No, it's not an epitaph for the band. In a recent update on the band's website, Coheed and Cambria are hinting at a tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band tied in with their first album, The Second Stage Turbine Blade. more

Rev Theory drew from the past for its upcoming third album, "Justice." Guitarist Julien Jorgensen tells Billboard.com that the quintet modeled "Justice," which is due out Feb. 15, to be closer to its 2005 debut, "Truth Is Currency," than to the 2008 sophomore set, "Light It Up." more

Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler - "crappiest moment in music in the last 30 years? two words: Fred Durst" more

During a recent interview, Seether guitarist Troy McLawhorn and drummer John Humphrey confirmed the band will be releasing a new album titled "Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray" in May. more

"Hearts That Race", the new Blunt Headed-directed video from Slipknot Dj Sid Wilson, can be viewed here

Folk rocker Richard Thompson, who made his name with Fairport Convention, has been given an OBE in the New Year's Honours List more

Gauss, the new project featuring two former members of Demiricous - guitarist Scott Wilson and drummer Chris Cruz - will release a 12-minute song called "Empty Frames" via the group's web site on January 11 more

Due out February 15, 2011 via EMI, 'Robin Trower at the BBC 1973-1975' is the most comprehensive collection to date of Robin Trower's recordings for the BBC. more

Nazxul's 1998 "Black Seed" EP has been repackaged alongside their 1994 demo release by Seance Records. The rerelease comes with bonus live tracks, and an eight page booklet including all of the lyrics. more

Twisted Sister's Dee Snider's 2011 resolution: "To bridge the gap between Broadway and rock n' roll and introduce the hard rock audience to the amazing music of the Great White Way! Look for Dee Does Broadway on Razor & Tie Records in 2011!" more

YouTube user Maidenboots has uploaded a vintage Iron Maiden show from the band's March 31st, 1981 stop in Palasport, Italy. Check out the 30-minute concert here

Grave Digger will release a new EP, "Ballad Of Mary", on March 4. The effort will include two versions of the title track - one acoustic and the other taken from the forthcoming "The Clans Are Still Marching" CD, featuring a guest appearance Doro Pesch - as well as a new recording of "Rebellion" with Hansi K�rsch (Blind Guardian). more

Glenn Hughes has just confirmed a UK tour for the spring. more

Slumber recently threw in the towel after nearly 10 years of dedicated service. In the wake of this spilt comes two new bands. more

Fifth Angel have announced David Fefolt as their new permanent lead vocalist more

On this day in 1964, The Beatles were seen for the first time on U.S. TV when a clip from the BBC's The Mersey Sound, showing the group playing "She Loves You," was shown on The Jack Paar Show.

In his review of the show, Tony writes: "Despite reports from various media sources, I can without question say that when Berry sat behind that keyboard, his hands came alive the same way as they do when he is grasping a guitar." Later in the show, "After a dispirited 'Reelin' and Rockin'', Berry once again banished the keyboard player to the side and sat behind the keys. This is where reports are appearing to vary. From my viewpoint, at no point did I see him collapse. He may have been ill but to my eyes he seemed dispirited and broken."

An update on Roger's site has confirmed plans to capture the experience: "Roger Waters will be filming and recording all 6 shows at The O2 Arena in London in May.

Billed as "the handbook to all things heavy metal," the new book by Wylde, guitar legend and Black Label Society frontman, invites all who dare onto the tour bus for tales of glory, debauchery, and general mayhem. The book is co-authored by Eric Hendrikx.

From rock and punk to country, R&B and gospel, U2's collaborations have spanned many musical genres and introduced their fans to a broad spectrum of music.

"In the old days, a band would call in the Rolling Stones Mobile [mobile recording studio owned by the musical group The Rolling Stones] and record a gig and hope that it worked well � and probably cheat and re-record it all," Lep's lead throat Joe Elliott told Artisan News Service.

01 - Steven Tyler on American Idol: Could be a wild ride. Or a train wreck. Either way, expect rock fans to check it out. Premieres January 19.

Model Brenna Gray was six months pregnant with the couple's daughter when the tragic musician was found dead in an Iowa hotel room in May. He was 38. Police later confirmed he'd taken an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

"We're in the middle of recording it," he told Spinner.com. "We're about halfway through the writing process. We need another few months. But you can look for it at the end of 2011."

John- This song was basically written about how we weren't going to listen to outsiders ideas of what we should be writing. We have always written music for us and always will. Things start to come over as artificial when you start trying to force things into being something else.

