Josh Farro may have only left Paramore in mid-December, but the guitarist has already become a full-time member of a new band. According to MTV, Farro has formed the group Novel American with singer Van Beasley, drummer Tyler Ward and bassist Ryan Clark, and the band is planning to record a debut EP more

It appears the The Mars Volta's sixth album is finally nearing completion. more

Sum 41 will unleash Screaming Bloody Murder, their first proper album in nearly four years, on March 29. It is said to be a rather rough-and-tumble, dark affair because of all the hard times frontman Deryck Whibley was going through during the writing process. more

Six Feet Under have announced the addition of drummer Kevin Talley (Daath, Misery Index, Chimaira) to the group's ranks. more

Periphery guitarist Jake Bowen will be unable to perform on the band's current European tour with Tesseract and Monuments due to a dislocated finger. more

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood's score for of Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood" film adaptation will finally be released by Nonesuch Records in the U.S. more

Testament is currently writing material for the follow-up to 2008's "The Formation Of Damnation". "The new album will most likely be a culmination of 'The Gathering' [1999] and 'The Formation of Damnation', but we're definitely not going to forget who we are or our roots. I think we've found a comfortable spot in our writing style," stated vocalist Chuck Billy. more

The Recording Academy is finally getting some satisfaction, with Mick Jagger's first appearance on the Grammy stage. more

Agnostic Front are gearing up to release their new full-length, My Life My Way, on March 22nd. In preparation, they'll release two songs to the masses on the That's Life 7inch, which will be available March 8th more

The Hooters' David Uosikkinen is continuing his web-based singles project, dubbed In The Pocket: Essential Songs of Philadelphia, with the second song, "Open My Eyes." more

Tesla's record company has signed a deal with EONE distribution to release their new acoustic CD, tentatively titled 'Twisted Wires' (the acoustic sessions). more

Former Emperor frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) has contributed guest vocals to "Deconstruction" - the third in a series of albums from Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, Steve Vai, Lamb Of God, Darkest Hour, Gwar) to be made available under The Devin Townsend Project moniker. more

Ben Barbaud, the organizer of the annual Hellfest festival in Clisson, France, has released the following statement: "The Hellfest has decided independently and in all conscience to cancel Satanic Warmaster's performance. This decision was in no way caused by the pressure received by various small groups against the event." more

Aiden have announced that they will release their fifth studio album, 'Disguises', on March 28. more

Mercyless - who are responsible for releasing one of the most underrated death albums of all time in the shape of 1992's "Abject Offerings" - have returned "in a brutal death metal style like in the '90s," according to a press release. more

The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011, Their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live.

The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling fine and in good health.

But they may be bringing along some special guests to the party for the halftime show at the Super Bowl.

Bobby Z, whose real name is Robert Rivkin, had three blocked arteries cleared by doctors, who are waiting on his health to improve before tackling another blocked artery. His son Adam Rivkin said: "They wanted him to get stronger in order to go through the final phase and take care of the third one. He's in critical condition and resting. He needs to build his strength so his heart can work on its own. Now they have him on help."

Van Halen are currently in the studio with producer John Shanks, recording their first album with David Lee Roth in more than 25 years, and their first new music as a band in 7 years.

In light of recent reports surrounding the 'Breach of Contract' Court Case in America between Live Nation Entertainment and former LiveNation chairman Michael Cohl, The Rolling Stones wish to clarify their position regarding representation and touring.



Following the end of the 2007 A Bigger Bang world tour, The Rolling Stones became free from any contractual arrangements or agreements with Michael Cohl. He is neither their representative nor their tour promoter.



According the website, which admits to not being the most trustworthy of news sources (their slogan is "Slightly better than propaganda, almost as accurate"), Townshend was awakened in a Pittsburgh hotel room last September by "a dark figure sitting in the corner of the room hugging a perfectly gorgeous one-of-a-kind Gibson Les Paul guitar to his chest and shaking his head as if in mourning."

Epic Records and Legacy Recordings celebrate Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary with the release of newly restored and expanded editions of Vs. and Vitalogy, the second and third albums from Pearl Jam which broke all initial SoundScan records and secured the band's reputation as a preeminent force in American rock music.

The Trap is an outline of a doomed relationship using song parts to highlight a point of time, or stage. The first verse highlights the courtship of childhood friends, where the na�ve protagonist meets and becomes enamored with his counterpart. The second verse to prechorus deals with becoming both physically and emotionally closer, too much so that it leads to a disagreement in which the protagonist begins to uncover unexpected truths. By the bridge, the facts have been presented: the main character was never cared for and was only being used by the girl for her own social and/or economic gain. This comes as a shock to our hero, who had blissfully assumed that he had met his angelic paragon and who is normally not so trustworthy and open for fear of being betrayed like this (normally, he "knows that s*** sideways").

The bridge's duet vocals highlight the climax of the relationship: the crushing end in which the protagonist, although bruised and betrayed, continues to believe that the girl he fell in love with will one day return to him when things go completely wrong ("I know that you'll catch me when I fall")

While the song's story is told in a linear format throughout, the chorus tells the protagonist's feelings in the present day, after the whole situation, and furthermore summarizes the Trap's story: an ode to the idea of a person that will never be.

While the Crowes still have a series of European dates to play in July before embarking on their indefinite hiatus, frontman Chris Robinson has already booked the first tour for his new project.

Dave Grohl recalled in the press release, "In October of 1994, I walked into Robert Lang's Seattle studio with a guitar, a drum set, a bass, and 14 songs I thought nobody would ever hear. Five days later, I walked out with the first Foo Fighters record. 16 years and seven studio albums later, with the help of Academy Award-winning director James Moll, we're finally able to tell the story of how that one demo cassette turned into the band that we are today. This is our side of the story. From the first rehearsal, to the completion of our new album, it's all there."

The event, held on the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, will feature Foo Fighters, Paul Simon, Widespread Panic, My Morning Jacket and The Black Keys as its headliners.

Says Des Barres: "I'm playing all these new songs evoking the musical world I grew up in...A world of blues-based dandies: The Faces, Free, Humble Pie...My musicians have worked with Courtney Love, Ray LaMontagne, Billy Corgan....Raucous, raw and passionate. The upcoming recordings were recorded in Austin, Texas..."

The nine-song disc will hit stores in North America on April 5 and the rest of the world on April 4.

The band will be playing those two legendary albums in their entirety. The UK leg of the tour saw the band play to sold out audiences.

1) Prince � 2007 - Super Bowl XLI - Indianapolis Colts: 29, Chicago Bears: 17: Just three years after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction," Prince derived some controversy of his own by performing a guitar solo behind a transparent sheet and positioning his oddly shaped guitar in such a way that plenty of critics cried, "Phallic!" Whether it was intentional or accidental � guitars are inherently phallic, after all � we'll never know, but it turns out that Prince's pitch-perfect set list ("We Will Rock You," "Let's Go Crazy," "1999," "Baby I'm a Star," "Proud Mary," "All Along the Watchtower," "Best of You" and "Purple Rain") outshined his on-stage antics anyway.

When asked about his bandmates' reaction, Tyler said, "I've been judged all my life. The band went on tour and we were off tour. I saw this as an opportunity to have some fun and to sit next to J-Lo here. And Randy."

"Absolutely not," he told BigMusicGeek.com. "And I think that's why it came as such a shock to everyone of us. It wasn't like we were all bangin' each other's heads, not seeing eye-to-eye or wanting to be in the same room with one another. None of that was going on. Everything was cool. It was quite simply a surprise. Mike had mentioned that it wasn't something that was spur-of-the-moment. He just doesn't operate like that. When he mentioned to us that he had been thinking about it off and on over the last year, it was obvious that he had been having these feelings for quite some time, wanting to separate himself from anything regarding the future of Dream Theater. It was simply something that we didn't see coming in any way, shape or form. It was just an absolute surprise."

Three more OzTV websiodes from the tour have surfaced: "Bus Time," which gives you a tour of one of the crew buses; and highlights from the Phoenix and Las Vegas stops.

Affectionately known as "The Screamin' Demon," the fan favorite who previously appeared on the band's sophomore release, Over The Top has rejoined the band as the full-time frontman.

"There's no lien on my house," claims Vince. "I haven't heard one thing about that. I think I'd have known about it if it goes back to April of last year. It's rubbish, definitely rubbish. In the past, I've had tax problems like a lot of other people, especially entertainers."

The trek kicks off in Dallas, Texas on June 24th and ends in Hillsboro, Oregon on August 14th.

Seems a fun-seeking joyrider had decided to pry open double doors of the band's custom converted airport shuttle bus (which is often left with its diesel engine running) and take it for a spin. The vehicle was recovered less than an hour later and (oops!) the culprit dropped his cell phone on the way out, making his apprehension an easy job for the local authorities.

Cauldron are preparing for the release of their new album, Burning Fortune, which hits stores on February 14th in Europe and February 15th in North America.

Britain's answer to American producer-extraordinaire Phil Spector, Joe Meek was one of the most eccentric musical geniuses to ever dabble with rock and roll. And like Spector, his private life was almost as bizarre as his studio creations.