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Motley Crue vocalist, strip club owner and reality TV vet Vince Neil looks to add the title of “pilot” and another credit on his IMDB page simultaneously with his appearance on the new season of the PBS reality program ‘The Aviators.’

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell feels that the current music scene is ailing and believes that his band’s first new album in 16 years may be just what the doctor ordered.

Metallica threw down the inaugural installment of the Orion Music + More Festival in Atlantic City, N.J., the weekend of June 23. If you weren’t one of the tens of thousands of music fans in attendance at the diverse music and lifestyle event, check out Metallica’s official Day One video recap of the festivities below.

Linkin Park are set to roll out material from their new album ‘Living Things’ at a performance from  the X Games in Los Angeles. The gig is set to be broadcast via livestream on … MySpace? We did say Linkin Park’s new album, right?

Slash with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators have landed at No. 1 song on the active rock radio chart with ‘You’re A Lie,’ the first single from ‘Apocalyptic Love.’

Get ready for more heavy metal on the high seas — 70,000 tons to be exact. This January, 40 hard-hitting metal bands, including Lacuna Coil and In Flames, and a literal boatload of fans will set sail in the Caribbean for the third edition of the 70,000 Tons of Metal festival.

Chris Cornell recently welcomed a fan to the stage for the moment that every guitarist dreams about, getting to perform a song with one of your rock idols. See the Soundgarden vocalist belt out an acoustic version of ‘Outshined’ with a fan on guitar below.

AC/DC have been blasting your eardrums with hard-hitting rock since the Ford administration, and their music has aged like fine wine. Now, the iconic rockers have made their wine collection available in the United States for the first time.

If you heard that Anthrax was in a Manhattan Federal Court earlier this week, you may have assumed the worst. But in this case, the band actually was settling a lawsuit by former vocalist Dan Nelson, who had sued the band for $2.65 million dollars.

In a recent interview, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan offered his take on the grunge explosion of the ’90s both praising and criticizing bands such as Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

Godsmack have officially nixed some of their summer tour dates in Europe after Sully Erna has come down with an undisclosed vocal malady.

If there’s one thing to say about the Black Keys‘ Patrick Carney, he doesn’t pull punches when talking about other bands. In a new interview, the ever-candid drummer gives an outline for the Akron, Ohio, duo’s next album and slams “reunion tours” that have missing pieces, specifically Black Sabbath and Van Halen.