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Over 700 New Metallica Riffs- Roger Daltrey Sought American Idol Gig?- Danzig Let Singer To Hit Him?- Descendents Disappoint- Def Leppard- Converge Dropdead- more |
NME reports that The Who's Roger Daltrey applied to replace Simon Cowell on 'American Idol' Singer had previously criticized the show - and was rejected in favour of Steven Tyler more
Def Leppard will be guests on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Tuesday, May 10th. The Tonight Show airs on NBC TV at 11:35 EST more
In the May 2011 issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, Glenn Danzig was asked about the widely circulated video clip from 2004 (see below) where North Side Kings singer and frequent Soulfly collaborator Danny Marianinho confronts Glenn backstage because Danny's band didn't get to play at one of Danzig's gigs before Glenn shoves him and ends up getting punched out by Marianinho. To this day, there are those who are surprised that someone with Danzig's martial-arts training should have been so easily knocked down. "I allowed it to happen," Glenn told Metal Hammer. "Why? Because there are always those looking to goad you into hitting them so they can sue you. It happens to public figures all the time. It's a way of life." more
Deeds of Flesh has issued a statement regarding recent line-up changes: "Due to personal reasons Sean Southern has parted ways with Deeds of Flesh. He did a great job with us and we wish him the best in his future endeavors. We are very pleased to announce that Craig Peters (Arkaik) will be taking over as our lead guitarist." more
Descendents have posted a statement addressing their less than well-received performance from last week. Frontman Milo Aukerman's voice gave out in the beginning of the set leading to many disappointed fans of the beloved punk/hardcore outfit. more
The New Regime will be touring with Taking Back Sunday, Thursday and the Colour Revolt this summer.
Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will be a special guest of Salem, at the band's May 6th show at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv.more
Deathwish Inc. and Converge have just announced details on the upcoming split release with Dropdead. Simply title Split, the recording, available as a 7″ EP and digital, will be brand new songs from Converge and Dropdead. more
Yob has been in the studio as-of-late tracking material for their next album. Recording is taking place at Dogwood Studios (where Yob has recorded all of their albums) in Elmira, OR with producer Jeff Olsen at the helm. more
This week's stop in Bochum, Germany (April 28th at the famous Zeche club) saw former Helloween singer Michael Kiske reunite with Gamma Ray mainman Kai Hansen for a rendition of 'Future World' and 'A While In Dreamland'. See it here
Withdrawal, Venia, Xibalba will be touring in Canada this spring. more
On this day in 1957, Elvis Presley recorded the Leiber and Stoller song "Jailhouse Rock," which would be featured in his third film Jailhouse Rock.
On this day in 2005, 36 years after breaking up, Eric Clapton joined former Cream members, drummer Ginger Baker and bass player Jack Bruce, for the first of four nights at London's Royal Albert Hall. Tickets were being sold for nearly $1,000 on eBay, while fans from all over the globe flew in to catch the performances.
On this day in 2006, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was released from a hospital in New Zealand after suffering a mild concussion when he fell out of a coconut tree while on holiday in Fiji. He was airlifted to Auckland's Ascot Hospital for observation, where he underwent a brain scan. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
Slipknot To Carry On With or Without Corey Taylor |
At the Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles last week, Jordison told reporters, "As far as I'm concerned, Slipknot's my baby and I have a bunch of [new] songs written. And I'm in rehearsal right now with all the guys and it's completely on fire. Donnie's [Steele, a former Slipknot bassist who soon will act as the band's touring bassist] doing a great job. And as far as Slipknot's concerned, it'll always exist � with [Corey] or without him. So that's it."
Slipknot soon will hit a bevy of European festivals, about which Jordison says, "Honestly, those are gonna be some of the most amazing shows. And I think certain people will wise up after that." In December, Taylor told Artisan News Service that touring without Gray was "a big decision."
"There's still a part of me that's kind of on the fence about it," Taylor said. "It all comes down to the band at the end of the day and how we handle it. And if we can come together as men and handle it the right way and do it for the right reasons � do it for the fans, do it for the family � it could be the first of baby steps to see what happens in the future. The wonderful thing and the worst thing about this band is that there's no other band like Slipknot, so we handle things the way we handle it."
