The second single off Gaga's "Born This Way" was inspired by a Priest connection. "I've had lots of ex-boyfriends betray me � a**holes, we all have them � and in particular there was one who loved Judas Priest, loved heavy metal," Gaga told Britain's MTV.

That's right, James Hetfield and company are joining the ranks of KISS, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles with their own licensed version of the popular Parker Brothers/Hasbro board game.

The shock-rocker took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet one of his all-time heroes in 1971, but could never have imagined how it would pan out.

Last month Wilson told BBC 6 Music about his reunion thoughts: "Nothing's really holding me back. I just don't know if I want to be around those guys, you know. They're zany guys. They're crazy."

(Bob Merlis) We told you about the ZZ Top debut onboard Soyuz spacecraft; NASA has just posted video of astronauts/cosmonauts with "Flyin' High" playing. Check it out here

(FMQB) U2 have delayed plans to release a new album in 2011, and tell Rolling Stone their next studio album probably won't be released until 2012. The band has been working regularly on new material during their extensive U2 360 tour more

(BW&BK) According to the Winnipeg Free Press, KISS' Gene Simmons has entered into the debate on what the return of Winnipeg's NHL team should be named. "The Winnipeg Destroyers," says Simmons, with the obvious tie-in to KISS' legendary 1976 album Destroyer. more

Black Country Communion � the English-American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa � will be the featured LIVE guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, June 8 at 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with the band by calling 1-800-344-ROCK(7625).

(hennemusic) Paul Rodgers will be performing his Free classic, "All Right Now," prior to the start of the Vancouver Canucks' NHL Stanley Cup Playoff home game versus the Boston Bruins this Friday at Rogers Arena. more

(Billboard) Stage producer Vivek Tiwary ("The Addams Family", "American Idiot") has landed unprecedented rights to Beatles songs for his debut film, "The Fifth Beatle," about manager Brian Epstein more

(BW&BK) M�tley Cr�e are set to play three shows in Australia this September with Poison frontman Bret Michaels on the bill as support. more

Vevo will exclusively live stream the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Friday, June 10 beginning at Noon ET (5pm BT) - Saturday, June 11 beginning at 11:30am ET (4:30pm BT) and Sunday, June 12 beginning at 12:30pm ET (5:30pm BT). Performances include: Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, The Strokes and many more. here

(BW&BK) Dates for former M�tley Cr�e vocalist John Corabi's acoustic summer tour with Cinderella are confirmed. Corabi is currently finishing up his new acoustic CD, which will be released this summer. more

All Shall Perish will be releasing a new full-length this summer. The album is titled "This Is Where It Ends" and it will hit stores on July 26th (in North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. Lambgoat has one of the new songs here

Take It Back!, Rust Belt Lights, and Boys No Good will be touring together this summer more

On this day in 1972, Elvis Presley made entertainment history by performing four sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. George Harrison, John Lennon, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Art Garfunkel were among the music stars attending the shows, which were recorded and became the album Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden.

On this day in 1972, Bruce Springsteen signed with Columbia Records and started assembling the E Street Band from various Asbury Park ex-bandmates. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here.

According to NME.com, The Kinks' Ray Davies recently talked to the BBC about White's involvement in the film. He said that White is "a great technical player and would bring some great anarchy to it, which is in keeping with the script."

"I think that bands get tired of playing certain songs because they've played them for so long, year after year after year," Mars said. He's still enjoying that, though, with the Cr�e's fans choosing their current set list via an online poll. "Some of those songs we haven't played in 20 years, like "Smokin' in the Boys' Room," Mars admitted.

Jakob Dylan, Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices and Paul Westerberg from The Replacements have penned songs for the record, while guest artists include Billy Corgan, Dick Dale, Chris Isaak and Rick Nielsen.

With total sales in excess of 102,000, the album is also #1 on both the "Top Alternative Albums" and "Top Digital Albums" charts (with downloads comprising 57% of the first-week sales).

In a prepared statement, the restaurant's proprietors said their philosophy "will quite simply be to rock the house. As guests walk in they will immediately be transported to a setting reminiscent of Hell House, the ram-shackled structure in the backwoods of Jacksonville where the Skynyrd sound originated."

According to the Daily Express, Flea's graffiti decorated bass will benefit the 1983 documentary, Style Wars. The auction will raise money for restoring the film's negatives.

