Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee, Linkin Park frontman Mike Shinoda and rap group Cypress Hill were among the stars who joined the Deftones at a benefit concert in Los Angeles on Thursday night.

We have lots of diversity on this week's 'Learning Curve'. Tune in and check them out.

(The Learning Curve) I thought this week we would change things up a little bit. Here is the first International In the Shadows article. There are more to come, but people always

So, what's in a name you may ask? Apparently, everything. A music act or band's name should be concise, easy to remember, easy to say, and make some sort of cognitive impression.

It may be an anomaly, but there are some men in the entertainment biz today who won't go anywhere without their guyliner. We can't help but notice that out of the few to publicly don make-up, the ones who wear it so well make the guyliner quotient go up big time! There are also some guyliner looks that are just not making the grade. Let us know what you think!

HIM frontman Ville Valo insists the heavy rock group could easily have had a successful career as a boy band if they'd chosen to. Valo claims the Finnish three-piece has the perfect balance of different body-types to prove a hit with teenage girls.

HIM frontman Ville Valo was almost forced to cancel his band's first major American tour after his ex-girlfriend beat him up. The 30-year-old rocker was given a black eye by his former partner and suffered a burst ear drum at the hands of the unnamed woman.

British soul diva Amy Winehouse won't be singing the theme to the next James Bond movie after bosses chose a Finnish rocker instead. The 24-year-old soul diva had been hotly tipped to record the title track to the follow-up to Casino Royale - but 007 bosses have since changed their minds.

Due to strong demand from fans, including an online petition, Warner Bros. Records will release Transformers - The Score - a CD of the instrumental music from this summer's blockbuster live-action robot adventure film Transformers.

H.I.M. rocker Ville Valo is considering quitting the music industry because songwriting turns him into a suicidal wreck. The Finnish rocker admits penning his band's dark songs drives his depression and he can only envy those who find the process cathartic and therapeutic.