JERRY CANTRELL On New Solo Album ‘I Want Blood’: ‘It’s The Absolute Best Work I Could Have Done’ ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell spoke about his upcoming album, “I Want Blood”, which is due on October 18 via Double J Music. The LP, co-produced by Cantrell and Joe Barresi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MELVINS),was recorded at Barresi‘s JHOC Studio in Pasadena, California. The album features contributions from bass heavyweights Duff McKagan (GUNS N’ ROSES)...

Los Angeles mainsions Britney Spears updated her fans after the Los Angeles fire crisis left her unable to share messages for two days. The 43-year-old music icon could not recharge her phone for two days due to power outages caused by the raging fires. On Friday, she revealed that she had been forced to evacuate her home to find safe shelter as the fires continued to spread around the city. Taking to Instagram to share a video clip of intricately...

Slash released an album of blues and soul standards that no one was expecting, then took the show on the road to support community causes Slash has fashioned some of the most memorable guitar riffs and solos in modern rock. But few people would have had him down as a born-again bluesman. For his latest project, the Guns N’ Roses star dived deep into a world of music that had its first flowering 60, 70 and even 80 years ago. “I’m a...

Guitar Collection – The most expensive ever 1 – Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Guitar One year on from the world-record sale of David Gilmour’s Black Strat, Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar sold for a massive $6,010,000 (£4,960,000) at auction in June 2020 and became the World’s Most Expensive Guitar in the process. The late-great Nirvana frontman played the 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic-electric guitar for the band’s MTV Unplugged set at Sony Music Studios in New York City on 18th November 1993 –...

Joe Bonamassa has expressed his fears for his Nerdville home and the vast collection of vintage gear it contains as wildfires rage in Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. Since they started on Tuesday 7th January, wildfires have been devastating vast areas of southern California, fuelled by tinder dry conditions and high winds. At the time of writing, five people have lost their lives, and the wildfires have destroyed over 2,000 structures with more than 137,000 people evacuating their homes....

Kim Wilde returns with her new studio album Closer, which the UK pop talent describes as a follow-up to her seminal 1988 album Close. Whilst the new album is available by this week, Kim first release the first single Trail of Destruction and today Midnight Train Talking of Trail of Destruction, Kim explains: “I wanted a connection to ‘Stone’ from my Close album in 1988 as well as referencing Jack Black’s 60’s referencing “Sticking it to the man’ speech from...

Simply Red announced the release of their thirteenth studio album, Time, on 26 May 2023. The first unveiled track from the album is “Earth in a Lonely Space”, which was already released as a single on 18 May 2021. The lead single, “Better with You”, was released on 2 March 2023, accompanying the album’s official announcement. Although the band’s long-time keyboardist Dave Clayton has recorded some parts for Time and played on “Better with You” with Simply Red during the...