Taylor has consistently cast doubt over the future of Slipknot since the death of bassist Paul Gray but recently gave some encouraging signs to fans that it perhaps wasn't the end of the band.

The Megadeth mainman, who was fired from Metallica in 1983, recently revealed he'd asked James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich to tie up with him and his bassist David Ellefson. And although the idea hasn't been actioned, no one has refused to consider it.

And when the 911 operator passed on a dead body report to another department, the second operator wasn't interested unless Lane was definitely dead.

The ex-Warrant singer was discovered in a California hotel room on August 11 with a bottle of vodka and prescription pills. He'd split from his wife a few weeks previously, and a note saying "I am Jani Lane" with a friend's phone number was in his pocket.

(Lambgoat) The Human Abstract and vocalist Travis Richter have apparently parted ways, though nothing official has been announced publicly via either party. According to Metal Insider, San Diego singer Ryan Devlin (Corelia) will be filling in for the time being. more

(Billboard) Ryan Adams is now offering up the first taste of his forthcoming album in the form of a mid-tempo acoustic jam, "Lucky Now." Out Oct. 11 in North America. Listen here

(Classic Rock) Fleetwood Mac have no definite commitments for the future. Talking to Classic Rock, guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham denied reports that the band are currently working on a new album. more

(The 1st Five) Deafheaven are doing a West Coast tour this September. They will have Lake of Blood and DNF along as support. more

(Jam!) Monkees star Peter Tork has revealed he's a cancer survivor after quietly battling the disease in 2008. Tork tells the Globe, "It went right from my tongue down my throat. They cut from my lower lip into my throat and opened my jawbone to get to the part of the neck and throat, where the tumour was located." more

(Classic Rock) Monster Magnet are to do two special shows in the UK during November. What makes these gigs special is that the band will be performing the whole of the Dopes To Infinity album. more

(Loudwire) Social Distortion have unveiled dates for a fall U.S. tour. The itinerary includes previously announced shows opening for Foo Fighters. more

(BW&BK) A new radio show focusing on Alice Cooper's upcoming Welcome 2 My Nightmare album is streaming online. During the show, Cooper talks to host Gary Moore candidly about why a sequel made sense, the invention of the Alice character, the album's special guests (including KE$HA), and much more. Seven songs from Welcome 2 My Nightmare are played during the show. more

(Lambgoat) Ringworm will headline a four-week U.S. tour this fall. Direct support will be provided by The Greenery. more

(bmn) Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford turns 60 today (August 25). The singer and his bandmates celebrated "with a big 'Harley' cake plus a few gifts and cards when [they] were all together in Berlin," according to a posting on the group's official web site. more

Culture Brats have posted an interview with The Human League's Philip Oakey, in which he spoke about their new album Credo, the band's early videos and MTV, touring, remaining a force for over thirty years, and how the US may have the wrong impression of The Human League. Check it out here

(PNO) Alesana will release their new album A Place Where the Sun is Silent on October 18, 2011 via Epitaph more

Apple and Columbia Records are expected to announce today that Aerosmith recordings between 1973 and 1987 will be available on iTunes on September 6.

To help support the cause, the first annual "Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund Gala" will be held on Tuesday, November 1 at the world-famous Playboy Mansion.

The company's head office and a factory in Nashville, plus another factory in Memphis, were shut down by officers of the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Customs and Border Protection.

Manchester Orchestra will be touring in support of their third album, Simple Math (Columbia Records/Favorite Gentlemen Recordings).

The band are poised to release A Dramatic Turn of Events, their first album after self-confessed control freak Portnoy suddenly quit the band last year. He soon asked to rejoin, but new drummer Mike Mangini had been given the job by then.

The album, which was released on lead singer Justin Furstenfeld's own UP/DOWN Records, debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200, was the second-highest debut on the chart this week and also landed at #2 on the Independent Album Chart, selling over 26,000 copies.

The Jane's Addiction guitarist tells Q: "I don't know if this is funny � but when I was using intravenous drugs, I used to go into his bathroom and spray his mirror with blood from my syringe.

He told the BBC: "Today I just wish that when I walk down to my studio I could sit at my piano and be able to organize my thoughts, pull out one of the sheets of lyrics I have got in front of me, finish the song, record it and put it out on an album.

Scorsese says of Harrison's importance: "George was making spiritually awake music. We all heard and felt it � and I think that was the reason he came to occupy a very special place in our lives."

He said: "It's like Supreme Court Justice Stewart said about the definition of pornography, 'I can't describe it but I know it when I see it.

The group, who wrapped up their inaugural U.S. headlining tour earlier this month, recently kicked off their first-ever European tour, which saw them as direct support to the Deftones last night in London.

Bumblefoot tells Gibson: "Joe Satriani landed me the gig. He shot me an email and said they were looking for somebody and he'd recommended me, so if someone got in touch it wasn't an odd joke.

The eight and a half week long national US tour that launches September 21st in Pittsburgh, PA and runs through November 19th in South Burlington, VT and is in support of of their fourth full-length album Celebration, Florida.

In an interview with Southtown Star Rock explains: "I think 'Born Free' was kind of a transitional record with (producer) Rick Rubin and going into the rootsy, American blues-rock 'n' roll vibe.

"This is my tip-of-the-hat to early Rolling Stones," Alice tells NME. "Like in 1964/65, when their songs were very Chuck Berry-orientated. They just feel so good, in the pocket. This song was begging to be in the live show. We've done it in four different continents now and no one had ever heard it. By the second chorus, the whole audience is singing 'I'll Bite Your Face Off.' It's the perfect little three-minute hit single."

The new album release comes exactly five years after their first album, titled, Avoiding the Consequences.

With The Wild Crowd! was recorded in the B-52s' hometown of Athens, Georgia in February 2011 at a show that commemorated the band's 34th anniversary of their first-ever live show on Valentine's Day 1977.

According to Amarillo.com, the ceremony for Holly will take place at 11:30 a.m. PDT on September 7, the 75th anniversary of his birth.

The Emmy winner said that his dream role would be to play Keith Moon, the drummer for The Who. Moon died in 1978, and would have turned 65 on Tuesday.

"I've been touring now over forty years, on and off," reminisces Ozzy, "and this has to be up there with one of the best, fun, great tours of my career."

The second round of spotlight on drummers follows the first series in June, when drummers Anton Fig, Sheila E., jazz legend Roy Haynes and Rush's Neil Peart took center stage. Up next is former Police drummer Stewart Copeland on Wednesday, and then the week wraps up with jazz drummer Dennis Chambers on Thursday.

Stewart arrived at the Garden of the Gods pool oasis in a classic car as a group of synchronized swimmers kicked into an homage performance to his song "Hot Legs."

Strummer sent this fax to Mark Hagen with the heartfelt and funny declaration: 'Bruce is great � if you don't agree with that, you're a pretentious Martian from Venus!' And when Emily Eavis, the Glastonbury festival organizer, wanted to persuade Springsteen to appear, she got a little help from Strummer: 'I did an eight-page document about the festival for Bruce with quotes from Joe included, I've never done anything like that for anyone before. It's going to be an amazing couple of hours.'

At the same time my brother and I were getting into the professional wrestling business, we were also involved in stock car racing at the local short tracks in Georgia, where we are both from.

Both wrestling and racing are very similar, they are fast paced, and full of high speed action.

When it came time for the band to come up with new songs, we wanted to combine the two sports of racing and wrestling together, along with our love for heavy metal music.

The music has always been our first love and we play fast, hard, in your face and have the need for speed, just like music, racing and wrestling also combine.

We dedicate this song in concert every night to all of the heavy metal fans who like it one way, fast and hard !!