NIKKI SIXX DEFENDS MÖTLEY CRÜE’S DECISION TO REPLACE GUITARIST MICK MARS, STATING, IT WAS “THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT THE RIGHT THING ISN’T ALWAYS FUN”

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx has defended the band’s choice to replace guitarist Mick Mars with John 5. The bassist, 65, stands by the decision in a new interview with Classic Rock. “It was becoming harder and harder and harder to get anything done with Mick because of his memory problems and just his physical ailments,” Sixx […]
GUITARIST JAKE E. LEE SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN LAS VEGAS, REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION

As confirmed by management, legendary rock guitarist Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands, Red Dragon Cartel) was shot multiple times early this morning in a Las Vegas, NV street shooting. Lee is fully conscious and doing well in an intensive care unit at a Las Vegas hospital. He is expected to fully recover. Las Vegas authorities believe the shooting […]
ALEX VAN HALEN DISCUSSES HIS FORTHCOMING BIOGRAPHY “BROTHERS,” HE ALSO REVEALS WHY THE VAN HALEN REUNION NEVER SUCCEEDED, AND HOW BOTH OZZY OSBOURNE, AND CHRIS CORNELL, ALMOST FRONTED VAN HALEN

Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone reports: After his brother [Eddie] died, Alex Van Halen fell apart. He can prove it. There’s photographic evidence right here on his phone, which also happens to be a repository of unheard, unfinished Van Halen songs. Spend the day with him, and he might play a few. But first, he’ll scroll to that image, an […]