Axl Rose Is Not Dead

Rudd was originally booked for attempting to procure a murder after he allegedly tried to have two men killed, possession of methamphetamine, possession of cannabis and threatening to kill.

Authorities dropped the charge of attempting to procure a murder the next day due to lack of evidence. Now, the New Zealand Herald reports court records show Rudd is alleged to have made a phone call to a former employee on September 26 where he is claimed to have "threatened to kill the [complainant] and his daughter."

The Foo Fighters mainman had stopped using weed around the age of 20 after suffering paranoid experiences, and only thought of having another joint while the band were working on latest album Sonic Highways.

Grohl tells Howard Stern his hopes were dashed after sitting at home watching TV reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Grohl recalls: "One night after everyone was asleep I smoked way too much, watched The Kardashians - and lost my mind."

He vows: "I'm never smoking pot again. They should do that in rehab centers: get you super-f***ing-high and make you watch The Kardashians. You'll never take drugs again!"

Stapp last week posted a video in which he claimed he was the victim of a concentrated attack, he'd had his bank account frozen and he was living in his truck. It was later revealed his wife had cited his drug use, violent behavior and a suicide attempt in her divorce papers, and that she'd attempted to have him put into medical care following months of disturbing behavior.

Last week Marshall reported that he'd spoken to his colleague and "he seems to be okay." Now he's said: "Due to the exposure my post has received I feel I need to clarify what I meant.

The new EP, Joe Perry's Merry Christmas, includes his renditions of "White Christmas," "Silent Night," "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" and "Run Run Rudolph" (featuring Johnny Depp on rhythm guitar).

Perry explains why he released the new EP, "I have wanted to do a Christmas CD with Aerosmith for years, but it seems we never have the time to record one.

"When my Rocks book tour ended, the timing was right--we were in LA with access to a studio with some really talented friends and it all fell together. I was finally able to record some Christmas classics for the fans."

He also explained how he selected the songs for the EP, "The two instrumentals are among the 10 most popular Christmas songs. Almost everyone knows the lyrics to 'Silent Night' and 'White Christmas,' so we treated them as songs that people could sing along to, while staying close to the classic versions everyone knows.

"The two vocal songs, 'Santa's Back in Town' and 'Run Run Rudolph' are rockers made famous by Elvis and Chuck Berry. They are probably less well known so you would have to hear the lyrics to know they are Christmas songs. They are two of my favorite holiday songs."

The currently untitled project is a long-term ambition of the Rolling Stones frontman and movie icon, who worked together on band documentary Shine A Light in 2008. It also features Boardwalk Empire co-creator Terence Winter and Breaking Bad's George Mastras on the creative team.

The new North American dates for the 2015 leg of the On With The Show tour include stops in Houston, Dallas, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Denver, Vancouver, Bakersfield, Oakland, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

The legendary band is currently embarked on the final stretch of the first leg of the North American tour which wraps up on December 20th in Tampa, Fl at the Amalie Arena.

He admits he's "on his knees" for any support that can be offered after he fell behind with his rent. And he's offering music and artwork at discounted prices in return for any donations fans can afford.

He's best known for joining FNM in 1985 and fronting the band for debut album We Care A Lot and follow-up Introduce Yourself. He was replaced by Mike Patton in 1988. The pair shared vocal duties on stage in New York in 2010.

Gray died in a hotel room in the band's home town, Iowa, after an accidental overdose. He'd been struggling with addiction issues for some time. His passing sent Slipknot into freefall, from which they've only recently begun recovering with the recent launch of .5: The Gray Chapter, named after him.

Taylor's feelings are recorded in the album track Goodbye. He tells MusikUniverse: "It's about the day we lost him. We were all sitting in my house - me, Clown and Fehn has just come from the hotel where they found him. We got everyone to meet at my house; we were trying to keep them away from the hotel. The three of us, we didn't listen - we went right down there.

The Magnificent Moodies was recorded in 1965 by Denny Laine, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder, Clint Warwick and Graeme Edge, a year before the band was reinvented with the arrival of Justin Hayward and John Lodge - who, along with Edge, remain in the veteran outfit.

