Heavy metal

One person was killed and 73 people were taken to hospital over suspicions they were infected with anthrax in the Black Sea province of Trabzon on Feb. 10. One person was killed and 73 people were taken to hospital over suspicions they were infected with anthrax in the Black Sea province of Trabzon on Feb. 10.

Eddie Clark of Motorhead died of pneumonia at 67 years, Associated Press reported.

Eddie began his career with the blues band Zyce. He joined Motorhead in 1976 and played at the time the band created some of their big hits like Ace Of Spades. In 1982 he left and formed the band "Fastway".

On January 12 and 13, Norwegian black metal band Arcturus will be performing in Athens and Thessaloniki respectively.

The Gimme Shelter festival of films about musicians and the broader music industry hosted by Gagarin 205 comes to an end on Monday, December 11, with a screening followed by a concert.

The Education Ministry's plan to merge technical colleges (TEI) with universities looks like an exercise in clientelist politics and vote-mongering - and it is.

YouTube is full of priceless moments of TV reporters failing live on air. Well, you can add another gem to that large “treasure haul”. Greek state broadcaster ERT was covering last Sunday’s Authentic Marathon from the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens live, when a reporter can be clearly heard asking where the toilette was (at 0.7-0.15 seconds). But it gets even better.

Rock musician Marilyn Manson was hospitalized after being injured during a New York concert, world news agencies reported.

He performed the cover of "Sweat Dreams (Are Made of This)" when a piece of giant pistol-shaped decoration fell on him.

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, who overcame a troubled childhood to top the charts with an angry but melodic brand of metal, was found dead on July 20 in an apparent suicide. He was 41.

Chris Cornell’s death has been ruled a suicide by hanging by a medical examiner, the Associated Press reports. The Soundgarden singer was found dead in a Detroit hotel room by police on Wednesday (May 17) night. The rock legend was 52.

Chris Cornell – the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave – has died aged 52, according to his representative.

In a statement issued to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery said Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit.