The family of director John Singleton told FOX4 film critic Shawn Edwards early Monday that Singleton has died Singleton had been in a coma after suffering a major stroke more than a week ago. Singleton’s family had previously confirmed he suffered a stroke on April 17 but did not elaborate on his condition. TMZ broke the […]
Phil McCormack, the frontman for rock band MOLLY HATCHET, has died. No official cause of death has yet been revealed, but the 102.7 WSNR radio station has reported that it “looks like a heart attack.” He was 58 years old. MOLLY HATCHET issued a statement on McCormack‘s passing earlier today, saying: “It is with great sorrow to announce the passing […]
Jason Bonham has apologized to his father’s LED ZEPPELIN bandmate Jimmy Page for claiming that the guitarist introduced him to cocaine. During a recent chat with Howard Stern, the now 52-year-old drummer, who fronts JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EVENING, recalled an alleged incident involving drugs which was said to have taken place in hotel while LED ZEPPELIN on tour. “We got called to […]
Jake E. Lee says that Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee wanted him to replace Mick Mars in MÖTLEY CRÜE. According to the former OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist, the CRÜEmusicians approached him about possibly joining their group in the early 1980s, before he got the call to work with the BLACK SABBATH frontman. Speaking to Tone-Talk, Lee recalled (see video below): “I quit RATT. I had nothing going on. I was going to MÖTLEY‘s fucking […]
It is not at all uncommon for companies to climb onto the 4/20 bandwagon and release specialty weed-themed products in honor of the unofficial cannabis holiday. And this year, the fast food industry is making a splash. Specifically, Carl’s Jr. will become the first major fast food chain in the country to release a cannabis-infused […]
For this year’s Record Store Day, Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON released a cover of LED ZEPPELIN‘s “Stairway To Heaven” in honor of their late manager, Nick John. John, who also managed GOJIRA, passed away last September from pancreatic cancer. All proceeds from the single will be donated to pancreatic cancer research. You can now listen to MASTODON‘s version of “Stairway To Heaven” below. MASTODON said in a Facebook post: […]
Scott Weiland can serve as a reminder to all Americans, as they scramble to file last minute tax returns, Uncle Sam will get his money whether you’re alive or not. One week before the tax deadline, the IRS filed a huge tax lien against the rockstar, who died in 2015. According to the documents, obtained […]
LIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor played a solo concert April 14 at Green Bay Distillery in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Billed as COREY TAYLOR & FRIENDS, the night also included an opening set by CHERRY BOMBS, the all-girl dance group led by his fiancée Alicia Dove. Fan-filmed video footage of Corey‘s performance — including renditions of classic songs by VAN HALEN, GUNS N’ ROSES and DEAD BOYS — […]
Jake E. Lee has disputed a story in the MÖTLEY CRÜE biopic “The Dirt” about Ozzy Osbourne allegedly snorting a line of ants. In “The Dirt”, which premiered last month on Netflix, a young Ozzy Osbourne (played by Tony Cavalero) holds an impromptu gross-out contest of sorts with Sixx at a Lakeland, Florida hotel swimming pool in 1984 during the two acts’ joint U.S. tour. After exposing himself to […]
A number of AEROSMITH fans are concerned about Joe Perry‘s health after a newly posted video showed the guitarist struggling to perform one of the band’s classic songs. The clip in question, which was filmed on Saturday (April 13) during AEROSMITH‘s Las Vegas residency (and uploaded by YouTube user “Toshi Aizawa“), sees Perry sloppily working his way through “Livin’ On The Edge”, the hit […]
If you’re a subscriber of DirecTV Now, the season eight premiere of Game of Throneshas arrived early Whether intentional or not, the episode is streaming on DirecTV Now as of 5:30 p.m. EST — three and a half hours ahead of its HBO premiere at 9:00 p.m. Former Obama speechwriter Cody Keenan was among the first […]
Ryan Murphy dropped the title for this fall’s American Horror Story‘s season 9, which will be known as AHS 1984. It’s a throwback to ’80s slasher movies as evident in the clip that Murphy posted on social showing a teenage girl fleeing a dark-Jason-like guy wielding a knife. The year 1984 is when Friday the 13th was billed as its […]
