Randall Roberts of the LA Times writes that the last thing Rose wants to do, the singer stresses, is ruin it for others. He refers to Marlon Brando sending an American Indian activist to accept his Oscar and give a protest speech "and everybody getting � off, or when Michael Moore got up at the Academy Awards and said whatever about George Bush. People don't want that associated with their awards shows, even if you have a big audience. In one way it might be right, but it usually backfires on whoever does it. So I really don't want to spoil it for everybody else � or take the beating."

Then he said curtly of the induction performance: "There is no plan yet. There really is no plan. We're still busy with this lineup. We're gonna be busy � we're gonna be busy all next year. We'll be putting out new stuff as soon as we can figure out what our deal is with labels, blah blah blah."

Neil spoke with Leach from the Bahamas, where the Crue frontman went to relax after the band's recent UK tour. "I'm having a great time here -- I could stay a year!," Vince told Leach. "I'm sitting on my yacht, contemplating my future, and I'm not sure it will be with Motley Crue after Las Vegas. Great things are coming up and pushing me in another direction."

an Halen's first UK dates were opening for Black Sabbath, starting in May of '78, just three months after the release of their self-titled debut album. The month-long tour featured 26 dates, including 4 shows at London's famed Hammersmith Odeon.

The NME reports that the Beach Boys are going to be busy during their 2012 50th anniversary tour. Dates have not been announced but they are confirmed as headliners for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival that runs from April 27 to May 6.

The album features Gray taking on covers by other artists, including songs by Metallica, Arcade Fire and others.

One of the tracks Macy recorded is a cover of Metallica's 1991 tune, "Nothing Else Matters," from the band's self-titled "Black" album.

The listener is treated to the undisputed raw power of The Cowboys From Hell. Late great guitarist Dimebag Darrell's guitar wizardry is on full display. More than that, this event would turn out to be quite eventful.

The full album will be released by Hear Music/Concord Records on February 7th 2012.

The video is for the song "Burn A Miracle," the first track released off of their forthcoming full-length album, Anarchy, My Dear. The single has been released digitally via iTunes and Amazon but you can check out the lyric video here

"For the record, I didn't RSVP, or in any way commit to attending the RRHF. I don't appreciate people putting words in my mouth," tweeted Slash on Tuesday.

In the days following the show, rumors spread that the band the Grammys were planning to have appear on their program was, in fact, The Beach Boys.

NME.com reports that all PiL albums (except Metal Box, which was reissued in 2009) will be remastered for next year.

The albums, which will be reissued by EMI, include: First Issue (aka Public Image Ltd.), Paris in the Spring, Flowers of Romance, Live in Tokyo, This is What You Want... This Is What You Get, Album (aka Compact Disc), Happy, 9, The Greatest Hits So Far, That What is Not as well as John Lydon's solo album Psycho's Path.

"Who will be invited, obviously, is the original five [that made 'Appetite For Destruction'] and [keyboardist] Dizzy [Reed] and [drummer] Matt [Sorum]," said Joel Peresman, President and CEO of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation, during an interview Monday on Sirius/XM's Eddie Trunk Live.

For the December 7 gig, the band were joined by many special guests, including former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, Lou Reed, Kid Rock, Marianne Faithfull, Mercyful Fates's King Diamond, Hank Shermann, Timi Hansen and Michael Denner, Ray Haller (Sweet Savage) and John Bush (Armored Saint).

The band has sold out yet another show and been forced to add a second concert to meet demand.

The 5-song EP was recorded in November at Undercity Studios and features a guest appearance by Joe Boynton and Tim Landers of Transit on the track "Heart". The EP will released on limited edition 7" vinyl and CD in early 2012. you can download your copy of the EP here.

The trek, that will take the bands along the west coast, has been dubbed the Awake The State Tour 2012 and kicks off on January 25th in Long Beach, Ca.

The video was filmed as the Boston band was wrapping up their recent tour of Japan.

In an interview with Men's Journal (via Ultimate Classic Rock), Gibbons recalled Christmas morning at the Gibbons household in 1962, when young Billy was only 13-years-old. "Sitting under the tree was a little Gibson Melody Maker �. and away we went."

Rise has posted a stream of the song "Immortal," a track off the forthcoming EP on their Youtube channel here.

The "Serpents Kiss" album covers a varied collection of subject matters; from Life Struggles to Betrayal, from Faith to World Events! Something for everyone!! One track I think is particularly 'current' at the moment is the last track on the album, a bit of an epic clocking in at around the 9 minutes mark! It's a track called "Theatre Of Fools" which was quite "Prophetic", in as much as it was written with the Iraq situation and conclusion still fresh in the media and I just felt that there would be more to come. It's a song about tyrants, regimes and dictators! Sure enough, not much later than my pen left the page, the last 12 months has seen the demise of several world dictatorships and the fall of tyrants! I think you can figure those our for yourselves!

The song touches on how madness plays its role, like an act of a tragic play and with such devastation, and as the world looks on in horror at some of these men who try to act like they are "gods", with their only eventuality being their own destruction! Quite a hot subject, but brilliantly portrayed by Al with his vocal skills in what I think is a very emotional performance! It's a big track but it needed to be for such a huge subject.