Starr was arrested three weeks ago by Utah police after a van he was travelling in was stopped for a traffic violation. The driver was found to have a suspended licence and Starr, who was seen popping pills as officers approached, was led off in handcuffs.

Def Leppard's frontman Joe Elliott says that on the upcoming tour, the band's fans could expect more elaborate staging than in recent live shows, saying the new stage act has some "Cirque du Soleil"-like elements and elaborate lighting. more

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the police do not suspect foul play in yesterday's death of former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr. "The cause and manner of death are going to be determined by the medical examiner's office," Salt Lake City police Sgt. Shawn Josephson said. more

Yesterday was officially Motorhead Day in the city of Austin, Texas. Mayor Lee Leffingwell has released a proclamation which states: "Be it know that, whereas, the Live Music Capital of the World welcomes the band Motorhead to our City for one of the many stops on its US Tour".... more

Dance Gavin Dance frontman Jonny Craig has now publicly addressed recent revelations that he scammed a handful of fans out of substantial amounts of money. Here you go: "I want to apologize for my recent behavior. My actions regarding taking advantage of fans was inexcusable. I'm in the process of paying everyone back so please forgive me." more

You can now check out three songs from CKY's B-Sides and Rarities (out March 22). Listen to "Afterworld" here. Alternative Press has an exclusive stream of "Don't Hold Your Breath " here and you can check out "All Of You " here

Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite) had this to say about the sad passing of former Alice in Chains member Mike Starr: "I love and will miss my brother Mike Starr and I'm doing whatever it takes to not hurt all my friends and family that way!! Peace and love my brother Mike Starr!!!" You can read the reaction from other stars here.

Gallows entered the studio this past weekend to begin writing and recording the follow up to their Warner Music Group album, Grey Britain. The notorious band was dropped from their major label after a big advance which saw people drawing comparisons to the Sex Pistols' famous "rock and roll swindle." more

Former Anthrax singer Dan Nelson has joined forces with Dan "Shaggy" Hoffman and Joe Post in a brand new Levittown, New York-based "rock / blues / punk / metal / hardcore / fun" band called Farewell To Washington. more

Paul Rodgers, who toured and recorded with Queen and Bad Company, has announced the some US summer tour dates more

According to Johnjohnsaidit.com, in a surprise decision, a federal judge in Washington has ruled that the state's publicity rights law violates the US Constitution. The case involved the estate of Jimi Hendrix battling against a vendor, HendrixLicensing.com, which sold items designed to capitalize on the fame of the rock legend. more

Hydrogyn guitarist Jeff Westlake has joined forces with Jeff Boggs, Keith Ramsey and Matt Scheen in a new project called Ura-Kia. The band has been holed up in the studio for the past 10 days and is nearly done recording its self-titled debut album more

Shirley Manson, lead singer of alt-rock group Garbage, has hinted in a Facebook note that the band may be finishing up their follow-up to 2005's "Bleed Like Me." more

Hate will be forced to miss the first date of their North American tour. The show in question is set for to night at Jaxx in Springfield, VA. more

Dream Theater, who are hard at work recording their next album, have announced two UK dates in July. more

End of a Year has officially changed their name to End of a Year Self Defense Family. Astute followers will note that the band has been playing live under the moniker for some time, and have even printed merchandise items with the name. However, as frontman Patrick Kindlon explains more

The new documentary "Better Than Something: Jay Reatard" will be screened across a number of festivals and events this year beginning next month at the Memphis International Film & Music Festival and the Nashville Film Festival. Wanna preview? Go here

Saves the Day has signed to Razor & Tie after almost a decade long off-and-on relationship with Vagrant Records. more

Hate Eternal and Origin will co-headline a summer tour that will also include Vital Remains and Abysmal Dawn. more

Mikey "Erg" Yannich revealed his new project in an interview with The 1st Five. In it, he notes that he is working with Jon Weiner of The Dopamines on the band which is called New Low more

Gigan, the band formed by guitarist Eric Hersemann (ex-Diabolic, Hate Eternal), will release its sophomore album, "Quasi-Hallucinogenic Sonic Landscapes", on June 7 via Willowtip Records more

Vera Mesmer's Christopher Mesmer (ex Reveille) Nadja Mesmer (ex Coal Chamber) and Bones Elias (Julien K/Dead By Sunrise) are celebrating the release of their first video and single "Back From The Dead" tonight! antiMusic, Happenin' Harry and Robin Perine are hosting the premiere and release party tonight at Aqua in Beverly Hills! The band gave us the story behind the song and video in today's Singled Out (here) but you can see it in person and join the party tonight! All the show details can be found here

On this day in 1966, The Beach Boys started recording "God Only Knows" (off Pet Sounds), which became a U.K. #2 when released as a single with "Wouldn't It Be Nice."

