In one letter he writes, "Dear Jim Rasor and Jon Marko, I'm told that you have issued a subpoena for a 'glass dildo' that was supposedly given to me. No idea what you're talking about, and I definitely don't have it. I've never heard of, seen, or met any people involved in this case. But I'm pretty sure you already know that. What I do know is that you've been dragging my name around in the media to gain attention for your sad a** excuse for a law firm. I don't care what you do when you finally catch up to the ambulances you chase, but I do care when you bring my name into it for no reason at all."

Morrison passed away of a suspected drug overdose in Paris at the age of 27, but French law required no autopsy since foul play wasn't suspected by the authorities. That's led to years of speculation, with accusations falling on his girlfriend Pamela Courson, among others.

But Faithfull, who rose to fame for her relationship with Mick Jagger, blames "heroin dealer to the stars" Jean de Breiteuil. She refused to accompany him to Morrison's flat on the night he died, saying she could "intuitively feel trouble."

The mountain features a giant white "M" that will stand for McCartney until the morning of August 6. This is Macca's first stop ever in Montana, and the state is pleased to have him on his "Out There" tour.

They have even produced a survival guide for the concert, which we can only assume is part of their tradition for producing necessary survival guides for most Montana activities.

Asked if he was upset that the group hadn't been chosen by Rock Hall voters to date - despite nominations in 2013 and 2014 - Gillan tells Rolling Stone, "Whatever you say to a question like that, you sound supercilious or dismissive or disgruntled or sour grapes. I spent all my younger life trying to avoid institutionalization as much as I could and then I realized that these sorts of things are for your family and fans. So I don't mind what happens. We're grateful for anything that comes along our way."

Gillan says he senses confusion about the inner-workings of the induction process in regards to the band's status. "I've heard quotes of somebody on the [Rock Hall voting] committee saying, 'Well, Deep Purple can't be in it, because they were a one-hit wonder'," explains the singer. "I don't know if they were referring to 'Hush' or 'Smoke On The Water' or 'Child In Time' or 'Highway Star' or 'Perfect Strangers,' any of those one hit wonders that we were.

The four-piece act from New Jersey has already revealed a handful of new songs from Get Hurt, including the title track, "Rollin' and Tumblin'" and, most recently, "Stay Vicious."

The Disturbed man was their second bassist, and joined two years ago in time to appear on second album Men Of Honor. But the supergroup - completed by vocalist Russell Allen, guitarist Mike Orlando and drummer AJ Pero - say they weren't consulted before Moyer tweeted last night: "Thanks to all the @AdrenalineMob fans for the support. Unfortunately I will not be joining them on this next run. My best to the boys!"

They responded by announcing: "We're totally shocked by John Moyer's announcement that he will not be touring with us in September. We knew he had some other commitments that might have caused him to possibly pull out, but we were hoping to have him on board. Obviously he's got something else going on.

"We wish him all the best and he will be missed, but Adrenaline Mob will be doing the shows. We will announce the new bassist as soon as we have one."

Due October 7th, "24 Karat Gold - Songs From the Vault" features a collection of lost and stray songs that Nicks has written and recorded through the years, but never made it onto an album.

"I used to make cassettes of my songs and hand them out," Stevie explains. "But to know that these songs have finally been recorded with the same love they were originally created is joyous for me. I picked 12 songs from about 40 demos made from '69 - '87 and one each from 94 and 95. These songs are all about love and heartbreak -- how to pick up the pieces -- how to keep moving... I'm really chronicling love from the very beginning."

"When you write a song and it doesn't go on a record, it floats around in your life for years," she added. "I took myself back to the time when these songs were written... Sometimes I can't remember what happened yesterday but I remember so well what happened through the whole period of time that I wrote these songs. You think about them and go over them and they live inside of you until they becomes part of your world. These songs are now 24 Karat Gold."

Included are "Foreigner" (1977), "Double Vision" (1978), "Head Games" (1979), "4" (1981), "Agent Provocateur" (1984), "Inside Information" (1987), and "Unusual Heat" (1991), along with all the bonus tracks included on the 2002 remasters.

To date, Foreigner have sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, and the number of instantly recognizable Top 40 hits included in this set is a reminder of why they've enjoyed such success: "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold As Ice" from the band s 5x-platinum self-titled debut; "Hot Blooded" from the 6x-platinum "Double Vision"; "Dirty White Boy" from the 5x-platinum "Head Games"; "Waiting For A Girl Like You" and "Urgent" from the 6x-platinum "4"; "I Want To Know What Love Is" from the 3x-platinum "Agent Provocateur"; and "Say You Will" and "I Don't Want To Live Without You" from the platinum "Inside Information."

Dr John cancelled his planned appearance in New York's Central Park on Saturday (Aug 2nd) and missed the Newport Jazz Festival the following evening (Aug 3rd).

So far the band has announced a UK release date of October 6th for the new album, with other release dates still to be announced. The first track from the album, "Caught In The Silver", is being offered as a free (name your price) download on the band's Band Camp page here.

The new album, Deep Sleep, was written "and (mostly) recorded in 10 days last January at Roundhead studios in Auckland, New Zealand," according to the band.

The pair never worked together in Megadeth. Menza joined Dave Mustaine for 1990 album Rust In Peace and rejoined in 2004 before being fired and replaced by Shawn Drover.

LoMenzo joined in 2006 before being replaced with the band's original bassist David Ellefson in 2010. Menza and LoMenzo's first rehearsal took place in June at Menza's Disintegrator Studios in California where they played through some Megadeth, Metallica and Led Zeppelin tracks.

Tracii Guns' League Of Gentlemen go back to their psychedelic roots for the album, featuring covers of tracks originally recorded by artists including The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Sonics, Big Star and The Frost and is the follow up to 2013's The First Record.

The album will be of special note to Savatage fans as it features Circle II Circle's set at the Wacken Open Air Festival from August of 2012 where the band performed most of the tracks from Savatage's "The Wake Of Magellan" album.

His first volume in this series, "Far and Away: A Prize Every Time", combined words and images to form an intimate, insightful narrative that won many readers.

He'd suffered a stroke last month, after which doctors said there was "little hope" of any recovery. He decided to discontinue his cancer treatment as a result.

The track comes from the prog duo's sophomore album, "In Extremis". Days Between Stations' Sepand Samzadeh had this to say about the new video, "This was our first video, and since we haven't toured yet, 'The Man Who Died Two Times' is our first visual exposure.

"To me the song is the critical inflection point within the concept album -that one has to spiritually die to live again. As a group we all decided that this video would be appropriate to introduce the band. It also exposes more of our quirky and dorky side, because the other pieces are deep, long and moody.

"We did not have a budget for this video, everyone did this out of their goodwill and artistic integrity. There was so much energy and symbiosis and to me it felt like we were all kids again playing a game at recess. I can't thank Heidi, Erik and Alex enough, not only for their friendship, but for their talent, integrity and inspiration. You took us to a higher realm and made this dream possible.

"Colin's youthful energy, charm and boundless creativity rubbed off on us, you are an inspiration and a true gentleman. To Paul Whitehead, we are sorry you had such a terminal role�. but you played it better than Peter Sellers did in his terminal role in 'The Party'."

Due October 17 in Europe and October 21 in North America, the band's third studio effort features Elliott deuting with singer Nick Workman on "10 X Bigger Than Love", a track written by the Def Leppard frontman.

Perez will not only be singing on all of the songs on the upcoming album but he will also be hitting the road with the band to perform the songs on the supporting tour.

With plans already in place to attend the festival, Killing Joke and The Defiled sought venues nearby to put on smaller gigs for their fans. Killing Joke will appear at The Fleece in Bristol on Friday, August 15.

He reactivated Crimson last year and the latest incarnation features drummers Gavin Harrison, Bill Reiflin and Pat Mastelotto alongside bassist Tony Levin, saxophonist Mel Collins and Jakko Jakszyk on guitar.

Fripp tells Uncut: "My professional life has been so devoid of joy. Satisfaction, yes. Bits of nice happiness on the way, yes. An education, constantly. But a joyful undertaking? No.

The event titled the Beat MS Drum Circle will be held at the Paramount Ranch, California and encourages MS sufferers of all ages to get involved to improve their quality of life.

Speaking about the event, Perkins says: "MS has hit three family members of mine and I'm hitting back. For me, playing the drums feels so good - it's medicine. Let's bang some drums together and make some noise."

AMC have launched a series of webisodes to introduce the owners, players and coaches of the team ahead of the series premiere on Tuesday, August 12 at 9/8c.

"We are thrilled to partner with AMC in bringing our show to the viewing public," says Stanley. "Anyone who knows Gene and I know we have never played by the rules. This opportunity to see the making of our team of rebels, the LA KISS, from behind the scenes will once again show everyone that we play to win."