"All Is By My Side" covers a year in Hendrix's life from 1966-67, following his path as an unknown backup guitarist playing New York's Cheetah Club to making his mark in London's music scene up�right up until his triumphant performance at the Monterey Pop festival.

The film, which debuted last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival, does not include any of Hendrix's music as the family-run estate refused to grant permission for the use of any material.

Frontman Joel O'Keefe says he wouldn't entertain the idea of a live album until after the fourth record is out - but he expects it to be an "old school" double set.

He tells GuitarMania: "We thought about recording every gig and just giving it away. But we'll just f***ing keep playing live shows, that's what we'll do. Come to the gig. If you want to record it, record it on your phone.

He'll release the concept album soundtrack on February 10 via his Fat Wreck Chords label, before the theatrical production is launched. He describes the work as "a story of survival and love among runaway teenagers living on the streets."

It's told through the eyes of 16-year-old Sue, and it's based on real-life experiences of the authors. The record includes contributions by members of Alkaline Trio, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, No Use For A Name, Descendents and many others.

The band announced the news in a video on their Facebook page, using a computer-generated voice. It says: "Hi, we're making a new album which will be released through Artery Recordings in 2015. Heavy breakdowns, blast beats. Love Iwrestledabearonce."

Hosted by the comedian Sinbad, the event honors individuals and companies for outstanding achievement in professional audio technology and production.

The project features bassist Nick Beggs and drummer Craig Blundell. Guest artists include Steve Hogarth, Jem Godfrey, Nik Kershaw, Heather Findlay, Kim Seviour and Peter Cox. The story is narrated by actor Lee Ingleby, of Master And Commander and Harry Potter fame.

Stewart was attending a performing by Mick Hucknall - who took his place during the Faces reunion of 2010 - when he was heard the news from guitarist Ronnie Wood.

"The singer, at that point, decided that he wanted it all, he didn't wanna share it with us, and he let us know that," Lynch tells Guitar Interactive. "The reason that we were on fire before that - we were so dedicated, we kept persevering - was because we were all working for something. It wasn't even for the money, it was just to get to that point.

"And success on all levels - musically and financially, so we could be secure, and all these things, for all the right reasons. And we took care of each other, and we were an equal-split band.

But he says too many men ignore the signs and adds that ignorance is especially rife when it comes to male breast cancer. He tells Eddie Trunk: "Men get breast cancer.

"The word breast annoys me because it sounds like a girl's thing, but it's not. All I'm trying to say is you've gotta get aware. You've gotta check yourself. If you feel a bump, it's not gonna go away.

But they have announced the one-off show for August 1, in Odense's Thousand Year Forest - known locally as Tusindarsskoven. Frontman Michael Poulsen says: "When we got this opportunity to play an exclusive show in Odense, it was one we couldn't resist.

"It has been five years since we last played a big show in Odense, and we look forward to welcoming our fans from Denmark, elsewhere in Europe, and maybe from around the world as well."

The all-female New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stars will begin the recording sessions for what will be their 13th album on January 26, they say via Facebook.

Frontman Cronos said: "It really shows the band maturing into the unstoppable force of pure black metal. Dante created pure thunder from his drums while Rage tears the flesh off your face with his riffs."

Spinefarm say: "The cover is visually arresting, featuring skeletal beings bathed in read and orange tones. It's a natural successor to Fallen Angels. And this is merely the cover - the music slays, and early praise indicated it could be one of Venom's best released ever.

Satchel tells Songfacts: "Think about the stuff that people were listening to during the 90s when they considered hair metal goofy. There was so much sh*tty stuff on the radio during the 90s. It was virtually all sh*tty.

"There were a lot of bands in the 90s getting signed just on their look, just because grunge was in, just because they didn't look 'heavy metal'. Granted, there's a lot of heavy metal that was sucky, as well. But there was also a lot of really, really hooky stuff.

"Take Twisted Sister, for instance. They at some point probably got laughed at because they looked the way they looked and when heavy metal went away, people probably went, 'Oh, Twisted Sister, that's so basic and it's so 'cave rock'.

