No cause of death has been given, but he'd been unwell since suffering a stroke after the band played at Hellfest in France in 2011. He'd been replaced by Toby Dammit on the road since then. His last studio appearance was on last year's album Ready To Die.

Confirming Asheton had passed on Saturday, Pop said in a statement: "Scott was a great artist. I have never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning. He was like my brother. He and Ron have left a huge legacy to the world."

The song has been remastered and is included on an upcoming re-release of the album, which will be reissued with a companion disc along with Led Zeppelin's other records. Jimmy Page admits wading through vaults of unreleased material was a major challenge.

Page says, "The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording... It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time."

Even if you thought you'd heard enough of Led Zeppelin, you can choose to soon hear more. The reissue sets are massive. The reissue of their 1969 self-titled debut features a previously unreleased performance recorded on October 10, 1969 at the Olympia Theatre in Paris. The nine-song set features seven tracks from the album, including an epic 15-minute version of "Dazed And Confused," as well as "Heartbreaker" and "Moby Dick," which would debut on Led Zeppelin II later that month.

The band is expected to play the tune during their upcoming spring and summer concert dates, which feature a "Metallica By Request" format - giving fans the ability to vote on 17 songs the group will perform alongside the new track.

The South American schedule runs to March 30, following which the band will bring its "request" show to Europe for dates beginning May 28 in Helsinki, Finland and to the Heavy Montreal festival in August.

Wylde was performing in Chicago on Friday (March 15th) as part of the all-star lineup of this year's Experience Hendrix Tour and he had his vest and his $10,000 Pelham Blue Bullseye Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar stolen from his tour bus at around 10 PM.

Wylde spoke with The Chicago Tribute about the theft, "I thought somebody might have picked it up and put it in the back lounge (inside the venue) � Nothing gets stolen off tour buses unless you don't lock them. Rule number one: when you get off this (expletive deleted) bus, you lock the (expletive deleted) door and you check the handle." He adds, "Hopefully, these morons are going to go down to the flea market, or the pawn shop."

In a statement issued to NME, Marr said: "I was running pretty fast and just went straight over. I banged my shoulder and then realised my hand was in a bad way. Obviously we're hoping there's no long term damage."

Marr, who is currently touring his 2013 debut solo album The Messenger, said he is still hoping to play his planned future live shows, but these all depend on how well his hand heals.

"The plan is to do the Leeds Brudenell (U.K.) shows on March 24 and 25 and then the dates I have in South America as long as I can play the guitar when the plaster comes off. Usually that would be after six weeks but I'm hoping it will be OK, it's a bit up in the air at this point. I may have to start drinking heavily." As Marr is now a vegan non-drinker, the last sentence is a joke. Marr is also a keen runner, but he may be rethinking hitting London streets any time soon.

The tour will feature support from Death Grips and is scheduled to kick off on July 19th at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and the trek will wrap up on August 25th at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Cohen has already been replaced with James Bond star Ben Whishaw and Queen's Brian May recently told VH1 Radio Networks that filming would begin in May, but Variety reported on Thursday that director Dexter Fletcher has quit the production.

Fletcher reportedly left the film over creative differences with producer Graham King of GK Films. Variety reports that sources told them that there "were some back and forth not just with King and Fletcher but Whishaw who also wanted changes made to the script and that these changes were taking to[o] long to fix and eventually led to King letting Fletcher go."

Helmet, Chris Broderick (Megadeth), Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots), Dave Lombardo (Philm / Slayer), Phil Sandoval (Armored Saint), Gonzo Sandoval (Armored Saint), Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory), Ann Boleyn (Hellion), Keith St. John (Montrose / Burning Rain), Sin Quirin (Ministry), Edge Of Paradise, Betsy Weiss (Bitch), Rik Fox (Sin / Steeler / W.A.S.P.), Spiders & Snakes, Chris Moore (Cry Wolf), Steve Gaines (Anger As Art / Abaottoir), Shawn Duncan (DC4 / Odin), Matt Duncan (DC4), To Human, Randy Piper (W.A.S.P.), Mandy Lion (WWIII), Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot), Arthur Seay (Unida) are just some of the stars that will take the stage during the Rockers Against Trafficking benefit on April 11th at Paladino's in Tarzana, CA. Chipster sent over these details:

"Besides being a photographer, I am a dad - that is my top priority in life,"
said organizer Estrada. "I have two young daughters that I care about and love very much. For the past few years, human trafficking has been on my radar as we see and hear more and more about this spreading sickness. Young girls, like my daughters, fall victim to this travesty every day - and that worries me."

Last year, Estrada had a birthday party at Paladino's, which resulted in plenty of his rock pals joining in the fun for jam sessions. This year, when talk of having another b-day bash came up, the photographer came up with an idea - make it a benefit to fight human trafficking.

"Our goal is to build awareness and raise funds to support the fight against
"human trafficking here in our own country and abroad," says Estrada. Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world today - second only to drug activity.

The show at the ancient Roman chariot racing stadium marks the third European date of the summer for the band, following previously announced appearances at the Pinkpop Festival in Holland on June 7 and the TW Classic Festival in Belgium on June 28.

Slash and Kreiger teamed up for Jimi's blues classic, "Red House", which featured vocals by Mary Bridget Davies, star of the Broadway show, "A Night With Janis Joplin."

The concert news comes on the heels of the band's announcement that they will be releasing a 20th anniversary reissue of "Superunknown" on June 3rd.

The news comes as the acclaimed band completes work (with Beste on bass) on their fourth studio album in Nashville at LCS Studios with an expected release this summer.

Beste was recruited by the band last August as a fill-in bass player for their Norwegian festival dates and US tour after original bassist Robin Everhart left the band.

