The band have been on hiatus since firing the singer in 2008, regrouping just once for a charity show in 2013. Despite Weiland's attempts at talking up his relationship with his former colleagues, guitarist Slash last year stated he'd never work with the vocalist again.

But Weiland tells La Press: "There is no problem. I even called the guys to propose the idea of doing some shows together in a few months. We are on good terms - but I don't want to be a member of Velvet Revolver full-time. If possible I'd like to only play at festivals. You know, to make easy money."

Puscifer say in a brief statement: "Calling All Cars! Rough news. @timalexander suffered a heart attack. Open Heart Surgery on Mon/Tues. Global Positive Thoughts, Por favor. @Puscifer We need our Herb the Ginseng Drummer aka Peter Merkin alive and thieving."

They announced that they plan on releasing these historic recordings--properly mixed, mastered and annotated--in definitive new editions, curated and remastered under the direction of Eddie Kramer (Hendrix's long-time sound engineer) over the next three years.

The total buyout of these master recordings places a historic exclamation point following decades of litigation between Jimi Hendrix, Ed Chalpin and PPX Enterprises. All 88 tracks recorded by Chalpin and PPX from 1965-1967 are finally under complete ownership and control of Experience Hendrix LLC.

Sedrish was charged, along with the film's director Randall Miller and fellow producer Jody Savin in the death of Jones, who was struck and killed by a train on the set of the film in February. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Sedrish was released after posting $27,700 bond.

Involuntary manslaughter is a felony carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison under Georgia law. Criminal trespass is a misdemeanor punishable by no more than a year in prison.

Looking pale and grim with arms cuffed behind his back, Lambesis looked on as his defense attorney argued that his year with limited movement - only allowed trips to his attorneys' office and medical appointments and to the bank - should count as time served. Prosecutor Claudia Grasso countered, "He's not entitled to credits."

Judge Carlos Armour stated the law is clear, that credits only apply to inmates held in lieu of bail; he described Lambesis' status as electronic surveillance while out on bail. "The GPS monitor was a condition of bail," and so he was technically not on house arrest, the judge determined. According to statements in court, Lambesis was privately monitored, not by the sheriff who controls those in custody in San Diego County. Additionally, the judge denied the requested custody credits.

The session began with a review of the trial's basic information. Lambesis was sentenced to six years in prison on May 16. He was arrested on May 7, 2013, the same day he handed an enveloped full of evidence (money and photos of his family) to an undercover agent posing as a hitman. Lambesis was in the middle of a divorce with his wife of eight years, who has since reverted to her maiden name, Meggan Murphy.

Some tweeters were apparently unaware that the change of username and the addition of a hacker group's avatar indicated that something was amiss, and instead accused the bands of being racist.

"Not a chance," Simmons tells the Tampa Tribune. "We've already danced that dance three different times. No way will we reunite. It wouldn't be fair to Tommy [Thayer] and Eric [Singer]. It wouldn't be right."

He also discussed the Rock Hall induction: "We have no reason to complain," explains the bassist. "We're the luckiest sons of bitches to walk the face of the Earth. If the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame added us or didn't, it didn't matter to us. We only did the induction with Ace [Frehley] and Peter [Criss] because the fans wanted it. But it was a slap in the face that they didn't acknowledge Tommy and Eric. They've been in the band longer than Ace and Peter. If the Grateful Dead can have 10 members in and out of the band and a lyricist, who was never in the band in the Hall, how can you explain that? Or how can the E Street Band get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? The E Street Band? Well, then why not the Silver Bullet Band or the Heartbreakers. I don't get it."

Earlier this week, it was reported that drummer Menza and bassist LoMenzo were working on a new project with Davor Garasic from thrash band Sufosia.

They recently jammed at Menza's Disintegrator Studios in California, where they played classic Megadeth tracks and a selection of covers. The download of Motorbreath is the first public release from the trio, who will flesh out future plans following LoMenzo's current touring commitments with John Fogerty.

Speaking in a video released to thank their European fans for support during their recent tour, the guitarist says: "This band is really picking up steam now - there's something in the air."

While his bandmates make equally positive-sounding comments without committing to anything, Richards adds: "Our strength lies in being together. There's a certain chemistry. I can't put my finger on it - if I knew the answer I'd bottle it and sell it.

"It's been a real buzz. I think I may keep this job on."

The band includes Allan Badger and Geoffrey Martin, who recorded vocals, guitar and bass, while Rudd produced the record in his newly-built studio in Taurange, New Zealand.

AC/DC have just completed work on a new album, without input from Malcolm Young, who's taking time out due to illness. Rudd says: "We're happy to have it done, and it's all very good."

Last September, Metallica performed their 1991 classic "Enter Sandman" on Mariano Rivera Day at Yankee Stadium as the pitcher prepared to retire at the end of the 2013 season.

Rivera - known as The Sandman - entered the field from the bullpen to the Metallica classic since 1999. "This one's for you Mariano," yelled frontman James Hetfield as the band kicked into the song, with the singer and bassist Robert Trujillo sporting Yankees jerseys for the occasion. Metallica's stage amps featured the band's name in the classic Yankees logo font, along with the number 42 and "Sandman" visible on stage.

Depp teamed up with the Boston rockers to play their version of Tiny Bradshaw's "Train Kept A-Rollin'", the final tune of a 19-song set. The actor has previously joined the band for "Train" before, including an appearance at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012.

