A computer virus that infected nuclear establishments in Iran forced machines to play AC/DC hit track Thunderstruck at full volume, claims an expert. Mikki Hypponen of Finnish security firm F-Secure says he received a number of alert messages from the Atomic Energy Organisation or Iran, Gawker reports. One email said: “Our nuclear program has once […]

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THE DARKNESS have premiered their studio cover of Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ online. ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ first appeared on Radiohead’s classic 1995 album ‘The Bends’. It was released as single in January 1996 and became the band’s first Top Five hit. THE DARKNESS have been performing the song live for several years, but […]

Franz Ferdinand and Red Hot Chili Peppers have voiced support for the jailed members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot. Three members of the band – Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich – have been in pre-trial detention since March of this year, after they staged a protest against Russian President Vladmir Putin. On […]

IRON MAIDEN frontman BRUCE DICKINSON called a fan that he spotted texting in the crowd during one of the band’s recent gigs a ‘wanker’. The incident happened during an Iron Maiden show last week (July 19) in Indiana, Indianapolis. The Quietus reports that as the band started playing ‘Wasted Years’, DICKINSON shouted: “Ah, for fucks sake, […]

PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready recently revealed that there is roughly an album’s worth of songs that the mid-90′s side project, MAD SEASON, never got to record with vocalist Layne Staley before his return to Alice in Chains and eventual death. Now it appears that SCREAMING TREES singer Mark Lanegan will lend his voice to […]

Author Joel McIver will release the first biography of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, entitled Inside The Machine, on October 15th via Omnibus Press. A book description states: Over 17 years and eight albums, heavy metal band Machine Head have sold millions of units, earned a Grammy nomination and won personal awards from […]

ELTON JOHN has scored his first number one album in 22 years, an electronic reworking of his hit songs, while Florence and the Machine clung to top spot in the singles chart for a second week running, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday. JOHN teamed up with Australian electronic duo PNAU for ‘Good […]

TRAVIS BARKER was forced to give up drugs after doctors found six ulcers in his stomach. The Blink 182 drummer reveals the news ended his enjoyment of smoking weed – something he’d hoped he could carry on doing for the rest of his life. He’d been using cannabis to help with anxiety issues, which he’s been […]

Phil Anselmo and Warbeast are to release a split single in September. Anselmo’s two songs have yet to be confirmed, but the Warbeast pair will be ‘IT’ and ‘Birth Of A Psycho’. Anselmo is to release a solo album called ‘Walk Through Exits Only’ early next year.