Interview: Rival Schools

Rock Sound snagged an exclusive chat with Rival Schools frontman and all round legend Walter Schreifels days after it was announced that the band were reforming to play UK shows in Summer. After some parking...

Inflatable pig lost during Coachella music festival is found

Heh, this made me chuckle. Isn't Peter Frampton the one who always had an inflatable pig?"A reward has been offered for a giant inflatable pig which floated into the Californian desert during a concert by Pink...

Black Eyed Peas Reject China Boycott

Will.i.am is getting things started in here...er...rather, there. And, dum diddly, what do you know...'there' is actually China. And the boycott is not actually happening. So where is the love? Well, for...

Webcam Your Way into Velvet Revolver

Aspiring bedroom rockers' hearts must be racing after Slash suggested that the Velvet Revolver boys might build a website to audition wannabe Scott Weiland replacements.So break out the angsty grunge growls, boys...

Singer Pete Doherty jailed for 14 weeks

After evading justice many times, Pete Doherty is now actually going to jail."Pete Doherty spent the night in Wormwood Scrubs last night at the start of a14-week sentence for breaching a probation order.The...

Who would have thunk it, Michael Stipe is gay

Google "Stipe" and "gay" and you'll find several media reports that Michael Stipe's long-speculated gayness is made official for the first time in the April issue of Spin.  However, you'll also find a 2001...

Stone Temple Pilots to Play Summer Reunion Shows

Every band I can think of, no matter how recently they've broken up or parted ways, now seems to be getting in on the profitable reunion tour action. The latest culprits: STP -- those venerably...

Radiohead: In Rainbows. In Stores. In the News.

Radiohead is all over the music blogs and newswires this week, as they celebrate the launch of their latest album, In Rainbows, in its traditional, physical CD format. To inaugurate the occasion and the arrival...

Kate Moss sex tape!

Listen, I'm not one to judge, but if you play with fire you could get burned. And when I say "fire" I mean "videocamera," and when I say "burned" I mean "burned by Pete Doherty." "The Babyshambles frontman is...

BBC Un-censors The Pogues' Christmas classic

UPDATE: Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt has reversed his decision to censor the Pogues Classic ‘Fairytale of New York’ Christmas single after receiving over 3000 emails protesting the decision."BBC Radio 1 has...

Franz Ferdinand Rocks A Village Hall In Shetland

"FRANZ Ferdinand were crowned kings of Shetland last night after rounding off their intimate tour of Scotland with two blistering gigs. But their equipment almost didn't make it. The Franz boys arrived at the...

School of Rock: AC/DC's Effects on Economic Decisions

The study discussed below claims to have quantifiably determined who is the better AC/DC frontman: Bon Scott or Brian Johnson. Aside from "Why?!", it's not immediately clear why the actions of giving/asking for...

Mystery Mojo Rising: Jim Morrison's death called into question

The death of Doors frontman Jim Morrison has long been one of rock's great mysteries. Morrison died in 1971 in Paris (he's buried in the famous Pere Lachaise Cemetary there); according to his girlfriend Pamela...

Queens of The Stone Age Frontman Requires Operation

Queens of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has revealed that he's in dyer need of a knee operation. The singer refuses to go under the knife until the band has completed their summer tour. The frontman...

Jack White's cousin Ashley MacIsaac to open for White Stripes

For the White Stripes (quite literal) cross-Canada tour, which includes stops in Nunavut and all of the Atlantic provinces, they've used some creative methods to book opening acts. And none gets more creative than...

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