Roger Daltrey Calls Out This Generation's Music Scene

The shows are the first to feature the bands' new bass player and drummer, who have not yet been named publicly (although they're rumored to be drummer Jay Weinberg and bass player Alessandro "Vman" Venturella).

They replace late bass player Paul Gray, who died in 2010, and drummer Joey Jordison, who was fired last year. The band's new album .5: The Gray Chapter is expected to debut at #1 on the Billboard album chart with projected first-week sales of between 100,000 and 110,000 copies in the United States. The album has already landed at #1 on Australia's ARIA chart, and #2 on the UK Top 100.

He plays murder suspect Ig Perrish, who grows a pair of horns after a drunken night, and their paranormal powers help him hunt for the true killer of his girlfriend.

The actor has previously described the part as "deeply emotional and incredibly outrageous" - and now he's explained how he channeled those feelings.

Asked with Megadeth track he used most, Radcliffe tells Gigwise: "Sweating Bullets, specifically for the lines 'Hello me, it's me again / You can subdue but never tame me,' and 'A dark black past is my most valued possession.' It's an insane song and it sounds like a psychopath talking to himself - and that was very helpful."

Muse say: "We are honoured to be making our new album with this legendary producer. #backinblack" The trio began work on the follow-up to 2012's The 2nd Law earlier this year, with frontman Matt Bellamy reporting they were aiming to achieve a "more basic" sound and adding: "It's gonna get heavy."

Evans' case was eventually deferred for six months and he is not expected to serve any jail time, despite being charged with "terrorist threatenings" and originaly facing up to 10 years behind bars.

Holt tells Full Metal Jackie: "It goes to show you that we live in a very paranoid society, and in a lot of ways rightly so, because of so many tragedies - non-stop shootings and such.

Keenan said earlier this year: "I don't write the music; I wait for them to bring music to me." Jones has tagged his picture "#SmokeOnTheHorizon" - which could mean the follow-up to 2006's 10,000 Days might arrive next year.

Rrecorded in May with producer Jack Endino in Seattle, the band has not provided additional details about the track, including confirmation of its status as a single-only release or as part of an album project.

Moore says: "On October 20, Sick Puppies announced that I was leaving the band. This was the first I had heard of it. The truth is that there was tension in the band after the many years of touring. I had hoped that some time apart would resolve these issues and lead us to the next phase of our career. It, unfortunately, seems that Emma and Mark have decided to move on with a new singer instead.

But that's because the band want to take the time and space they need to concentrate on creating their best work. Frontman M Shadows tells Z-98: "The most important thing for us is to get that spark and that fire to want to start writing. We never write on the road. We always try to get a very clear idea of what we want to accomplish - then we attack it.

Hoppus guests on the track Hate Your Guts and is also given a writing credit on another song, Sensitive Guy. On the Blink-182s man's involvement, McBusted's tom Fletcher tells Kerrang:

Kottak was jailed in Dubai after a drunken episode on a plane this year and his position in the band was unclear after they told him to get a grip of himself.

"All 20 songs of Bass Are done on the tremonti 2 album with the gifted @wolfvanhalen !," writes producer Michael Baskette. "Such a pleasure to record when you are working with so much talent:) Looking forward to guitars with @markttremonti starting this weekend and with @ericcfriedman !"

The teen comedy's plot centers on a 15-year-old girl who lives for making movies and idolizing her favorite band. She is given only a few days to complete a final film project and comes up with an idea that could bring her two passions together.

Frontman Joey Tempest says: "We're really excited to be working with the people at UDR - very credible label and I am impressed with their work building a future and a solid foundation for their Artists."

But when Chan saw his hero in the flesh, he felt sure the diagnosis was wrong. He made contact with him and put him on a road that eventually ended with him announcing last week that he was free of cancer.

Chan, from Cheltenham, tells the Gloucestershire Echo he got in touch with Wilko and the pair met in July last year and talked about many things, including his health.

