Slash explained that Taylor did meet with the group, but it just didn't click, reports Blabbermouth.net: "All we were doing was just rehearsing with him and trying him out � auditioning him ... he did come in and do all that. It just didn't seem to fit right to me. And he's great, and I love Corey, but it didn't seem like the answer to the Velvet Revolver problem."

Those albums include 1979's Three Imaginary Boys, 1980's Seventeen Seconds and 1981's Faith. It's the first time the band and, according to them, it'll be the only time.

Coheed and Cambria and The Mars Volta will open for Soundgarden on the first and second half of the tour respectively, and Queens of the Stone Age and Meat Puppets will join the band on the last two dates of the run.

The awards show will be hosted by Chris Jericho, a former WWE World Champion, current lead singer for the band Fozzy, and best known for his recent stint on the hit show, "Dancing With the Stars."

"Move Like This" was recorded last year in Los Angeles and upstate New York by the entire surviving band: Ocasek, drummer David Robinson, guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboard player Greg Hawkes. Gareth "Jacknife" Lee, who has worked with U2 and R.E.M., produced five tracks; the band did the rest.

If 24 years has been too long a wait for you, and you just can't live without it for a few more days, The Cars are now streaming the full album here.

Ginger says he was excited about the prospect of working with Guns before his supergroup dream turned sour when he realised he wouldn't have any input into the song writing. "I just realised the idea of the band that we all had, wasn't the idea of the band that was going to record the album.," he tells RockAAA. "The album was meant to be called '13 Acres' because we lived on this crazy ranch that Charles Manson's disciples had moved into before they moved to the Topanga Canyon one. This place was just steeped in history and it was 13 acres and it was all f**king spooky.

According to Blabbermouth.net, the book was co-written with British author and journalist Joel McIver, who has worked on the autobiographies of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Ice Cube and others.

Vulgar Display of Blog received word from a credible source that Iron Maiden is in talks for a North American tour in the spring of 2012. Rumor has it this will be a full scale tour playing to many cities in the USA and Canada. The band is also rumored to be touring for a upcoming re-release of their Maiden England video. more

The full lineup for the "The All Star Tour" will reportedly be Emmure, Alesana, iwrestledabearonce, blessthefall, For Today, In This Moment, Born Of Osiris, The Ghost Inside, After The Burial, Attila, For All Those Sleeping, Memphis May Fire (select dates), Motionless In White, Chelsea Grin and Sleeping With Sirens.

Pro-Pain have issued the following update: "It is with great sadness that we bring to you (the fans) the following news: Due to unexpected circumstances regarding some potentially serious health issues, our longtime lead guitarist and dear friend Tom Klimchuck will unfortunately have to put his musical endeavors on hold for at least the foreseeable future." Replacement named here

Napalm Death have entered Parlour Studio in Kettering, U.K. with longtime producer Russ Russell to begin recording their 14th album for a tentative October release via Century Media Records. more

The release date of the second batch of Queen remasters, Deep Cuts Volume 2 and the reissue of The Platinum Collection has been pushed back from June 23rd until June 27th Queen have now revealed the tracklistings for the bonus EPs to be included with the new album reissues. Check em out here

Looking For An Answer will see the release of their new full-length Eterno Treblinka this June via Relapse Records. more

Pete Wentz says the debut album from his new band, Black Cards, will be out in late summer or early fall, and it will feature guest spots from Neon Trees singer Tyler Glenn and dancehall rapper Shaggy. more

On this day in 1965, In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards worked out the opening guitar riff of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box earlier that day.

On this day in 1984, Fictional group Spinal Tap played a gig at New York's CBGB.

McKagan told New Jersey's WDHA-FM radio (as reported on Music-News.com), "You get a cross-section of my life. I almost lost a battle to addiction and I kind of had to relive it, but in a conversation where you understand what's going on in my life. I could tell you how much I drank or how many drugs I took in a day, but a normal person would just not understand that. I don't even know if the book was even any good. It sounds lame, but it was just so many damn words and endless hours of writing."

To date, nine ABKCO Rolling Stones albums have been released and made available exclusively from HDtracks.com online store at www.hdtracks.com. Fourteen more ABKCO Rolling Stones titles will subsequently be released. This campaign follows in the footsteps of the release last year by ABKCO Records/HDtracks of four classic Sam Cooke albums from ABKCO's catalog in 88.2kHz/24-bit.

During the spring and summer, the team will conduct a series of public meetings. The first meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. May 17 at the Northwest African American Museum.

Initially, our concept for Labor Of Love was to write songs that were love letters from Mothers to their babies...to explore and relate the beauty and power of Mother's love.

Angel was written with my dear friend, collaborator, and producer, Alisan Porter. in her words.." Angel is a love affair of melody and spirit. it came from a random voice note on my iPhone. I was inspired by the idea of how much love you could have for something, before you ever meet it."

Together with Eli Rise, and my husband, Lee Cherry..we discussed the feelings associated with first time Motherhood, and the gorgeous anticipation of our little "Angel".

We were writing and recording Labor Of Love during my last trimester. Pregnancy fueled my love and passion for this piece. That coupled with the enormous capacity of pure love in the writing process...gave this song Wings.

The Los Angeles Times reports the rock icon is set to receive a leadership award from the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn. at its 41st Annual Beastly Ball on June 18 at the L.A. Zoo.

The trek will be kicking off in Anaheim on May 27th and concluding at the University of Illinois in Champaign on September 8th.

Howard said he'd like to speak with the person who elected not to stay in Nirvana. (Listen to that exchange at the link below)

NME.com reports that the exhibition, John Squire: Celebrity, focuses on Squire's use of traditional Islamic designs to depict famous people such as Woody Allen, Albert Einstein, Lindsay Lohan, Keira Knightley and David Beckham.

Hailing from Southern California, the band features: Emily Burton from Fireball Ministry, SST Records guitar hero Sylvia Juncosa, Berklee Music grad Marika Tjelios, stoner rock entrepreneur Laurie Es, national touring drummer Antonia Scarpa and art-rocker Cherry Garcia.

The disc follows the "Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B" album in 2000, which was re-released as "Fool's Paradise" in 2006 after the group finalized their official name.

These are the first tour dates that Alexander has announced in the United States since his successful shows at SXSW earlier this year. The dates include a stop at New York City's Bowery Ballroom. The complete list of tour dates is below.

Keith Richards' daughter just worked her way out of trouble with a plea deal following an arrest in New York City on graffiti and drug charges back in March.

The show is also set to feature an appearance Yellowcard and a performance by Runner Runner.

he follow up to the band's 2009 debut Ever the Silver Chord be Loosed was recorded at Verdant Studio in Vermont with Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr., Witch, Sonic Youth) and The Drawing Room in Kingston, NY with Bishop Allen's Justin Rice.

Cave and Case have performed on the same bill in the past, but this is their first recording together. The song will be heard over the closing credits of the episode, which also is titled "She's Not There," according to Billboard.com.

Otis was born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up playing piano and listening to R&B and country tunes on the radio. "When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano," Blackwell later remembered. "I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs."