• 6 Bands That Have Gone Exclusive with Walmart: Garth Brooks, KISS and...Bruce Springsteen?

    There's a lot of talk about "going corporate" in the music industry. If you leave Southern Lord and go to Epic, are you really corporate? This metal fan would argue no. There can be little doubt however that offering an album exclusively through Walmart or iTunes is as corporate as it gets. Check out a few other bands that have gone Walclusive, ranked from least to most surprising.

  • AC/DC Murder Case Reopened, Police Offer Reward For Info About 1993 Crime

    The Guardian reports that the government of New South Wales, Australia has offered a $100,000 reward for information related to the December 1993 murder of AC/DC's manager Crispin Dye. Dye, who served as the manager for the legendary rock band for seven years during the '80s, was 41 years old when he was robbed and assaulted in Sydney, Australia after a night of drinking with friends. He died later in the hospital after suffering major head injuries, and his assailants were never found.

  • 10 Bands Whose Lead Singers Have Died: Queen, Nirvana, And More

    Today marks the 35th anniversary of AC/DC's Highway To Hell, a hard rock classic that would be the band's last album with lead vocalist Bon Scott, who died after a night of heavy drinking seven months after the album's release. Here are ten more bands that have suffered the loss of a lead vocalist.

  • 8 Multi-Platinum Albums That Were Relative Flops: The Eagles, Prince, And More

    The news of Robin Thicke's latest album selling a dismal 54 copies in Australia must be very embarrassing for him, but there are some artists who are so massively famous that even going multi-platinum can be considered a huge disappointment. Here are eight multi-platinum albums that sold less than half of their predecessors.

  • AC/DC's Brian Johnson Reveals Details On New Album

    Frontman Brian Johnson has revealed to Classic Rock that AC/DC has completed their long-awaited new album, the follow-up to 2008's Black Ice. He told them that the as-yet-untitled album was finished following a series of intense studio sessions in Vancouver.

  • AC/DC "Very Likely" To Tour This Year

    AC/DC's lead singer Brian Johnson has announced that his band will most likely be touring again later this year, which would be the band's first tour since 2010. The announcement came yesterday in an update posted on brianjohnsonracing.com, Johnson's website for his car racing TV series Cars That Rock.
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