On this day in 1981, Robert Plant played a secret gig at Keele University, England, with his new band The Honeydrippers.

Durbin has more metal in store for the reality show. "He put his foot in the door; I want to try and put my foot straight through the door," says James.

Tyler posted: "AeroFreaks rejoice... Joe [Perry] and I sent smoke signals, shot the s*** and chewed the fat for the last year, but just smoked the peace pipe for an hour today. On our way to rockin' your fkin worlds this summer by locking ourselves away somewhere w/guitars and drums..."

Journey, one of the most popular American rock bands of all time, is gearing up to unleash their latest album of brand new material, Eclipse. The album will be released in the U.S. and Canada on May 24 exclusively at Walmart and beginning June 3 in Europe on Frontiers Records. To follow the release of Eclipse, Journey will launch the "Eclipse Tour" with Foreigner, and special guest Night Ranger, beginning July 21 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT.

"I'm not really sure that touring sells records," Buck said. "What sells records anymore? It seems like less and less people are buying albums, so do what you want."

The idea collapsed in its early stages due to the 2002 accident which led Mustaine to believe his career was over. But NWOBHM star Tatler hopes they'll be able to finish the job eventually.

"This song came from a short story I'd written about revenge. We all fantasize about it, but most people feel loads of guilt when and if they achieve it. The character in "Back From The Dead" is poisoned by his lover for possession of a sort of treasure. Though he was supposed to die he wakes up in the desert with a fury and comes back to town and finds the lover with another man and the treasure. Needless to say he's mad enough to seek his revenge haha. He happens to be one who feels justice more than guilt and since I think most daydream about it it's a good little story for people to live vicariously through knowing full well that eye for an eye may not be the wisest of mantras."

"The music I felt had to have a pretty linear pulse drum wise for the most part to keep the story moving. The song was originally written on a piano trying to put the words and chords together. In some of it's first versions the song came across too polished and it felt like a constant struggle to balance it out so that it still had a strong sense of music but had a grit to help convey the tale of this jilted guy. It eventually worked out but only after five distinct demo versions and tracking then removing a Dhol drum section, an acoustic guitar in a rubber box and assembling a stomp chorus in the hallway. Trial and error often leads to a both success and exhaustion."

"The video was such a huge undertaking for us writing out the storyline in a visual way and really deciding what each scene should feel like. Oddly enough ultimately the snowy January desert and a Hollywood strip joint won out! The Vicente and Fernando (Cordero) are such a good time to work with and brilliant with their direction. I had loads and loads of fun trying my hand at acting out this character I'd created. Though Nadja will tell you I was actually choking her in her death scene, I still say she liked it and it's all in the name of good art, but mainly that she liked it haha."

Darker? "The next short film music video that we're putting together is going to be a little darker, a little sexier and a little seedier. We've essentially got a built in video for every song on the EP because they're so story heavy. You don't need a concept, just a location and some time to write out the scenes."

This year's tour will include performances by Billy Cox, Steve Vai, Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Keb' Mo, Eric Johnson, North Mississippi All Stars, Brad Whitford [Aerosmith], Living Colour, Ernie Isley, Chris Layton [SRV & Double Trouble], Indigenous and many additional special guests to be announced.

The bands will be part of a SXSW showcase that takes place Friday, March 18th, 2011 (music begins at 8PM) at Austin Music Hall (Nueces and 3rd Street).

The drummer allowed the rumour to take flight after carefully allowing the idea to come out at an interview. He's been forced to clarify his quotes after Zombie said he wasn't involved in the project.