Keith- It was kind of a challenge when we were writing The End Of The Day. The opening riff for the song was the first piece written for the song. We were in our rehearsal space, and Sheldon and I were there before Derek and Frankie showed up. I was messing around on the guitar and I started coming up with the riff, I had the idea, but I couldn't get the riff to sound the way I was hearing it. It probably took me 3 days to get down what i wanted the riff to sound legible to present to the guys, I was playing it so sloppy! Once I got the rif down, we hammered the song out pretty quick. When we were in pre-production, this song didn't have a title, so it's working title was "Slayer riff". Hopefully if Kerry King hears the song, he doesn't think it sucks!

"I like the idea that there's no prohibition in listening," he told Spinner.com. "I grew up in the '70s and listening to the radio was important. We all listened and we all had a common experience. Whether it's like Boston's 'More Than a Feeling' or whatever, you were like, 'Yeah, I know that song, too.' We've kind of lost that."

People.com reports the two exchanged vows in front of about 100 guests, including Bertinelli's son Wolfgang, 19, from her marriage to Eddie Van Halen, who was also on hand with his wife, Janie Liszewski.

But Slash's wife Perla Hudson says their relationship is stronger after they filed for annulment in August last year � then withdrew the papers in November.

BBC Radio 1's longest-serving DJ died in 2004 at age 65, while on vacation in Peru. The Peel/Riley connection goes back to the days when Peel championed Riley's old band, The Fall.

They appeared on the first episode of the venerable PBS series in 2011. The hour-long show featured a variety of tracks from the band's career.

But that success was more than a few years in the making. The band that would become the Bay City Rollers was formed in 1966 as the Saxons, with founding members Alan Longmuir (bass), Derek Longmuir (drums) and Gordon "Noddy" Clark (vocals). Unhappy with their moniker, the guys chose a new name by throwing a dart at a map. It happened to land near Bay City, Michigan � and thus a bunch of Scottish guys became associated with a Midwestern U.S. locale.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters are behind the album, 100 Years of Robert Johnson, and tour and have named themselves the Big Head Blues Club � Todd Park Mohr (guitar, vocals), Rob Squires (bass), Brian Nevins (drums) and Jeremy Lawton (keyboards).

Over the last 30 years, Ronnie has entered treatment for his drug addiction seven times, and now he says he and Jesse, who plays bass in rock band The Black Swan Effect, are motivating one another to stay sober.

Sources tell the VHND that the band is very eager to tour, and that they want to tour behind new material. Eddie Van Halen has been very busy during most of 2010 writing music. Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen often join Eddie in the 5150 studio and the three of them have been hard at work jamming and recording demos. The three Van Halens have been sending the music to David Lee Roth, who's adding the lyrics. Two of the VHND's sources have heard some of the early versions of the tracks (without vocals) and were very pleased. The music is said to sound like straight ahead rock 'n' roll and "very Van Halen."

First the band reportedly took the stage 2 hours late and Rock AAA reports that the led them to break their performance curfew and they wound up setting off fireworks at midnight on a weekday, angering near by residents.

But now Axl Rose faces accusations of lip-synching during the performance. Rock AAA report that a New Zealand TV report from 3news shows that while the lead vocals on Welcome to the Jungle are coming through the PA, Rose doesn't always have his mic to his face.

The following night, Dream Theater will make their first appearance with their replacement drummer for Mike Portnoy.

It will be Slipknot's first run of shows without founding member Paul Gray, who passed away earlier this year.

Portnoy left Dream Theater in September, shocking fans and ex-bandmates alike since he'd founded the band 25 years previously. One of the reasons he gave was that he'd enjoyed his tenure with A7X more than he'd been enjoying working with his own outfit.

It's been three years since Bonham played the Led Zeppelin reunion show at London's 02 Arena, and he was asked about any possible DVD release plans.

Blabbermouth is reporting that VR drummer Matt Sorum has updated VH1 Radio Networks' Dave Basner on the band's singer search.

Rudd, real name Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, was fined $250 and ordered to pay costs of $133 in Tauranga District Court, New Zealand, after police searched his boat in October and found 25g of the illegal substance.

Bon Jovi grossed $146.5 million through 69 sold-out shows, playing to 1.5 million fans.

U2 were a close second, with $131.5 million over just 22 sold-out shows before 1.3 million fans.