Frontman Jay Buchanan had this to say, "Personnel change in a band this tight can be a very worried thing. Suddenly, you have to reprogram yourself from hearing and doing things in a familiar way in order to move forward, sink into and appreciate the new.

"That 'new' is Dave Beste and he's been completely killing it. A close friend of mine for many years, Beste committed wholeheartedly to helping us out when we were in a tight spot and it didn't take long to see that the fit couldn't be more natural. Also, I can't wait for people to hear his playing on this new record because he delivered in spades. So, now it is official. Bonafide. Dave Beste is a Rival Son."

The 161-mile ride begins Alexandra Palace in London on Wednesday, June 11, and ends at Donington Park around midday on June 13. Smallwood says: "Metal fans like to get up off their backsides and do things - it's a very proactive tribe. People still need our help, and this is a great way to do it with an interesting and varied bunch of riders.

Described as "an impassioned, undeniable shot of singalong Americana", the album was recorded with his backing band The Cameraderie: fiddler Jon Gaunt, bassist Joe Ginsberg, pedal steel player Todd Beene and drummer David Hidalgo.

Backing vocals come from Elisabeth Troy. Aidan O'Rourke, who recorded a violin track, was recently named Musician Of The Year at the BBC Folk Awards.

The long-awaited release is another milestone for 2014 after they performed at the Grammy Awards ceremony and saw their debut album Chicago Transit Authority inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame.

"We are very much looking forward to playing in front of our UK fans once more," said Geoff Downes. "It's been quite a while, so of course we are extra-excited this time to bring our music back to you all again. And in particular, we shall be including songs from our brand new album 'Gravitas' - see you there!"

In December, Mellencamp revealed plans to work on his first new album since 2010's "No Better Than This." "I've got a notebook with 85 new songs that I've written for my next record," he told Rolling Stone.

Criss premiered the Ludwig kit in December of 1973 and played it all the way through 1974, before it was replaced by a stretch of Pearl kits. In addition to the 24-inch glitter KISS logo bass drum, the kit also contains the snare, various tom-toms, cymbals, cowbell, drum stool and even some of the original road cases.

The Canadian-US four-piece formed three years ago as an instrumental band, featuring guitarists Aaron Marshall and Lukas Guyader plus drummer Anup Sastry. Things changed when Mike Semesky, formerly of The Haarp Machine, joined the band last year.

The band promise their 12 new songs - Wicked Ways among them - will carry on with the trademark Smash Fashion mix of power pop, glitter, psychedelia, 70s arena rock and punk.

Smash Fashion were formed in 2004 by singer/songwriter Roger Deering as a reaction to the "over-serious, no fun, no energy" LA scene. Says Roger: "I wanted a show band with great songs. The art of being an entertainer seems to have disappeared from the rock format - I wanted to bring it back."

The experimental outfit last year revealed a video for their song English Rosa, featuring Procul Harum guitarist Dave Ball playing the Grim Reaper. Mainman Scott Milligan formed the band to record the soundtrack to a movie, also called Uh-Oh! based on the life of his uncle, who suffered mental health issues. That's led the band to arrange a series of concerts in psychiatric hospitals.

"Thank you for all the congratulations on our wedding today," posted Sixx. "We had a f***ing blast to say the least. We were surrounded by my kids, all our wonderful friends and families at the Greystone Estate in Beverly Hills. Today was a perfect day."

Frontwoman Laura Jane Grace road-tested the track in front of audiences during her solo tour and had been toying with the song as far back as late 2012. Performed with only an acoustic guitar, lyrics like "I want to p-s on the walls of your house" teetered on touching.

In stark contrast, the electric guitars and rated-R graphics of the video give the song a far darker, more sinister feel, clearing way for the listener to hear and see the pain Grace must have endured as a youth.

Driven�Rise was the first song idea out of the gate for what has become the 2014 Riotgod album of the same name. The song's raw music happened to appear relatively soon after the whole Hurricane Sandy episode went down, so let that set the stage. The music once out of the initial instrumental recording stage, arrived at stage 2, for M.SUN. As all the songs go, the instrumental was played over and over again until a melody gelled. This one came on rather quickly, melody was sung into the phone and recorded so as to not forget it.

Personal energies influenced the vibe of that whole creative process and an earnest nature helped craft the words. No one can ever know all the specifics but I can say it deals with optimism. Being around someone who has a proper sense of optimism ( especially when whether or not one's aware they focus disproportionately on the negative ) meaning not "pie-in-the-sky" glossy talk but real glass-half-full talk - can be a learning lesson. Props to my Blue for doing that for me - and a good portion of the energy of this song went her way. She had a house on New Jersey's Long Beach Island, which got battered by the hurricane and a lot was washed out to sea: surfboards, old heirloom bottles of scotch, her whole family house ( not "luxury" beach house ) almost everything but the memories. I myself spent a week without power, alone, with no access to anything. When I was able to reconnect - on a sunny day - the overwhelming happiness - I hope the music can paint that picture and maybe channel some of that energy.

I wanted the words to somehow evoke that KIND of optimism as well. I wanted (importantly) not only that "chin-up" attitude but that combined with a care-free sensibility - essentially that glorious moment when against standard reservation, one says "Fk it - let's do this." and everything goes right - after things have been not-so-good for too long.

This album was recorded in tight windows of time. During the pre-production at home, the vocal arrangement, featuring more than a few layers, was hammered out so that when it came time to lay it down, it went smoothly and quickly.

Garrett was next in the process and he laid down a solo that totally captured the feeling expressed by the lyrics and music already laid down.

Driven�Rise - a great way to imagine 2014.