crime

Sound familiar? This is certainly a rock trend we hope isn’t here to stay, as following As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis’ attempt to hire a hitman to murder his wife last year, we’re now hearing AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been charged, similarly, with attempting to procure (or—hire someone to carry out) the […]

According to Billboard, the man accused of stealing a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin plead guilty to the robbery. The instrument, which Billboard gives a value of $5 million, was stolen from a musician who was attacked with a stun gun eight months ago. When sentenced on November 10, Salah Salahadyn could face up to 10 years […]

Last week, we heard about James Evans, a music fan in Kentucky who was arrested after he posted lyrics from the Exodus song “Class Dismissed” to his Facebook page. Evans was arrested for ‘terroristic threatening” and released from jail eight days later. “It's surreal,” Evans told Billboard in a new interview. “I didn't think anything would come of it.”  […]

UPDATE Sept. 5: After spending eight days jail, James Evans, who was arrested for posting Exodus lyrics on Facebook, has been released. He's been told his case will be deferred for six months. He will also have to undergo a mental evaluation. Evans a statement to NBC 14: “It's nonsense. I feel like my civil rights […]

TMZ recently ran a false report that former Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver vocalist Scott Weiland was arrested for theft and possession of meth. Weiland quickly refuted this, posting a video clearly showing that he was not behind bars. He also threatened legal action against TMZ. As it turns out, the police had made a mistake. […]

According to Red Eye Chicago, police have apprehended the man who allegedly attacked and severely bit a Lollapalooza attendee earlier this month. Sergio Vicenteno, 33, was arrested Wednesday and charged with biting a man while he was watching an Arctic Monkeys concert on Friday, Aug. 1. He was arraigned at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse Thursday, […]

According to the Guardian, two people—a 14-year-old boy and a 31-year-old man—have been arrested on suspicion of raping a young woman at the Reading music festival in the U.K. The victim, a 19-year-old woman, reported being attacked Thursday night “in a caravan on the festival traders' site.” A police spokesperson told the Guardian: “There is […]

In 1993, Former AC/DC manager and singer/songwriter Chrispin Dye was robbed and assaulted in Sydney, Australia. After suffering traumatic head injuries, he died in the hospital at the age of 41. According to Rolling Stone, the murder has since remained unsolved for more than 20 years, but the New South Wales government has now offered […]

According to the Guardian, two men from Hebron, Maryland, were charged with attempted murder and assault after allegedly beating their housemate, trying to cut his tattoo from his arm and setting him on fire for “disrespecting” Insane Clown Posse. The victim, Zachary Swanson, 31, suffered from fractures to his nasal area and face, brain bleeding, […]

According to the Times Of London, all four members of Arctic Monkeys—Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley, and Matt Helders—have been named on a list of about 1,600 British citizens, who were sheltering a combined £1.2 billion (about $2 billion) in what the Times calls an “aggressive tax avoidance scheme,” which is also known as the […]

According to the Associated Press, the 2nd District Court Of Appeal upheld the life sentence for the man (John Riccardi) who killed two Southern California women 30 years ago, including the mother of Dave Navarro, guitarist of Jane’s Addiction. Riccardi was originally given the death penalty, but that was reducted to life in prison without the […]

Tim Lambesis speaks about his case for the first (and possibly last) time anywhere, in a series of interviews with AP's West Coast Editor Ryan J. Downey conducted in the final weeks and days leading up to today's sentencing of six years imprisonment. “Shock” doesn’t even begin to describe the collective feeling of confusion and bewilderment that reverberated […]

Both Ronnie Radke and his former girlfiriend, Sally Watts, were in a California courtroom today. Radke, who already has a troubled legal past, was facing charges of domestic assault against Watts, who told police that he “physically assaulted her” back in 2012. The two have taken to Twitter and given conflicting statements about the outcome. […]

After pleading guilty to hiring a hitman to kills his estranged wife, As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis was due to appear in a Vista, California court today for sentencing. However, Lambgoat (via their courtroom source) are reporting that today’s hearing was postponed. Sentencing is now scheduled to take place on May 16. We will […]

TMZ is reporting that they’ve obtained a lawsuit filed by Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie against his former roommate Shane Valdes, a videographer who has worked with Panic! in the past. According to TMZ, Urie lived with Valdes from 2008 to 2010 and gave his roommate access to his personal bank account to […]

Converge, Slapshot, Dropdead and other bands played a benefit show, This Is Boston, following the tragic bombing that took place at last year’s Boston marathon. This Is Boston raised around $14,000 for victims of the bombing, which was supposed to be donated to the trusted One Fund for disbursement to those affected. But according to […]

28-year-old security guard Erica Mack is in critical condition after being trampled by a mob at Ultra Music Festival in Miami on Friday Night. Mack suffered brain hemorrhaging and a broken leg and was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital. Mack was one of the security guards trying to stop a mob of people who gate […]

Early this morning (approximately 12:30 a.m.), a driver crashed into a crowd of people at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, killing two people and injuring another 23. The driver was apparently fleeing a DUI checkpoint while being pursued by police. According to Austin chief of police, Art Acevedo, the two people killed were […]

Alex Band, vocalist of The Calling, whom you may remember from their early-00s song “Wherever You Will Go,” was allegedly found by his bandmates left for dead on train tracks over the weekend. Alex had reportedly been walking circa 4 a.m. on Sunday in Lapeer, Michigan following a festival appearance when assailants approached him demanding money. […]

Two days after he was arrested on terrorism suspicions, Norwegian neo-nazi musician Kristian “Varg” Vikernes, famous for his black-metal act Burzum, has been released. Vikernes, who regularly shares racist and antisemitic views on his blog, had received a copy of the manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right militant who killed 77 people in Norway […]