The clip for Running To The Edge Of The World is mostly a webcam style shot of Manson mourning in anguish into his drapes, but then at the end, we're led into a room where Manson is seen violently beating an eventually naked caricature of ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood. To death. The clip is totally safe for work, as long as you're unemployed.

But at least MTV's excuse is better than the East Germans who erected the first wall because they were just trying to keep out all of the greedy capitalist from trying to avail themselves to the joys of communism. This time it was for "safety" reasons, according the Associated Press. Watch, they'll next try and play it off as being intentional and meant to be symbolic.

Slayer, Megadeth, Testament and High On Fire are rumored to be teaming up for a U.S. tour starting in February 2010.

At the Pixies' Hollywood Palladium show on Wednesday night, kicking off a 21-date U.S. tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their thorny masterwork Doolittle, the alt-rock icons performed the album start-to-finish more

Collective Soul have announced a handful of dates. The fun kicks off tonight in Canada. Grab the dates here.

Switchfoot will be at Sam Goody in San Diego for an in-store
event on Tuesday 11/10 starts at 7pm. There will be an acoustic performance
by the band and they will be signing their new cd Hello Hurricane, which will be released that day here

Spin.com had a little bit of fun with the news that Aerosmith may replace Steven Tyler by suggesting replacements. Some interesting picks but the Glee geeks are a non-starter as Steven never had to resort to using auto-tune. Check out their suggested replacements here.

Ed O'Brien of Radiohead suggests that bandwidth throttling (the practice of limiting the quantity of data a sever transmits and/or accepts within a specified period of time) may be a viable method to combat illegal downloading and filesharing. more

Protest the Hero have announced several Canadian holiday shows in which they will perform their 2008 album, Fortress, in its entirety more

We know...you still think of Pearl Jam as that uber-serious, non-party band. Certainly not the kind of jokesters who'd dress up like Devo, right? Wrong-o.

Ironbird Records have announced that they are releasing '2 on 1' resissues from Europe, Dangerous Toys, Britny Fox, Riot and Corrosion Of Conformity. Wow , that's five bands you normally wouldn't see mentioned together. Ok, the first three maybe. Grab the details here

Folk Go Punk! This isn't one of those Fearless Records comps where pop bands call themselves punk and cover other pop songs, Punknews.org reports that Coverlaydown has put together a collection of classic punk tracks covered by folk artists and in folk styles. more.

Steve Vai will reportedly be playing the American national anthem at Madison Square Garden at the New York Knicks game on November 29th. You'll have a chance to meet him afterwards. details

Revocation will team up with France's Hypno5e and The Binary Code for the "Metal As Art" tour. The month-long tour will kick off on January 6th in Brooklyn, NY more

Constants are set to record with Jesu and Godflesh member, Justin Broadrick. more

Cattle Decapitation is currently in search of a permanent bass player. more

Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats have tapped Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses) to take over drum duties from Chad Smith for their exclusive appearance at the Gakki Fair in Yokohama, Japan on November 7th. more

Annotations Of An Autopsy have been forced to pull out of their upcoming tour with Dying Fetus and The Faceless. more

Missing Metallica fan hunt update: Please be advised the meeting location for the Morgan Harrington Volunteer Search Party has changed for November 6-8(th). more

Former Metallica bassist Ron McGovney is currently auctioning off his Fender Precision bass on eBay. McGovney, who preceded Cliff Burton in the band, says:

"I am including the original sales receipt which has my address that I lived at in Norwalk, California until 1987. The phone number on the receipt is the same as the one most Metallica collectors will recognize as being the same as the number on the original Metallica business cards.

Formed in 1998, the hard rock quartet from Ft. Lauderdale burst on the scene with their major label debut, Statement, on MCA Records. Since then, they have sold nearly 700k albums and played over 1000 shows. Known for their dynamic performances, Nonpoint has shared the stage with acts such as Mudvayne, Sevendust, Disturbed, HELLYEAH, Drowning Pool and Papa Roach, as well as touring with Ozzfest.

"I sound terrible," he said toward the end of the show. "I had a very bad night's sleep last night," he added. "This is what I woke up with."

The special show, which has been titled "An Evening with David Johansen," will present the singer-songwriter side of this multi-faceted entertainer, featuring songs from the New York Dolls both old and new, his solo records with The David Johansen Band, Buster Poindexter, The Harry Smiths, and even a few choice covers.

Now they're front and centre in a B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit in which Bachman's own brother and another former bandmate are suing the pair for using their own names.

It was three great nights for the band and for me personally it was very exciting to be back opening a new stadium on the site of the old Shea Stadium where we had played 44 years previously. Even more exciting because this time round you could hear us!

Having opened Shea for music with The Beatles and closed it with Billy Joel, it was my pleasure and honour to be asked to open the new one. Over three nights we filmed the show. It has now been put together in the form of "Good Evening New York City" my latest CD/DVD, and I think you might like to check it out.