Red Hot Chili Peppers Member Nearly Fights Rock Icon’s Son: ‘We’re Enemies’
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Roy Orbison Jr. was recently interviewed by the Appetite for Distortion podcast to discuss his father's new hologram tour and shared many stories of what it was liking growing up with an...
Slash’s Ex-Wife Holds Bizarre Divorce Party With Son Dressed As Tommy Lee
Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash's ex-wife Perla Ferrar held a 'New Beginnings' divorce celebration party, featuring a cake with herself standing over Slash, who seemed to be impaled by the cake. Slash and Perla's...
Interview: Joyous Wolf Talk Opening For Slash, Rock Hall of Fame & New EP
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Joyous Wolf, a young rock band from Southern California, opened for Slash on October 9th at the Paramount in New York. One of the only unsigned bands on the bills of...
Nirvana Break Silence About ‘Emotional’ Reunion Without Kurt Cobain
Kerrang have released the first excerpt from their interview with the reunited Nirvana. Nirvana reunited at Cal Jam 2018 earlier this month to perform with Joan Jett and John McCauley filling in for Kurt...
Foo Fighters Surprise Fans At Metallica Concert
Foo Fighters members Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins showed up at Metallica's show in Milwaukee on Tuesday night and were filmed backstage. Grohl mentioned that the Foo Fighters also film themselves onstage before encores...
Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Suddenly Cancels Concert
The Smashing Pumpkins are currently in Europe to perform in London and Bologna, the final two shows of The Shiny and Oh So Bright tour. Corgan was also scheduled to perform a solo show...
Pearl Jam Rumored To Have Huge 2019 Shows Planned: ‘It’s All Done’
Pearl Jam played a series of hugely successful shows in Europe in summer 2018, and it appears the band will be headed back in 2019 for more live performances, according to a new newspaper...
Dave Grohl Reveals Foo Fighters Hiatus Plans
Foo Fighters will be taking another hiatus from touring outside of select shows following the conclusion of the Concrete and Gold tour. Dave Grohl told Billboard's Chart Beat podcast that he is ready for...
Alice In Chains Reveal If They Were ‘Jealous’ Of Eddie Vedder & Kurt Cobain
Alice In Chains drummer Sean Kinney discussed Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain's huge level of fame in the 90's in a new Washington Post article. Vedder was featured on the cover of Time magazine...
Nirvana Are Addressing Crazy Reunion Rumors: ‘What It Might Mean’
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Kerrang unveiled their 'Nirvana Reunited' cover on Monday shocking fans, and the band are going to address what their Cal Jam performance 'might mean going forward' in the interview....
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis Reacts To Radiohead Refusing To Play Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis was recently interviewed by former Hole drummer Scott Lipps on Dash Radio. Alternative Nation transcribed their comments about Radiohead and similar bands refusing to play their hits.
Lipps...
Jerry Cantrell & Chris Cornell’s Family Mourn Death Of Seattle Legend
Alice In Chains singer/guitarist Jerry Cantrell and Chris Cornell's widow Vicky have posted touching tributes in honor of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who died earlier this week. Allen was born and died in Seattle.
He...
Chris Cornell’s Widow Details ‘Game Changer’ That Killed Him: ‘This Wasn’t A Weak Moment’
Chris Cornell's widow Vicky tweeted about him 'losing control' of his faculties the night he died in a new Twitter conversation with fans.
A fan account tweeted, "But if somebody left you out on a...
How Is Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown Connected With Aerosmith?
Nashville is producing tremendous talent for the rock scene these days. Another example of that is Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown. Tyler and Caleb from the band joined the DOMKcast. Young, energetic and enthusiastic...
Metric Return to Rock With Art Of Doubt
"We've been so honored to open for The Smashing Pumpkins this tour! We're Metric and this is our last song! Thank you everybody!" announced Metric lead singer Emily Haines as the band launched into...
Dave Grohl Announces Innovative Christmas Show
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will debut his innovative 23-minute song "Play" with 'friends' on December 8th at Warren Haynes Presents: Christmas Jam 30 at US Cellular Center in Asheville, NC. Eric Church, Gov’t...
Perry Farrell Announces New Album With Foo Fighters & Pearl Jam Members
Blabbermouth reports that visionary singer-songwriter and musician Perry Farrell has signed an exclusive worldwide record deal with BMG to release his new solo album, "Kind Heaven", a musical scene-setter for his immersive entertainment destination...
Kurt Cobain Replacement Contemplates Nirvana Reunion Tour: ‘It’s Scary’
Joan Jett was interviewed about fronting the Nirvana reunion at Cal Jam 2018 in a new episode of Kyle Meredith With... on Consequence of Sound. Alternative Nation transcribed her comments.
"It's heavy on all levels....
Pearl Jam React To Death Of Another Seattle Icon: ‘Rock On’
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Monday afternoon, his Vulcan Inc. announced on their website. Allen co-founded Microsoft and was a legend of the Seattle area.
Pearl Jam tweeted, "RIP...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Reveal What Metallica ‘Owe’ Them
Scott Lipps recently interviewed Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis on Dash Radio. Alternative Nation transcribed some of their conversation.
Scott Lipps: Talk a little bit about the charity that you're involved with, the...
