He was sitting in the remains of his Hollywood apartment after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, which killed 57, injured nearly 9000 and caused over $20bn of damage. And although he had a bag containing $100,000 in cash, Criss was haunted by the fact that he'd once been worth over $12m.

He decided not to proceed after a series of high profile stage collapses in recent years. Zombie says: "It's a drag. We drove all night to play the show only to find we couldn't. You just have to go on the recommendations of your crew � they're trying to rig thousands of pounds of equipment.

P.O.D. will be supporting the trek which is set to kick off on November 17 in Tunica, MS and will wrap up on December 15th in Anaheim, CA.

The band enjoyed a huge debut for their new album, Babel, which topped the album chart after having the biggest first week sales of any album this year with 600K copies sold in the U.S.

Love has penned a lengthy, pointed and emotional open letter to the Los Angeles Times in an attempt to set the record straight. It reads in part: " Let me get right to it: I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

The tour is set to kick off on January 21st in San Diego, California and will wrap up on April 26th in Quebec City.

Acting alongside show regulars Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, David McCallum and Pauly Perrette, Michael portrays an ex-rock star down on his luck who gets caught up in some bad stuff. Tracks from Des Barres new album, 'Carnaby Street' will be played throughout the episode.

Following the premiere events, the film will see a worldwide theatrical release on 1,500 screens in over 40 territories on October 17 before it goes on sale November 19.

Jimmy Page spoke with Rolling Stone about the concert, saying he recalls walking off stage after the reunion concert feeling "really high. That's the truth. It was a serious test, and we passed it, all of us. And we had an extraordinary communion on the stage. That's alive and well when you see it."

Guitarist Phil Campbell says: "We wanted our music especially, and rock music in general, to sound great. We wanted to hear the mid-range and the guitars and for people to appreciate them.

The band say the songs "run the gamut from tongue and cheek songs to heart felt country tinged rock."

The sign was rescued after being removed by a fan in the early 1980s and has been restored for the exhibition.

He didn't want to force them into sitting through the recent release, and only played it to drummer Nicko McBrain when he asked to listen.

"When someone else in Maiden is working on another project, no one really talks about it. Bruce and Adrian don't go around broadcasting to the others and I didn't either," Harris tells Decibel. "Nicko asked to hear it so I played it for him. But the other guys haven't asked to hear it, so I haven't played it for them. Simple as that, really."

The axe icon didn't rate his own voice � an attitude reinforced by his dad. But when he prepared to travel to the UK ahead of what would be his golden era, the star-in-waiting had a solution to the problem.

To celebrate the occasion, fans gathered in Liverpool's docks Friday afternoon to set a new world record for the most Beatles fans singing "Love Me Do" in a round.

The "Costa Coffee Heads" campaign, created by Karmarama, is running across TV, print, digital and in-store, and will culminate in a user-generated TV ad.

Anubis Gate commented on former guitarist Jesper leaving the band: Jespers decision to leave the band to pursue other musical interests has been some time in the making, actually Jesper announced his leaving to the band 3 months ago, leaving us with good time to the difficult task of finding the right replacement. We feel it's important for everybody to know that Jespers exit has nothing to do with personal differences, in fact we are still the best of friends. Jesper simply found that now was the right time to try something new. We are of course sad that he is leaving but respect his decision and wish him nothing but the best.

When a band writes a song, 9 times out of 10 you have to figure out the tempo. Here at Seven Kingdoms we are always quality control checking to make sure a song is as fast as it can be without being "to fast" to not get the groove. After The Fall was recorded at 156 BPM on our record. Originally we had the song 'bumped up' as our drummer would call it, to 158 BPM; just because we had a song on the last record that was the same speed. We liked it just slightly faster and you really couldn't tell a difference - but it was there - just the simple fact that you know its faster! haha

So in February of this year we shot the video (yes, before we went to the studio) with the demo version playing as a time signature. The Demo was recorded at 156 BPM. And we didn't think anything of it. You could imagine our realization when we got to Morrisound that we had to slow the song down because we shot the video first. Low and behold, You would never have known and no one but us would probably ever be able to tell, but this is our incredible journey in search for two beats per minute. We're shooting the video after the record is recorded next time!

Megadeth Slot game presents the brand slot of the band featuring Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson, Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick as the game's main symbols all along with the instruments and completed with the group's mascot, Vic Rattlehead, as the Bonus Symbol.

During the interview Marky remembers how he heard for the first time about The Ramones, how was the invitation for him to join the band.

He also talks about how was working with producer Phil Spector and he shares some memories about Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee.

Cornwell says: "I'd rather play my own stuff, but the Stranglers are part of my life. You can't deny where you come from; it's not healthy.

"We're gonna play something that's new and also a bit familiar," frontman Jakob Dylan announced before "Reboot The Mission" from the new album (due in stores October 9).