Heavy metal has its roots in the late 1960s and the emergence of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple. It's a genre of rock music noted for a monumental sound characterized by distorted ...

It may be hard to believe, but Jason Newsted has now been a former member of Metallica almost as long as he was a member of the legendary band. After departing in 2001, he explored other musical ...

The musician who helped define the role of the superstar rock drummer has died at 80. By Christopher R. Weingarten Ginger Baker, who died Sunday at the age of 80, was an architect of rock drumming, ...