System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian, Tom Morello and Disturbed star David Draiman were among the rockers who paid tribute to late Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott at a marathon party in Hollywood on Wednesday night.

The trio joined members of Pantera, Sebastian Bach, Duff McKagan and singer/songwriter Ben Harper at the Dimebag Bash, which annually honors the memory of Abbott, who was the victim of a crazed gunman at a concert in 2004.

The night's highlights included a version of Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" performed by Morello and Tankian, and a reworking of P...

Disturbed star Dan Donegan has assured fans the band will return from its upcoming hiatus, and there are no plans to split.

The hard rockers will be taking an open-ended break following the release of an upcoming B-sides and rarities collection, but the guitarist insists he and his bandmates will be back.

He tells Billboard.com, "We just decided not to have a game plan. That's the first time in our career we've done that. We've always said, 'After this tour, let's do this...,' always something planning ahead.

"This is just the first time we're not having those discussions. We said, 'Let'...

Rockers the Disturbed are handing over the proceeds from download sales of their new single to the families of the West Memphis Three.

The new track, "3," will be available at the group's official website and all monies from sales will benefit the Damien Echols Defense Fund, which helps cover legal fees, forensic testing, and investigative fees for the three men known as the West Memphis Three, who many believe were unjustly convicted of murder in Arkansas in 1994.

The Disturbed bandmates are among many celebrities and high-profile people who strongly believe that Damien Echols, Jason Bal...

The Illusion of Progress marks Staind's sixth studio album and is the follow-up to 2005's RIAA platinum-certified Chapter V. Staind's last three studio albums all debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, earning their place as one of the most successful rock bands of the new millennium. Staind joins an elite shortlist of five other artists who have also accomplished this feat, including U2, Dave Matthews Band, System Of A Down, Van Halen, and Disturbed.

The Illusion of Progress was produced by Johnny K and recorded in the home studio of Staind vocalist Aaron Lewis, with the orig...

Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit the song set list for Rock Band 2, the next evolution of the groundbreaking Rock Band music platform. The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs with over 80 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks which will be made available for free download this fall. This builds upon the unparalleled depth and diversity of Rock Band’s original set list and...

Multi-platinum band Staind has announced the much-anticipated release of The Illusion Of Progress (Flip/Atlantic), available August 19. The first single, "Believe," hits radio and iTunes June 24. A worldwide summer tour kicks off July 4 in Muskegon, MI, prior to band's joining the 3 Doors Down bill on July 9 in St. Louis, MO. Staind will also tour internationally with Nickelback beginning September 8 in Cologne, Germany.

The Illusion Of Progress marks Staind's sixth studio album and is the follow-up to 2005's RIAA platinum-certified Chapter V. Staind's last three studio albums...

Kid Rock has been forced to pull out of an appearance at the U.K.'s Download Festival after he was admitted to the hospital on Friday.

The rocker canceled his performance just minutes before he was due to take to the Main Stage at the music event.

A statement from festival organizers reads: "We've had the curse of Download. Kid Rock is not very well (and) we've had to rush him to hospital in Nottingham (England). He apologizes to his fans."

Fellow rock acts Judas Priest and Disturbed made up for Kid Rock's no-show by treating festival-goers to longer sets. As WENN went to ...

Rockers the Disturbed have scored a third number one album in America after taking new release Indestructible to the top of the charts.

The album 252,000 units in its first week on release to put David Draiman's group in the company of Van Halen, U2, Metallica, Dave Matthews Band, Staind and System of a Down - the only other rock acts who can boast three successive number one debuts with studio albums.

The 28th edition of the Now That's What I Call Music... hits compilation series enters the new chart at two, last week's chart-topper, Usher's Here I Stand, drops to three.

Wee...

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama now has heavy metal on his side - Disturbed frontman David Draiman has pledged his support to the Democrat.

Just days after Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen added their weight to the Obama campaign by publicly supporting the senator for President, Draiman admits he's so inspired by his choice he'll actually vote this year after ignoring the past two elections.

Draiman says, "He is more intelligent, better educated, better speaking and certainly more of a warrior than President (George W.) Bush ever was and ever will be."

But the rocker admits t...

In what's sure to be the hottest concert ticket of the summer, multi-platinum rock acts Slipknot and Disturbed will lead the first-ever Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, a riotous road show packed with some of hard music's most influential artists and a plethora of the genre's most exciting young voices. The tour is set to kick off July 9th at the White River Amphitheater in Seattle and will hit 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada between early July and late August (a full itinerary will be announced in the coming weeks).

Joining Slipknot and Disturbed on the main stage will be DragonForce...

Disturbed frontman David Draiman has put his gothic castle on the market for $2.9 million. The rocker bought the Northridge, California property in 2005 and added sculptures of griffins and dragons as well as an exercise room.

Draiman's estate, which has become a landmark in Southern California, also features a guest house, koi pond, waterfall and hidden doors.

