(BMN) According to BostonHerald.com, Coheed And Cambria bassist Michael Todd was released from jail on Monday (July 25) after posting $25,000 bail. Todd was arrested for armed robbery on July 10 shortly before the band's performance at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts as the support act for SOUNDGARDEN. Todd allegedly walked into a Walgreens in Attleboro, Massachusetts and threatened to blow up the store with what was apparently a fake bomb unless he was given OxyContin.

(The 1st Five) Minus the Bear are celebrating their 10 year anniversary by hitting the road for a string of dates in which they will play their first album, Highly Refined Pirates, in its entirety, and new songs as well. more

(SRX) Gotthard will release the long-since announced live album entitled 'Homegrown - Alive In Lugano' on September 30th more

(LG) Lecherous Nocturne vocalist Jason Hohenstein has revealed that the South Carolina-based band recently dismissed him from their line-up. more

(CR) Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has teamed up with ex-Whitsnake/Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes in a new project. The pair have yet to give the band a name. Nor have they announced who'll be the bassist in what's likely to be a power trio. more

(SRX) Where Angels Suffer, featuring former W.A.S.P. members Chris Holmes and Stet Howland, will be performing dates across the UK and Europe in August and September. more

(SRX) The Riverdogs are set to return with 'World Gone Wild'. The album is slated for release on September 30th through Melodic Rock Record more

On this day in 1970, Jimi Hendrix played in his hometown of Seattle for the last time when he appeared at Sicks' Stadium.

On this day in 1977, Led Zeppelin cut short a U.S. tour after Robert Plant's six year-old-son Karac died unexpectedly of a virus at their home in England.

On this day in 1986, Peter Gabriel went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Sledgehammer," a #4 hit in the U.K.

On this day in 1992, American singer and Motown artist Mary Wells died of cancer aged 49. She had the 1964 U.S. #1 and U.K. #5 single "My Guy', "referred to as the "The First Lady of Motown." Doctors had diagnosed Wells with laryngeal cancer.

Later Draiman took to Twitter to elaborate: "We don't know what we're doing yet," he wrote. "All I can say is that we're certainly going away for a long while."

The GNR guitarist was drafted into the new Lizzy line-up last year when Vivien Campbell went back to Def Leppard and Fortus says he is having a blast playing with the band.

Chatting to Rock Radio DJ Tom Russell backstage at High Voltage Fortus joked he will be back if invited, with the band when they kick start their tour in the Glasgow Barrowlands in January after being wowed by stories of the famous Scottish venue by Lizzy singer Ricky Warwick.

Talking as the band continue to record material for the new album Cornell said: "We were so inventive as a band that the music, from album to album, was always fresh.

In an interview with Mitch Lafon of Bravewords.com, Singer said the band was eight songs into the recording, but at this stage the album doesn't have a title. "This isn't The Elder where we have a theme for the whole record," Singer said. "It's a straight-ahead rock KISS record and I think this stuff is far stronger, better material [than Sonic Boom]. It's more riffy, which makes it more interesting." The drummer likened the approach to the band's classic 1976 album Destroyer.

The song is taken from the band's new album The Great Escape Artist (Capitol Records). Marking the first new studio album in eight years by Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins, it is due out Tuesday, September 29.

"We are proud of every album we released and the support we've received from the heavy metal community," states guitarist and founder Mark Briody. " We've played so many places around the world and enjoyed every minute of it but the time has come where we just cannot move forward as a band."

The 22-date tour will play shows through the South into Texas, across to Los Angeles, and up to the Pacific Northwest, ending in Denver on October 6.

The group, featuring Def Leppard's Phil Collen, Sex Pistols' Paul Cook and Girl's Simon Laffy, will perform a "one night only" event in Los Angeles. Billed as the official Album Release Party at the legendary Roxy Theater, MANRAZE will hit the stage on Sunday, October 2nd to perform songs from the new album, as well as a selection of hits from their debut album, Surreal.

According to The Sun, the Led Zeppelin legend sang at a village hall in Monmouth, South Wales, for a crowd who had paid just $5 per ticket.

Despite the passage of time, Neil still feels like a kid wen he gets on stage with the band. He said: "It doesn't feel like we've been together 30 years. I still feel like we're playing the Whiskey A Go Go. We're still the same guys. We feed off the audience. They're going crazy and we're just having a good time out there.

With Alice Cooper� Guns had only just hit big when Slash made his first guest apperance in 1988's The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, appearing on "Under My Wheels" by Alice Cooper. Slash later spilled some insane guitar wailing on Cooper's "Vengeance is Mine." He also played on Cooper's "Hey Stoopid" and on the live album, A Fistful of Alice.

The album, due September 6, includes artists such as Jackson Browne, Brian Wilson, Stevie Nicks, Ringo Starr, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Pat Monahan of Train, Lyle Lovett, Natalie Merchant , Zooey Deschanel and others.

