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Day in Rock Report for 11/27/2014


Creed's Scott Stapp Says He's Broke and Homeless

(Classic Rock) Creed frontman Scott Stapp says he's looking for a lawyer to help him fight what he calls a string of "slanderous, libellous accusations." In a self-shot video uploaded to Creed's Facebook page Wednesday, a disheartened Stapp tells fans how he spent weeks living in his car after his bank accounts were "frozen" by the American Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He also claims his online banking accounts were hacked.

The 15-minute clip was recorded in a hotel room where Stapp, 41, says he's been living. Insisting that he remains sober and clean, Stapp says: "I'm sure you've heard the many rumours and slanderous, libellous accusations over the last few weeks.

"I'm under some kind of vicious attack, I still haven't figured out the reasons why. There are people who have taken advantage and stolen money from me. They are trying to discredit and slander me. I have even been threatened.

"Right now I'm living in a Holiday Inn, by the grace of God. There's been a couple of weeks where I had to sleep in my truck. I had no money for gas or food.

"I went two days without eating and ended up in an emergency room. When I called the bank to see what happened to the funds I had remaining in the bank, someone had used my information and changed my online passwords to my bank accounts and transferred all the money out my bank accounts so I had nothing." Read more and watch the video here.

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The Acacia Strain's Tour Van Hit By Alleged Drunk Driver

The Acacia Strain have been forced to miss two shows on their current tour with Emmure after their tour van was hit and damaged by an alleged drunk driver on Tuesday night.

Frontman Vincent Bennett posted a series of messages on Twitter explaining what happened and the aftermath. He first wrote, "This cool drunk dude ran into our van while it was parked. What a cool guy."

Bennett then tweeted, "Van axle is f***ed. We cannot safely drive our van right now. Might not make Canada. I will keep you posted." The band was forced to cancel two concerts. They posted the following message on Facebook on Wednesday night, "Due to a drunk driver hitting our van last night, we will be missing tonight in Montreal and tomorrow in Toronto. We PROMISE we will do shows to make these up as soon as we can. See you in Cleveland."

Meanwhile, Bennett continued to post updates for fans via Twitter. He wrote, "This is the reason we don't tour this time of year. I swear we have a holiday curse. Where the hell is the ghost of xmas past?"

Followed by, "We feel f***ing horrible. There is little we can do at this point. Thank you for your kind words and understanding. See you in Cleveland." and "Booking makeup shows to both Montreal and Toronto as soon as we can."

He also posted some photos of the damage. You can see the photos and read his other updates here.

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Wayne Static's Final Message For Fans

(TeamRock Radio) Wayne Static paid tribute to his fans and vowed to keep delivering for them in the last interview before his death. The former Static-X frontman passed away earlier this month, aged 48. His cause of death has not yet been confirmed, although his widow has said drugs were not involved.

Revolver Magazine have published the question-and-answer session carried out with him just days before his death. He discussed his interest in classic rock music, saying he wished he could sing like Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and wanted to tour with Rush.

He also said Static-X could only reunite if former colleague Tony Campos allowed it, and revealed plans to record an EP because he felt he needed a full year away to write an album.

Answering the final question, "What do you want your fans to know?" Static said: "It's been a long journey - and I can't believe I'm still relevant to the music scene. I never in a million years expected all this.

"It's all because of my fans. I do it all for them; I keep going for them. I want to keep everyone happy and excited. I realise that's my job. I used to think my job was to rock out with my cock out and sh*t like that, but that's not my job. I go on stage and I see people's faces light up and I see everyone smiling." Read more here.

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The Metal All Stars Postpone Tour

(Classic Rock) The Metal All Stars consisting of rock heavyweights Zakk Wylde, Joey Belladonna, Chuck Billy, Geoff Tate, Carmine Appice, Cronos and others have postponed their European winter tour due to last-minute scheduling conflicts.

The supergroup were due to kick off the 19-date jaunt in Bochum, Germany, on November 28. But all of the shows have been put on hold until the spring of 2015, with exact dates to follow.

Scheduled shows in London on December 16 and Dublin the following night are among those affected. In a statement, the group say: "New tour dates in these cities will be announced shortly." Read more here.

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Neil Turbin Has Angry Split With Onslaught

(Classic Rock) Onslaught have split with stand-in singer Neil Turbin with two shows remaining on their US tour - and the parties have issues statements criticizing each other's position.

Guitarist Nige Rockett says the former Anthrax man was fired earlier this week after failing to learn the British band's set. But Turbin, who was brought in because Sy Keeler had to deal with personal issues, insists he quit after he wasn't paid what had been agreed.

