(The 1st Five) Alternative Press has confirmed that Jonny Craig (Dance Gavin Dance, ex-Emarosa) has been released from jail and will subsequently be attending court ordered drug rehabilitation more

(NME) The Killers' bassist Mark Stoermer gives away his solo album, 'Another Life', as free download more

(The 1st Five) Corrosion of Conformity have signed with Candlelight Records. The band consisting now of the Animosity line-up of vocalist/bassist Mike Dean, guitarist Woody Weatherman, and drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin, is working on releasing their eighth studio album in early 2012. more

(Noisecreep) Like all countercultures the Juggalos are somewhat of a phenomenon and, according to the FBI, may actually be a dangerous group of people. The Guardian reports that the loyal fans of hip-hop crew Insane Clown Posse have been classified by a new FBI report as a "loosely-organized hybrid gang." more

(Rolling Stone) Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford's longtime manager John Baxter has filed a lawsuit against Halford and other members of the band and its management team more

Earlier this year, at the 2011 Sonisphere festival in Bohemia, Cancer Bats surprised fans by performing an entire set of Black Sabbath covers as Bat Sabbath. The band has now decided to once again become Bat Sabbath for a series of live dates more

(Lambgoat) Catalepsy has announced the return of former vocalist Josh Anderson, who sang for the band from early-2008 until Fall 2010. Anderson replaces Rick Norman, with whom the band has parted ways for undisclosed reasons. more

(FMQB) Peter Gabriel is the next artist lined up for CBS' Live At Letterman webcast series. Gabriel will perform live from the Ed Sullivan Theater next Wednesday, November 9 backed by a full orchestra more

(AA) Green Day premiered a number of new songs during their recent Halloween concert at New York City's Webster Hall, dedicating about half of their set to previewing new music more

(The 1st Five) After nearly a year on hiatus, The Spill Canvas broke back onto the scene with a hometown reunion show last month. Now, the band has announced that they've launched a Kickstarter to let fans help fund the recording of a new album. more

(SRX) Wicked Sins frontman Dyer Knight has composed and recorded the song "All I Wanted (Song And Dance Man)" as a tribute to former Warrant vocalist Jani Lane. more

(Lambgoat) I The Breather will enter the studio later this week with producers Paul Leavitt (All Time Low) and Taylor Larson (Sky Eats Airplane) to begin tracking their next full-length. more

(The 1st Five) Alkaline Trio will play a New Year's show at the Metro in Chicago on December 31st. more

(Lambgoat) Ignite will play a handful of December shows on the East Coast. more

(The 1st Five) Captain, We're Sinking have just announced that they'll be releasing their sophomore full length in 2012. more

(AA) EVE6 is almost done recording and now they're ramping things up to release their first album since "It's All In Your Head", they'll be releasing the album in 2012 more

He joined the band in 1975 and remained for most of their time with Bon Scott, appearing on their first five albums. But after naming him as a "foundation inductee" in 2002, the Hall of Fame changed their minds and left him out of their list of past and present inducted members.

Michael Jackson had several unfinished recordings at the time of his death over two years ago. Some of those were finished by producers and other musicians and included on the album 'Michael' which was released late last year.

"I've got new songs and we've all been talking," Dylan said. "We've been trying to carve that time out for a while."

Pennie's official Facebook has this posting yesterday: Pennie officially joined Coheed in 2007, replacing drummer Josh Eppard and touring extensively with the band internationally. He is featured on Coheed's most recent studio album, Year of the Black Rainbow.

John Baxter had worked with the singer since 1982 until being dismissed a day after he posted comments on Halford's website in August, calling into question the behaviour of Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton, and connecting discontent with the departure of axeman KK Downing at the end of 2010.

The thrash act's long-awaited tenth album sold 30,000 copies in its first week of release in September. But Ian remembers a time when Anthrax sold five times as many records � and blames downloading for the decline.

Albarn told the NME that the Britpop band recorded a spoken word piece with poet Michael Horovitz earlier this year. The track was put together in response to the brief threat that 2011's Notting Hill Carnival, in west London, would be cancelled. Albarn remains coy about whether the track will see the light of day, commenting:

The reunited band headlined the U.K.'s Isle Of Wight-based Bestival festival in September, playing for two and a half hours and playing 32 songs. The Cure will release a recording of the whole gig in a two-CD package on December 5.

"I still have tons of stuff," Iommi says. "I'm almost bursting at the seams with ideas, all the time. It's just finding the time. I'm lucky in that regard. But having said that, who knows where it would come out?"

A plethora of vocalists, guitarists, drummers, bassists and keyboard players auditioned online at queenextravaganza.com, submitting video footage of themselves performing one of four classic Queen songs: "Killer Queen," "Somebody To Love," "Seven Seas of Rhye" and "I Want To Break Free."