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Feuds Among The Big 4 Are Dead |
"Listen, the first word that comes to mind is 'exaggerated.' Of course there was competition, of course we were all keeping close tabs on what everybody else was doing, of course when you're 25 years old you wanna be better than the next guy," Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said. "But, through it, no matter what the press was writing about Metallica and Megadeth, me and [Dave Mustaine] would hang out. The things we shared were greater than the things we differed on... Underneath all the posturing, there was always a genuine respect and genuine admiration. Maybe a slight jealousy in some cases, which is fine. We're not talking about Oasis fistfights."
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian said he wishes everyone could have grown up a little bit faster. "It's just too bad things couldn't have been squashed at a much earlier date," he said. "When you're younger � duh � you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life."
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Face More Tax Trouble |
TMZ reports the couple still owes $357,070.62 in unpaid federal income taxes from 2007.
The new filing comes on the heels of a $1.7 million lien filed against the family earlier this month...bringing their grand total of debt just over $2 mil.
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Bon Jovi Recruit Triumph Guitarist To Replace Richie Sambora |
The band announced on Friday that their North American and European tour would go ahead without Sambora, who's checked into rehab to deal with alcohol issues.
Bon Jovi hit the stage at the New Orleans Jazz Festival on Saturday evening with former Triumph guitarist and session man Phil X on lead guitar, with no mention made of Sambora's absence until near the end of their performance. As they launched into a rendition of Livin' on a Prayer, Bon Jovi told the crowd: "I'm sending this out to our brother Richie."
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AC/DC Classic Coming To Blu-Ray and DVD |
The release features lead singer Bon Scott's final filmed live concert for the first time fully remastered with all 13 song performances including classics such as "Whole Lotta Rosie", "High Voltage", "Highway To Hell", and the epic anthem "Let There Be Rock".
The Collector's Edition, limited at only 90k copies, comes in a collectible steel case, includes keepsake premium items and contains over an hour of newly added bonus features. Celebrity interviews include Rick Allen (Def Leppard), Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), The Donnas, Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) and more.
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Five Finger Death Punch Have Fired Snell |
Earlier this week their management said a flier purporting to advertise auditions was a fake, but didn't deny the auditions themselves had taken place.
Now Bathory has confirmed Snell is out � but he's not allowed to explain why. The guitarist says: "To put this to sleep, I'll say this: yes, Matt was fired. We let him go a long time ago, back in December.
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Keith Richards Recording Solo? |
New York music site SonicScoop.com reports that Richards has been working out of Manhattan's Germano Studios with producer Steve Jordan and engineer Dave O'Donnell (both of whom have won Grammys for their work with artists like Eric Clapton and John Mayer).
There's no word from Richards on whether or not talk of his logging studio time is true, nor whether the recordings would be for The Rolling Stones or for a solo project. It's worth noting though that Richards has worked extensively with Jordan on previous projects with his solo band Keith Richards & The X-pensive Winos.
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Foo Fighters Documentary Coming to DVD and Blu-ray |
Back and Forth, directed by Academy Award-winning director James Moll, will hit iTunes on June 7 and DVD and Blu-ray on June 14, according to a press release. The film will include 35 minutes of bonus footage and deleted scenes.
The film follows Dave Grohl and company from the breakup of Nirvana through the early stages of Foo Fighters to the sessions for the band's new album, Wasting Light. Speaking of Wasting Light, the album went to #1 in 12 different countries, according to ClashMusic.com. The band also were recently announced as one of the headliners of this year's Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Iron Maiden's Dickinson Shrugs Off Unimportant Grammy and Rolling Stone Cover |
Speaking to Argentinean website Vorterix.com he said that Maiden has always cared more about their fans than what the media think and dismissed mascot Eddie's appearance on the cover of the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone Magazine.
"Do I care? No! What's bigger? More magazine covers or being bigger in the heart of your fans? To me it's much more important that we stay close to our fans. We got a Grammy this year � I think it's 'cos we're still alive. If they were going to give us a Grammy they should have given us one about 1986, but they gave it to Jethro Tull, and it took another 20 years
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Rudy Sarzo Remembers Randy Rhoads |
Sarzo spoke recently with NJ.com about coming to terms with his dear friend Rhoads dying in the crash of a plane that clipped the tour bus in which Sarzo, Osbourne and others were sleeping. "We all deal with grief in different ways," he said. "You're grieving and you learn to live with the passing of your friend � somebody who I owe my career to, someone who saved our lives by turning the plane from actually completely crashing into the bus where we were sleeping, and just clipping the bus instead."
