In a new episode of the Scandalous Podcast, Slayer guitarist Gary Holt shares his thoughts about a variety of modern music superstars. The 60-year-old metal legend was quick to praise the biggest pop star of them all, Taylor Swift. “I love Taylor Swift. Why all the hate?” Holt said. “She’s an extraordinarily hard worker. She’s…

The shortlist for the U.K.’s coveted Mercury Prize has just been revealed. Leading the 2024 nominations are Charli XCX’s Brat, the Last Dinner Party’s Prelude To Ecstasy, Beth Gibbons’ Lives Outgrown, and Corinne Bailey Rae’s Black Rainbows. The Mercury Prize was first awarded in 1992, and it goes to the best album released by a…

Jane’s Addiction’s original lineup of singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Eric Avery have all returned to the studio and recorded the track, “Imminent Redemption,” their first new song together in 34 years. The last material the original members recorded together was 1990’s alternative masterpiece, Ritual de lo Habitual. “It…

Metallica are honoring their legendary late bassist Cliff Burton by launching Orion: A Tribute to Cliff Burton, a new exhibition featured on the band’s online museum. Orion is currently available to view on the Metallica Black Box museum on the band’s official website, which is accessible to all their Fifth Member Fan Club participants. The…

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong shared the next offering from the upcoming benefit album for Jesse Malin, the New York City singer-songwriter who suffered a spinal stroke last year. Armstrong’s rendition of Malin’s “Black Haired Girl” is set to appear on Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, with all proceeds from the album…

The long-awaited first official trailer for the new Bob Dylan movie, A Complete Unknown, has just been released. And as was rumored, Timothée Chalamet does his own singing while portraying the folk legend. In the promotional clip for the film, Chalamet sings Dylan’s 1963 classic “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall,” while performing on the stages…

Late Motörhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke will be immortalized in a 320-page biography and a 4-CD box set. Both the book and CD set will be released on September 6th via BMG. Make My Day: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Story of Fast Eddie Clarke was written by rock journalist Kris Needs along with Clarke’s widow,…

John Mayall, the influential British blues rock icon, has died at the age of 90. He was the leader of the trailblazing group, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, which launched the careers of many future rock legends, including Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, who eventually went on to form Cream together; Peter Green and John…

Widespread Panic guitarist Jimmy Herring has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Stage 1 tonsil cancer. The Athens, Georgia rock band has canceled their immediate shows scheduled in Asheville, North Carolina on July 25-27, and will likely adjust the remainder of their upcoming tour schedule while Herring gets treatment and recovers. The band shared…

Despite recent health issues that forced each of them to cancel a series of shows, Neil Young and Willie Nelson are both set to take part in this year’s Farm Aid. The benefit show is set to take place on September 21 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Young and Nelson…