Former Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has started his own clothing line.

The singer created the range with designer Christopher Wicks, with clothes going on sale in US shops this month.

“I’ve always been interested in fashion - it’s a valid art form,” says the frontman. “And as I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more interested in sophistication; it lends itself to maturity without sacrificing the rock’n'roll side. After all, you can’t continue to dress like you did in your early twenties - unless you’re Keith Richards.”

In in exclusive interview in this week’s Kerrang! magazine HIM frontman Ville Valo reveals he’s finding it difficult coping with being sober.

“When somebody has to be sober it’s always a sad existence,” he told K!. “A lot of people think that if you’re sober everything’s good, but in fact you see all the shit much clearer.”

Valo also went on to reveal that HIM have begun work on their seventh studio album and fans will be shocked by the band’s new material.

“It’sa bit of a departure from me this time around,” he said. “This time everything is very direct and straight to the point.’

For the full interview, be sure to pick up a copy of this week’s Kerrang! magazine.

My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has exclusively revealed to Kerrang! that he’s in talks with Universal about turning his graphic novel series The Umbrella Academy into a film.

“There’s been a lot of progress on it,” Way tells K!. “Things in Hollywood move slow typically, but the comic was optioned as a film right before the San Diego Comic Convention last July. As soon as I got home from that I started meeting people at Universal and the film got fast-tracked and so recently I’ve been in talking to them about three times a week, first talking about the tone the film might have and then talking about screen writers who are going to work very closely with me when it comes time to do the film.”

As creator of The Umbrella Academy, Way has also hinted that directing is something he’d like to turn his hand to in the future.

“Directing is something I’d be really interested in,” he says. “People ask me if I would act, but acting to me is not nearly as exciting as directing would be. When I was talking to [video director] Mark Webb about the Ghost Of You video I was talking about the idea and I broke it down into shots and he’d said ‘You should really consider making your own videos eventually’. And I think that making videos would be fun and easy, but I’d definitely be interested in directing features. After this record cycle I’d be really interested in trying something like that.”

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has posted a cryptic message about the future of NIN on the band’s official site.

Within the statement, the singer talks about the state of “corporate rock” and how it might be time for NIN to “disappear for a while.”

“I’ve been thinking for some time now it’s time to make NIN disappear for a while,” said Reznor. “After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year. The approach to these shows is quite different from last year - much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye…”

Paramore are currently holed up in their rehearsal space in their home town of Nashville, Tennessee demoing material for their third studio album.

While the record remains as yet untitled, frontwoman Hayley Williams revealed that the record will include a track entitled Sumo Sandwich.

Someone’s obviously got food on the brain.

In related news, Williams added that the band are “super excited” to be hitting the road with No Doubt in the US this summer.

“What a dream tour!” she said. “We couldn’t be more excited to kick off 2009 by touring with a band like No Doubt.”.

Paramore are busy demoing material for their upcoming, as yet untitled third studio album. However, according to frontwoman Hayley Williams, it’s not going so well.

“We decided not to go to our practice space today; each of us are at our respective homes writing our own stuff to bring to practice tomorrow,” she wrote in her blog yesterday. “Doubtful we’ll all be successful. I’m still finishing lyrics to some of the music demos we’ve already recorded. Some perdy good shtuff here!”

And the reason why the band were each staying home?

“I locked my keys in my car,” reveailed Williams. “I got a ticket for parking in a handicap space… Missed my court date for that… And I’m stuck here at home. There’s nothing to eat here but one pack of ramen. no, really.”

Paramore FAIL!

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We’ve heard whisperings of their re-bonding and we know that on Sunday, they’ll be coming together to be presenters at the Grammy Awards — but what could possibly bring a more positive sign that Blink-182 will reunite in 2009 and make some music? Well, that hot hunk of man meat from Angels and Airwaves, that’s what.

According to rabid, screen-capturing fans who frequent absolute punk, David Kennedy from AVA has “confirmed” that Blink are putting out a record this year. Evidence of the Modlife chat:

Paramore are set to begin pre-production on their third studio album next week.

“I’ve got 1,000 degree cabin fever,” vocalist Hayley Williams writes in the band’s blog. “I think if I have to go much longer without making some music I will get face tattoos like Lil Wayne and start a rap solo project on MySpace.”

Even tough their latest album, Death Magnetic, was only released last September Metallica have begun work on the follow-up.

“We’re already jamming on new ideas and new riffs,” bassist Robert Trujillo told LiveDaily.com. “That’s one of the things with this band - there’s no shortage of musical ideas. I think we still got it in us to create interesting music and to get even better with it. That’s kind of fun.”