rock report

The Grammy Awards proved once again that they love Foo Fighters. The band added five awards to their career total -- which now stands at 11 --during last night's show in Los Angeles. They swept all four awards in the slimmed down rock category --Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance...

Iron Maiden confirmed that they will tour in 2012.  No cities or dates have been announced yet, keep an eye out at their official site.

Ya’ know that secret project Dave Grohl’s been working on?  He has confirmed he's making a movie about the studio where Nirvana recorded Nevermind. REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin let the news slip about the project last fall, and in the new issue of Rolling Stone Dave talks about the still-to-be-titled Sound City Studios documentary...

Foo Fighters will take to the Grammy stage once again this year. The Foos -- who have six nominations, including Album of the Year -- are among the first announced performers for this year's show. The Grammys air live on CBS on February 12th from the Staples Center in Los Angeles...

The Rock Report is sponsored by Joel at Devil Dog Bail Bonds, "The Dog That Never Sleeps", 542-8456. Saliva is moving on after singer Josey Scott's departure last fall. The band has started working with Bobby Amaru, who's fronted his own group and was the drummer in Burn Season...

The Rock Report is sponsored by Joel at Devil Dog Bail Bonds, "The Dog That Never Sleeps", 542-8456. Killswitch Engage have fired singer Howard Jones. They've issued a statement saying, "We love Howard and are thankful for the nine years that we've had him in the band...

The Rock Report is sponsored by Joel at Devil Dog Bail Bonds, "The Dog That Never Sleeps", 542-8456. Shinedown have titled their upcoming album Amaryllis and set a March 27th release date. The first single, "Bully," is available at digital retailers now...

The Rock Report is sponsored by Joel at Devil Dog Bail Bonds, "The Dog That Never Sleeps", 542-8456. Here's an overview of the big albums and tours & festivals coming up in the next few months. Albums: Lamb Of God "Resolution" 1.24....

Not a lot to report on rock bands today, they must be behaving themselves for the holidays.  Everybody's gearing up for New Year's Eve...here's how the 1% party. Red Hot Chili Peppers are picking up a big paycheck for playing a private New Year's Eve party thrown by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich...

James Hetfield got into it with the paparazzi while he was on Christmas vacation. The Metallica guitarist and his son Castor were being followed by paparazzi in Uruguay on Christmas Day. After a confrontation with one of the photographers, Hetfield picked up some rocks and started throwing them at the pack following him...

10 Years have started work on their follow-up to 2010's Feeding the Wolves. This time around the band is able to work closer to home, as guitarist Brian Vodinh converted his basement into a recording studio. 10 Years will close out 2011 with their "Almost New Year's Concert" Friday in their hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee...

Tool will be hitting the road next month for their first shows since 2010. 11 dates have been announced so far, starting January 14th in Reno, Nevada and wrapping up February 8th in Duluth, Georgia. There's no word whether Tool will be tacking on any more dates, but frontman Maynard James Keenan is hitting the road with his side band Puscifer at the end of February...