In an video interview with Loudwire, Yankovic says he was nervous about asking the Nirvana frontman for permission, but that Cobain was "cool" with the idea.

He says: "I remember that phone conversation very well - I wish I had recorded it, it would have been a nice little piece of history. I was very nervous, and I didn't know how he would take my requesting the parody. But he was extremely cool. I just told him, 'hey, it's Weird Al Yankovic and I would love to do a parody of Smells Like Teen Spirit.'

He was a member of Ronnie James Dio's outfit from 1989 until 1991, joining at the age of 17 to replace Craig Goldy after doggedly pursuing an audition over the courses of a year. During that time he appeared on the band's album Lock Up The Wolves.

Stills and Goldberg recorded on different days and didn't perform together until last year, when they formed blues supergroup The Rides with Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

LaBar says the material ranges from early Cinderella vibes to blues rock, and all points in between. He recently explained: "I wrote No Strings following my first marriage and subsequence divorce. The relationship was awesome - the breakup not so much."

In the interview, Holmes says he was the creative force behind WASP and that Lawless put him down as a session musician on contracts to avoid paying him his due.

"He wrote me down in the contracts on every album as a session player," says Holmes, "which means my name shouldn't even be on the records as a songwriter. But it is, because I'm a songwriter, but he wrote me down as a session player, meaning I just got paid salary."

Speaking with Weinman on the new Party Smasher Inc site, he says: "When you're working with the right people, it's pretty great. I didn't do this stuff over your music - your music made me do that. Seriously. I have never done anything like that, before or maybe never again."

The singer then went on to say: "We shared similar instincts and it just worked," before adding with a smile, "we'll do something again, who knows."

HIM singer Ville Valo, a lifelong fan of the English goth/rock band, says: "Crafting and crooning such demonically delightful ditties for three decades is no mean feat, and we're extremely excited and fiercely flattered to be invited to join the festivities by sonically honoring the past, present and future of Fields Of The Nephilim."

Those reports were slammed in a band statement which said: "No plans to stop - don't believe everything you read." Now the NME reports the drummer saying: "By the time we get to Vancouver we'll have toured Europe, played Glastonbury and done a number of big festivals in North America.

'No Beer In Heaven' is set to be released on August 8th, 2014. On July 26th the band will be playing a special Toronto CD release show for hometown fans at Bovine Sex Club with support from locals Primalfrost, Tsargrad and Montreal's Karkaos.

We were sent these details about the album: The follow up to 2011's 'Marzena' EP and 2009's debut 'Ancestral Anthems', 'No Beer In Heaven' by the Eastern European transplants is a twelve track adventurous trek, diving into themes of drinking, history and human endeavor. Mixing a duo vocal attack of melodic operatics plus woodwinds from Ekaterina Pyatkova and high spirited chanting growls from guitarist Martin Drozd, Protokult showcase a diversified and powerful engagement that includes the shredding of guitarist Vodnik, the pounding force of Mike Matveev on drums and the grooves of bassist Dawid Slowiak.

Years ago, I used to be in a band called Blondes Not Bombs back in Tampa, FL. I was heavily influenced by The Dresden Dolls, Something Corporate, and Fall Out Boy... The band was just me on piano and my friend Tommy on drums. We used to call it "the most fun two people can have sitting down"! Around that time I had also ended a bad relationship. I was enjoying single life, kind of dating around and feeling like myself again. It can be a very empowering time for a woman to leave someone who has been holding her back. "I Said" is not just about the break up, it's also about the dating scene and how people can play games and break hearts almost for the fun of it.

I was in college, and a regular couch-surfer at the time... sleeping where I could, crashing in my minivan "Bertha" some nights, and waiting 'til payday so I could get gas money to drive home. I used to spend a lot of time at my friend Ethan's house. He and I used to play gigs at a local coffee shop called Sacred Grounds all the time. It's safe to say I played or hung out there at least once a week. One day while jamming out, I remember showing him "I Said", with that constant, driving piano melody, a nod to my Something Corporate influence. I had a few lyrics for the chorus, but I was still working it out. After the first octave-jumping line "And I Said", I had the melody, but no more lyrics. I was showing it to Ethan just on "la la la" or something. And he said "it sounds like you should say 'we're over we're over' and I stuck with it!

It became my break up anthem, and an account of my times dating guys who played the field. I thought I had them all figured out! Aren't we all just a bunch of crazy kids out there breaking hearts? But, the funny thing is, and the moral of the song... is that the lifestyle still leaves you all alone. "It gets YOU nowhere" (verse one) "it gets ME nowhere" (verse 2).

So, "I Said" became the song Blondes Not Bombs was known for. Tommy eventually got married and started a family, and soon I was itching to get out of South Florida. I had met Steve Tobi and our original drummer Cory Walen through their band, Dangerflight. They were planning on moving to Nashville from Tampa to get more exposure in the music business. They knew me from mutual friends and also from playing gigs around town - so they knew the song "I Said". Long story short, I tagged along to Nashville and the bands eventually joined forces. I became the front-woman, and years later when we started working on "Invisible Tonight", "I Said" was still stuck in everyone's heads. We turned it into a full band song, and breathed a life into it that I never could have imagined all those years ago in the coffee shop in Tampa.