Category: Active Rock

Jack White Puts Out New Song “Taking Me Back”

For the first time since 2018, Jack White has released new, solo music. The new track, “Taking Me Back,” appears in the trailer for the video game Call of Duty: Vanguard.  White recorded and produced the song at his Third Man Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and notably plays every instrument on the track.  “Taking Me […]

Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil Breaks Ribs After Stage Fall

On Friday, Vince Neil was taken to a nearby hospital after falling off stage during Mötley Crüe’s performance at the Monsters on the Mountain Festival held in Tennessee.  The 60-year-old singer accidentally stepped off the edge of the stage while playing “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” early on in the set. Neil fell […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ New Album on the Horizon

With the return of guitarist John Frusciante, who hasn’t been with the band in 10 years, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have finally let loose some details about their upcoming album.  “It sounds like Red Hot Chili Peppers, but it’s different and new,” drummer Chad Smith explains of the inevitable new sound the well-lived rockers […]

Will Creed Be Reuniting Any Time Soon?

In a recent interview, Mark Tremonti admits that he does have any plans to reunite creed any time soon (but would reconsider if any “business heads” advise him to do it, AKA offer something big). “Right now, I have a new record coming out,” Tremonti explains. “I’ve got to write another Alter Bridge record and […]

BABYMETAL’s 10th Year Anniversary Celebration Finale

After celebrating their 10th anniversary over the past year, BABYMETAL follows a number of performances, special releases, and exhibitions with a special “The One – Stairway to Living Legend” video.  The six-minute video is set to “The One,” BABYMETAL’s anthem, and features SU-METAL and MOAMETAL climbing a tall staircase to the clouds to become “living […]

Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner Says He Doesn’t Know How He’s “Still Around Today”

On September 26, Richie Faulkner, Judas Priest’s guitarist, suffered an acute cardiac aortic dissection during a festival performance.  Now, Faulkner is recuperating in Nashville and is able to reflect on the shocking experience. “I had no idea whatsoever what it was,” the 41-year-old rocker explained of the pain he felt halfway through the band’s final […]

Nirvana Shares Unreleased ‘92 Performance of “Lithium”

As a preface to the upcoming reissue of Nevermind, Nirvana dropped a previously unreleased performance of “Lithium” from a Triple J radio appearance in Melbourne 1992.  The performance is part of the 30th anniversary commemoration of the iconic 1991 album that features, among other exclusive Nirvana material, four live shows across the world from Amsterdam […]

The Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2022 Tour Dates

With a return to their goofy newsmen alter egos, the Red Hot Chili Peppers announce both European and North American tour dates for 2022.  The Global Stadium Tour begins in Spain at the beginning of summer and ends in Texas at the tail end of the season, all shows featuring the return of guitarist John […]

Just 5 Months After New Album, AFI Releases Another New Song

Despite having just released the new album Bodies back in June, AFI has already gifted fans with another new song, “Caught,” earlier this week.  The track was originally trimmed off Bodies’ tracklist but, ultimately, was just too beloved to let go. “Caught” also inspired the short film Where We Used to Meet, by director Kes […]

Black Flag’s Henry Rollins Announces 2022 Tour

Former Black Flag and Rollins Band musician, Henry Rollins, announces that he will be touring a one-man show throughout the spring of 2022. According to a statement about the show, the performance will “faithfully recount the events of his life in the brief pre-COVID period…when things got even stranger over the last several months.” As […]