Rock News Desk

3 Doors Down Releases New Video, Eddie Vedder Goes Solo, Dave Grohl Says Rock And Roll Still Alive, GNR Guitarists Offers Online Lessons, Henry Rollins Gives Audience Cash

Corey Taylor Speaks Candidly, Megadeth Working On New Album, Dave Grohl Embarrassed, Napster To Buy Metallica Label?, Stone Sour Kicks off Avalanche Tour

(via Rock News Desk) The surviving members of Pantera will never play together again, the band’s manager has stated. Rumours have been circulating about the possibility of a one-off appearance by Phil Anselmo, Vinnie Paul and Rex Brown – with Black Label Society mainman Zakk Wylde playing guitar in place of Dimebag Darrell Abbott, who was shot dead on stage in 2004.

(Rock News Desk) Slayer frontman Tom Araya was rushed to hospital in Australia on Saturday night after the band's first concert with stand-in guitarist Gary Holt. The thrash giants decided to leave axeman Jeff Hanneman at home to recover from flesh-eating bug necrotising fasciitis, because they'd already cancelled dozens of shows during 2009 and 2010 due to Araya's back problems.

Zakk Wylde has cleared up doubts surrounding the sudden departure of Black Label Society drummer Will Hunt by explaining the band knew it was going to happen in advance.

Black Label Society drummer Will Hunt has left the band with immediate effect. He’ll be replaced by Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative and Danzig fame in Paris tomorrow night, and for the rest of the band’s European tour. A statement says: “Will Hunt is no longer with BLS, and replacing him is Johnny Kelly...

The new series of Beavis and Butt-head won’t rely on the old format of the cartoon pair watching music videos because the format has lost its power, says the president of MTV.

Ozzy Osbourne stopped using LSD when he was still with Black Sabbath – but he suffers flashbacks to this day, he’s revealed. The Prince of Darkness regularly finds himself “freaking out” at the smallest things, and says the drug which defined the psychedelic 60s era isn’t something he can recommend.

Slash has admitted the rumours about Corey Taylor being involved with Velvet Revolver are true – but a final decision has yet to be made. The guitarist had been avoiding making any comment on the gossip, while the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman simply said: “To be continued.”

Deftones fans rioted in Bangkok, Thailand, last night after the band were forced to cancel a show at the city’s Thunderdome Arena.

The legendary Kiss Kasket is back on sale, offering diehard fans the chance to be deadhard with their heroes. The premium model is made of steel and covered with band graphics, and it retails at $3999. A spokesman for Eternal Image, who make the products, says: “Fans worldwide have been waiting – we’ve received inquiries from as far away as the Netherlands recently...

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro has been questioned by police after a drugging incident in which a fan wound up in his hotel room without knowing how she’d got there. The band played in Aspen, Colorado, on December 30 last year. After the show a 29-year-old woman reported she’d been drugged – but she’s not accusing Navarro of any wrongdoing.