reveals the process that they went through before deciding on Josh Klinghoffer to be their replacement guitarist for John Frusciante.
The 31-year old Klinghoffer is no stranger to the band anyway, having played with RHCP on their last world tour.
With the 14-song ‘I’m With You’ album set for release on the 30th of August we are all waiting to find out if the band can cope without the songwriting and axe grinding skills of one of the best guitarists of all time.
The good news is that this is a challenge the band are already looking forward to, with a tour likely to be announced soon after the album release.