Steven Tyler tells TMZ.com that the current contestants on "American Idol" should think twice about singing any Aerosmith songs on the show. When asked if contestants get bonus points for taking on his songs, Tyler said, "Never. I look at them twice and say, 'Don't even try it, don't even.'" more

Funeral Party have been added as the support act on the forthcoming Deftones North American headline tour. Funeral Party will be appearing on the tour between April 14th and May 17th, 2011 more

Trent Reznor pulls out of 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' film project But Nine Inch Nails man reaffirms commitment to 'Year Zero' TV mini-series more

High On Fire was on tour and set to perform in Tokyo, Japan on Friday when the powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the island nation's shore, collapsing buildings, touching off widespread fires and unleashing walls of water up to 30 feet high. The U.S. group was unharmed, but shaken after surviving its second natural disaster in sixteen days; the band was also abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand during the 6.3-magnitude earthquake of February 22 more

Chickenfoot have a title for their new album. The record, due out later this year, is to be called Chickenfoot IV. According to Blabbermouth, frontman Sammy Hagar had this to say about the choice of title: "We were all like, 'What are we going to call second record? Well, Chickenfoot II'. And we're going, 'We can't call it Chickenfoot II, that's too obvious'." more

Owsley "Bear" Stanley, a 1960s counterculture icon who worked with The Grateful Dead and was a prolific LSD producer, died in a car crash in Australia, his family said Monday. He was 76. more

Memphis May Fire will headline a spring tour with support from This Romantic Tragedy, Us From Outside, and Too Late The Hero. more

In a new video report from Artisan News Service; Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth discussed new rules being imposed on foreign touring bands that come to the United States. You can view the report in the video here

NightShade will release their new album "Lost In Motion" in the US on April 26, 2011, and in Europe May 13, 2011, followed by a lengthy U.S. tour to follow. more

Wolfsbane are to release their first record in 17 years next month. It's a five-song EP called Did It For The Money more

During their soundcheck on Friday afternoon (March 11) for their first of two shows at the Agora in Cleveland, Ohio, Manowar blew the power system on the entire city block where the venue is located. more

The Devil Wears Prada is currently in Massachusetts as they prepare to commence tracking for their next full-length. The effort will be produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz more

Murderdolls - the band consisting of Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Rob Zombie) and Wednesday 13 - has issued the following update: "We are disappointed to say that we were forced to cancel our remaining Japanese shows. We stayed in Tokyo while other bands fled, planning to put on a great show and give you guys the good time you need right now. In the end, the promoters decided that all shows for the next few days would need to be canceled, including ours." more

The Slow Death has entered the studio to begin work on a new full-length, and the band's new lineup is one with a lot of familiar names: joining mainstays Jesse Thorson and Johnny C is Mikey Erg (The Ergs!, a million other bands), Paddy Costello (Dillinger Four, The Arrivals) and Annie Sparrows (The Soviettes). more