Def Leppard and original DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell recently spoke with Lymphoma Association about his struggle with lymphatic cancer and his determination to carry on touring despite his ongoing treatment. What an absolute legend and inspiration to us all. Watch the video interview below… All of us at Hammer wish Vivian the speedie...

Bassist coy over band's future plans    

In a live session for VEVO, Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos did a piano cover of fun.’s “Carry On” backed by four female singers. The session seems to be for a series called Unexpected Covers and while Passion Pit’s and fun.’s main demographics do differ, there’s no way the margi...

Hinder have announced that frontman Austin Winkler is pulling out of the band's current North American tour for personal reasons and they have recruited Saving Abel's Jared Weeks and Drankmore's Marshal Dutton to fill in for him.

On the band's recent Canadian tour, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx launched a campaign to sell his stage-played basses, and now he says he's going to carry on with the new tradition for the group's upcoming 2013 shows.