Several of the members and their traveling friends received very serious injuries in the brutal accident, which destroyed their van, equipment and personal gear.

Barker was pulled over Sunday after an officer noticed the drummer's car had no license plate and illegally tinted windows. Cops confirm Barker was issued a "fix-it" ticket and sent on his way.

But after the incident, Barker BLASTED the cop on Twitter -- saying, "Officer FARD of LAPD, get a life man. Find some bank robbers or do something productive 2 do with your time. I know high school was hard 4 u."

Barker continued, ""Pullin me over interrogating me & acting like u did over tinted windows till u scared the piss out my kids was uncalled 4.Job well done man."

He also claims the officer "had the nerve" to ask if he had guns in the car.

Now, TMZ has learned ... Sgt. Riggs of the Topanga Station tells TMZ, "I'd like to invite Travis to speak with me about the incident ... and possibly discuss the situation with the officers involved."

'Nickelblock' was created by AUX Labs for those who are tired of reading about the mainstream rockers on the interwebs. The developers describe the new tool very simply, stating:

In a recent interview with Billboard.biz, Muse manager Anthony Addis gave some details on the upcoming release and it appears that the band is holding off on their plans to record in space until their next album:

There have been two different versions of L.A. Guns existing simultaneously for a few years: singer Phil Lewis's version and guitarist Tracii Guns' version. The latest vocalist in Tracii's version is Rockstar: Supernova runner-up Dilana Robichaux, as we recently reported. Now Tracii and Dilana have announced a new project called Pretty F'n Ugly ("The F'n is silent," according to the singer), and Dilana has hinted that it might mean the end of Tracii's LA Guns.

MSO sent over these details: The group has announced a new string of dates, including a couple high-profile radio shows. Before kicking off their fall trek, the group will perform two special gigs; the first in their hometown of Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at Subterranean and the second in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the Rock and Roll Hotel.

The song's use was tied in with Black Friday, while the ad promotes pre-holiday shopping in general.

The band has announced a December 27 show in Phoenix at the Comerica Theatre.

The trek will begin on February 9, 2012, where he will be performing with the Atlanta Symphony at the Atlanta Symphony Hall.

The group will continue the trek with seven South American shows and one show in Mexico.

The 2012 arena tour will be the band's first full-scale tour of the U.S. since 2007 when they hit the road in support of 2006's Stadium Arcadium.

Gregor Mackintosh (lead guitar) comments, "We are currently holed up in The Chapel studios in Lincolnshire, England recording our new album which is entitled 'Tragic Idol'. The album will again be produced by Jens Bogren and is influenced by classic doom metal and classic metal. I would say it is more melodic than the last record whilst retaining the heaviness. There are lots of guitar solos and melodies. The album will contain such track titles as 'Honesty in Death', 'Theories from Another World', 'In this We Dwell' and the title track 'Tragic Idol'."

Well the only stuff I've collaboration with Mikael on in the past has been working on his records. This is obviously a collaboration, so it's a different approach. We sat in a room together and wrote music together, rather than taking his music that he'd already written and working it into a record. We actually started from the very basics, composition and arranging. If you'd ask me three months ago, I would have said expect the last thing you would've expected. But actually, now that [Opeth's new record] Heritage has come out, and [Steve Wilson's solo album] Grace of Drowning has come out, I don't think it's going to be that much of a shock to people because it's almost like a third part of the trilogy in a way."

Wilson continued "If anything, it's even more orchestral, more stripped down, even more dark, twisted and melancholy� but it certainly feels like it comes from the same place as Heritage and Grace For Drowning, which indeed it does because it was written during the same period. We were, in a way, egging each other on to do those particular records but also at the same time coming up with the music that's now going to be on Storm Corrosion. So it's a very orchestral record, as you'd expect, the songs are quite long and develop in unusual ways. I'm realistic about it, that half the people are going to hate it and half the people are going to fall in love with it. I'd be happy with that anyway"

According to the band's website www.smashingpumpkins.com/reissues, fans will get five free unreleased demo tracks for download: "All orders of Gish and/or Siamese Dream include an instant download of the four tracks that have been previously available only through the Smashing Pumpkins Record Club (SPRC) - the 8-track demo of "Drown," "Suicide Kiss Geek" (no vox), "Barb Wire" and "Rhinoceros Version 2," plus one new exclusive.

The band has announced stops in New York City, West Springfield, VA and Rochester, NY which kick off on January 18th.

The say that on this tour, the Neurosis/Shrinebuilder frontman will mesmerize open-minded locals and followers of his infamous, dark solo material to audiences across the western half of the country.

The first is a headlining appearance in Amityville, New York January 14th at Ollie's Point.

Under the leading role of guitarist and songwriter Davide Tiso, Ephel Duath will feature the contribution of a new line-up of well-known special session musicians, soon to be announced.

The band will be taking questions from fans live from The Machine Shop, where they are currently recording their new EP 'Sky Burial', which is expected to be released early next year. The chat will take place here.

San Francisco's Skin Like Iron have already become a well-known entity in modern hardcore with nearly ten releases on such admirable dissident hardcore labels as Six Feet Under and React Records.

The anticipation is high for the follow-up album to Halestorm's breakout self-titled debut record � from both the band and their fans. Despite her excitement about the new material, Halestorm's vocalist Lzzy Hale told The Saginaw News that she has another dream project she would like to get off of the ground someday.

Earlier this year, U2 returned to Hansa Studios in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby. From The Sky Down, is a documentary film directed by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (It Might Get Loud, Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth).

But this is not the first time Iommi, Butler, Osbourne and Ward have patched up their differences to share the stage together, and Sabbath's various reunions, break-ups and re-reunions make for a pretty interesting story. In fact, Ozzy actually quit the band in 1977 after the album Technical Ecstasy and had begun working with a new band featuring ex-Dirty Tricks members John Frazer-Binnie, Terry Horbury and Andy Bierne. The new band were three days away from going into the studio to record an album when Ozzy got cold feet and decided he wanted to go back to Sabbath. The problem was, Sabbath had already hired a new singer, Dave Walker, and they'd begun working on new songs, too. They even performed "Junior's Eyes" on the TV show Look Hear in 1978. But the lads patched things up with Ozzy and recorded 1978's Never Say Die before ultimately parting ways during the drawn-out writing sessions for the planned follow-up.

On November 29, 2001, media outlets all over the world reported that former Beatle George Harrison had passed away, having lost his battle with cancer. But such statements were grossly insufficient to capture the breadth of Harrison's life. Though he contributed mightily to The Beatles � with his guitar playing, his vocal harmonies and as a burgeoning songwriter � Harrison's life encompassed much more than those 12 years on the Beatle rollercoaster.

When the group split in 1970, Harrison took a stockpile of songs � many of which he was unable to release with The Beatles due to the Lennon/McCartney stranglehold on the band's songwriting � into the studio to record what turned out to be a triple album, All Things Must Pass. Aided by such legendary friends as Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Billy Preston and Beatle pal, Ringo Starr, Harrison laid down such classics as "My Sweet Lord," "What Is Life" and the gorgeous title track. The resulting album is considered by many to be the best solo record by any of The Beatles.

"We have always been a band who has gained success despite having multiple singers � maybe we suffer from reverse 'lead singer's disease'," quipped guitarist and vocalist C.J. Pierce about the band's third frontman change in 10 years.