The bands were touring Europe together in September 1986 and the bass players had developed a light-hearted ritual at the end of each day - which took on an emotional meaning following the tragedy in Sweden.

Bello tells Loudwire: "After our show and Metallica's show we'd go to catering and get something to eat for the bus. We'd all sit down, have coffee and talk about the show. Cliff and I would do that, and the last thing we'd say to each other jokingly was, 'Maybe I'll see you tomorrow,' 'Maybe I will.'

"I started it the last night Cliff was alive. I said, 'Hey, Cliff - maybe I'll see you tomorrow.' And as he's leaving the room the last thing he says is, 'Maybe I will.'"

At this point, we know Foo Fighters have a new album coming. It is expected in November, in fact. We also know that there will be an HBO series chronicling the creation of their 8th studio LP, and it will make its premiere on October 17, titled Sonic Highways.

"Thunderstruck" has been part of Steve 'N' Seagulls' live set for years, but now is the very first time that the group has released an online video for the track.

Guitarist Luke Hoskin says the video concept arose after they decided to arrange a tour of the island province in order to film it - but it took two visits to complete the job. "It felt more like a carnival than a tour," he recalls. "Our motorcade invaded gas stations and rest stops along the way. When we were done, though, it felt like something was missing. We felt like we'd left out the most beautiful part of the island - the island itself! So we returned. And we made sure to capture some of our favourite spots in the St. John's area.

"It was an amazing feeling to make a video about the place you love the most. I'm constantly reminded of the friendships we have made there, and am ever thankful for the reception we have experienced. There's something truly magnetic about this place - don't go unless you plan on returning many times."

He expects to spend the rest of the year recuperating after his heavy lifestyle brought him close to death ahead of a nine-hour operation in May. Speaking from a rehabilitation centre in Omaha, Trout tells OC Weekly: "My son brought in a guitar here the other day, and I can barely press the strings. I don't have the muscles in my arms and fingers.

The guitarist will play shows at The Troubadour (Sep 23), The Roxy (Sep 25) and The Whisky (Sep 26) as he promotes the September 16th release of his third solo album, "World On Fire."

The follow-up to 2012's "Apocalyptic Love" once again sees Slash working with his touring band, Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators, and producer Michael Baskette.

The group is currently on the road across North America with Aerosmith as part of the Let Rock Rule tour, which wraps up September 9 in Clarkston, Michigan.

War Outside is taken from King 810's upcoming album Memoirs Of A Murderer, which will be released later this month. The band are currently out on the Mayhem tour in the US and will launch their very first UK dates in September.

The band were embroiled in controversy earlier this year when singer David Gunn and bassist Gene Gill were charged with assault in the US, causing them to miss a scheduled appearance at Download festival.

Dee tells Arte Concert: "We have not had any time off, really, until this last year. It's very strange, actually, to have so much time off, so, yes, it was a bit awkward.

What sort of expectations were on the band after the success of "Runaway Train?" Uhh�write another song like that one, pretty much. I was like, I already wrote that one. I think some of the material I wrote for Let Your Dim Light Shine is some of the best material I've ever written, and none of it ended up on the record because they just-I didn't really understand at all what the hell was going on but, in retrospect maybe it's completely obvious, or maybe I was just stupid or na�ve or something. I had no idea what the f-k we were doing. But they signed us because we knew what we were doing.

It came time to make the follow-up record to that, they were like, "Blah blah blah, Butch Vig wants to work with you now�" Actually I'd known Butch Vig for quite a long time but�I guess the point is I wanted to expand in a way that nobody understood. So I was writing all this really, really good material in the natural direction I was going. I wasn't really terribly aware of like, 'Oh, there's these expectations happening.' But with Let Your Dim Light Shine, the weirdest thing about it is there's this like, heavy stuff going on. And those were chosen because Alice in Chains and bands like that were selling records. I made songs like that too, but I wrote like, I don't know, 60 songs for that record.

So I ended up with "Misery" and "I Did My Best" and I think that those were the songs they were looking for apparently. Personally, songs like "String of Pearls" were more like the direction I was trying to go, and I don't know, I wrote some really interesting songs for that record that nobody gave a s-t about and were like, what the hell was that? Even the guy who was my champion over there, who signed me to the label, who was like 21 at the time, he was in tune with what I was doing but I think he got fired over it. The label was just like, [affects K-Tel commercial announcer's voice] "More smash hits! What the f-k is this?"