A transparent green vinyl "VIP Bundle" (limited to 3000) was put on pre-order last month at MerchNow.com, and is now nearly sold out. Two more pressings of the record will be made available on April 5 � one exclusively to independent record stores on white vinyl and limited to 1000. The other will only be available on Coheed's Neverender: SSTB tour dates - it will feature a variant cover, be hand numbered on black vinyl, and limited to 1000.

Bravewords.com reports that Plant and his Band of Joy will play the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts on June 24, one night before the official opening of the festival.

Other rock star guests include Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Phil Collen of Def Leppard. Here is the official pitch:

"An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified," he said. "I think Johnny Cash was quoted as saying, 'It's the scariest thing you could do as a musician.' I'm very nervous about it, but I love the intimacy. Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity."

How did you first learn about the Rock Hall nomination? That was an amazing week. I had gotten a call a couple of weeks earlier from [producer] Bob Ezrin, asking if I wanted to record one of my songs for the Welcome to My Nightmare sequel, which is scheduled to come out this Halloween. Neal and Dennis had each already contributed a song. I said, "Yeah, that would be great!" It was the 25th anniversary of our working with Bob. I spent a week in the studio, recording those three songs. A few days later, Neal called and said he had talked to [Cooper's manager] Shep Gordon, and that we had been nominated for induction. It was amazing, after all this time. Alice's late assistant, Brian Nelson, always said that when Iggy Pop got in, we wouldn't be far behind. Sure enough, that's how it happened.

The new mega pack includes "Supermassive Black Hole" from Muse, "Sorrow" from Bad Religion and "Headstrong" from Trapt.

However, as The Daily Express reports, Ryder admits to not remembering too much of his own musical past.

It's the band's eighth studio album and first since 2002's "How To Ruin Everything." "Laugh Now... Laugh Later" was produced by Trever Keith and Scott Shiflett, recorded by Joby Ford and mixed by Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion).

Now, Robbie's getting set to put his stories down on paper for history's sake, telling Reuters that he will begin work on his autobiography in a few months.

Now, a Toronto audition has been added to the audition schedule. An ad on the musical's Facebook page says that the production is "seeking male and female rock singers early-late 20s for the upcoming national tour of American Idiot."

As a result, the former Guns N' Roses axeman visited the band as they worked on their new EP, Octane, and laid down guitar parts for the record's lead single.

"The first time was, I guess in '76, when we were a relatively unknown band. I remember how exciting it was to come to the root of where our hearts lay in terms of music," he said. "There was The Who, for sure, and earlier on, the Stones. For me it was always more the Stones than, say, The Beatles."

This is the first time Black Stone Cherry has not recorded in the South, this time taking up residence in Los Angeles to work with famed producer Howard Benson (Theory of a Deadman, Daughtry, Three Days Grace).

Part of the original first wave of British punk in the late '70s, The Clash progressed as artists and musicians at warp speed. Like a lot of punk acts, they quickly brought in reggae elements � but Joe Strummer, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon continued to explore other music styles from Jamaica, such as dub and ska. In a few short years, they had brought together a menagerie of musical styles (rockabilly, punk, folk, reggae, rock, R&B, dub, pop and even hip-hop), and expertly hopped between genres on albums such as 1979's London Calling and 1980's Sandinista!

On March 22, Art of Dying release their major-label debut, Vices and Virtues, their first ever album to come out on Disturbed's Intoxication Records imprint thought Reprise. Howard Benson (Papa Roach, P.O.D., Daughtry) and Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan produced the album, and it's packed with appropriately heavy-yet-melodic songs: lead single "Die Trying" works a snakelike, catchy melody through drill-press riffs while "Raining" (featuring Three Days Grace vocalist Adam Gontier) shows a thick, melody-driven take on hard rock.

The band, who have toured with Drive By Truckers, NERD, RJD2 and Slash, have also recently embarked on a solo jaunt across the country, including a stop at the SXSW festival in Austin, TX and the Rocklahoma festival.

Encompassing all the styles of music he has worked with the past 40 years, Mark Clarke's new solo album is a must for collectors and music enthusiasts worldwide. It's a masterful collection of extremely well recorded and performed tracks that rival any from the bands he's played in.

"Today is Pancake Day. The idea behind Shrove Tuesday was to use up all ingredients in the store cupboard before fasting for Lent," he wrote. "This is my kind of cooking, and there's always a great sense of anticipation leading up to Pancake Day.