Surely not the only one vocal is his opinion about the new release, Jones was previewing it last weekend when he referred to it as the "Ishtar/Waterworld/Battlefield Earth of Rock N' Roll"�even going so far as to offering up his Metallica collection for sale, writing, "Good Morning! Heard Metallica/Lou Reed album last night. Metallica collection now for sale. Tweet your $$$."

Here are some portions of the interview. On the new book: "This book is about from the time I was a kid growing up in the Bronx, playing in bands prior to Kiss, going into the audition with Kiss, playing with Kiss, leaving Kiss, doing my own stuff, you know, Kiss was just a portion to my life. It was a big portion but there are a lot of other pieces to the puzzle."

The band features former Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke and Little Angels vocalist Toby Jepson; it was originally formed in 1983 by Clarke and UFO bassist Pete Way, but has gone through lineup changes over the years.

This station features influential songs hand-selected by Patrick Stump from a range of bands and artists including Michael Jackson, Dead Kennedys and David Bowie, exclusive commentary from Patrick and songs from his newly released solo album Soul Punk as well as a collection of live recordings by Patrick in the studio with Slacker.

Patrick Stump Radio is now available for free in Slacker's Artist Showcase station category on all Slacker Radio applications.

"I think Slacker listeners will learn a lot about who I am as a solo artist," said Patrick Stump. "This station lets me share my story through the music I enjoy and the artists I respect while really reflecting on my personal musical influences."

Keeping The Blues Alive 501(c) is a nonprofit organization founded by Bonamassa aimed at promoting and preserving the heritage of blues music.

The event will see the band perform an extended two and a half hour long set showcasing songs from all of its records in addition to never-before-performed songs taken from the band's celebrated archive.

During the recording of the album, the band had an idea to capture the fans during one of the band's most popular songs.

In October 2011 at a sold-out show in New York City, 3eb captured this fan intensity by turning the cameras on the audience and playing a song that has only appeared on a compilation album due to the controversial lyrics. Some of the footage was filmed on iPhones, and what it shows is a band in exchange with a new generation of fans who are as passionate as any ever.

A few weeks ago, Durbin tipped off fans that he would be issuing two singles for radio airplay, including "Stand Up" for rock radio, and the mid-tempo "Love Me Bad" for Top 40 stations.

Columbia Records have set a December 13th, 2011 release date for the original motion picture soundtrack for We Bought A Zoo.

Due out November 29th in North America, "Contain Us" was designed and created by Man Alive's Tom Bejgrowicz (who also conceived the classic and must-have Misfits Coffin box-set).

In the time leading up to writing "Friends in Danger", Zara and I had been listening to a band called Malachai from the UK a lot, and had become somewhat obsessed with the lo-fi production and the simplistic nature of their music.

Our band had semi fallen apart about 6 months prior, with 2 of the band members leaving, one of them being our guitar player Matt Napier. Matt was a very instrumental part of the writing process from a production stand point. He was always great at telling what was working and what wasn't in the early stage of a song being written. "Friends in Danger" was my first attempt at writing again without Matt, and I was extremely nervous about creating music on my own.

I'd had the intro riff for "Friends in Danger" in my head for a few days, sat down at my computer and recorded it, and then saved it and walked away. I often feel that whenever I record an idea, it isn't very good, so I tend to leave it for a few days after I have forgotten about it, and listen to it with fresh ears.

When I opened up the project again, I thought about the simplicity of "Snowflake" by Malachai and how direct it was, and that was my main focus when I started adding parts to the song.

I had some drum loops that I chopped up in my recording software and looped it, and I played two chords and looped them over the drums. I added tamborine instead of hi hats for something a little different, and then had the basic blueprint for the track.

I had borrowed a micro Pog effect pedal from our guitarist (Duckboi), and decided to plug it in to record the main riff, which instantly was the sound I was looking for.

The first guitar part I came up with for the lead break after the first chorus and also the guitar solo was all one take, and they are still the parts heard on the finished version.

All the lyrics were written in 10 minutes, with absolutely no revising or editing. I often find it hard to describe situations or events the way I can hear it in my head, but it happened seamlessly all in one hit.

Like most songs written by guys in bands, this one is about a girl. It details the events of a relationship I was in when the song was written. The chorus detailing the night we first met, and also the personal battles she was dealing with at the time, and how it was affecting me and our relationship. It's written from a standpoint of disappointment and frustration more than anything else.

From the time I sat down at my computer with only the riff previously recorded, to the point the song was completely written and recorded took 2 hours. "Oh My Oh My" and "Friends in Danger" are the two songs that have been the easiest and quickest to write.

I put the song my iphone when it was done and drove straight around to Zara's house. I put it on and about 30 seconds into the song she said "Who is this!". I lied and told her it was a new "Malachi" song. She replied with "This is amazing. Can that band do no wrong?". After that I came clean and told her I had written it. She is often my harshest critic when it comes to song writing, so when she expressed how much she loved that song, I knew we were on to something.