Damon: One night after being out late I came home and sat down at the piano, I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and said..."There's no use looking down..." almost the whole song came out on that first attempt. Of course not every word, but close.. the verse, chorus and bride chords. I don't really have a formula for songwriting but this doesn't happen every day. When we added the Mellotron choir(male, female, solo female & boys) to the intro, it captured the complete essence of the lyrics for me. I still get chills when it comes in, love it.

Ace: This is one of my personal favorites on the album. Simple but effective, very melodic, and a nice breather between the heavy rockers on the record. We had a string quartet play on this one, it really added some cool elements to the arrangements and the overall soundscape. This one's about jumping out of an airplane without a parachute... voluntarily.

In the US alone Black Ice has sold more than 780,000 units its first week on sale, marking the band's first ever debut entry at #1 on the album charts. Over 5 million copies of Black Ice have been shipped worldwide, combined with close to 5 million in catalog sold this year, the band are poised to sell over 10 million units this year alone.

UK newspaper the Daily Star reports how HBO are eyeing the trio to star alongside one another, in a show that will be a cross between Friends and Ugly Betty. It's even said Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) will write the script.

The collectible 120GB MP3 player will be limited to just 2,500 copies and individually numbered.

The felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor and the 38-year-old musician was given what's called an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, which means the charges will be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for six months.

The group will start recording in early November and be ensconced in making by the time its new live album, "Road to Revolution," rolls out Nov. 25.

Memorabilia from some of punk rock's biggest acts and seminal moments � including a scrawled flier for one of the Clash's first shows and publicity photos signed by the Sex Pistols � is headed for a Nov. 24 Christie's auction.more

Wal-Mart has relaunched its struggling digital music store, which will feature DRM-free music at lower prices than what iTunes charges for songs. The company made the switch to DRM-free sales earlier this year, but as a result had a limited catalog due to holdouts from some of the major labels. That's over now, as all four major labels are onboard more

Check out the new video from Scott Weiland titled Paralysis here

Elvis Presley may have left the building several decades ago, but his earning power is far from diminished with Forbes.com ranking him the top-earning dead celebrity for the second year in a row.more

You liked it so much when you bought it the first time, here is the chance to spend your parents money on it all over again! Miley Cyrus' album "Breakout" will be expanded with a DVD for its "platinum edition" reissue on Nov. 18 via Hollywood. The album version also includes two bonus songs: "Hovering" and "Someday." more

Wilco have finished recording demos for the follow-up album to last year's 'Sky Blue Sky'. The group now plan to start working on the tracks and fleshing them out in their Chicago studio this month. more

NBC has always pretty much sucked. Case in point: KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park aired 30 years ago this week (October 28th) on NBC TV. The movie was one of the highest-rated TV movies of 1978. more.

The family of late blues guitarist Jeff Healey have lashed out at a label it claims released a double-CD of early singles and unreleased live material that they did not authorize.more

The "dirty boys of the underground," east coast rockers Kix, are set to bring their high-energy stage antics to America's heartland. Kix will play the inaugural Rock Gone Wild festival in Algona, Iowa August 20-23, 2009. more info

50 Cent is an executive producer and interview subject in the new Jam Master Jay documentary, Two Turntables and a Microphone. 50 told MTV News that the documentary was produced in part by Jay's cousin, Stephon "Phonz" Watford, and it sheds some light on the circumstances surrounding Jay's death. more

On next November 17th (January 27th in the US), Season of Mist will reissue two classic albums by cult doom band Pentagram: 1999's "Review Your Choices" and 2001's "Sub Basement." Many have named the band the true heir of the British originators of heavy and doom metal, honourably dubbing them 'the American Black Sabbath'. more

The Download Festival 2009 will take place on June 12-14 next year, organizers have revealed.more

Members of the legendary rock group have auditioned vocalists to take the place of frontman Robert Plant.

Volume 1, the first box contains 13 CD singles, dating from the beginnings of the band's recording career in 1970, to Don't Stop Me Now in 1979. Box 2 will continue the story into the mid 1980s, and so on. Ultimately, the four boxes will offer every one of Queen's singles to have made the upper reaches of the charts anywhere in the world. Naturally the set will take in all of the band's UK singles, but it will also feature many that were only released abroad.

Justice is now available in North America as a two disc package for the 33.3 version, and in a box for the four disc, 180 gram, 45 rpm edition. Check out your fav local record shop, or just head over to the Metallica store to pick up a copy. Look for the re-release on vinyl in the rest of the world on December 1st.

Today, the channel announced the launch of MTV Music, a YouTube-styled site which will eventually feature the company's entire catalog of music videos.

"Bite it like a bulldog" is one of the songs we wrote when I flew for couple days from Helsinki to Mr.Lordi's cabin in northern Finland. It's the only one from three or four songs we wrote together that actually made it to the album.

The song started from the idea that we wanted a song that started off with a cool bass line. At first the riff we had was a little different, it was upside down or something, then Mr. Lordi said: You know what, I'm gonna go take a dump and meanwhile you finish the riff. So when he came back, I had it. The rest of the song (or some parts) are from some other songs of Mr.Lordi's that just fit better here. That's how many of the Lordi songs actually come together. The lyrics in this song that Mr. Lordi wrote are based on people that we know.