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Hahn tells Skee.tv: "It was an excuse to make some art and have my friends participate as well. No matter what it is, if it's music, art, I just want to keep that creative drive going.

"When I first got the script, I couldn't put it down. It's an alternative to the big, glitzy movies out there. It plays into insecurities and shines a light into how people can't be the most positive versions of themselves."

Shinoda adds: "When Joe came to us and said, 'Can I interest you guys in working on music for the film?' it was a no-brainer. We actually had a number of different pieces and demos that never made it into songs."

It's a variation of the classic phishing scam that works by persuading people to supply their bank details, which are then used fraudulently. Michaels' staff say in a statement: "Someone saying they are Bret, and that they need help transferring a large sum of money.

"They ask that you do not share the phone number they give you, bring it to management's attention or tell anyone about their texts, as they need the information to be confidential.

"People have said, 'Ride Out - that sounds a little final there,' and I'm like, 'No, that's not really what I meant.'," He tells Billboard. "It's to ride out, clear your head from all the stuff that's making you crazy. But it could serve as a final title. So if I decide, when I turn 70 in May, that enough's enough, it is kind of like summing up.

He said before the procedure that he expected to be dead within months of being diagnosed in 2012. Johnson was given the Icon Award at the Q Awards in London today.

Foreigner have confirmed the release of The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More, which sees the current lineup recreating tracks from their 1981 album plus some of their greatest hits.

Mainman Mick Jones, singer Kelly Hansen, bassist Jeff Pilson, keyboardist Michael Bluestein, guitarists Thom Gimbel and Bruce Watson and drummer Chris Frazier recorded the live album earlier this month in Atlantic City.

The 12-track set features 4 tracks Juke Box Hero, Break It Up and Waiting For A Girl Like You plus Feels Like The First Time, Cold As Ice and others. Jones says: "Our music has touched a lot of people worldwide - unwittingly, we've weaved our music into the fabric of people's lives."

Skeletonwitch say in a statement: "We want to set the record straight. Unfortunately, Chance is unable to finish out the tour as he has some serious personal matters to attend to. We ask you to respect his and our privacy regarding these matters.

"We've decided to finish out the tour as a four-piece. We made the assumption that Skeletonwitch fans would rather see four of us ripping through our songs, than a piece of paper on the door announcing our cancellation."

The Moscow Times reports that police launched a drugs raid which forced the band to seek a last-minute alternative. But there was not enough time to transfer equipment to the new venue.

A spokesman for the gig organizers said they would file a complaint against religious activists who opposed the event on the grounds that Cradle Of Filth are a "satanic" band.

The band's first release since 1993's The Division Bell is a tribute to late keyboardist Rick Wright and it'll be launched on November 10. There's still time for it to overtake One Direction, Robbie Williams and Take That in the retailer's historical chart.

The album - their third, and the first to feature drummer Travis Barker - was released in 1999 and spawned the hits All The Small Things and What's My Age Again?

DeLonge tells Wondering Sound: "I remember I sat down in the label president's office. I have a sideways hat, I have nose rings in and sh*t, and he goes, 'I'm gonna tell you three things. You are going to make more money than you ever thought you could make. You are going to be more famous than you ever thought possible. And you're gonna be playing arenas by fall.'

"And I sat there and I looked at him and I literally laughed out loud. I was like, 'You're f***ing nuts. You're f***ing high.' If you would've told me a green Santa Claus was marching down the street with a UFO for a hat I would've believed that first.

"And all three of those things happened. That's one of the most amazing moments of my life, looking back at that specific conversation."

The EP also features a guest spot by Escape The Fate frontman Craig Mabbitt on the track Earthquake. Singer Dave Richmond says: "Over the last year we've been fortunate enough to tour with Escape The Fate and Papa Roach.

"We'd talked a lot about collaborating with them, and with After Hours being our most unique expression of everything we love about music, it only seemed right that we bring together all our ideas. It's amazing to hear them come to life."

It would be his first since 2009's One Hundred Years From Now, but he is still wrestling with the merits of returning to the studio. DeYoung tells Ultimate Classic Rock: "I have four or five songs right now that I've demoed and they sound pretty close to records, but they're all over the damn place, musically.

They hope the move will encourage fans to crowdfund their first full-length album, set to be produced by Marillion and Rolling Stones collaborator Chris Kimsey.

The five-piece outfit, completed by Paul Humphries and Paul Dourley, say: "We've put a lot of our own time and money into this so far, and with your involvement we can get it finished - mixed, mastered, pressed and released.

"In order to get the best sounding album we possibly can, we have enlisted the services of legendary rock producer Chris Kimsey. We're very excited about this and you should be too - his credentials speak for themselves."

Chapel has decided to launch it as a self-released title. Mercury will be available on December 10 and will be released in various formats including CD, vinyl and digitally.

Describing it as a "brand new start" he says: "I see it as a positive way of presenting a music that i find positive - and the only appropriate way to develop it for the future."

The band were nominated in this year's Progressive Music Awards and are also up for the Best New Band gong at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, with voting still open.