He adds: "Lo and behold, last October Wilko was playing at the KoKo club in Camden and he was looking much better than he had done in July and he'd released an album with Roger Daltrey and I thought, 'What's going on'. I thought that he couldn't have what he thought he did."

Chan had a hunch that Wilko's diagnosis of the common form of pancreatic cancer, adenocarcinoma, might be wrong and that he might have a sarcoma or a neuroendocrine tumour.

Each title is accompanied by bonus tracks such as single edits, B-sides and more. The set is presented in new artwork with sleeve notes by Malcolm Dome.

The band - which currently features founding members Burton C. Bell (vocals) and guitarist Dino Cazares along with bassist Matt DeVries and drummer Mike Heller will perform at the Pune and Delhi editions of touring live festival the Nh7 Weekender.

Fear Factory formed in Los Angeles in 1990 and have released eight albums over the last two decades, including the seminal Demanufacture (1995) and Obsolete (1998) albums.

The band, who regrouped for the second time in 2009, released their last album The Industrialist two years ago and are currently working on their next, scheduled for a 2015 release on Nuclear Blast Entertainment.

And they're planning as many live appearances as they can book throughout the year. Arena say: "In 2015 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Songs From The Lion's Cage. We'd like to play as many gigs as possible during the year, and we're asking for your suggestions. Please send the venue of your choice in your area to [email protected] and we'll try to fit it into a tour."

The late Beatle writes: "Yoko can explain her music better in person - this is a kind of introduction. She was trained as a classical musician and took music composition in Sarah Lawrence College as her major. It's far out, but don't let it frighten you."

The item was sold by RR Auction in Boston last week. Other lots included Beatles stock transfer sheets from 1969 ($16,000), Stairway To Heaven sheet music autographed by Led Zeppelin ($13,000), a Fender bass owned and used by Dee Dee Ramone ($38,000) and a Crosby, Stills and Nash Daylight Again gold disc ($245).

While She Sleeps' second full-lengther Brainwashed is to be launched on March 23 via Search & Destroy/Sony. The band have just launched a video for lead track New World Torture, below.

Loz Taylor and co say: "Everything we've been through these past years has become the main ingredient for the new record. If for once the saying good things come to those who wait was true, this is it. We have done our fans proud."

Guitarist Dave Fortman will handle production duties on the new record.Crane tells the Lucas H Gordon Show: "We're probably going to make a record sometime this year.

"We've got Dave Fortman who is a fantastic producer. With Ugly Kid Joe we can do it all in house, which is pretty cool. So we'll make new music and then we'll go tour."

Those familiar with our music know it's pretty basic in format and arrangements. Me and our guitarist Jimmy write all of the material for Sister Sin and we love our rock/metal "meat & potatoes" type of style; a firm beat, repetitive riffs, and with that big hook coming at you in the chorus.

"Chaos Royale" however differs a lot from that format with various tempo changes, technical guitars and different beats. Now this might sound like we crafted something grande and complex, when its probably childsplay for most musicians or songwriters out there, but for two drunken Swedes, in a damp and dark rehearsal space for days on end, it was quite the headscratcher.

Anywho, I can't remember exactly how we came up with the parts but I do remember that me and Jimmy struggled a lot to get them all in place and make everything flow in a natural way.

Cool riffs and headscratching aside, what really matters is how good the melody on top of everything turns out. And when we finally got all pieces of the puzzle together, like mentioned earlier, this track came out somewhat different from what we normally do. For that reason I tried a new approach to this odd creation and wrote the chorus/melody first and then tracked it on guitar so could live with it for a while. When listening back to it, some kind of scenery would roll by or a light bulb might pop up above my head. Up came; horses, castles and medieval stuff. Well...that's not cool at all! Not in my book at least. Unless... Ronnie James Dio sings about it! Dio 'Rainbow' "KILL THE KING" - That line works, but I'm not gonna write a song about killing kings and riding horses in serious manner. I don't have that magical touch as good �ole Dio did, plus it would be un-original as f***.

