A toilet once owned by John Lennon has sold for nearly $15,000 at a recent auction of Beatles memorabilia in the U.K. Lennon reportedly gave the bathroom fixture to a contractor named John Hancock after moving out of his home in Berkshire in 1971. According to Hancock, the commode has been sitting in a shed [...]

SANTANA to release ‘Guitar Heaven’ on September 21st. The 63-year-old Grammy-winning guitarist to focus solely on covers for the new album including: Whole Lotta Love | Led Zeppelin (feat. Chris Cornell) Can’t You Hear Me Knocking | The Rolling Stones (feat. Scott Weiland) Photograph | Def Leppard (feat. Chris Daughtry) Riders on the Storm | [...]

John Mellencamp is convinced the internet has “destroyed” the music business. “I think the internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb. It’s destroyed the music business. It’s going to destroy the movie business.” Mellencamp also fears the internet will spell the end of rock ‘n’ roll, insisting only a few popular [...]

Some of Pink Floyd’s most famous albums have disappeared from the internet after a distribution deal with their record label ran out. The band’s works, including The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here and The Final Cut, have been removed from online digital stores due to the expiration of their contract with music giant EMI, [...]

Rhythm Magazine has compiled a list of the 20 greatest drummers of the last 25 years. They created it by asking their readers to vote for their favourite’s Slipknot’s Joey Jordison pulled in 37 per cent of the votes, with over 38,000 people saying he was the best Here is Rhythm Magazine’s list of the 20 [...]

Soundgarden will release their new album since 1996, Telephantasm, on September 28th . The set is a career retrospective that features hits, back catalog tracks and the unreleased track “Black Rain” from the Badmotorfinger sessions. The band has announced that they will be partnering with Activision to release the album bundled with the first million copies [...]

AC/DC’s 2008-2010 ‘Black Ice’ tour has been given the title of being the second-highest grossing tour in history, with figures to date totalling up to a staggering $441.6 million. Ranking second to the Rolling Stones’ ‘A Bigger Bang’ tour which rolled out through 2005-2007, the Stones grossed an almighty $558.3 million from a total of [...]

John Paul Jones on Dave Grohl proved why they are two of the greatest musicians in the history of Rock Sunday night at Caesars. Them Crooked Vultures exceeded expectations. Brilliant sound in the Coliseum. Tight grooves, amazing hooks and breath-taking musicianship. I was speechless and so grateful to see one of the finest live shows [...]

Wrinkly rocker Iggy Pop has the ugliest face in showbiz, according to a new poll by cosmetic surgery advice group The Good Surgeon Guide.

Some songs you fall in love with after the first listen, others grow on you. It’s not that often that I hear a song that “blows me away” but when I find that tune, I always turn it up when I hear it again. One of those “blow me away” tunes is ‘Cochise’ by Audioslave. [...]