Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson thinks there isn’t enough female-driven talent in today’s music industry. Speaking with NME.com, Manson explained that while she’s grateful that “the biggest stars de jour are female pop stars,” she believes that when it comes down to it, women don’t have much creative control over their music.

“[Women are] not being giving a lot of chances,” she said. “They are worked really hard, they are wrung dry on tour, then given new songs, which are written by men to start the process all over again. This is what I have a problem with, the lack of female opinion out there.”

Manson also stated that when Garbage broke out in the ’90s, she felt women had more power in the music scene. “Our generation felt like we had busted through a glass ceiling,” she said. “All of a sudden we were on the radio, selling records but not having the play the submissive role of a woman. Now I feel like things have returned to the way they were before we started.”

Garbage’s latest album, Not Your Kind of People, arrives in stores and online outlets today (May 15). Manson also recently stated that the…

A classic Alice Cooper concert depicting the makeup-ed rocker during his famed 1979 Madhouse Rock Tour is set to reach DVD on May 22. The Strange Case of Alice Cooper features footage of the shock rocker playing songs from his 1978 album, From the Inside, plus a selection of earlier hits. Highlights include Cooper singing “School’s Out,” “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “I’m Eighteen” and “I Never Cry” – all true Alice favorites.

Of course, this wasn’t a tame show. Cooper’s concert reportedly was inspired by his visit to a New York sanitarium and offers plenty of creepy allusions to the visit. The DVD also will offer an introduction by none other than late horror-film star Vincent Price.

Alice Cooper’s The Strange Case of Alice Cooper track list:

“From the Inside” “Serious” “Nurse Rozetta” “The Quiet Room” “I Never Cry” “Devil's Food” “Welcome to My Nightmare” “Billion Dollar Babies” “Only Women Bleed” “No More Mr. Nice Guy” “I’m Eighteen” “The Black Widow” “Wish I Was Born in Beverly Hills” “Ballad of Dwight Fry” “Go to Hell” “How You Gonna See Me Now” “Inmates (We’re All Crazy)” “School’s…

Halestorm frontman Lzzy Hale is a rocker at heart, and that edge really comes out on the band’s latest full-length, The Strange Case Of… The set takes the sound Halestorm established on their 2009 self-titled debut and amps it up.

“What we wanted to do was document where we are right now,” Hale told NJ.com, regarding the new album. “On the last record, the lyrics were more edgy like, ‘I get off on you, getting off on me,’ and, ‘I’m in love and it’s not you,’ that kind of stuff, and I fell in love with that style of writing.

“But, I don’t know, something happened in the course of a couple of years and now I’m writing about the things that make me feel happy. Mass audience appeal was never a thought on this record.”

Hale stopped by the Gibson USA factory in Nashville, Tennessee, last week to receive her very own Lzzy Hale Signature Explorer. She says it’s an honor to have her own Gibson.

“It’s funny because, I prefer the Burstbuckers in certain guitars, but for the Explorer, I always had standard pickups because I like that…

Kid Rock brought his rock-heavy sounds to Detroit’s Fox Theatre last weekend for a good cause. The musician played a fundraiser for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra that brought in more than $1 million in funds, according to the Detroit News.

Kid Rock kicked off the gig sporting something much different than his usual concert attire: a tuxedo. Meanwhile, the 70-piece orchestra donned fedoras in true Kid Rock fashion. Following “Devil Without a Cause,” Rock joked, “You guys didn’t think I was gonna wear the tuxedo all night, did you?” He then left the stage and came back wearing his tried-and-true concert wear:  a black T-shirt. From there, he launched into “All Summer Long.”

Of course, Kid Rock had to quip about the irony of the fact that he agreed to perform with the Detroit Symphony. He told the audience that he probably had one too many drinks when he agreed to play with the DSO, but also acknowledged that it was “the best drunk move I ever made.”

Rock also performed with his Twisted Brown Trucker band, wrapping up the night playing “Son of Detroit,” “God Bless Saturday” and “Wastin’…

While vacationing in Scotland, AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young has been talking about a new album. He was quick to tell Classic Rock that he felt Brian Johnson was somewhat unrealistic in suggesting the band’s new album could be out next year.

“You know what Brian’s like,” Young said. “He just says things and then walks away. It’ll be a little while – a year or two anyway.

“I’ve been doing some jamming on some song ideas but I do that all the time, as do the rest of the band. We are still working. But we had a long rest between Stiff Upper Lip and Black Ice, so I think we need a couple of years to recuperate and work on it a bit more.”

We’re less than a week away from the release of Slash’s second solo album, Apocalyptic Love. If May 22 can’t come soon enough, you can check out a full stream of the deluxe version of the record (featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators) via Rolling Stone. Click here to hear all 13 rocking tracks.

Slash and pals have also premiered the video for the album’s lead single, “You’re a Lie.” Check out the clip below.

Born on this day:

1919, Liberace, pianist

1946, Robert Fripp, guitar, King Crimson

1948, Adrian Legg, guitarist

1951, Jonathan Richman, guitar, vocals, The Modern Lovers

1958, Glenn Gregory, vocals, keyboards, Heaven 17

1964, Boyd Tinsley, violin, Dave Matthews Band

1965, Krist Novoselic, bass, Nirvana

1966, Janet Jackson, singer

1968, Ralph Tresvant, vocals, New Edition

1974, Sonny Sandoval, vocals, P.O.D.

1965, Driving away from a gig at the Civic Hall, Long Beach, California, the limo taking the Rolling Stones back to their hotel was besieged by fans who caved in the roof by standing on it. The band attempted to hold the roof up while their chauffeur drove off with bodies falling onto the road.

1966, The Beach Boys released the album Pet Sounds in the U.S. The album is now regarded as the masterpiece of composer-producer Brian Wilson, and is often hailed as one of the best and most influential albums in popular music.

1981, Kim Carnes started a nine-week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Bette Davis Eyes,” the singer’s only U.S. #1 and a #10 hit in the U.K.

1993, Soul singer Marv Johnson died of a stroke. He had the U.S.…