The songs that got cut from it that you really liked, are those ever gonna see the light of day or have they surfaced?: Umm�no, I've pretty much completely lost track of them. They're recorded on a cassette tape somewhere�I don't know where they are anymore.

This song came out of a title that a co-writer friend of mine, Kent Scofield and I had been toying with off and on for a few months while KIX was working on demos for the new record. I don't always start writing a song with a title but somehow this one sort of started out that way. We emailed and texted back and forth with different iterations of a title and whatever thin rock and roll plot we could gain a little lyrical inspiration from. We just decided to get together one day to write this song and work on the bridge to another song we were working on, I think we got excited about "Top Down" and have not revisited the other song yet. Anyhow Kent had a guitar riff that we worked on and turned it into the main riff of the song. I pulled the drumbeat together and programmed it. I tried several and I wanted to make sure that the beat lent some sense of urgency and attitude to the main riff which we were pretty sure would be the chorus as well so that's how the drum part ended up being snare-centric. We put the intro together with the single kick beat, we knew that was a strong part. I came up with the verse guitar parts and the chorus endings that worked with the skeleton title we had. We knew the last line of the chorus would be "Love Me With Your Top Down" so I came up with something that led into the riff that you hear under the title. We didn't have a bridge idea so I came up with the basic chord progression and we didn't do much else with it at that point other than just knowing it was the bridge placeholder and guitar solo. We used the very first thing I played for that part and put a different beat under it for some contrast. Kent put a blistering guitar solo down just for fun and we called it a day. Thanks to modern technology, we didn't get to actually see each other again to finish the song, we basically finished the lyrics over email. I'm the kind of songwriter where I need some time alone with a song I'm working on with another writer to allow my own ideas to become clearer and actually sort them out to see what works best.

Having the arrangement solid, the drumbeat down, we started batting around lyrics over email. Kent had a couple of rhyme pairs that sounded like a good start and we talked about how the song could be about a convertible car. But realistically we talked about how great it was back in the day when girls used to wear tube tops in the summer. And more specifically what a great moment it always was to just pop a tube top straight down to reveal the glory of the female form on your way to more interesting activities. Talk about a gateway drug! So we worked the lyrics to play both sides of the coin, tube top and convertible top. Either way, both are enjoyed best in the down position.

I took what we thought were the final lyrics for the verses and choruses and sang all the melodies on the fly, it really came together quite naturally and I remember really thinking hard about making sure I sang stuff that was right in Steve's wheelhouse. I was definitely thinking of him and his vocal attitude the whole time. Not that I can execute anywhere near the way he can, but the inspiration for the style was there. He really liked it and sang what I meant to sing! The real difficult part for me was the "get in my back seat and�" it was too high for me to sing in anything but falsetto but I knew it would be a great moment for Steve in the chorus. Some of the lyrics didn't fit with some of the melodic rhythmic motives I was gravitating towards so I reworked a few lyrics on the fly. I like the way the lyrics came out, clever, not too obscene depending on the listener perspective, and just the right flavor for a summer rock song.

Being pretty happy with everything so far I decided to send what we had to our producer Taylor Rhodes to see if he had an idea to make the bridge better. He's also the kind of songwriter that needs some alone time with a song! He loved the song right away and so he came up with a different feel with the slides for the bridge chord progression we had, plus the whole Rosie lyrical tie-in, which I thought was brilliant. He made the whole bridge section just work. He also put the whoa-whoas in the choruses and in the intro, and who doesn't love whoa-whoas! Taylor really put a ton of frosting on the cake for this song. Funny thing is he actually thought I played the guitar solo on it and he came up with the thematic solo you hear Ronnie tearing up on the final version. It really was a much better fit. Taylor has such a great sense of overall feel for a song. I remember when we were putting the main riff together and writing the intro, I knew it was a perfect song for Ronnie and his Les Paul and that's exactly what the song ended up being, a great showcase for Ronnie's unique sound and terrific guitar playing. When you talk about truly great rhythm players, Ronnie Younkins and Pete Townshend absolutely belong in the same sentence!

I don't think we made changes when the band recorded it in the studio. It's pretty much what was on the demo. The label had been talking about making the title track the first single, but I think after they heard the final version of "Top Down" and after the radio people heard it and raved about it, they thought it was a no-brainer first single for the record. It was a pretty good song to start with but with Ronnie, Brian, Jimmy and Steve all putting their unique stamp on it, they turned it into a truly great KIX song that we are all pretty proud of. I wish we could still do music videos and they were still important like they were in the old days - so many visual possibilities with this track!