Chad Childers

Did anybody do a head scratch when Red Hot Chili Peppers were recently announced to play the Super Bowl halftime show alongside pop star Bruno Mars? After all, the organizers have been notoriously conservative in their choices for the halftime show performers after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" a decade ago and the Chili Peppers have been known to bare a fair share of skin during their performances.

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If you didn't catch onto The Winery Dogs the first time around, now is the perfect time to get into the band. The trio of Richie Kotzen, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy are expanding upon their 2013 disc with two new packages.

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The year 2014 is proving to be quite the eventful one for Nirvana considering it's been 20 years since the band was active.

The group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year and now comes word that the late Kurt Cobain will be celebrated annually in his hometown of Aberdeen, Wash.

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For the past decade, Camp Freddy have been a big draw with their covers sets filled with all sorts of mystery guests, but all good things must come to an end. Guitarist Dave Navarro delivered the news Thursday (Jan. 23), though he also revealed that the group has evolved to a new incarnation known as Royal Machines. The news comes on the heels of Perry Farrell announcing that Jane's Addiction would go on hiatus.

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Metallica put their all into the 'Metallica Through the Never' 3D film last year and from what the band wanted out of the movie creatively it was a success, but the box office returns for the movie were definitely under what was anticipated. Guitarist Kirk Hammett has now spoken about the response to the film in a new interview.

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A change of scenery can often be good for a band when recording their new music, but is it possible that Foo Fighters are taking that idea to levels that no band has done before? Rumors are flying that the unique way in which the band is recording their new album is by laying down each individual track in a different recording studio.

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We know that Metallica, Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails and Dave Grohl will be among the hard rock community representation performing at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, but there's a few more rockers that will also appear during the telecast. Black Sabbath, Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler will be among those presenting awards at the ceremony.

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Courtney Love is currently in court due to a defamation suit filed by her onetime lawyer, Rhonda Holmes, but the case that initially brought the two together was when Love hired Holmes to help her defend her late husband Kurt Cobain's legacy.

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The cover song is a big part of many band's repertoire and Shinedown's Brent Smith and Zach Myers recently teamed up to lay down several acoustic covers of their favorite songs. The result is a new EP titled '(Acoustic Sessions)' that will be released under the moniker Smith + Myers via iTunes and at all digital retailers on Jan. 28.

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Cage the Elephant fans will get one of the band's most extensive treks to date in support of their 'Melophobia' album this spring. The group, who opened for Muse and played numerous festival dates in the fall, are staging their own headlining trek in April and May.

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There's still no word on when a new Tool album will arrive, but fans of the band can take comfort in knowing that they'll be returning to the road soon.

The group has just revealed a five-date West Coast swing that will get the band back into the groove this March.

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When Amy Lee announced in late 2012 that Evanescence would go on hiatus, her fans wondered what her next project would be.

The singer has revealed through a tweet that she's pregnant with her first child.

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