Rockett told Heavy Metal Television earlier this week: "We fired him. Things never really started off well with Neil. He had a reasonable amount of time to learn the songs - he turned up at the first show with a prompter, and that prompter was still there yesterday."

Turbin responded via Facebook: "The contract was signed a month before the tour, and that's the amount of time I had to learn an entire set of complex lyrics and vocals. There was no time on the road. It was shared with Nige that the only way I could sing the proper lyrics would be with some help, since we never rehearsed once." Read more here.

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Flotsam And Jetsam Lose Founding Member

(TeamRock Radio) Flotsam And Jetsam drummer and founding member Kelly Smith has left the band to care for his family, he's announced. They've parted ways with guitarist Edward Carlson and bassist Jason Ward in recent years who were replaced with Steve Conley and Michael Spencer respectively. Now they'll look for a new drummer to complete work on their as-yet-untiled 12th studio album.

Smith says in a statement: "As of August, my family has suffered the loss of two family members and a third is now in a critical condition. With all that has taken place, it has taken me away from the focus of my duties in Flotsam for the foreseeable future.

"In 1982, Flotsam was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on my parents' back patio. Despite all the progress we've made, I am regretfully unable to continue on this journey. As always, I only want the best should my comrades continue the good fight." Read more here.

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Venom Announce New Album From The Very Depths

(Classic Rock) UK metal legends Venom will launch their 14th album in January, they've announced. From The Very Depths is set for release on January 26 via Spinefarm Records and will be their first studio outing since 2011's Fallen Angels.

Mainman Cronos says: "This album is perfect - all three members are totally over-the-top confident with the new songs and the production. We had a great atmosphere in the studio while we were recording.

"Dante created pure thunder from his drums, while Rage tears the flesh off your face with his riffs, making everything fall into place so well." He continues here.

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Pink Floyd Producer Andy Jackson Releases New Video

(Prog) Pink Floyd producer Andy Jackson has released a new music video for his track The Boy In The Forest, which is taken from his fourth solo album Signal To Noise.

Jackson has just launched the title via Esoteric Antenna. He recently told Prog that he was hoping to up the ante on his recording career, saying: "I'd like to do the next one as a band project. I'd love to do four albums a year, like Zappa - I love the way he worked. Maybe it's a challenge I need to set myself."

Jackson has gained two Grammy nominations for his work with Floyd, and worked on their final album The Endless River, also released this month. Watch the video here.

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Foo Fighters Release Video Clip For In The Clear

(hennemusic) The Foo Fighters have released a lyric video for "In The Clear" from their new album, "Sonic Highways." The clip features the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and was recorded at the legendary Preservation Hall in New Orleans.

"Sonic Highways" recently debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 with opening week sales of 190,000 copies. The Foo Fighters last release, 2011's "Wasting Light", was its first No. 1, selling 235,000 copies in its opening week.

Produced by Butch Vig, "Sonic Highways" was recorded in 8 American cities - Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Watch the video here.

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Capdown Reunite For Short Tour

(TeamRock Radio) UK ska punks Capdown have reunited for a four-date tour of the UK. They'll join Me First & The Gimme Gimmes and The Skints on the Jagermeister Music Tour which gets underway in Liverpool on December 18. More bands will be announced in due course.

Their last studio outing was 2007's Wind Up Toys and they toured sporadically until 2011. Now they've announced they'll get together again for the December dates.

Bassist Boob Goold says: "We're not really a band any more so to get the chance to go out and play with the Gimmies and The Skints again was too good to turn down. We've played with both bands before so we're looking forward to getting back in touch with some old friends." Read more and grab the dates here.

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Metallica Release Monster Trailer

(hennemusic) Metallica have issued a trailer for the 10th anniversary reissue of their 2004 documentary, "Some Kind Of Monster." The newly-released edition of the film includes all the extras from the original 2005 DVD release plus the bonus feature, "This Monster Lives."

The 25-minute bonus was shot at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival during the premiere of the band's second film, "Metallica Through The Never".

It includes new interview footage with the band and co-directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky as they look back at the decade since the release of the movie.

Originally released in 2004, "Some Kind Of Monster" followed the band through the three most turbulent years of their long career, during which they battled through addiction, lineup changes, fan backlash, personal turmoil and the near-disintegration of the group during the making of their "St. Anger" album.

Watch the trailer here.

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Van Halen Brothers Donate Signed Guitar For MS Benefit

(hennemusic) Alex and Eddie Van Halen have donated a signed guitar for an upcoming benefit supporting former KMET radio personality Pat "Paraquat" Kelley, who was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis in 2003 and is now in the advanced stages of the illness.

The Van Halen News Desk reports the brothers visited Kelley, with Eddie playing his 1991 instrumental, "316", on the acoustic guitar before he and brother Alex signed the axe.

The guitar is one of many items being auctioned off to raise funds for the former radio personality at The Mighty Met Acoustic Flashback Honoring Paraquat Kelley, taking place at the Canyon Club in Agoura, California on Sunday, December 14.

The event will feature KMET alumni and music performances, including an appearance by George Thorogood. Fans can also assist Kelly with his medical bills by making a donation via his GoFundMe page, which currently sits at $6,000 raised to date towards a goal of $50,000.

Check out the stream of Eddie playing the guitar here.

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Seasick Steve Releasing 'Ambitious' New Album

(The Blues Seasick Steve has confirmed the release of his seventh album Sonic Soul Surfer on March 23 via Caroline International. He'll support the 12-track album with his first UK tour in four years.

It's described as his most ambitious record to date, and features longtime drummer Dan Magnusson along with guests Luther Dickinson, Georgina Leach and Ben Miller.

Steve says: "The whole record is mostly me and Dan sitting there, drinking and playing. There ain't a whole lot of producing going on - but I know what I'm doing and I know what I want."

Check out the tour and album track details here.

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Agnostic Front To Begin Recording New Album Next Week

(TeamRock Radio) Agnostic Front will begin recording their 11th album next week - and it's to be called The American Dream Died. It'll be their first with guitarist Craig Silverman, who joined the band in May.

They'll be assisted in the studio by Paul Miner, who's previously worked with Atreyu, Death By Stereo, H20 and Terror. Frontman Roger Miret says:

"This recording promises to be mean, fast and furious - with elements of our classic styles, adding chaotic blasts of real old school hardcore!" Read more here.

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Blackberry Smoke Release Lyric Video For New Song

(Classic Rock) Blackberry Smoke have released a lyric video for their track Let Me Help You (Find The Door). It's taken from the Southern rock outfit's fourth album, Holding All The Roses, set for launch on February 9 via Earache Records.

Frontman Charlie Starr said earlier this year: "It's not a huge departure - there's really big rock 'n' roll songs and some laid-back moments as well. We recorded live a lot again and we tried a few different things; some of it's top-secret but nothing that's so radically different. Have no fear. We didn't make a hip-hop record."

Holding All The Roses follows The Whippoorwill, their first album to be released in the UK. They recently completed a six-date UK tour, backed with the launch of live DVD Leave A Scar.

Watch the video here.

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Bruce Springsteen Tribute Concert Coming To TV

(hennemusic) The 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year concert film honoring Bruce Springsteen will be broadcast on PBS on December 5 at 9 PM ET as part of the network's Arts Fall Festival.

Recorded last year and released this past March, the PBS broadcast of "A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen" highlights the music industry event recognizing Springsteen's creative accomplishments as well as his significant charitable work, and features Bruce and the E Street Band in addition to more than a dozen performances of Springsteen's work by other artists.

Hosted by Jon Stewart, the event saw Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Elton John, Sting, Patti Smith, John Legend, Kenny Chesney and more deliver unique versions of Springsteen classics before the honoree hit the stage with the E Street Band to close the show. Read more here.

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Producer Goes Behind The Scenes For Accept's Blind Rage album

(Classic Rock) Producer Andy Sneap, who's worked with the likes of Megadeth, Saxon, Killswitch Engage and Exodus, has filmed a pair of videos explaining how Accept's recent Blind Rage album was made.

The album came out in August, and was the follow up to 2012's Stalingrad, also produced by Sneap. "With the Stalingrad album it was all a bit pushed", says Sneap, "but with this one we gave ourselves plenty of time.

"We probably had 18 or 19 songs in really good shape before we got started, which meant we could use the songs we felt made the most complete album."

Watch the videos here.

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Aaron Keylock Giving Away New Single

(Classic Rock) Aaron Keylock, the 16-year-old guitarist who supported Blackberry Smoke on their recent UK tour, releases Medicine Man as a free single on December 1... but you can download it from Classic Rock today.

"I wrote Medicine Man after watching film footage of a old wild west medicine show", says Keylock. "The song means a lot to me as, even at my age, I've spent a lot of time on the road travelling and it seemed to draw a lot of parallels to a rock n roll life style. We play Medicine Man as the opening track in our set as we find it always goes down a storm.

"I grew up reading Classic Rock and discovered lots of my favourite bands through it, so I'm just really happy for my one of my songs to be supported by such a great magazine."

Stream or download Medicine Man here.

