Wednesday, December 7, 2011 11:45AM - By Candace Butler
The ceremony won’t be held until April 14th at Cleveland’s Public Hall, but we already know who will be included into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this time around, and they include long-time favorites Red Hot Chili Peppers, the allegedly unignorable Guns N’ Roses, and, least “rock” of them all, The Beastie Boys. Donovan, Laura Nyro, and the Small Faces/Faces will also be honored.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:08AM - By Travis Woods
Fans of total cluster f**ks, rejoice—because Guns N’ Roses has announced that they’re teaming up with your favorite energy drink that tastes like urine, Monster Energy™, to launch a fall tour of the United States.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:34AM - By Travis Woods
No stranger to litigious slapfights—see this and that—Axl Rose is kicking off the Thanksgiving holiday by suing the sweet stuffing out of Activision for a cool $20 million. Why? Because Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock features both GNR’s classic “Welcome to the Jungle” side by side with several tracks by former GNR guitarist Slash’s band, Velvet Revolver.
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Friday, November 12, 2010 11:22AM - By Travis Woods
Oh, God help us all—it seems that Axl Rose, formerly of Guns N’ Roses and who now fronts the world’s most prominent Guns N’ Roses cover band, has been in the studio with his bandmates, “throwing around a bunch of ideas,” according to GNR guitarist DJ Ashba. Translation: A new GNR album is in the words, one which, apparently, will drop before 2099.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010 10:46AM - By Travis Woods
Former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has another band exit under his belt – the bassist has now left Jane’s Addiction as well, leaving the long-running band once again without a bassist, according to Spinner:
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Monday, August 16, 2010 11:12AM - By Travis Woods
Guns N’ Roses fans had reason to tremble and shudder this morning (and not just from the usual Chinese Democracy flashbacks and nightmares): Axl Rose’s official Twitter let loose with this shocking nugget on Sunday night:
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:58AM - By Travis Woods
As you may recall, Irving Azoff and Front Line Management launched a lawsuit earlier this against Axl Rose, alleging that “Rose broke an oral agreement for Front Line to receive 5% the singer’s commissions, which are ‘due on more than $12 million in earnings’ that he earned from performances overseas.” Which is pretty funny on two counts: 1) That a major corporation actually believed that a man who surgically altered his face to resemble stretched Silly Putty could be held accountable for anything he says; and 2) Axl Rose made $12 million last year? Man, that’s wild.
Accordingly, Rose amped up this legal slapfight to a $5 million countersuit according to Spin, noting that Azoff conspired to reunite the original Guns N’ Roses lineup, in addition to really, really hurting Axl’s feelings. No, seriously.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:42AM - By Carl Pocket
BeatCrave hopes everyone had the best of Cinco De Mayo’s as the 2010 version is one that will go down in our memories. Last night we were on the scene at one of our favorite secrets in Hollywood, Bardot, to catch the exclusive live debut of Jane’s Addiction new line up featuring bassist Duff McKagan (of Guns N’ Roses fame).
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Monday, March 29, 2010 4:11PM - By Seraphina L.
Reading and Leeds Music Festival 2010 has planned some big things! If you stopped for a second and wondered if this headline was really true, don’t waste your time. All of that is happening on August 27 – 29. The Libertines are actually going to take the stage together again and yes, Axl Rose will be performing on the same stage as the beloved and melodramatic Canadian band, Arcade Fire. Oh yeah, Blink-182 is in there somewhere too.
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