Performing with full stage show - including giant spider webs, cages and costumed extras, In This Moment's performance was filmed by SiriusXM for the Octane show.

Hegg recently wrapped up filming on new movie Northmen - A Viking Saga, in which he plays a viking warrior called Valli. And Amon Amarth sing about viking culture and even feature images of the warriors on their artwork - but still Hegg would rather not be branded a viking metal band.

He tells Metalinside: "It's weird to label a band after the lyrical content because, in that case, Iron Maiden is a viking metal band, Black Sabbath is a viking metal band, Led Zeppelin is a viking metal band.

But his favorite live memory was even more Spinal Tap - as it involved a guest appearance from Tap bassist Derek Smalls. Trohman tells Musicradar: "We're all huge Spinal Tap fans. When we played Conan O'Brien's TV show last year, we decided to do our own Spinal Tap thing. We worked it out with their people that we were going to pay homage to the Derek Smalls scene from the film in which the bassist, who was played by Harry Shearer, got stuck in his pod.

"We had pods built, and we even got in contact with Harry and asked him if he wanted to be part of it. Luckily for us, he was super into it. We came out of our pods and started playing, only of course the pod that Pete Wentz was in, because he's the bassist, wouldn't open. But there was Harry Shearer to the rescue - he came out and started playing.

Corin Tucker dials up her far-reaching vocals on the track, managing to break through the song's thunderous guitar riffs and piercing drums. "Surface Envy" follows up "Bury Our Friends," which was included in their recently released decade-spanning box set, Start Together, which included remastered editions of their seven albums.

Their latest track was first teased as a snippet along with "No Cities to Love"--the title track of their upcoming album, which is being produced by John Goodmanson--during an interview on NPR All Songs Considered.

Torme said in April: "I wanted to do an album now because it's been so f***ing long since the last one. Admittedly there were three Guy McCoy Torme records in between, but even the last of those was a while ago.

"I've got some really cool tracks: rockers, cosmic stuff, bluesy things. Stuff I really like to play. The Pledge thing is just brilliant - there's no Mister Man telling you what you 'ought' to be doing."

The new acoustic performance was shot during a promotional appearance for upcoming record Holding All The Roses, to be launched on February 9 via Earache.

Frontman Charlie Starr recently said of the album title: "If there's a feeling of competition and you feel like you're winning, what is it that you actually win? We're all winners - but if we all win, who cares?"

They performed a stripped down version of House On A Hill. The song is the fourth single to be taken from their latest album, Going To Hell, which was released in March.

But with the creation of her own label, Axehouse Music, she's keeping an eye open for opportunities in new directions. Taylor tells Guitar-Bass.net: "I'm still holding out for the Prince gig. I mean, how many female guitar players can he go through?"

And she's interested in developing her own take on Joe Bonamassa's tie-in with Beth Hart. "I could just sit back and play guitar," she reflects. "I also wouldn't mind doing a rockabilly kind of thing, an old-school Little Richard meets rockabilly album. An artist I was dying to work with in that vein was Nick Curran out of Austin, Texas - but sadly we lost him young, the year before last."

The work is presented on two discs in order to avoid over-simplifying the band's complex music and plot. Drummer Matt Halpern recently explained: "Although the albums are split in two physically, the story is only complete when the albums are digested consecutively. This allows the listener to recognise and hear the lyrical and musical overlapping themes."

Marsh tells Prog: "Burn The Brightest Day is one of the most direct things I've ever recorded, both musically and lyrically. I filmed the video round the corner from my studio one sunny morning. I really love the retro nostalgia feel."

The Norwegian-based singer, songwriter and producer says of Sentiment: "It's my darkest and noisiest album so far. That encouraged me to step away from my comfort zones and really delve into more personal matters."

The album explores the story of two foxes escaping from a forest fire - used as a metaphor for humanity's effect on the environment. The Spanish instrumental outfit say of the track:

"The Japanese myth of Kitsune has been an important reference to connect the songs. From all the different myths connected to the fox we've found, Kitsune is by far the most interesting, due to his connection with taking care of the forests and small villages. The myth ended up influencing the whole album."