Their debut album The Circle And The Blue Door was described as "an exploration of the recesses of reality, set to a soundtrack of the three Bs - the Beatles, Bowie and Black Sabbath, creating a marriage of dream and nightmare, a sonorous and idyllic tour of the psyche, that threatens to turn into a bad trip at any point."

They say: "Get ready this January for a Viking invasion! We'll be making an extensive UK expedition where we'll be pillaging smaller clubs in virtually every nook and cranny of the country. Don't miss this awesome night of metal and we will take no prisoners!"

Frontman Johan Hegg stars in period movie Northmen - A Viking Saga, which launches this week. Tour tickets are available now via Ticketmaster. London thrashers Savage Messiah are the opening act for all dates.

The due recently said: "The record will tell the story of the American and Soviet space race from 1957 until 1972 via the an eccentric mix of guitar-driven electronica, propulsive drumming and spoken-word samples culled from this uniquely rich period of modern history."

The Race For Space follows acclaimed 2013 debut Inform - Educate - Entertain, and appears with a double-sided cover. Tour tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (October 24).

The Aerosmith frontman made the comments during a talk with graduates of a rehabilitation program in Maui, revealing that his appearance made him feel nervous because he had no option but to be honest with fellow addiction victims.

Tyler said (via Billboard): "I'm telling you all my truth. I am a drug addict and alcoholic, and fighting it every day. I had it all; I didn't care. I hurt my family and my children and my friends. If it wasn't for AA I would have nothing. If you stop going to AA meetings you're going to wind up using again. I express my joy all because of AA."

The singer recalled how he'd started experimenting with drugs in 1964, and, 20 years later, he weighed 126 pounds and was "shooting cocaine" when he entered rehab for the first time. "They weren't rehabs," he corrected. "They were mental institutions - people that sat next to me had dribble bibs."

Hynde recently slammed overtly sexualised musicians, branding those who blame record label pressure as liars. She said: "There's a definite division of what I'd call porn stars trying to make records, and then musicians.

"If a girl walks on stage and starts playing like Jimi Hendrix, believe me, no one will be asking her to take her clothes off. If anyone says, 'I have to do this because my record company told me,' that's a lie. You can always tell anyone to f*** off."

We've always wanted to put a Halloween track out. It's always a fun time - I guess I always think of it as rock Christmas. In my hometown everyone used to dress up in rocky horror gear and get out to the rock clubs. This track for us tho was the one, but it wasn't planned that way.

We had a studio session already booked with James [LeRock Loughrey] over at the Tilehouse Studios. We planned to record a few of the new ones, but I had this riff going on in my head that week leading up to it. It was choppy and climbing and although it wasn't in the plan for recording, it was a bit contagious and I ended up adding some lyrics in here and there anyway. The night before the recording session, I kind of felt like we should try to give it a shot and see if we could record it as well. It kind of meant the girls would be going in blind if we did though. I put down an instrumental guide guitar and added it to the other guides anyway. There weren't lyrics on the guide track at this stage. They weren't all written and I didn't have a verse riff yet.

I messaged Violet that night (the night before the session) and asked if she'd be up for trying out drums for it. She was up for it still and although there were no lyrics on it, we were thinking a horror-pop theme. In the studio it was a case of getting all the tracks done first and if we had a bit of time we could try something out for the new one. It looked like we might not have enough time, I had to nip off to the shop just as we finished the main tracks. By the time I got back about 15 mins later, Violet had already recorded the drums to the guide! They sounded epic, so I recorded the guitars on the Blackstar amp setup, just using my Boss pedals and a Big Muff that was in the studio, and put guitar down along with the other tracks. The intro riff hit me right there and I made the solo up on the spot, bizarrely it just worked.

That week we headed over to James's personal studio to record vocals, bass and backing vocals. It all came together. Ali absolutely nailed it, like a pro, and despite us never having played the track at a rehearsal yet, we just all got to it and it felt really solid as a track. With all the lyrics and parts in, it was definitely the Halloween track we were one day hoping to release. The timing was short though to Halloween, but we planned with Criminal and got the video session in with Mike Gripz for the same week. For us, it was another track, like No Trace, where it was written during the recording process. I guess just sometimes having that session booked in is inspiring enough to more music done. It's definitely going to be going on the next EP.

Now former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, Guns N' Roses icon Duff McKagan and one time Motley Crue singer John Corabi have had their say.

Bach agrees that things don't work the way they used to and that the internet has a lot to answer for, but he insists rock is alive and well as far as he's concerned.

He tells IndiePower: "I get enough rock in my life. I rock as hard as I can, and then I go to sleep. There's this thing called the Internet. It's wrecked everything. I hope it's just a fad. Prince says the Internet's just a fad. It's gonna be gone soon."

For his part, McKagan accepts that the internet has changed the way we listen to music - especially albums. He tells Let There Be Talk: "I have two teenage kids. They listen to a song by one artist, a song by somebody else, a song by another. And I go, 'Don't you wanna listen to the rest of the record?' They look at me, like, 'What's up, antique? What are you talking about?'