"As soon as the 'Big Four' gigs started rolling across Sonisphere festivals in Eastern Europe last summer, we all felt we were part of something special," Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said in a statement. "The vibe within the bands was more than anyone had anticipated and the vibe with the fans was so next level, it completely blew our minds... there was no way this should not happen again!!! So I am beyond psyched that the first 'Big Four' show in Western Europe will take place on the hallowed grounds of Knebworth, where so many unique and special gigs have happened over the years."

Longtime Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis broke the news on the group's new Sirius XM channel. He did not have details on exactly when or where the festival will take place, although Pearl Jam's hometown of Seattle has been ruled out. According to Curtis, it will happen "somewhere in the middle of the country."

According to Sleaze Roxx, when asked why he'd parted ways with guitarist Zak Wylde, Ozzy shrugged: "I didn't get rid of him. He had his own band and he was only helping me out...I said to him, 'It's time for you to do your Black Label [Society]."

Axl on the current state of GNR: "For me, one of the really cool things is I don't have to get on at everybody in the band. Hey do this, do that, you know. Because they're excited. Everybody takes a certain amount of pride in what they do. Plus they all get on at each other about it anyway. Everybody goes out there and tries to give everything they can. And we stay out there a couple hours more, you know, until we feel the crowd is happy. Or until we feel like we've done a good job. It's kinda like going to the gym or something, you know, you don't leave until you feel like you're supposed to."

A translation of the interview by gunshyassassin.com quotes de la Rocha as saying the band is older and more mature. "We are working on a new album due out next year, perhaps for the northern hemisphere summer," he said.

And insiders believe Tyler will become the new Paula Abdul! "Steven's the new Paula Abdul," a source told American tabloid the National Enquirer, "and producers couldn't be happier."

"He was working on a little side-project I'd heard a while ago and I asked him, 'Do you think it's done?' He asked me why and I said, 'Well, I would kind of do this and that.'" Mustaine said. "And he said, 'Go ahead.' So I rolled up my sleeves and completely dedicated myself to Danny's record."

"We like to do it at home mostly," Williams said. "We like to wait and kind of really focus on the records when we have time off." Guitarist Taylor York said it's not easy moving on to a new project: "We're kind of at the end of this record, but it's bittersweet."

The pair share the same managers, and Smith admits he'd love to play with Page if the chance arose. "But supposedly he has a bunch of ideas and a bunch of stuff recorded. That's what I've heard. I can tell he wants to play. He's frustrated," Smith said.

The Rhythmic Noise Philharmonic Orchestra & Mind Choir will perform alongside these, and other hits, from Cheap Trick's extensive catalog.

"I am a musician. I did not attend college and barely made it out of high school," Rock wrote on his website. "I try my hardest to keep my ticket prices low. This I have control of!! I cannot control nor do I understand how the [expletive] the scalpers and all the secondary websites and [expletive] get them.

Guitarist Craig Goldy told Classic Rock magazine, "We were working on tracks for a new Dio album just before Ronnie died in May. And we did almost finish one song. Wendy [Ronnie's widow] has been talking about reissuing the Magica album with bonus tracks, including this one.

Beck leads the rock field with 5 nominations with material from his "Emotion & Commotion" release, including Best Rock Album, Best Rock Instrumental Performance ("Hammerhead"), Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ("I Put A Spell On You" with Joss Stone), Best Pop Instrumental performance ("Nessun Dorma"), and Best pop Collaboration With Vocals ("Imagine" with Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1 & Oumou Sangare).

The recording took place on October 10th, 1969 at The Olympia in Paris, France.

6) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass: George Harrison had a few very notable chances to show off what he could do in the later days of the Beatles. "Something," "It's All Too Much" and "Here Comes the Sun" are standout examples of the beautiful work he was capable of. But nobody quite expected such a torrential outpour of music as that which Harrison offered on 1970's All Things Must Pass. The three-disc, 106-minute set comprised two discs of rock songs and a third disc made up of a bunch of loose jams. It was the highest selling of any Beatles solo album, and would be worthy of name checking as a classic on the strength of "My Sweet Lord" alone.

Waters explained how he met Machander under stressful circumstances in 1996, when Annihilator's current drummer left the band 12 days before a tour. "Dave Davis, our long-time guitar player, suggested his friend Dave Machander and thought he could handle the gig/pressure. I was not convinced but had no other option than to literally say 'you are in' before I even heard him play drums!"

Featuring original members David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, the album was recorded in Newcastle, England and produced by Louis XIV's Jason Hill.

"We're almost ready to go," guitarist Scott Ian told Artisan News Service. "Eight things are recorded and we've only got to go back and re-record two or three things. And Joey's singing on all of it."

