• 5 Seconds Of Summer, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx Working Together On New 5SOS Album

    5 Seconds of Summer are hard at work on the follow-up to their 2014 debut eponymous album. This time around they're getting help from a famous rock veteran, none other than Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx. Sixx revealed the news on Twitter following the band's iHeartRadio appearance, where they won for Best Fan Army.

  • Mötley Crüe Biopic 'The Dirt' Moving Forward: Focus Features Picks Up Jeff Tremaine-Directed Film

    Although Mötley Crüe is currently on its final ride, the group's biopic based on the 2001 memoir The Dirt: The Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band recently found new life thanks to Focus Features. The production company snagged the film, which has Jackass mastermind Jeff Tremaine attached to direct with a script by Rich Wilkes (Airheads) and Tom Kapinos (Californication). The search for actors will begin soon.

  • Nikki Sixx's Sons Play Troubadour As Figs Vision 3 Decades After Mötley Crüe

    More than three decades after Nikki Sixx played the Troubadour in Los Angeles with Mötley Crüe, the bassist's sons, Storm and Gunner, graced the venue's stage with their band Figs Vision. The proud papa took to Facebook Friday, Jan. 9, to support his boys, Ultimate Classic Rock notes. "Tonight I got to watch my sons band Figs Vision play the same venue I played 33 years ago this same month," he wrote. "They have a different sound and their own unique vibe which is what NEW music is all about...Thank you to the fan that tweeted me the picture and reminded me of this moment years ago. So much more could be said but I am sure you can imagine how cool this was." The Troubadour helped catapult Sixx and his bandmates to superstardom in the 1980s. The band has been on its Final Tour for awhile and they hope to come home to Los Angeles in 2016 for the last gig. Sixx discussed the thought of doing one more show with his band.

  • Slash Remembers Pantera's Dimebag Darrell, Brother Vinnie Paul Says He's Found Peace with Untimely Death [WATCH]

    December marks the unfortunate anniversary of the death of Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell. The legendary axeman, aka Darrell Abbott, was shot onstage in 2004 while performing with Damageplan. It was a huge loss for the metal community and fans of his work, which lives on even though he is gone. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash shared a few memories with Loudwire recently about the slain guitarist, who died Dec. 8.

  • Axl Rose Reportedly Has Two New Guns N' Roses Albums Recorded

    Guns N' Roses' 2008 album "Chinese Democracy" famously took so long to record that it became more of a punchline than an album. However, the band's next album might be coming much sooner than we think. According to guitarist DJ Ashba, Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose has recorded enough songs to fill up two albums.

  • 7 Bands Whose Bassist Is The Primary Songwriter

    Whenever a band has one member who writes most of the songs, it's more often than not the band's guitar player. However, these seven bands break the mold by featuring primary songwriting contributions from their bassists, rather than their guitarists.

  • Michael Sweet vs. Nikki Sixx

    When Stryper's Michael Sweet wrote his autobiography, his reference to Motley Crue wasn't a dig or a slap, it was simply a comparison. Sadly, Nikkie Sixx didn't take it as it was intended and slapped out at Michael through social media.
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