After the accident, Osbourne's tour continued, willed forward (according to Sarzo) by Osbourne's wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne. "She was afraid that if she pulled the tour, there was a good chance Ozzy would hurt himself, either with drink or drugs," he said. "The reason I left Ozzy was only, only because it was so painful to go onstage and be a member of Ozzy's band within 10 days of the crash."
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Big 4: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax Announce 2nd U.S. Show |
A huge thanks to everyone who came out to the desert this past weekend . . . we felt the enormous love and support, so we just had to find a way to make one more Big 4 show in the States happen. Enter New York . . . that's right, the Big 4 of Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, and 'Tallica will be in the new version of the famed Yankee Stadium on September 14, 2011!
We can't wait for a night in the Bronx as our second American show and for those of you who love fun facts, this will also be the second live music event hosted at the new ballpark.
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Dream Theater Announce New Drummer |
"It took my brain a minute just to assemble what was going on," Mangini said about the emotional conversation in which he was welcomed into the band.
"The Spirit Carries On" series featured the prog metal giants auditioning seven potential replacements for Portnoy. The drummers in contention were Aquiles Priester (Angra, Paul Di'Anno), Peter Wildoer (Darkane), Virgil Donati (Planet X, Seven the Hardway), Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal, Nile, Today is the Day), Thomas Lang (John Wetton, Robert Fripp, Glenn Hughes), Marco Minnemann (Kreator, Necrophagist, Ephel Duath, Joe Satriani) and Mangini.
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Guns N' Bumbleballs |
The axeman admits he has to keep on his toes and by the phone if GNR come calling but he jokes that when gets leave from the infamous rockers he 'runs like the wind.' On his balancing act Thal told Alternative Matter.net: "It's like having a testicular problem. You've got two balls and one of them of is humongous and you have to figure how to walk with that. It's basically having one big ball and a bunch of other smaller balls, so walking becomes very difficult.
"It's a challenge sometimes with how to budget time and be in multiple places at once without an army of clones. It's not easy. When Guns needs me I'm there and when my time is free I run like the wind, haha."
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Portugal. The Man Set New Album Release |
The effort was produced by John Hill (Santigold, M.I.A.) with co-production from PTM lead singer/guitarist/songwriter John Gourley and longtime band producer Casey Bates, and mixed by Grammy Award winner Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Jeff Buckley).
Portugal. The Man kicked off their North American tour on Friday in their hometown of Portland, Oregon. The trek will then make stops across the continent, culminating at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee on June 11th and Lollapalooza.
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Iggy and The Beatles |
He said he's also working on a new Stooges album with guitarist James Williamson. The songs are "halfway between Raw Power and Kill City," according to the singer.
" [We have] about eight things right now that are... sort of complete songs," he said. "Maybe some of them need to be more complete or some of them need to be forgotten. And then some of them... just flow right along."
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U2 Star Wins Malibu Battle |
But this time around, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy removed their opposition and will now work with The Edge on the development.
The Edge told the Los Angeles Times, "The property owners are proud of what they've accomplished with the conservancy, and they look forward to continuing to work with the Malibu community and other stakeholders."
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Zakk Goes Wylde on TV for Lenny Kravitz |
Wylde sat in with the show's house band, Michael Bearden & The Ese Vatos, throughout Wednesday's program, playing in and out of commercial breaks.
Zakk also stepped up for a full version of Lenny Kravitz' "Are You Gonna Go My Way." Check out video
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Wanna Own John Lennon's Home Studio Equipment? |
The BBC reports the former Beatle had the equipment installed at his Georgian manor house estate at Tittenhurst Park, near Ascot, in 1970, and was used to record the "Plastic Ono Band" and "Imagine" albums.
Lennon was joined by his wife Yoko Ono and fellow Beatles members Ringo Starr and George Harrison in using the microphones during recording sessions.
