Members of Queensryche, Dokken, Ratt, Black Sabbath, Dio, Alice Cooper, Testament, and Y&T have all donating their time to perform on New Year's Eve at a benefit concert for Y&T's bassist Phil Kennemore.

Last week Paul McCartney paid homage to John Lennon to mark the 30th Anniversary of his bandmate’s death. Obviously you didn’t need to know Lennon to be affected by his murder, and tributes were various. Jeff Tweedy joined Wilco members John Stirratt and Pat Sansone’s other band the Autumn Defense on 12/8/10 for a rendition...

Metal Sludge is reporting that Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer was arrested on a felony charge

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