Lydon told the Sheffield Star, "I'm not a vegetarian. I'm smart enough to realize I've got two sets of teeth in my mouth and I want to use both. Actually I have very few real teeth left. That's something my parents didn't pass on to me. They passed many good things on, but dental health wasn't one of them.

The rafters of Berkeley, California's famed Greek Theater shook with rock'n'roll fervor as the final date of the final tour of hometown heroes The Doobie Brothers brought many in the crowd that night to tears. Billed as their "Farewell Tour," the band, guitarist/vocalist Pat Simmons, keyboardist/vocalist Michael McDonald, drummer Keith Knudson, guitarist/violinist/harmonica player John McFee, saxophonist/keyboardist/flautist Cornelius Bumpus, drummer/percussionist Chet McCracken, bassist Willie Weeks, and conga player Bob LaKind, pulled out all the stops on a set that revisited their every era.

It's thought that Dylan began writing the song during a trip to Mardi Gras and that the colorful and often surrealistic imagery in the song ("your magic swirling ship") was directly inspired by the festivities in New Orleans. Some critics and writers have found references to the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud, while Dylan himself later said that he was influenced by Federico Fellini's La Strada when writing the song.

According to NME.com, Liam Gallagher and band will perform at the festival on June 12.

Peart also talked at length about his philosophy on solos. "If drummers are 'anti-solo,' that's up to them. They're musicians, and they can play whatever they want. But my inspirations early on were people like Buddy Rich, seeing him on The Tonight Show, or Gene Krupa. I think of The Gene Krupa Story movie, which opens with an overhead shot of him playing so energetically and beautifully...

Guitarist Anders Nystr�m issued the following statement in anticipation of this monumental combination of Swedish metal heavyweights:

They discussed their new album Eclipse, their new single ("City of Hope") and the unprecedented resurgence of "Don't Stop Believin'." The interview is available here

According to the Guardian, The Bruce McMouse Show was filmed but never released. The drawings, done by McCartney and his family in 1973, see McCartney's creation, Bruce McMouse, smoking a pipe. Bruce's wife, Yvonne, is pictured in her curlers, and there are also sketches of Bruce's music loving daughter Soily.

AAF's original members Mike Cosgrove (Drums), Tye Zamora (Bass), Terry Corso (Guitar) and Dryden Mitchell (Vocals) were reunited in 2010 and are currently working on new material prior to the release of a new album later this year.

Phil has played with the likes of rock legends such as Ozzy Osbourne, Vince Neil, Billy Idol, Steve Lukather, Richie Kotzen and with an early version of "The Firm", formed by legendary Led Zeppelin guitar player Jimmy Page.

I the Mighty will take their dark, moody, ambient sounds on the road this summer, as they co-headline a west coast tour with Sacramento, CA's A Lot Like Birds.

The band approached this collection of road-tested songs with a retro recording process, determined to bring back the warmth and natural ambient feel of 60's and 70's recordings.

Hi there crazy metalfans! This is Jo Johnsrud, guitar/singer in Shraphead.
We have just released our debut album. The song I am gonna talk about is "Nothingness". This is a very dark and emotional song for me. And I tend to get my anger and frustration out in the music.

That way I feel the music get's more value.. for me anyway.. The worst thing i know is music that is completely dead, and one dimensional. Anyway.. the song began to take form when i was at friends house, Andr� and Kim. We were sitting and watching something on tv, and me as always with the guitar on my lap. Suddenly, the verse riff came to my mind, and we all loved it instantly. It was natural to give it a dark theme feel. Because right then I had
a very difficult time in my life. And it felt like after we made the song, I could move on, and that helped me a lot.

It also sets a perspective on how much energy the song contains. The song is about how people in the society, have to add up to the expectations from the mainstream crowd with the "pop culture" attitude.. and if you for example are sitting alone over a period of time in your life, and maybe are afraid to step out, because of the cruel welcoming you know your gonna get. Well I can't blame them. I sing in the song: "Bringin on the storm just to be alone."
And i think that explains it all.

Where the influences comes from I have no clue.. probably from some of my old favorites like Metallica and Machine Head which I keep dear to my heart. But i think it would be incredible naive to rule out any other possible source of influences. Hope you enjoy the song that is nr. 8 on the album Blind & Seduced. Peace