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Pete Townsend claims he wishes he'd never joined The Who. In a light-hearted introduction for one-off magazine The Who: Ultimate Music Guide, he says: "What would I have done differently? I'd never have joined a band. I would have made a much more effective solo performer and producer working the way Brian Eno has worked." more
Nevermore bassist Jim Sheppard is recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor and is on course to make a full recovery, says singer Warrel Dane. more
The Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman posted a cover / collaboration between tDEP and Chuck D of Public Enemy doing Public Enemy's Fight the Power on his facebook page more
Corey Taylor has spoken more frankly than ever about being "scared to death" about playing a Slipknot tour without tragic bassist Paul Gray, who died last year. more
With a two-month tour set to launch Mar. 26 in Toledo, Bob Seger has "stopped dead" on recording his first all-new album since 2006's "Face the Promise." But he's excited with what he has so far. more
Don't Panic has a new interview with Gary Numan where they cover a lot of ground including what a regular day in the life of Gary Numan entails. Check it out here
Mastodon has posted projection film clips online to promote the band's new live CD/DVD set "Mastodon: Live At The Aragon." "Live At The Aragon" was released on March 15, 2011 through Reprise Records. more
Death Angel will release their brand new DVD entitled Death Angel: A Thrashumentary in the Spring of 2012. See a special 12 minute trailer at this year's Heavy Metal Film Festival, to take place in Los Angeles on March 31st through April 2nd 2011. more
Condemned and Fallujah will tour the West Coast together in April. more
Exhumed has announced its first North American headlining tour in six years. The trek, in support of the band's brand new full-length album, "All Guts, No Glory", will also include Cephalic Carnage and special guests Macabre and Withered. more
Judas Priest have added a date in Thessaloniki, Greece to their upcoming Epitaph World Tour. more
The promoters of the Warped Tour have announced the addition of Madina Lake, Permanent Bastards, Street Dogs, Jack's Mannequin, and more
Billy Idol / Camp Freddy guitarist Billy Morrison tells fans: "I'm honored to tell you that a group of us have been invited to play an intimate acoustic performance at the Playboy Mansion on April 30th as part of the 55th Thalians Gala." more
Unleashed have dropped off the bill for Hellfest, set to take place June 17th-19th in Clisson, France. more
On this day in 1958, Elvis Presley reported to the Memphis draft board. From there he and 12 other recruits were taken by bus to Kennedy Veterans Memorial Hospital where the singer was assigned army serial number 53310761.
On this day in 1973, during a Lou Reed show in Buffalo, New York, a fan jumped on stage and bit Reed on the bottom. The man was thrown out of the theatre and Reed continued with the show.
On this day in 2001, a stretch of road on Highway 19 in Macon, Georgia, was named Duane Allman Boulevard, near where the Allman Brothers guitarist died aged 24 in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
Sammy Hagar Compares Eddie Van Halen To Charlie Sheen |
The day of the book's release, Hagar had a full slate of media interviews, including Howard Stern and ABC-TV's "Good Morning America." On both shows, Sammy made comparisons between troubled actor Charlie Sheen and former bandmate Eddie Van Halen.
"I don't know what's going on, but, boy, there's a similarity in the way they look and everything," Hagar said before adding. "I don't know how you get like that."
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Dude, Where's My Motley? |
"I know they're looking at a few different directors for it," he said. "I gotta say, the screenplay is amazing. I really hope they make it. I think it will be great. I think they're just scared because it's obviously going to be a hard R-[rated] movie. I think they're worried they won't make enough money off it."
Although Strauss didn't have any ideas for casting the film, he did offer screenwriter Rich Wilkes' ideal candidates. "Here's who he sees: Brad Pitt as David Lee Roth, Jared Leto as Vince Neil, Jack Black or Philip Seymour Hoffman as Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Patrick or Justin Timberlake as their first manager, Sam Rockwell as Mick Mars, Ashton Kutcher or Russell Brand as Tommy Lee," Strauss said. "He's got it all thought out. That would be amazing."
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Irony Alert: Napster Founder May Buy Metallica's Record Label |
In 2000 the thrash giants launched legal action against Sean Parker's online service, the first major player in the MP3 download market. The case was settled out of court but involved banning 300,000 people from using Napster, a move which annoyed many of Metallica's fans. Ulrich later admitted it was a badly-advised episode in his life, and he wishes he'd dealt with the situation differently.