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Chris Cornell Reflects on Solo Tour |
Even with a new Soundgarden album in the works�the group's first studio set in 15 years�Cornell still found value in standing alone in front of an audience armed only with an acoustic guitar.
"It couldn't be further from what I would do in Soundgarden," Cornell said. "The bottom line is that's what's interesting to me about it and that's what's exciting about it. I can do this onstage with a band and amps and volume and aggression. I got that, no problem. But if I can't just walk in a room, pick up and instrument and entertain people, then how much of a musician am I really?"
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20th Anniversary of the Beginning of Nirvana's Nevermind |
Formed by singer-songwriter-guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, Nirvana released their debut album Bleach in 1989 on the indie Sub Pop label. Their drummer at the time, Chad Channing, was replaced in 1990 by former Scream drummer and future Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl. Cobain and Novoselic had seen Grohl perform at a Scream show, and they were more than impressed.
At the time, Cobain had been growing weary of the heavier rock sound so prevalent in the grunge scene in Seattle. He'd been listening to groups like R.E.M. and the Pixies, and his writing was evolving as he experimented with infusing more melody into his songs. In 1990 Nirvana released the single "Sliver," which Cobain later remarked "was like a statement in a way. I had to write a pop song and release it on a single to prepare people for the next record. I wanted to write more songs like that."
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New York Doll, Beastie Boy and More Tribute The Runaways |
The Donnas, The Dandy Warhols, Kittie, Shonen Knife and the New York Dolls' David Johansen are among the artists who contributed to Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways.
The compilation also features a collaboration between Peaches, Beastie Boy Ad-Rock and his wife (and Le Tigre singer) Kathleen Hanna. The album also features tracks by former Runaways members Currie and Sandy West.
The two-CD set will be available June 7 and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Institute for Cancer Research.
Voivod's Warriors Of Ice Coming in May |
The show was recorded for posterity and is now being released as the fifteen-track Warriors Of Ice, the first official Voivod live album to feature original band members Denis 'Snake' Belanger on vocals and bassist Jean-Yves 'Blacky' Theriault, as well as new guitarist Dan "Chewy" Mongrain.
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3 Inches Of Blood Kick Off Tour and Announce Limited Edition 7 Inch |
3 Inches Of Blood have announced the release of a new 7-inch, called 'Anthems for the Victorious,' this week. You can get it here
The limited edition orange vinyl features two new songs from the band: 1. "Lords of Change" 2. "Strength of the Grave"
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How R.E.M. Ended Up Recording With Eddie Vedder and Patti Smith |
Vedder's contribution to the song "It Happened Today" was completely unplanned, according to guitarist Peter Buck. Buck told Goldmine, "Eddie actually just came to the studio to listen to the record. I think Michael suggested, 'Hey, you want to sing on something?' And he did!"
Hooking up with Smith, however, was a bit more work. "We wanted Patti, when she was in Berlin, to come by the studio," Buck said. "But their bus came in at four, they did the show, and the bus left at one in the morning, so she didn't have time. But we kept talking about it; we just thought it'd be great to have Patti on the record. Patti's someone that, for Michael [Stipe] and I, particularly, kind of kickstarted the '70s, and the new music we were listening to then, and it's been a huge influence on us. We have worked with her in the past, but it's just a thrill to write a song with her and have her on a record. We just sit there not believing that it's occurring while it's occurring."
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Ravenland Find Their New Voice |
After being away from the scene for 3 years, she is back as one of Ravenland's members, sharing vocals with Dewindson Wolfheart.
About the new line-up Dewindson comments: "Her debut with us happened in March, in the recordings of "Memories"! EP, which will be released soon. She will bring something new to our sound. Right now she is in Europe in a interview with Ravenheart Music and making contacts for promotion of the EP."
American Idol James Durbin Can Even Make Carole King Rock |
"I really liked the beginning of that," said Steven Tyler. "You had me sold on it right at the beginning � when you didn't play along with it � it was so beautiful. [When] people download that tonight � they're gonna save that piece, right there."
"You are going to be the star of the night with that one," commented Jennifer Lopez. "It was amazing. When I think back - of every single week since we started the Top 13 - James has had a strong week, every single week. He has not blown one week. We talk about consistency on this show, and that's what's gonna win it."
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