Chorus.fm — *People on Vacation (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/people on vacation/)* (Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton) can be found doing an acoustic cover of *Ratt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratt)*'s "Round and Round" in t... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today, a site supporting 'pragmatic go-getters'Who are you and what's your blog called?My name is Damian Burke, founder of Copasetix and essentially a man wi... more info

Metalsucks — Original Ratt bassist Juan Croucier made his live re-debut with the band this past Ratturday, May 12th at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, MD after Robbie Crane, Ratt’s bassist since 1997, left last month to focus on Lynch Mob. For Ratt fans, thi... more info

ContactMusic — Ratt bassist Robbie Crane has quit the band after 15 years The musicians recently confirmed they will be returning from hiatus this year 12 for a new album and a tour but they will be hitting the road without Crane who will now be focusing on his sid... more info

Stereogum — Among musicians who don’t actually make metal, Ryan Adams is one of the biggest metal fans; he’s right up there with John Darnielle. And he’s never been shy to cover old triumphant metal tunes in his own solo-acoustic way; we posted his version... more info

Metalsucks — All signs pointed towards a new Probot record this year, whatwith recent news of Dave Grohl collaborating with such metal luminaries as Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, but now it appears that’s not the c... more info

Metalsucks — First came the news blip earlier this month that Dave Grohl was working on a new “project” with Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy and guitarist Warren “Tasty McTasterson” DeMartini. And now Noisecreep is reporting that Slipknot frontman Corey Tay... more info

Metalsucks — It’s almost as if Dave Grohl isn’t confident in his perennial “Coolest Rockstar on Earth” status and needs to keep finding ways to prove his coolness over and over again. Fortunately, he never fails. Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy spilled the ... more info

Guardian Music — Foo Fighters frontman working on mystery project with 80s hair-metal bandDave Grohl is no stranger to collaborations. He's recruited assorted metal legends to play with him in Probot, filled on drums with Killing Joke and Queens of the Stone Age, wor... more info

Stereogum — Ryan Adams has often been photographed wearing Ratt T-shirts, and as it turns out, he wasn’t just being cute with it. On a recent visit to NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, Adams broke out a gorgeous solo-acoustic cover of the glam-metal band’s 198... more info