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June 26, 2007 (Burbank, CA) - Warner Bros. Records will release the original soundtrack to DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures' live-action robot fantasy film TRANSFORMERS on July 3rd, the same day the Michael Bay-directed movie hits theaters nationwide. Transformers: The Album features hit songs from some of the hottest established and emerging rock bands, including Linkin Park, Taking Back Sunday and The Used, as well as brand-new tracks from Goo Goo Dolls, Smashing Pumpkins, Disturbed, HIM, Armor For Sleep, Styles of Beyond, and Mute Math, who contribute an electronic remake of th...

Transformers – The Album will be released on July 3. The album features 9 brand new songs from today's hottest bands. Here's the Official Track Listing:

1. Linkin Park "What I've Done"

2. Smashing Pumpkins "Doomsday Clock"

3. Disturbed "This Moment"

4. Goo Goo Dolls "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)"

5. The Used "Pretty Handsome Awkward"

6. HIM "Passion's Killing Floor"

7. Taking Back Sunday "What It Feels Like To Be A Ghost?"

8. Styles Of Beyond "Second To None"

9. Armor For Sleep "End Of The World"

10. Idiot Pilot "Retina and the Sky"

11. Julien-K ...

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, Dave Navarro, Aaron Lewis and Disturbed star David Draiman are to pay homage to late rocker 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott as part of an all-star tribute concert in Los Angeles.

The heavy rock heavyweights will perform Pantera and Damageplan hits Abbott played on before he was shot dead at a concert in Ohio in 2004 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on May 17.

Abbott's brother, former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, is also expected to appear at the show, along with Scott Ian of Anthrax and Slayer's Kerry King. The rockers will all take the stag...

Happy Birthday to singing/songwriting twins Natalie and Nicole Albino of Nina Sky (1986), "Alpha Dog" actor Emile Hirsch (1985), "The Ring" actress Rachael Bella (1984), "That 70s Show" actor Danny Masterson (1976), "Red Eye" star Cillian Murphy (1974), Disturbed lead singer David Draiman (1973), actress Annabeth Gish (1971), U2 bassist Adam Clayton (1960), prolific actress Dana Delany (1956), "What's Happening!!" star Fred Berry (1951; d. 2003), screen actor William H. Macy (1950), singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka (1939), and science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard (1911; d. 1986).

Mark Wahlberg took girlfriend Rhea Durham to mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for their first date in 2001.

Rush Hour director Brett Ratner's grandmother has landed her own reality TV show in America. Fanita Presman has shot a VH1 pilot called My Grandson, The Director, in which she lives and parties with Ratner in Hollywood.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston are planning to co-star in a comedy with their six-year-old daughter Ella after being inspired by Will Smith starring with his son Jaden in The Pursuit Of Happyness.

Disturbed frontman David Draiman and basketba...

L.A. hard rock quartet Fireball Ministry will support Finland's H.I.M. at the House of Blues in Hollywood, Calif. on June 11. This will be H.I.M.'s final U.S. performance of the summer, and the groups' first West Coast show together. (They performed five concerts along the East Coast late last year as part of Bam Margera's inaugural "Viva La Bands"tour.)

"We had a really good time with H.I.M. last fall on the Bam tour," says Fireball Ministry vocalist/guitarist James A. Rota. "It'll be fun to do a hometown show with 'em."

In other Fireball news, the fifth leg of their tour in supp...

Happy Birthday to singing/songwriting twins Natalie and Nicole Albino of Nina Sky (1986), "Alpha Dog" actor Emile Hirsch (1985), "The Ring" actress Rachael Bella (1984), "That 70s Show" actor Danny Masterson (1976), "Red Eye" star Cillian Murphy (1974), Disturbed lead singer David Draiman (1973), actress Annabeth Gish (1971), U2 bassist Adam Clayton (1960), prolific actress Dana Delany (1956), "What's Happening!!" star Fred Berry (1951; d. 2003), screen actor William H. Macy (1950), singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka (1939), and science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard (1911; d. 1986).

Ozzy Osbourne is to return to the Ozzfest stage this summer for his first solo shows in three years - but he'll only play 10 dates. The rocker, who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame on Monday, will not hit the road with his former band Black Sabbath and instead will play a hits set at Ozzfest.

System Of A Down, Disturbed and Lacuna Coil are among the acts also scheduled to play the main stage at the 11th annual heavy rock event. The 20-city U.S. tour will begin in July in San Francisco, California.

Black Label Society, the band fronted by Osbourne's longtime g...

The ever-growing, ever-raging Jagermeister Music Tour is set to charge this fall. This time out, Disturbed leads the assault. Corrosion of Conformity serves as direct support on the first leg of the Tour and Bloodsimple will do the honors on the second leg. Each night a Jagermeister-sponsored band will open the show.

Disturbed, the Windy City's alt-metal rockers, will unleash their raw, thundering attack throughout the multi-city tour, now in its fifth year. Disturbed will be touring in celebration of the release of their third album, Ten Thousand Fists (Warner Bros.), which debuted at...