Amy Sciarretto

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder never thought he’d find himself opening for Guns N’ Roses, but this weekend at the 26th Annual Bridge School Benefit, he did just that. Vedder made a surprise appearance at the event on Saturday, Oct. 20, hitting the stage right before GN’R. That’s a rock ‘n’ roll moment that could stop the world from spinning on its axis, if only for a second. And it was all for a

Hatebreed, a Connecticut hardcore institution, have a new label home for their next album, due to drop in January 2013.

Powerful music often elicits involuntary responses. A smile. The chills. Goosebumps. Tears. You can’t fight the response that your body and your heart have to a quality, high impact song. Anthrax frontman Joey Belladonna is no different than the rest of us when it comes to his response to music. He was so moved by the new Sevendust song ‘Blackout’ that he got goosebumps and almost cried.

Rage Against the Machine and Sony Legacy are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s eponymous debut in a big, big way with the incredibly deluxe release ‘Rage Against the Machine –XX,’

Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong melted down in a big way during the iHeart Radio Festival in Las Vegas last month, spewing F-bombs, smashing his guitar and seemingly seething with anger due to a shortened set. Turns out the frontman had fallen off the wagon, and he promptly went to rehab to address his issues. The fallout occurred right around the release of ‘¡Uno!,’ the first album in a pla

What a fitting title for Soundgarden‘s brand new single, since for all intents and purposes, they had ‘Been Away Too Long.’ Diehard fans of the Seattle band have missed them for the past several years, and while the reunion, live performances and ‘Avengers’ song ‘Live to Rise’ have been rad and appreciated, this is the beefy, puts-hair-on-your-chest Soundgarden rocker we’ve been waiting for. Read

A man who fell asleep while robbing a house was arrested in Washington County in Oregon.

It appears there was something more than anger at the heart of Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong’s expletive-filled rant when the band’s set was cut short at this weekend’s iHeart Radio Festival

SoundgardenWorld.com The best Soundgarden songs are culled from the band's lengthy and rich history, as they formed all the way back in 1984 and achieved an incredible measure of commercial success during the grunge heyday in the 1990s. Th ...

Down will drop ‘Down IV Part I – The Purple EP,’ a six-song set, on Sept. 18, and in advance of the release they are offering a full stream via Billboard.com. The band has made no secret of the fact that they plan to follow it with three more EPs, which begs the question. Why aren’t they releasing full albums? The answer is simple. It’s easier and more efficient to go the EP route, since it gets m

It’s a busy time in Hatebreed‘s world. The band just finished the tracking process on their forthcoming full-length, which is the proper follow up to 2009′s self-titled effort, and will proceed with mixing. Hatebreed produced the platter, with assists from Josh Wilbur, who lists bands like Lamb of God and Avenged Sevenfold on his resume, and Zeuss, who has worked with everyone from All That Remain

As I Lay Dying have premiered the video (and the song) ‘A Greater Foundation’ from their upcoming album ‘Awakened,’ which drops Sept. 25.