Some contemplating and a couple cups of coffee later I decided to keep that first line anyways but do it with a different spin. Make something new out of that old, over-used phrase

You know when you're a kid, or as an adult for that matter, you always day dream about what kind of awesome superhero, football player or dragon slayer, etc you will be when growing up? That's what the lyrics came to be about. More or less, at least. Except this person wants to be a ferocious dictator, enslaving the world and to ban all music that sucks (meaning all music except heavy metal.

"Kill the King, long live my tyranny"

Stupid? Yes. Juvenile? Yes. Very much so? Perhaps. But I had fun writing it and hopefully someone out there shares my bad sense of humour and can see it for what it is. Metal doesn't always have to be so serious.

Cheers!

*Kill The King from Rainbow's album "Long live Rock n Roll" *

The group recorded "Sonic Highways" in eight American cities - Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

But there's a chance that the next thing his fans hear might be along the lines of his 1994 duet with Miss Piggy or his 2005 cover of Stayin' Alive, based on Dweezil Zappa's 1991 version.

Ozzy tells Esquire: "Believe me, I'm not a big Miss f***ing Piggy fan. You've got to be careful about what you do. Whatever you put on a track, somebody somewhere will put it out someday.

"I don't remember everything I recorded, but you'll hear it. When I was f***ed up all the time I did some crazy sh*t, you know?"

And he believes the second outfit will never repeat the achievements of their House Of Gold And Bones twin releases, which he helped create before being dismissed.

The lineup change came about last year although it was only made public months later. Root tells Triple J: "I've never had a problem with Corey. Corey and I understand each other a lot better than anybody else from the bands could, because we've been pulling double duty for all these years. Other people who don't share that common thing could never really understand."

Reflecting that his departure has a positive side, the guitarist continues: "After a while you become so spread thin that it becomes really hard to give a hundred percent to both things. There comes a time where you have to say, 'Enough is enough - I need to put my focus into what it is that made this possible for all of us,'

The singer began the sessions by first recording the songs on his own in a solo-setting, then creating versions of the songs in a new light with an orchestra and big band.

Young's second album issued this year (following "A Letter Home"), "Storytone" will be available in a standard CD edition presenting the orchestral performance, a deluxe CD edition (containing both standard and solo versions), and the deluxe 180 gram double vinyl pressing, which will be released on December 16 and will feature both versions of the album.

"Storytone" was produced by Young and Niko Bolas; it was recorded and mixed by Al Schmitt with additional co-production, arrangements, orchestration, and conducted by Michael Bearden and Chris Walden.

Due November 17 (Nov 18 in North America), "The Art Of McCartney" features a variety of artists joining the former Beatle's long time band to perform songs from the bassist's legendary songwriting catalog.

Guests include Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, The Cure, Brian Wilson, Dr John, Yusuf, Barry Gibb, Jamie Cullum, KISS, Chrissie Hynde, ELO's Jeff Lynne, and many more.

The Seattle band unplugged for a 5-song set at the annual acoustic-based show that raises funds for the Bridge School, a facility that develops and uses advanced technologies to aid in the instruction of children with disabilities.

Neil Young's former wife, Pegi, co-founded The Bridge School in 1986 with Jim Forderer and help from Dr. Marilyn Buzolich. The first benefit concert, in 1986, raised the money necessary to start the school, which opened in '87.

Producer and guitarist Paul Nelson tells NPR: "I had one of those moments where you just knew what you were watching was magic and history in the making.

"This was Johnny playing the way he loved most, paying tribute to the past while making the song his own. The track was recorded in one take. Amazing."

ABBA's Dancing Queen came second and classical music in general came joint third with Pharrel Williams' Happy. The Beatles, Bob Marley, