Deftones Bassist Injury Update After Serious Car Crash

Deftones bassist Chi Cheng is on the road to recovery after being in a serious car crash in Norther California last Monday (November 3).Cheng was taken to a hospital in “serious, but...

When music barely pays the bills

Once upon a time $75,000-$100,000 was considered an amazing living in America, but now in the big cities it barely gets you by.I've been a part time musician for the last decade, and every year it gets tougher and...

Cachao Lopez, Mambo Progenitor, Dies

Israel Lopez, known as "Cachao" has passed away after a multi-decade, globe-spanning musical career characterized by breaking rules and setting trends."The legendary Cuban musician Israel López, more commonly...

Fire wrecks Chili Pepper's home

Fleas home gets a Santa Anna makeover. "Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has lost his multi-million pound house to the wildfire that swept through Malibu over the weekend. His house was one of 53 destroyed by...

Led Zeppelin to reform for one-off London gig

"The three surviving members of the hard-rocking British band will play together for the first time in 19 years in tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, the late founder of the Atlantic Records label, who signed the group in 1968. The rock giants split in 1980 following the death of...

Led Zeppelin confirm reunion gig

"Rock group Led Zeppelin are to reform for a tribute concert to the co-founder of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun. Singer RobertPlant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones, will reunite for the one-off...

Aerosmith bassist treated for cancer (AP)

" LOS ANGELES - Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is recovering from radiation treatment for throat cancer and will skip the beginning of the band's upcoming tour, the band's publicist said. Hamilton, 55, will be recovering with his family after a seven-week radiation treatment...

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