Shadows says: "It's an action adventure. There's a lot of different genres we pulled from, but it's also very original. "The original idea was to allow our fans walk through our discography and artwork and look around in there, have a storyline that took you through these things. So if you saw the City Of Evil album cover, what would it be like if you were a character thrown into that mix and what would that world look like."

"This video is very special. A few months ago I was given a reel of film by a fan of a Whitesnake gig at Newcastle City Hall on the Ready an' Willing tour in 1980. It is unique and unseen footage of the classic early Whitesnake line up.

"Having had the enormous pleasure of hearing David Coverdale as a guest vocalist, and Ian Paice on drums on the track it seemed a perfect time to release just a little piece of it. It's a little grainy, but it is the real deal, with Jon Lord in classic style on the Hammond organ. Many thanks to the people of the North East in the film, and of course the whole of the Whitesnake army out there.

"Special thanks to Mark Smith for his camera work and great editing. Hope you enjoy it, those on tour Snake memories flood back!"

It follows their revamp of AC/DC's Thunderstruck earlier this year. And Maiden themselves appear to approve, calling it "a pretty sweet cover" on their official Facebook page.

Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser first grabbed attention in 2011 with their take of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal. Their second album In2ition was produced by Bob Ezrin and released last year.

Mainman Robb Flynn explained: "We are furious. Imagine what a total shock it was. Regardless, there is no sense fighting it - the Internet is the speed of light nowadays, and you know, what? That's a good thing."

Now he's released a set of photos from the promo shoot ahead of its launch next month. The making of seventh album Bloodstone & Diamonds had already become difficult. Last month Flynn cancelled a string of tour dates in order to finish it, saying: "We feel this record is a milestone - we have something truly special here. But getting there has been a challenge."

They recently said of the follow-up to 2012's Lost Songs: "This transmission is here to transport and ruin you. It is the release of your mortal coil. Just let the rain wash it away from the mountains, down to the motherf***ing sea, wash it away, blow it all away and check this moment out."

The Texans launch a European tour in Germany on November 3 with support from Your Favorite Enemies and Midnight Masses � which features Trail Of Dead drummer Jason Reece and bassist Autry Fulbright.

Last month, Doro hosted a heavy metal awards show in Berlin, where Scandinavian acts dominated the podium. She tells Backstage Axxess: "There was a lot of Scandinavian bands.

"At the moment, I think the Scandinavian metal scene is what it was in the 80s, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. It's huge and they're really good bands."

Townsend tells Kerrang: "The album in general is about fighting through the ugly moments, and I think this song kind of summarises it. Z2 was a very challenging record - but after intense personal scrutiny, I feel very proud. It's the most accurate representation of a challenging time."

Ward says on his regular Rock 50 web radio show: "Lars is spiritually sound - I really like that. A lot of the paths that Lars has passed through, I've travelled myself.

"I ended up with able to take whatever my abilities are, and utilise that in whatever music we did. So it's like, 'This is what I've got.' I can remember going through a period, probably 26 years ago, where I stopped competing. I had to find out what I could do and make good use of it. It sounds like Lars has reached that settling ground as well. And I think he does such a good job of it."

The singer and keyboardist originally made an appearance with the band at a show in London in 2013 before confirming a 34-date US tour earlier this year, for which she had to overcome her fear of flying and hire a personal trainer to remain fit for performing.

They have also started writing sessions for a new album. Fleetwood tells Canoe.ca: "Look at us. A bunch of crazy people, often quite dysfunctional, horribly in love, which led to things that have sometimes been hard to handle.

"It's not just business. This is a bunch of people trying to make it work. This is, for sure, a special moment for this band. It puts in perspective the tittle-tattle that sometimes loomed really big, unnecessarily. Something bigger has spoken. People can take something from that.

"And how cool is it that Christine's there to go the last few miles with us?"

She tells Scuzz TV: "Old-school fans and fans of the new era are very happy with it because it's a heavy album but also melodic. It's modern but it keeps a lot of the old roots of Lacuna Coil.

"There are a lot of reminiscences from the very first records and it seems they like it. So we're happy about that, because we don't write specifically for fans or the press. We don't really think about how the reaction will be, because there is no recipe for success. We just want to make ourselves happy and to show we are honest with our music."

He tells Aesthetic Magazine Toronto: "You have to be honest about what it is you're in a band for. For us, it was because we wanted to play good shows and make good records.

"We didn't do this because we wanted a career. We didn't do this because we wanted to party. We didn't do this for the chicks or to be big stars on MTV. We did this because we like music. That's not to say that those other reasons are illegitimate, but if you want to keep your sh*t together in the long run, make sure that your bandmates are like-minded.

He believes young musicians to shun the glitz and glamour of the mainstream music industry and concentrate on building small businesses for themselves.

Bonamassa tells the Independent: "If you met me 10 years ago, I had chips on both shoulders. I was so angry. I'd struggled my whole career to get noticed. I was like, 'Okay, I've got to play faster and louder than the rest of you and I'm going to make you notice me.'