Steve Perry Joins Fans for Journey Classic At MLB Playoff Game

Perry returned to the stage this year after an 18-year absence to perform some of his former group's tunes with friends in the alternative rock band EELS.

The singer created a major buzz and headlines when he joined the band at shows in St. Paul, Minnesota, Washington, DC and Los Angeles. Journey had their most successful commercial period with Perry, who joined the group in 1977; a string of multi-platinum albums followed before he left the band in 1998.

Check out video from the game here.

The Who Premiere Video For New Song 'Be Lucky'

The band are donating the royalties from the song to Teen Cancer America, a charity founded in 2011 by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. Watch the new video here.

Jon Bon Jovi Revisits Tommy and Gina from 'Livin' on a Prayer'

Bruce Springsteen will probably always be New Jersey's favorite son. But, by the '80s, he'd expanded his view to the entire country on albums like Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A. During that decade, there was nothing more "Jersey" than Bon Jovi, and none of Jon Bon Jovi's lyrics spoke to Jerseyites more than "Livin' on a Prayer," telling the tale of Tommy and Gina.

But really, "Livin' on a Prayer" resonated far beyond the Garden State: 1986's Slippery When Wet, the album which featured "Livin'," (as well as "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Never Say Goodbye") has gone 12x Platinum. As Jon says in this interview, "A lot of people related to this song as if they were these two people."

He says that he later returned to Tommy and Gina (without actually mentioning them by name) on "Born to Be My Baby" on the followup album, 1988's New Jersey; after that, they were name-dropped in the monster hit "It's My Life" from 2000's Crush.

Watch it here.

Slayer Classic Gets Unusual Makeover

It's the latest in his "Metal on instruments that aren't metal" series, which also includes a Cannibal Corpse cover on ukulele and System Of A Down on cello. He observes: "If I wasn't going to play Slayer on my banjo, then what did I buy it for?"

Scallon says he makes his living out of his YouTube channel, telling Billboard: "The War Ensemble video was the one that really took off. It's a lot of fun so I've been doing it since."

Check out the cover here.

Dillinger Escape Plan Rage With Rap Star

The track was created when the band tied up with Converse for their CONS EP series, which aims to set up collaborations between artists who might otherwise never work together.

The Dillinger Escape Plan's fifth studio album, One Of Us Is The Killer, was released last year. Check out the new Dillinger Escape Plan and Jarren Benton music video here.

Steven Wilson Releases New Studio Video

The six-minute clip was filmed at AIR Studios in London by artist Lasse Hoile and includes some of the music set to appear on the album, expected early next year.

Wilson says: "Generally this album has much less of the jazz element that the last record had. In some ways it seems like the next step from The Raven. But whereas The Raven was fairly consistent in tone, I'm looking again at bringing in some other elements from my musical repertoire.

"We've got electronic music on the album, and straightforward - for me - pop tunes." Watch the new studio video here.

Steel Panther Release New Video

The band are currently supporting Judas Priest on their US tour, which runs until November 22 - and frontman Michael Starr reveals the experience will be "amazing."

He says: "I cannot believe we are touring with Judas Priest - one of the most iconic heavy metal bands of all time. We are going to have the most amazing time. If you don't buy a ticket you must be a Justin Bieber fan."

Watch the video here.

Black Stone Cherry Premiere Remember Me Video

They recently said of the follow-up to 2011's Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: "Not since before our first album have we felt this freedom and confidence. We feel this album best captures the live energy, honesty and vibe that encompasses our true musicianship."

BSC tour the UK with labelmates Airbourne and Theory Of A Deadman starting later this month. Check out the tour dates and watch the new music video here.

Devin Townsend Project Streaming New Song Deathray

To get a taste of what Dev has been doing while the rest of the planet has been looking the other way, check out the new video for Deathray, one of the highlights of the Ziltoidian half of the new album (FYI, the other half is a considerably less demented collection of Devin Townsend Project anthems).

When it comes to balls-out Poozonian riff attacks, with added coffee and bottom burps, no one in the universe comes remotely close. Hail Ziltoid! Watch the video here.

Decapitated Release Instinct Video

The album is the follow-up to 2011's Carnival Is Forever and is the first to feature new drummer Michal Lysejko. On the album, guitarist Waclaw Kieltyka says:

"Extreme and groove, I think that's the best way to describe our new album. This time we feel that we have something totally crushing and huge." Watch the new video here.

Atkins May Project Release A World At War Video

Last week the group made the song Here Comes The Rain available to stream. On the new album, Atkins says: "From A World At War to Whisper To The Wind, it will take you on a journey of battle fields to sombre tears."

Atkins, who was replaced in Judas Priest by Rob Halford in 1973, is joined in Atkins May Project by guitarist Paul May. Check out the new music video here.

Singled Out: Jessica Campbell's Brighter Days

When I sat down to write "Brighter Days" with my co-writer Lincoln Parrish, we had a blast and a pretty easy time sorting this one out. This was the first time we'd written together and sometimes that can be shaky but we knocked this one out in a morning session!

The real story behind this song came down to the recording of the song. When Lincoln and I wrote the song, we had a very energetic work tape, which always seems to help when sitting down with a producer and figuring out direction and energy of a song! When we sat down to record, somehow in the first few sessions of tracking and laying down "base layers" of instruments, the song lost its energy. Suddenly it felt a little sluggish and underwhelming.

I knew the song had more potential, but when you start a recording on the wrong foot, every other over dub you're putting on the track is working to "fix" that instead of serve the song. You have to remember that I'm an independent artist working with a tight budget and that doesn't offer a lot of wiggle room in the studio. So, instead of spending more time on the song or completely starting over on the recording, I decided to can it and record "My Heart Says Go" instead.

A few weeks later, I was sitting with a different writer/producer friend of mine. The thought crossed my mind�"Hey, you should play the work tape of 'Brighter Days' for him and see if he's got any ideas or direction on a recording." As soon as I played it for him, he was in! "Yes," he said, "let's do this!" So, I trusted him and we spent two days recording a new version of the song, and that is what you hear on my new album. And, that's how I ended up with 11 songs on the album!

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!

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