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A guitar owned and played by the late Jimi Hendrix has remained unsold at auction after failing to reach its reserve price, a spokesman for auctioneers Cooper Owen said on Thursday. The 1965 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster was billed as the highlight of a “Rock Legend” sale, with the auctioneers hoping to achieve a sale price of up to 150,000 pounds. The reserve price was not revealed. Hendrix, considered by many as the greatest rock guitar player ever, was born in Seattle but only shot to worldwide prominence after finding success in Britain as part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He… Read more »

A guitar owned and played by the late Jimi Hendrix is expected to reach up to $246,000 at auction Thursday. The custom-made, left-handed 1965 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster will be the highlight of a “Rock Legend” sale run by auctioneers Cooper Owen. “Hendrix reaches the highest price, there is no doubt,” a spokesman said. “He is well ahead of everyone else.” Hendrix, whose ground-breaking style continues to influence rock guitarists, pulls in major bids at auction. Sotheby’s sold a Fender Stratocaster guitar played at the 1969 Woodstock Festival for $324,500 over 12 years ago. Its value soared in the following five… Read more »

After suing Internet file-sharing service Napster and contending with the marketing nightmares of digital downloading, Metallica are making peace with the enemy – sort of. The band has partnered with Seattle DSL Online provider Speakeasy and developed www.metallicavault.com, a Web site that will contain hours of downloadable live recordings, demos and B-sides for free. Here’s the catch: Fans have to purchase the band’s new album, St. Anger, to get a code that allows them access to the site. That should mean increased sales figures for the band, but consumers who buy the disc will get a lot of bang, chug… Read more »

Pearl Jam is walking the long road…away from their longtime label. The grunge-rock survivors have served notice that they’re exiting the Sony-owned Epic Records after fulfilling the terms of its contract. The Seattle quintet quietly announced the split in the Q&A section of its Sony-run Rumour Pit Website. Sandwiched between questions about where the band is playing concerts and whether it will ever play the controversial anti-White House song “Bu$hleaguer” (answer: “Ya never know…”) is the query: “Have Pearl Jam left their record company yet?” The answer is simply “yes.” Pearl Jam has been in the Epic fold since the… Read more »

The Black Eyed Peas will be going on tour with Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera beginning June 4 in Phoenix and finishing up in St. Paul on August 24. There are now four peas in the pod, with the addition of female vocalist, Fergie. They will also be headlining club dates on their own throughout the tour. BEP will be on the road in support of their new CD, Elephunk to be released on June 24. The first single is “Where Is The Love” featuring Justin Timberlake. Elephunk is pushing the boundaries on every front from rock to pop, R&B… Read more »

After rocking Austin’s SXSW and blowing away the crowd at last month’s Coachella Festival, Blur is all revved up to hit the States touring in support of their new album Think Tank. Just released May 6th, Rolling Stone gave Think Tank four stars citing, “The old Blur have died, but the new, more open Blur come startlingly alive,” and with “Crazy Beat” in heavy rotation on MTV2, its time to show the rest of America what the critics are raving about. 6/9 Long Island Field Day Festival 6/11 Phoenix Marquee Theatre 6/12 Las Vegas House of Blues 6/14 Los Angeles… Read more »

As a follow up to their radio hit “Girl All The Bad Guys Want,” Jive recording artist Bowling For Soup went back into the studio with producer Butch Walker and recorded three new tracks, “Punk Rock 101,” “Smile” and a cover of the 80’s A Flock of Seagulls smash “I Ran.” “Punk Rock 101” will be released to CHR and Alternative radio formats on May 19th. Bowling for Soup have recently appeared on “The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn,” “Regis & Kelly” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” They will be featured in the May 9th issue of People Magazine, as… Read more »

As if a live CD of every show on their current tour weren’t enough, Pearl Jam have begun selling a live DVD of a December club gig at the Showbox Theater in Seattle. “Live at the Showbox” is available only on the band’s official Web site and at their concerts and features the full set from a December 6 warm-up for the band’s current world tour. Though it does not have any bonus features, the live disc differs from the group’s extras-laden “Touring Band 2000” DVD thanks to the intimate setting in the 1,000-plus capacity theater. The new DVD boasts… Read more »

If practice makes perfect, the Aerosmith/Kiss tour should be faultless. After all, the bands have got nearly six decades of experience between them. Thirty-two dates over 11 weeks are scheduled for the nationwide trek, which begins August 2 in Hartford, Connecticut, and runs through October 18 in San Bernardino, California, according to a spokesperson for tour promoters Clear Channel Entertainment. Saliva, on the heels of their latest album, Back Into Your System, will serve as openers for the entire tour (see “Saliva Show Their Stinky Selves And Say, ‘Kiss And Aerosmith, Dude!’). Aerosmith and Kiss began their recording careers in… Read more »

Arista recording artist Wakefield hit the road opening for All-American Rejects starting May 4th in Portland, Oregon. Two days later on May 6th, Wakefield’s debut album, American Made, will officially arrive in stores, it was announced today by Antonio “L.A.” Reid, President and CEO, Arista Records. Set to impact at radio on May 19th at modern rock, “Say You Will,” is described as a love song inspired by the movie Scream. “Get your heart broken a few times and the tragedy begins to unfold,” says Ryan the band’s frontman. The video for “Say You Will” was directed by Marc Webb,… Read more »