Warner Music Group continued the legal battle and Napster was finally shut down in 2002. But Parker became a billionaire as part of the team which made Facebook successful � and is now poised to make a bid for the ailing record label, which is currently seeking offers over $2.5bn. The 31-year-old is in talks with investors Ron Burkle and Doug Teitelbaum about becoming part of a consortium deal.
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Screeching Weasels Abandon Head Weasel |
Video footage showed Foster, stage name Ben Weasel, losing control in an already tense environment after a women threw beer at him, followed later by an ice cube. He tried to jump into the crowd to attack her, but was pushed back by security staff before being manhandled by the venue promoter. As a crowd of house crew surrounded him on stage, he waved at the audience and the band left the stage.
Voices have been raised against Foster's actions at the important South by South West festival in Austin, despite his quick apology. He said: "Whatever my feelings are about fans crossing the line like that, I wish I could have that moment back and deal with it in the same spirit as I did the preceding 60 minutes. Since I can't, an apology is all I've got and I sincerely hope those people will accept it."
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Vince Neil Denies Drinking and Driving Reports |
John Katsilometes of Las Vegas Weekly's The Kats Report says Neil's car has been spotted parked prominently at the valet of a couple of the singer's favorite Las Vegas hotels, the Las Vegas Hilton and the Palms, on nights when Neil has been reportedly been seen drinking champagne by guests at both hotels.
"Insinuations of me drinking and driving are completely false," Neil told The Kats Report in a text message. "Last I heard, it is not illegal to have a drink in this city. I am not on probation or under any drug and alcohol rules. I am not required to check in or submit to any type of testing. I did my time and am getting on with my life."
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Singled Out: Tommy Shaw |
"The Next Right Thing" was actually a part of a phrase, our mantra, when we started creating this album. Brad (Brad Davis, one of the producers of the album) and I were looking at how we might frame the entire project. What kinds of parameters should we follow?
Because it was my first time creating a body of bluegrass songs, I wanted to be respectful to the form, not be the Rock Guy coming in like a bull in a China shop and saying "Let me show y'all how this is done�" So early on I said, "If we just keep doing the next right thing, we can't go wrong."
We said it every day. It wasn't long before I realized, "This is the title to a song." Not long after that, as luck would have it, I picked up a guitar and out came the verse, then the chorus. Serendipity.
Oh, and that voice you hear singing with me on the chorus? That's Dwight Yoakam.
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album
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Ozzy Osbourne Hockey |
The Capitals have already stepped up with a promo for their playoff run and, for a little inspiration, they had Ozzy Osbourne star in their campaign.
With a guest appearance from the Ozman himself, "Let Me Hear You Scream" serves as the soundtrack; the song has been used as one of the team's re-entry videos when the players come back on the ice after intermissions this season, so Caps fans are already in the rock n' roll loop.
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Metallica Not Going 3D (At Least Officially) |
You may have seen some recent news linking us with Writers Group Film Corp. and their subsidiary Front Row Networks . . . we're here to let you know that their claim of acquiring unique live video footage for future release is totally FALSE. We don't even know who these guys are!
We're certainly into new technology and think 3D is super cool . . . as always, you'll read it here first when we've got 'Tallica release news.
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Def Leppard's Joe Elliot Plans More Down 'N' Outz Moonlighting |
The group, which features Elliott and members of The Quireboys, released a debut album last year, titled My ReGeneration. The album was a collection of covers of songs by Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter and British Lions. Now, the band are eyeing further releases.
"Originally, we said the second album would be more of the same, but including Mott the Hoople songs which the first one didn't," Elliott told VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner. "The third one would've been a combination of artists from the same era and the fourth one was going to be [original] stuff. But I think we might just jump straight to the fourth one and make it the third one."
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Stone Sour's Avalanche Tour Kicks Off Tomorrow |
The trek continues on through Nashville, Little Rock, Tampa, Atlanta and more cities before wrapping up May 8 in Jacksonville, Florida. Tickets are on sale now at the Avalanche Tour website.
Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor says the trek is primed for the modern rock music fan. "[The Avalanche Tour will] be our first headlining run in America in a while. And it's gonna be a good show," Taylor said in an interview with RockBand.com. "It's definitely going to be geared more towards the active rock crowd, but at the same time, it's just one more thing that we can say that we've done. I mean, we've never needed anything like that to go out on our own, but at the same time, we're still building."
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Wishbone Ash Spring Tour |
The group returns to several familiar venues along with select new stops on the three-week tour (tour dates listed below). The DVD, 'This is Wishbone Ash,' is a rockumentary offering a "fly on the wall" glimpse of the creative process, as the band records tracks for the upcoming CD release and prepares for a concert.
Wishbone Ash plans a late spring-early summer US release for the new CD (working title: 'Searching for Satellites'). The album features brand new tunes from the pen of founding member Andy Powell (guitar, lead vocals) and Muddy Manninen (guitar, backing vocals), with input from bassist Bob Skeat and drummer Joe Crabtree.
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Paul Stanley of KISS Hearing Loss Event |
Stanley has teamed-up with the non-profit House Research Institute on a major initiative called "It's How You Listen That Counts," to educate millions of teens around the world on preventing noise-induced hearing loss.
Paul will be drawing the attention of teens in NYC and LA to hearing health issues through an after-school event called Sound Rules!
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Bruce Springsteen and Def Leppard Inspired the New Lady Gaga Album |
"I'm actually really obsessed with Bruce Springsteen," she said. "My father used to play a lot of Bruce Springsteen records when I was a kid, and he was blue collar America. And in a way, I related to Bruce because I watched my father, a blue collar American citizen, relate to Bruce and I think that in a social way, my fans feel blue collar. They feel like they're the underdogs that will someday be the winners. And I took the influence of Bruce on my father in my life to create this album."
Gaga is so into The Boss, that she got E Street Band member Clarence Clemons to play on one of the album's tracks, "The Edge of Glory."
And the Def Leppard angle?
Allman Brothers Band Legend and Steven Martin on This Week's Hoppus on Music |
Butch Trucks, drummer and one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, sits down to chat with Mark.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers are also on hand for a performance on the Hoppus stage! Later, Steve sits down for an interview with Mark.
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Black Country Communion New Album Details |
Produced by Kevin Shirley, the album, which is simply entitled "2", will be released in the U.K. on June 13th via Mascot Records, and June 14th in the U.S. on the J&R Adventures label.
Black Country Communion have also announced that theywill embark on a UK tour this July that will take in concerts at Llandudno Cymru Arena (23rd July), London's High Voltage Festival (24th July), Leeds O2 Academy (26th July), Newcastle O2 Academy (27th July), Glasgow 02 Academy (29th July), and the Manchester Academy (30th July).
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Foreigner Announce Special Show |
The band will be playing selections from Foreigner 4 and other songs from their repertoire of sixteen top thirty songs and radio favorites. Videos from the show will be available on Q1043.com and iheartradio.com. Released in 1981, 4 was Foreigner's fourth studio album and features the hit singles "Urgent," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," and "Juke Box Hero."
This summer Razor & Tie will release a Foreigner live DVD featuring the band's greatest hits filmed in Chicago in March. Razor & Tie will also release a new studio album of Foreigner hits, including classics such "Hot Blooded," "Cold As Ice," "Double Vision," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," and "I Want to Know What Love Is," to name a few. The live DVD performance will be featured in a PBS TV national broadcast in the summer.
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Bret Michaels Taught Charlie Sheen How To Smash Up Hotel Rooms |
"Charlie and I flew down to Super Bowl in Miami," said Bret, "and we had the party of a lifetime � a 3-day-er � and I professionally showed him how to bust up a hotel room because he wasn't doing a good job at first."
"He was learning," continued Michaels, "and I said, 'You gotta really let it out man! You gotta let it out and bust all this stuff'�so he showed me how to do films and make money, and I showed him how to lose a lot of money by smashing up hotel rooms."
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Economists Say File Sharing Didn't Kill The Music Biz |
But now comes along a research paper from the London School of Economics that says "Wait a second. Piracy and file-sharing are factors, but there's more to it than that."
The LSE's Department of Media studies says we also have to look at the global recession, the higher cost of living and having less money to spend on entertainment.