Through the years, legions of guitar players and fans have delved deeply into Angus' background, perhaps looking for the secrets behind his artful riff-making. Still, we managed to uncover some biographical facts that might have escaped all but the most diehard followers.

He still owns the very first Gibson SG he bought � 41 years ago. Young purchased a late '60s Gibson SG from a music shop located within walking distance of his family's home in Sydney, Australia, when he was just 16 years old. To this day, it remains one of his main go-to guitars. "I think it was the little devil horns [that sold me]," he told the New Zealand Herald, in 2010. "I've still got it and it's still my favorite guitar of them all."

His main pre-AC/DC job prepared him well for the band's bawdy lyrical content. Young left school before his 15th birthday. Not long afterwards, he took a job working as a typesetter at a "men's" magazine that sported the title, Ribald. Malcolm, incidentally, had by then put in a couple of years doing sewing machine maintenance for a company that manufactured bras.

Remastered from the vinyl originals this collection features 14 tracks that have not been available on CD before, these versions are completely different from any version that found itself on a full-length album. The package comes with a 24-page booklet featuring the front and backs of the entire original cover art.

In celebration of the new album, Wolves In The Throne Room will take to the road throughout North America in several waves to kick off the touring cycle in support of Celestial Lineage.

Redemption recorded and mixed "This Mortal Coil" with legendary producer Neil Kernon (Queensryche, Nevermore, Kansas, etc.).

These will be their first U.S. dates supporting new album V, released this June by Napalm Records.

In an exclusive chat with RockAAA backstage at the High Voltage Festival where he was fronting Slash's solo band he also explained the inspiration for the pair's smash hit 'Starlight.'

Hosted by Mojo magazine's Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander at The Brewery in London's East End, the event included guests Jimmy Page, Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Sir Bob Geldof, Phil Collins, John Lydon, Sandie Shaw, The Arctic Monkeys, The Vaccines, Grinderman, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, Thomas Dolby and New Order's Bernard Sumner to name a few. Consisting of key awards which were voted for by readers of the monthly music bible Mojo magazine, and users of its website www.mojo4music.com, the awards were described by Alexander as "a triumph for music," as they celebrated the achievements of the last 12 months as well as career-long accomplishments, while at the same time supporting Glenfiddich's ethos of inspiring people to realize their potential.

Suzi Quatro, best known for her hit "Devil Gate Drive," took to the stage to present Booker T & The MG's guitarist & Blues Brother Steve Cropper with the Gibson Guitar sponsored Mojo Les Paul Award.

Hevy Devy will spend rest of the summer be abroad playing various European festivals and solo acoustic dates.

After an intense 8-week period of peer judging through OurStage.com, Barker personally selected the winning band from the top 100 artists entered, sending one talented unsigned band into Red Bull Studios in Los Angeles with the acclaimed drummer and producer.

The opening day featured sets by Motorhead, Anthrax, Opeth, Childron Of Bodom, Diamond Head and others; Sunday's lineup included Rob Zombie, Slayer, Mastadon and Anvil, among others.

After two years of non-stop touring, Needtobreathe went straight into the studio to create The Reckoning - an album centered on the songwriting talents of Bear and Bo Rinehart.

The band have had an incredible year so far, with the release of their new album Pressure & Time to critical acclaim, a tour with British heavy metal legends Judas Priest, and performances at some of Europe's largest rock festivals.

Mounds of Ash will be given the deluxe treatment in a limited run of white (100 copies) or black wax, lovingly packaged in full color jackets with black-lining on the inside.

The Special Edition of Buddy Rich Up Close brings with it a previously unreleased CD which includes the Band Mix and the Buddy Hot Mix of six fantastic songs: Love For Sale, Bugle Call Rag, West Side Story, Birdland, Greensleeves and Dancing Men. The DVD features footage from three of Buddy's shows with shots from as many cameras as possible highlighting Buddy's incredible drumming techniques. You can also listen to two different versions of the audio, plus a slow motion rendering to catch all the nuances of Buddy's performances. Modern Drummer magazine who rated the DVD five stars commented, 'Whether you're a longtime Buddy fan or you're just discovering his talents, this DVD, which features six songs performed by Buddy Rich and filmed in a club with Rich's big band, is one to check out . . . fun and inspiring, with lots of wow.'

I wrote this song shortly after my grandmother passed away. She was a very delicate soul and I was with her in her last moments. In the hospital, she told me she was afraid to die and just wasn't ready yet. And it made me reflect on whether or not I was a good grandson to her and if I ultimately have given enough to those that are the closest to me. There is this image I have in mind of whom I aspire to be and then there are the rare times in life when the mirror is held up and I see myself for who I really am. I think we always feel like we never do enough � but it is this sense of acknowledgement that helps us hopefully get to the next stage: forgiveness. Once we can accept that we are imperfect and our lives are littered with mistakes, only then can we move forward and improve ourselves. I hope.