Metallica Guitarist’s $16 Million Mansion Will Blow You Away
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is selling his San Francisco home for $16 million. Hammett bought the home in 2010 for $8 million, so he stands to make a tidy profit.
Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo...
Trent Reznor Reveals Why Nine Inch Nails Are Writing Music ‘Referencing Mid 90’s’
Trent Reznor discussed listening to mid 90's Nine Inch Nails music for the first time in awhile, and how it inspired him when writing new material in a recent interview with Zane Lowe. ...
Bush Concert Evacuated After Shocking Fire Scare
On Thursday, December 29th I saw Bush at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey. It was a cold night, and was to be my last concert of 2016, a great year for rock...
Foo Fighters Reveal 2017 Plans For American Fans
While Foo Fighters have already confirmed a summer European tour for 2017, the band have now revealed that they will be performing in the Bay Area of California as well in 2017 at the...
Eddie Vedder Spends New Years Eve With Huge Hollywood Names
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder continued his New Years Eve tradition of taking a photo with his good friends Sean Penn and Bill Maher. See the photo below!
The traditional Stooges shot with @PearlJam's...
Frances Bean Cobain Mocks Ronda Rousey
Frances Bean Cobain mocked Ronda Rousey after her 48 second loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 on Friday night. Cobain tweeted a meme, and Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan also reacted.
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Live Reunite With Ed Kowalczyk By Rocking Into The New Year
On New Year's Eve, Live played their first show with founding vocalist Ed Kowalczyk in eight years. The concert was an invite only show that took place in their hometown of York, Pennsylvania at...
10 Huge Rock Releases To Look Forward To In 2017
2017 is shaping up to be an exciting year for rock music. Many iconic bands seem on the verge of releasing new material in the coming months, including two that haven't released new music...
Ex-Bandmate Reveals Why Two Guns N’ Roses Members Are ‘F**king Harsh’ And ‘Trouble’
The Compulsions frontman Rob Carlyle discussed dismissing current Guns N' Roses members Richard Fortus and Frank Ferrer from the Compulsions in a new interview with Mark Strigl for the Talking Metal podcast (via Bravewords)....
Alternative Nation’s Top Metal Albums Of 2016
As the strange and morbid 2016 comes to a close, several of Alternative Nation's writers reflect on what a great year it was for metal. 2016 saw several classic bands showing the world that...
Why Smashing Pumpkins Might Have Been Snubbed From Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
With all the congratulations building for Pearl Jam’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, one begins to wonder if and when other alternative artists will be inducted or at least be...
Top 10 Rock Albums Of 1996
Scott Weiland photo taken by Tim Mosenfelder. Eddie Vedder photo taken by Mick Hutson.
1996 is widely seen as the last great year of the alternative rock/Grunge 90's, with many bands from the 'Grunge'...
The Two Women Who Reunited Guns N’ Roses Will Surprise You
Mick Wall has released a new chapter from his book Last Of The Giants: The True Story of Guns N’ Roses. Read an excerpt below, which reveals two of the women responsible for Axl...
Frances Bean Cobain Slams Christmas Song As Being ‘About Rape’
Frances Bean Cobain has criticized the Christmas classic "Baby It's Cold Outside" for being 'rapey.'
"'You Are My Sunshine' is actually this sad ballad about being left for someone else & 'Baby It's Cold Outside'...
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis Reveals What ‘Quite Young’ Female Group Is ‘A...
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis discussed his love of the Chili Peppers' current opening act, Babymetal, an all female group, in a recent Absolute Radio interview.
"I heard that maybe they're going to...
Chris Cornell Reveals Why Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains & Nirvana Sound Similar
Chris Cornell discussed the early days of Soundgarden and Grunge in a recent interview with Mike McCready on Pearl Jam Radio. Alternative Nation transcribed his comments.
"I remember the first couple of weeks of...
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor Reveals Why He Thought ‘The Downward Spiral’ Would Bomb
Trent Reznor revealed in a new interview with Zane Lowe that he did not expect Broken and The Downward Spiral to do well commercially with fans. Alternative Nation transcribed his comments.
"The unifying thread...
Guns N’ Roses Holding Long Meetings, Turn Down Big Money Offers For Surprising Reason
Fernando Lebeis, a member of Guns N' Roses' management Team Brazil, posted on Instagram last week that he was 'off to another 3 hour meeting.'
Download Festival boss Andy Copping recently discussed Guns N' Roses...
Dave Abbruzzese Reveals Why Hall of Fame ‘Allure’ Is Leading To Pearl Jam ‘Accepting...
Former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese has posted the following on Facebook:
To all of you:
I saw that my friend, Joe Gastwirt posted the following;
"Leaving Dave Abbruzzese out of this award, discredits every member of...
10 Songs That Prove Axl Rose Is Rock’s Greatest Lyricist
Not only was 2016 a great year for rock fans all in all, but Guns N’ Roses fans were finally satisfied as they saw their favorite band embark on its long-awaited reunion tour. Axl...
