Billy Corgan paid ransom to hacker who threatened to leak new Smashing Pumpkins songs
Smashing Pumpkins mainman Billy Corgan took drastic action to prevent hacker leaking tracks from new album Atum
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Watch Carrie Underwood bare her rock 'n' roll soul once more with a gorgeous cover of Ozzy Osbourne's Mama, I'm Coming Home
Carrie performed the cover on The Howard Stern Show, noting: "I hope we've done Ozzy proud and I hope he likes it."
So Shaquille O'Neal has made a rap song that samples Bodies by Drowning Pool
Basketball legend Shaq has released what he describes as a "freestyle", featuring him rapping while driving a truck over a beat that samples Drowning Pool's nu metal classic
Ghost triumph at Swedish Grammis
Ghost's fifth album Impera wins award for Best Hard Rock/Metal at Swedish Grammis
Watch Bring Me The Horizon's gory, gruesome and fabulously silly NSFW video for new pop-punk single Lost
Bring Me The Horizon share bloody, brutal, B-movie-style video for new single Lost
AI Lana Del Rey covering Nine Inch Nails' Hurt in the style of Johnny Cash is both exquisitely beautiful and slightly creepy
Could AI pose the biggest threat to the music industry since Napster? Time will tell
So the first single from Corey Taylor's new solo album is a song he was playing 14 years ago
Watch Corey Taylor 'debut' new single Beyond on the opening night of his solo tour, and perform an earlier version of the same song in Des Moines, Iowa back in 2009
The Internet has blessed us with a Korn vs Bob Marley Freak On A Leash mash-up
"Something takes a part of me...You and I were meant to be": It's Korn, but not as you have ever heard them before
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame boss tells Iron Maiden fans to bide their time
Rock Hall CEO Greg Harris tells Iron Maiden fans not to worry about 2023 snub – the band are almost certain to be inducted one day
Rage Against The Machine on "surprising" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame success
Rage Against The Machine thank Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for recognising their "music and mission"
How Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded a sweet tribute to Guns N' Roses, but ended up causing beef with Axl Rose instead
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose wasn’t happy about Red Hot Chili Peppers' "tribute" to his band on their fourth record
Ozzy Osbourne will play more shows even if he has to be wheeled out on stage: "it’s not a job, it’s a ***ing passion!"
Ozzy Osbourne may be done with lengthy tours, but don't bank on Power Trip festival being his final show
Kate Bush and Rage Against The Machine to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Kate Bush, Rage Against The Machine, Willie Nelson among new names being added to prestigious Rock Hall: Iron Maiden and Soundgarden miss out
Lamb of God announce US summer tour
Lamb of God confirm 8-date US summer tour with support from The Black Dahlia Murder, Ice Nine Kills, After The Burial, Suicide Silence and more
Shinedown announce US tour with Papa Roach and Spiritbox
Shinedown's Revolutions Live Tour is back for a US autumn leg – with Papa Roach and Spiritbox along for the ride
Watch pro-shot footage of Tool, Primus and QOTSA members covering Ænima
That benefit gig featuring members of Tool, Primus and Queens of the Stone Age is the gift that keeps on giving
That time Nirvana destroyed everything in sight and then set their own tour bus on fire
Smells Like White Spirit: Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain had lofty ideas about smashing the rock'n'roll cliches that came before him – but that wasn't all he ended up smashing
"Everybody was comatose!" Rick Wakeman on recording with Black Sabbath
Rick Wakeman discusses working with Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne in a new interview
Tom DeLonge used gratuitous auto-tune at Blink-182's recent show and fans are divided about it
It appears Blink-182 vocalist Tom DeLonge was relying on some pretty heavy autotune at the band's recent reunion shows, and fans aren't quite sure what to make of it
