Borland called the prog metal giants "Cheese Theater" and described them as mathematicians and not musicians. He insisted he was entitled to say what he wanted as a member of the world's most hated band� ie. Limp Bizkit.

The eccentrically-clad axeman � who wouldn't look out of place in some of the prog world's most outrageous stages � started his rant three days ago by tweeting: "Please explain to me what there is to like about Dream Theater. Please."

The All Stars are made up KISS' Gene Simmons, Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, Sebastian Bach, three former members of Guns N' Roses, and players from The Cult, Alice In Chains, Collective Soul and Black Country Communion.

Due May 21, "The Classic Album Selection" will contain the original A&M recordings of Soundgarden's seminal albums, "Louder Than Love" (1989), "Badmotorfinger" (1991), "Superunknown" (1994) and "Down On The Upside" (1996) plus last year's live record of the band's 1996 West Coast tour, "Live On I-5" (2011).

The tour is set to kick off on July 13 at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, and will cover 31 cities in two months between July and August.

He's branded the people behind CBS flagship news magazine 60 Minutes as "brutal" for their work � and says he and his colleagues were forced into a state of nerves because of presenter Lara Logan's low-cut top.

The feature saw Hamilton, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford listing the things they didn't like about Tyler, who was then shown edited footage, leading him to say: "I think my busting everyone's chops is what got this band to where it is. I get the hits. Yeah, I'm that good."

Ethridge was an original member of the Flying Burrito Brothers alongside Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, and "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow. Hillman, who was in The Byrds before forming the Burrito Brothers said via e-mail:

Motorhead have announced plans to reunite with Mayhem tourmates Anthrax this fall for a European tour.

[Day in Rock extra} The band's website confirms where it will happen with this: Two very special shows featuring Howard Devoto, John Maher, Steve Garvey, and of course the current lineup of Pete Shelley & Steve Diggle, Danny Farrant & Chris Remington!

Limited Engagement Features Interviews with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Chuck Berry, Duffy, Mark Ronson, Promoter Sid Bernstein, Louise Harrison and Many More

The track, "Breathe," was co-produced by Weiland's long-time collaborator Doug Grean, marks the release of Weiland's first solo material since last year's surprisingly light-hearted Christmas album, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

Ann and Nancy Wilson � who are famous Zep fans � cover "Going to California," "Battle of Evermore," "What is and What Should Never Be," "Immigrant Song" and "Misty Mountain Hop" on the "Heart Zeppish" CD, according to Ultimate Classic Rock.

The Afghan Whigs (who have reunited after a 13 year hiatus) have announced 23 worldwide shows to date for 2012 including performances at Lollapalooza, ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror (London & NJ), Primavera Sound (Barcelona & Portugal) among numerous others.

The tour is set to kick off in Ume's hometown of Austin, TX on June 8th and wind down in Denver, Colorado on June 19th.

Neil Kernon (Cannibal Corpse, Macabre) handled production duties for Nile's seventh full-length.

The live recordings for Satchurated were produced by Satriani and Mike Fraser while the concert was filmed by Pierre & Fran�ois Lemoureaux.

I wrote Guilty for the First Time in the first person (but it's not autobiographical) and it only refers to the stumbling drunk/drug abuser/liar as "you" to keep it universal. I really don't know if the drunk or speaker is male or female nor does it matter. It is a relationship in which two people love each other. I think the speaker is an adult because he/she is canvassing guys in the bar room for information. A child may not have that access, but envisioning the speaker as a fairly precocious child adds innocence and even more sadness. It is a dark tune after all. One reviewer described it using the word "prog" (I'm sure to mean progressive rock) but the verb really means to skulk around in search of something - which I thought was just the perfect imagery for the mood of this song. If the double meaning was intentional � cheers! For the sake of this piece, I'll refer to the speaker as male just because I am singing and the drunk as female just because I don't think I'd get that bent out of shape about a male friend coming home drunk all the time.

I was raised in a catholic household, so religious imagery often insinuates itself into my lyrics. I try to temper my treatment of it out of respect. The bible being fingered while the abandoned one waits is an allusion to the broken promise (probably more than once) both to the speaker and to God. The drunk does try to sneak in, so she is not overtly flaunting this destruction, and the speaker straightening his posture indicates readiness � prepared to express something long overdue.

The second verse backtracks into the speaker's head. It shows what led to this plan of attack. He has found out the necessary information and is willing to admit that he has been in denial but has had enough.

For me, the key to this song � what makes it a little different from the traditional "drunk destroys family" story - is not the fact that the drunk got called out for the first time, it's that she feels guilty for the first time � and the speaker recognizes that. For the first time this woman, for whom he has eagerly waited to come around, has seen the error of her way. So while the concept is still depressing, perhaps there is still hope in the fact that one of these times may be the last time . . . but probably not.

"I would think that my style changes a little bit to fit with the accompanying vocal," Slash explains. "I have a certain whatever [sound] that's me, but I think my approach alters a little bit depending on who I'm working with."

Their admissions come in a trailer released by Alice guitarist Ryan Roxie, who's gearing up to launch his TV show, All Excess.

King was born under the name Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in rural Indianola, Mississippi. Somehow he managed to feed himself well enough, at a table shared with 12 brothers and sisters, to grow to a robust size of 6'4" and 250 pounds. It was a frame built on hard work in the family fields, especially after the Nelsons moved to Forrest City, Arkansas in 1931. But amid the blisters and sweat of everyday life there was music�blues and gospel music. Young Albert learned to sing in the fields and at church, where he performed with a family gospel group. And then there was the music he loved, the guitar-based music of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lonnie Johnson. Piercing slide, powerful bends, single notes that spoke volumes�these were the things that the young man they would later call "King" picked up in the fields and, later, in the juke joints of the South and Midwest.

Young Albert Nelson had taught himself to play on a homemade, cigar-box guitar, upgrading to the real thing around the time the Nelsons moved to Arkansas. Being left-handed, he found it a challenge learning on a right-handed guitar�strung for a right-handed player. But he stuck with it and eventually started sitting in with Yancey's Band in Forrest City.