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KingBathmat Singer Offers Arcade Messiah Album As Pay What You Want

(Prog) Arcade Messiah have made their debut album available as a 'pay what you want' download. KingBathmat singer John Bassett is the man behind Arcade Messiah - described as a metal/stoner/prog instrumental project.

Bassett says: "After writing and producing numerous KingBathmat albums and more recently the acoustic solo album Unearth, I decided I wanted to create my first instrumental album, and I wanted it to be set, audibly and visually in a dark, bleak apocalyptic aura of despair and anger.

"I wanted to focus on enormous riffs and sorrowful yet powerful musical refrains and place them within a terrain of unusual time signatures interspersed by moments of psychedelic calm." Read more and grab the download link here.

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In This Moment Announce Their First UK Headline Tour

(TeamRock Radio) In This Moment will deliver their first UK headline tour in February and March next year, they've confirmed. Maria Brink and co are on the road to support fourth album Black Widow, released earlier this month via Atlantic.

She recently said of the follow-up to 2012's Blood: "It's about finding the weakness inside and turning it into strength. It's about being reborn, setting yourself free and realising the balance in everything - the dark and the light."

Guitarist Chris Howarth says of the tour: "We can't believe it's actually happening. This is the first time we've been able to bring a headline show to our fans in the UK and Europe." Read more and grab the dates here.

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Evergrey Release The Grand Collapse Video

(TeamRock Radio) Evergrey have unveiled the brand new music video for The Grand Collapse, taken from their latest album Hymns For The Broken. The clip is streaming at TeamRock.

The epic, high-concept video comes from the mind of Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Productions and is one of the most beautiful yet trippy videos we've seen in a long time.

Recently, frontman Tom S Englund has revealed Evergrey were close to splitting before the return of guitarist Henrik Danhage and drummer Jonas Ekdahl. Watch the video here.

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Mallory Knox Release When Are We Waking Up? Video

(TeamRock Radio) Mallory Knox have released a new music video for the song When Are We Waking Up?, from the band's second album Asymmetry, the follow-up to 2013's Signals.

"This album sees us really develop as musicians and as a band. We just want to keep climbing," says singer Mikey Chapman. "I fear for the day when we sit back on our laurels and say, 'I'm OK with where we are now'. We've got to keep developing, keep learning, become better musicians on every level. Don't shoot for the stars and settle for halfway."

When Are We Waking Up? is the third track to be released from Asymmetry, following Ghost In The Mirror and Shout At The Moon. Earlier this month, Chapman and Sam Douglas also filmed a special, acoustic version of Shout At The Moon for TeamRock.

Watch the video here.

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Sanguine Hum Complete Work On New Album

(Prog) Sanguine Hum have completed work on their third album, Now We Have Light, and it's to be released in February. The project was conceived before the band started recording The Weight Of The World, launched last year via Esoteric.

Sanguine Hum say: "We've just finished Now We Have Light. It's a double album! It's a concept album! It should be released in February 2015. There's a special edition with extra artwork and DVD documentary and interviews. The artwork is the bee's knees! Pre-order info soon."

Some material appeared on their Live In America DVD, which was shot at RoSfest in 2012 - including the track Derision, which you can watch video footage of here.

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Homer Simpson Becomes Bass Hero

(Classic Rock) In the latest episode of The Simpsons, Homer pursues yet another secret passion - the passion of playing bass after discovering he has the "muscular stumps of a bass man".

Homer adopts the trusty four-string to chase a career as a bass player to follow in the footsteps of "what's-his-name from The Who or that guy from Led Zeppelin who wasn't Page, Plant or Bonham."

Homer eventually ends up forming a band with Kirk Van Houten, Reverend Lovejoy, Dr Hibbert and Apu (who he was once in The Be Sharps with). Check out the clip from episode Covercraft to check out Homer's slick bass skills here.

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Papa Roach Announce UK and Ireland F.E.A.R. Tour Dates

(TeamRock Radio) US rockers Papa Roach have announced a 10-date UK and Ireland tour. They'll hit the road in March 2015 in support of their eighth album F.E.A.R. (Face Everything And Rise) which launches on January 27 via Eleven Seven Music.

Frontman Jacoby Shaddix says: "We are super stoked to get back to do a headlining show for the fans in the UK. We've got tricks up our sleeve for this tour so be ready - it's gonna be off the chain!"

Last month, guitarist Jerry Horton said the album, the follow-up to 2012's The Connection would feature a mix of styles as they couldn't focus on just one sound.

He said: "We've got a bit of modern, heavy stuff, a couple of old things and some dynamic songs. We went in with the idea of going a heavy record but we just can't keep our focus on one thing."

Check out the dates here.

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