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Evergrey Announce North American Tour |
The tour kicks off with Evergrey's acoustic set at this year's Prog Power Festival in Atlanta, GA on September 14th and runs through October 12th in Dallas, TX.
Evergrey front man Tom Englund commented on the upcoming North American tour: "Finally Evergrey are touring North America again! We can�t wait to spend some time in the USA and Canada together with our fellow country-men in Sabaton! On top of that we also bring Powerglove and The Absence, and on some shows Blackguard!"
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R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Phones It In |
According to Music-News.com, he told Absolute Radio's Dave Gorman: "My notepad is my iPhone, and in fact I recorded and wrote this entire record on my phone. I love technology for that; it's so much easier than having scraps of paper everywhere. Of course I write lyrics that I hope would someday see the light of day, more times than not that never happens.
"I see things when I hear music and it's usually a landscape, and my job as the lyricist is to people that landscape with stories and with narrative and with ideas and with words."
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Dave Grohl Excited About Touring With Motorhead |
"We're going to do some shows with Motorhead... unfortunately we have to go on after them," Grohl joked. "We actually played with Motorhead at Hyde Park once, and Lemmy's a good friend, and Phil [Campbell] the guitar player, too. They're just fun to be around, and they're legends, and I'm a huge Mot�rhead fan, so it's an honor to have them come out and do gigs."
"I'm psyched, man," he continued. "It's going to be fun. Biffy Clyro's playing first. It's like a real rock bill, you know? It's nice to have a rock-and-roll show, and I can't wait."
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Gwar Crack-a-Thon and the Gwar-B-Q |
Gwar today announced the official dates for two of the year's biggest events on the Gwar calendar-the Crack-a-Thon and the GWAR-B-Q!
On June 3rd, 2011, Gwar lead singer and media darling Oderus Urungus returns as your host for the Crack-a-Thon! He will be joined by his host Balsac, the Jaws of Death (who insists he is also a full host), on June 3rd, 2011, 10:00 pm E.S.T., streaming LIVE on http://www.crackathon.com from Alleykatz in Richmond, Va.!
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Alter Bridge Top Greatest Guitar Solo Poll |
The poll hosted by Guitarist Magazine took nominations from readers and whittled them down to the most popular twenty before asking for public votes.
Tremonti and Kennedy were understandably blown away by the results, but Kennedy was modest as ever: "Thank you! Really honoured to have even been included among such iconic solos. A little uncomfortable with the idea that it was voted the 'best'. I don't necessarily agree that our solo deserves that title � at least my half"
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The Downtown Fiction Announce Album and Tour |
Produced by Stacy Jones (Plain White Tee's, American Hi-Fi) with additional production from Bill Lefler (Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes) and Adam Richman, "Let's Be Animals" arrives in stores and at all online retailers on April 26th while the lead track off the album, "Thanks For Nothing," will premiere on iTunes on April 5th
The group will herald the album's release with a US headline tour. The "Let's Be Animals Tour 2011" will kick off on April 19th at The Firebird in St. Louis and then traverse the US through mid-May.
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Preserving and Protecting the Frank Zappa Archives |
On Thursday, May 12 at the annual Association For Recorded Sound Collections conference, Gail Zappa and Joe Travers will provide an in-depth discussion on the legendary composer Frank Zappa's bountiful archives.
Hosted by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive at The Wilshire Grand in downtown Los Angeles, Zappa and Travers will talk about their respective roles in preserving the archive, take questions from the audience and present rare material.
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Therefore I Am, Shipwreck A.D. Supergroup Ghost Thrower Announce EP |
The Boston-based band is comprised of Travis Alexander [formerly of Therefore I Am] on vocals and guitar, Nick Webster [ex-Shipwreck A.D.] on bass, Robbie Rose [ex-Bravo f***ing Bravo, Lunglust] on drums, and Ben Anderson on guitar.
Featuring two new songs and remixed/remasted versions of three previously released songs, the Get Miserable EP will be available through digital retailers, such as iTunes and Amazon, and on 7" vinyl at shows.
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Vampires Everywhere! Cover Katy Perry |
Head here and click 'Like' to hear the band cover Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream".
Vampires Everywhere! are also hitting the road heavily in support of their forthcoming album, 'Kiss the Sun Goodbye', which comes out on May 17th.
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