Time for you to check out more photographic evidence from the Roadrage European tour 2002. Head over to our ARTIST section, pick the Roadrage band you wanna see photos of, and check out the photo gallery. 60 or so new photos added… and still more to come.

So it’s nearly the end of the year again. The music chart is filled with Best Ofs and compilation CDs, the magazines are filled with end of year polls, and who are we to differ. We asked Joey of the Murderdolls & Slipknot to share with us his top ten records of 2002 and why he chose those ones in particular! Over to Joey… 1. Murderdolls – Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls Hey, kiss my ass!!!! 2. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf Always been a big fan since the first record… but they outdid themselves on this one… heavier than all the others. 3. Peter Murphy – Dust Bauhaus was my favourite dark/goth band… Peter’s stuff is more mellow but still has that eerie feel to it. 4.Satyricon – Volcano Their best record to date I think… much more of a rock vibe to it than previous efforts without losing any of the integrity. 5. Immortal – Sons Of Northern Darkness Immortal… don’t fuck with them. 6. Today Is The Day – Sadness Will Prevail If suicide was an option this would be the record… insane. 7. Down – 2 Makes me wanna drink Southern Comfort… result = excellent record. 8. Anorexia Nervosa – New Obscurants Order Black metal’s best kept secret…from France…great atmosphere. 9. Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station I dont know why I like it…but seems good to me. 10. Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song hahahahaha!!! hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

US trade magazine Billboard has announced the nominees for its annual awards which take place in Las Vegas next week. The awards show, to be broadcast by Fox in the USA, will be fronted by US comedian Cedric ‘The Entertainer퉌_ and will feature performances from Justin Timberlake, Faith Hill, Avril Lavigne, Creed, Nelly, and Puddle Of Mudd, and a tribute to Run DMC퉌_s Jam Master Jay. Nickelback have been nominated for the following awards: Duo/Group of The Year: Creed, Linkin Park, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd Hot 100 Single of the Year: Ashanti – Foolish, Nelly – Hot In Herre, Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland – Dilemma, Nickelback – How You Remind Me Rock Artist of the Year: Creed, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Staind Best of luck to all in the Nickelback camp.

Last Friday, November 29th, Sepultura began shooting the video for their cover of U2’s “Bullet The Blue Sky” in S퀌£o Paulo, Brazil. The song will be one of the tracks featured on their upcoming EP, “Revolusongs”. We are also pleased to share that Igor & Monika Cavalera welcomed a baby boy, Icaro Bass Cavalera, on November 24. Icaro is their third child, brother to six-year-old Joanna and three-year-old Raissa. Many congratulations to Igor, Monika, Joanna, & Raissa.

On November 9, 2002 in Melkweg, Amsterdam, Max Cavalera made a spoken word appearance at the Crossing Border festival, widely known as one of the largest spoken word festivals in Europe in combination with music, literature, and film. Did you know? Max was also a guest there back in 1997. Festival goers were treated to approximately 30 minutes of Max talking about his life.. and you can listen to it via real audio HERE.

The latest update from the world of Spineshank by Tommy Decker: The SpineShank curse is back!!!! We had a string of bad luck this week…First of all, everybody has been sick. I was sick for about 2 weeks, and Mike, Rob, Gggarth, and Chris have all been sick. Jonny is sick now, so he had to take a week off from singing. To top that off we had these crazy winds that Southern California is famous for called “Santa Ana winds” the other day and all the power on the whole block was knocked out for over a day…and when the power came back on, all the computers crashed Needless to say, it has been a frustrating week, but things are going smoothly again. The songs are coming out great, some of the titles are: “Consumed (Obsessive Compulsive),” which is a really cool heavy song with a shit load of dynamics. It’s a little bit different from some of our other stuff, but it is an awesome song. “Violent Mood Swings” is my favorite song on the record (I think)…this song is gonna open the record because it just kicks your ass from the second it starts. We were going to name the record after this song, but decided against it. Then there’s “Beginning Of The End” which is a really dark and catchy song. This one will hopefully be a single, I think it’s the catchiest song we’ve ever written. “Smothered” is another catchy song, really straight forward and cool, should be a good live song. One song that actually surprised everyone is “Dead To Me.” It came out way better than we had hoped – it’s a really pissed off and fast song, this will definitely be in the live set. So that’s pretty much it for now, the never ending record is finally getting close to being finished!! I’ll keep you updated on anything new that happens. – TOMMY

Nickelback. Silver Side Up. Not got it yet? Want to buy it for a Christmas present? Get yourself down to HMV because at the moment you can pick it up for 퉌£12.99 or in their “2 for 퉌£22” special offer!

A few quick dates for you… Stone Sour are currently scheduled to shoot the new video for ‘Inhale’ on January 14th. Early March will see the release of the UK single for ‘Bother’. The band hit the UK for a slew of tour dates from February 9th… and tickets are on sale now.

Did you know? There’s a hidden photo gallery somewhere on ‘Disasterpieces’, the Slipknot DVD out now. Will we tell you where it is? No… because if you can find it you can win one of several signed Slipknot prizes in our FREE SHIT section. Happy hunting.

Did you manage to catch a show of either Ill Nino or the Murderdolls recently? We took a digital video camera to the London shows for each band and made ourselves some memories. Hit up the VIDEO section to see 2 live video clips from each band, exclusive to RR UK. Enjoy.