The famous Nashville-based guitar manufacturing company, which rock stars like Slash, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Alex Lifeson and Eddie Van Halen have used their guitars, has filed for bankruptcy  that will allow lenders to take control of Gibson.

To apply the agreement, the company and it’s US subsidiaries filed pre-negotiated reorganization cases under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Gibson made a disastrous acquisition of Philip’s consumer audio division four years ago having forked out $135 million for the deal. The audio division of the company will now be “wound down.”

Gibson’s electronics business had been “trapped in a vicious cycle in which it lacked the liquidity to buy inventory and drive sales,” according to court papers from the management consulting firm assisting the company.

Thanks to their agreement, Gibson’s Musical Instruments and Professional Audio businesses will be able to carry on designing, building, selling and manufacturing Gibson and Epiphone guitars during its reorientation and bankruptcy proceedings.

To most bands practice is just your normal everyday routine, but when you’ve been through what The Ghost Inside have been through, getting together to practice takes a lot of effort.

In 2015, the group was involved in a tragic bus crash. The crash unfortunately killed both bus drivers and left the band suffering significant injuries and facing difficult recovery periods over the last 3 years. It was with great joy that the group took part in their first since 2015.

The band got together this past weekend for a Facebook live chat celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their debut album, but it also marked the first time they considered themselves to be back together as a band rather than guys recovering from injuries. Taking the next step, the group got together to play April 17 and they also live streamed the set up.

The world of music has suffered a major loss. Kato Khandwala, who has worked on many hit rock albums in the passing years, has died in a motorcycle crash.

Khandwala was behind the boards as the producer for Pop Evil’s self titled album, which released earlier this year. The band reacted to the news on their Instagram, saying, “Today our world stopped. We lost mentor, a brother, a teacher, but most of all a good friend. Kato thank you for helping bring positivity and fun throughout this last album we made together. Our lives are forever better having you been in them. So Blessed we were able to work with you. You will forever be loved by the Pop Evil Family.”

Khandwala was also closely associated with The Pretty Reckless, working as a producer on all three of their albums. His credits also include Breaking Benjamin’s Phobia and Dear Agony albums, as an engineer on the My Chemical romance’s The Black Parade Is Dead live album and work music from Drowning Pool, Pierce the Veil, Papa Roach, Mayday Parade, and many more artists.

Other rock artists and musicians chimed in as well. Lzzy Hale, vocalist of Halestorm, added, “Kate Khandwala, you will forever be a part pf the Haletsorm family. Thank you for touching this universe with your music and your amazing ability to bring out the best in artists you worked with. My friend, even though you can’t be with us in the same form you were…you burned bright, and that light will never be lost on us. My heart also goes out to Kato’s family and loved ones in this hard time.”

The former frontman of Sick Puppies, Shim Moore, is ready to continue his recording career as he’s currently putting the final touches on his debut solo album.

Shim has teamed up with Loudwire to give fans the first taste of new music from the upcoming disc, a rocking new single called Hallelujah.

The song will be hitting radio later this week in advance of his solo band’s debut at Rock On The Range on Sunday, May 20th.

Deep Purple and Judas Priest announced that they will be co-headling a North American tour. This August, both of the bands will be invading the United States for one of the year’s most powerful lineups.

Judas Priest released their newest album Firepower, which gave the band a top Five Album in 17 different countries. Firepower is considered the band’s best album since Painkiller.

Deep Purple’s 2017 album, Infinite, has gone gold in multiple countries. It also gave them their highest charting position in the U.S. since Perfect Strangers, which released in 1984.

Tickets go on sale April 27 at 10AM local time.

The punk band, NOFX, shared a tribute song to Stephen Hawking,  called, “There’s No Too Soon’ if Time is relative.”

The band released the song two days after the iconic physicist/cosmologist’s passing. The song was actually written a month before Hawking’s death on February 10.

Hawking died on March 14 after living with ALS for 55 years. His work has made Hawking a household name. This allowed artists, like the Foo Fighters and Alice Cooper, to memorialize the scientist after he died.

The rapidly rising band, Ghost B.C. or Ghost, have announced the tour dates for their first tour since Papa Emeritus 3 was hauled off stage.

The tour will be in the US and starts off in Riverside, California on May 5. The tour is just in time for their new album coming in April.

In May of 2010, Slipknot’s bassist, Paul Gray, died of a drug overdose. Paul’s body was found in a hotel room with a hypodermic needle and a variety of pills next to him. An autopsy was performed and found that he died from a morphine overdose and had major heart issue. Dr. Baldi had been treating him for pain and addiction. He admitted he had not prescribed any of the medication that Paul  died from.

Paul Gray’s widow, Brenna Gray, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on 2010, but since she waited too long it was dismissed. Paul and Brenna’s daughter, October Gray, wasn’t born at the time of Paul’s death.

A wrongful death lawsuit was later filed on Brenna’s behalf. The trial was to supposed to be held Monday January 24, but was settled over the weekend.

Metallica’s vocalist, James Hetfield, landed a role in the upcoming serial killer film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile. The film focuses on the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with Hatfield to be the the officer who arrests Bundy.

Zac Effron will star as Ted Bundy with James taking on the role of Officer Bob Hayward. Hayward was the  Utah patrolman who arrested Bundy in 1975 after pulling him over and finding burglary tools in his car.

James Hetfield has appeared in other films and tv shows as himself or as a narrator, but this will be Hetfield’s first dramatic roleplaying character. Hetfield landed the role because the film’s director Joe Berlinger, co-directed the Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster. Berlinger has kept a close relationship with band in the years since the film.

Just over a year and a half after reuniting, the founding members of of the Misfits will be returning to New Jersey for their first show in their home state in 35 years! The show will be on Saturday, May 19 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

This will be the first East Coast Misfits show with co-founders, Glenn Danzig on vocals and Jerry Only on bass, since 1983 when they played at the Channel Club in Boston, Massachusetts.

Former guitarist, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, will also be playing with the Misfits. Ex-Slayer and current Dead Cross drummer, Dave Lombardo, is expected to continue his role as the Misfits’ drummer. The last time this lineup performed in New Jersey, was in 1982 on the Earth A.D. tour.

The classic Misfits lineup reunited for the first time in 33 years in 2016. They played at some shows at Riot Fest during their reunion. They followed that up in late December of 2017 with shows in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. For the possibility of new music, Dave Lombardo recently said that while he is a “hired gun” for the band, he thinks they have got a bunch of touring under their belts before entering the studio again.