The debut comes amidst a flurry of activity surrounding the band, including heavy radio and video airplay (the "Check My Brain" video is currently featured on MTV2's Elite 8), a sold-out U.S. buzz tour, and back-to-back performances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Salt Lake Tribute reported on Wednesday: A Logan man thrown out of a Def Leppard concert in August was charged Tuesday with arson for allegedly setting fire to dry grass surrounding West Valley City's USANA Amphitheatre.

AC/DC have been nominated for ARIA Awards (Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards) for Highest Selling Australian Album, Best Rock Album, Best Group and Album Of The Year. more

According to Hits Daily Double KISS' new album, "Sonic Boom", is on track to sell between 150,000 and 175,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, giving them a beeline on their first chart-topping release ever. more

Some new material is part of the plan for the Cranberries, but the reunited Irish band will work its way slowly to that point according to singer Dolores O'Riordan. "It would be nice to come up with a new record. I don't see why not," O'Riordan tells Billboard.com. more

The UK Competition Commission has ruled against the merger of Ticketmaster and concert promoter Live Nation. In a provisional ruling, it said it was concerned about the joining of the world's largest ticketing firm and the world's biggest concert promoter. more

Small Brown Bike are apparently taking their reunion a little further and are now working on new material.more

Shelby Singleton, the famed record producer and owner of Sun Records died of cancer on Wednesday according to The Music's Over.

Gaslight Anthem have announced plans for a food drive at their October 15th show in New York City at Terminal 5. more

Legion, the frontman for Swedish blackened death metal group Devian and former frontman of Marduk, was recently involved in a motorcycle accident. more

Ravage has issued the following tour update regarding their recent cancellations: "We'd like to apologize now to our friends in Idaho as we have been forced to cancel both Idaho shows. We are still stuck in Eugene OR. If you can believe it - we couldn't - the repair shop told us that the part was LOST...LOST! In the mail by the company shipping it!" more

Foo Fighters and Shakira have been announced as performers for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards more. Apparently the European awards are to be hosted by someone people have actually heard of before.

I've been sitting here reading through so many of these questions and comments... trying to find one I haven't answered and want to... I guess I just want to say thanks for making me feel good. Ha. It's really nice to know so many of you miss the music and want to know when you'll hear it again. I've gotten to the point where I'm working on it almost every day (night I should say). I'm in love with it. Enough to fight for it. Enough to reopen the door to a world of chaos even though it scares me. I don't want to give away too much about what it will sound like, because so much will change before the end, but its... not what you would expect. Its definitely not happy married music, but its not like I'm dying the whole time either. It's dark, sarcastic, fun, strange, familiar and very different at the same time. It makes me feel alive and I wish I could show you right now. If you were here, at my house, I would pour you a drink and we would turn it up really loud and rock out to it, and I know you would love it. Thank you everyone who has said their lives were touched by the music. It touches my life too, and so do you, in many ways.

Co-presented by Culture Jam and Michael Kelly Guitars, fans can enter to win 1 of 30 Nostalgia Series guitars (including fitted hard-shell cases) by sending a single tweet through Culture Jam's custom application at: thirtysecondstomars.culturejam.com. The band will select one winner daily.

Tickets for the Chicago date go on sale at 10:00AM on Saturday, October 10 at and can be purchased through Ticketmaster outlets - ticketmaster.com - or charge by phone 800-745-3000. The New York show will go on sale at 12NOON on Friday, October 9 and tickets will be available via Ticketmaster outlets - ticketmaster.com

The stunning sales success of "brand new eyes" began last month with unprecedented pre-order numbers. Over 34,000 albums were sold in advance of its official release � the most successful album pre-order campaign in Fueled By Ramen label history.

Alongside the blistering new tunes. Mudvayne have outdone themselves once again with the mind-blowing packaging for the new album. The new album is revolutionizing album artwork design, as this is the first album to ever use black light reactive ink. Every bit of art and text in the packaging of the record will be printed on ink that can only be seen with a black light. Fans receiving this record as a gift during the holiday season, could truly have a "White Christmas" courtesy of Mudvayne

Ryland Raus: The theme is time travel. About wishing you could go back and correct things that were done wrong in the past. But also realizing that the experiences of our past should not be changed, because they have aided in molding who we are today. Sometimes thinking about what you should have done or said can drive you right out of your mind. In the finale of the song, this process is portrayed.

John LaRussa: This song was almost a B-side for me. It was the first song I was happy with for the record. So it's the oldest. But after I messed with it a bunch and got with the band on it, I think it came out better than I thought. Lots of energy and fast-paced, which is what I was shooting for on it. Chris (drums) really helped keep it tight and fast.