The ex-Beatle spoke to Rolling Stone journalist Jonathan Cott on December 5, 1980, and although excerpts of the conversation have been released in the past, it's the first time the entire interview has been published.

"I have no idea what's happening with that," Butler told AOL's Noisecreep. "It's not going to happen next year. Ozzy's on tour with his own band for the next year or whatever. The idea of doing another Sabbath tour always comes up. It's just something that's always talked about and there if we want to do it. It's sort of really early days, though. I'm sure Ozzy will say 'yes' and 'no' every week for the next year while he's on tour. It's one thing to want to do something like that just before you go out to tour a record. You say, 'Oh yeah, I'm gonna tour for the next five years.' And then six weeks into it, you can't wait to get home. So we'll just see how he feels when he finishes his Ozzy Osbourne tour."

His car drove into a speed camera pole. No other vehicles were involved. The police say: "Nobody has been arrested but police inquiries are continuing."

Scott lived in Sunshine between 1951-56 and attended Sunshine Primary School. Former Sunshine resident Paul Murphy is advocating for the Brimbank council to christen an unnamed lane, between Derby Road and Corio Street, Bon Scott Lane.

The video features a news report on the band, live footage and an interview with David Lee Roth.

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax shared the same stage for the first time ever at Sonisphere festival across Europe during the summer. The show in Bulgaria was shown in cinemas worldwide and has now been released on DVD. But many fans in the US, UK and elsewhere were disappointed not to get the chance to see the Big 4 live for themselves.

"The shows were entirely scheduled and decided on by Metallica. It was their decision," Araya tells Noisecreep. "When it first came together a journalist asked James Hetfield about the tour, and he said Metallica weren't really sure about how well it would do, and they'd have to do a little bit more homework on it.

"It's from the point of view of two people who are a bit lost," he said. "Two like-minded outsiders who meet in a very difficult environment and therefore have a journey together."

Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Tom Waits, Dr. John and Darlene Love will enter the Hall at the 26th Annual Induction Ceremony on March 14, 2011 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

In March, the band won their case at the High Court barring the record company from selling single downloads from their concept albums.

"We've gone through a lot of really heavy stuff over the past few years. ... There's plenty of heavy stuff to write about," he said. "I think in moments it will [be dark]. We're still just barely getting into the whole writing process. We have about three or four songs done.

The band known as Alice Cooper formed at school and released a stack of world-class tracks � including I'm Eighteen, School's Out and the acclaimed 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies � before splitting up, leaving frontman Cooper to continue with the same name.

"Thx 4 the well wishes on my sinus surgery," Duff posted to Twitter. "all went great! This is NOT from cocaine relapse ( was reported somewhere!). Just old scar tissue."

Both rockers have written original songs for films this year, and those songs are among the 41 that have been shortlisted for the Best Original Song category at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony. The list will be whittled down to no more than five entries when nominations are announced in January.

WENN reports that Ozzy only recently passed his driving test and immediately headed to a car dealership to purchase the luxury sports vehicle, but he was left with a bruised ego this week after becoming involved in a minor collision while out and about in Los Angeles on Monday.

Captain Beefheart, a friend and collaborator of Frank Zappa, recorded 12 art rock albums from 1967 to 1982. Beefheart's groundbreaking 1969 album, Trout Mask Replica, produced by Zappa, is considered an art rock classic with its surreal fusion of imagery, sounds and musical genres.

The film had secured financing from Legendary Pictures, and Oscar-nominated director Paul Greengrass had committed to the project. The Hurt Locker's Anthony Mackie was set to star in the film. But Deadline New York reports that the Hendrix estate was concerned that the movie could possibly hurt sales of the back catalog, which Deadline says supposedly happened to The Doors catalog following Oliver Stone's biopic.

Recorded in 1991 and 1992, the album was the first collaboration of Ronnie James Dio and the Sabs in over a decade, and it featured the Wayne's World soundtrack nugget, "Time Machine," as well as the single, "TV Crimes."

CMT Senior Vice President of Music Strategy Jay Frank said, "The minute Aaron walked into CMT with this song, we knew it would be a smash." Endorsements like Frank's have been widespread, as radio stations add the song into their playlists.

And by allowing gameshow winner Matt Cardle to cover a Biffy Clyro song, he managed to divide and conquer fans of real music, who were forced to choose between backing Biffy's original version of Many of Horror and Corey's track XM@$.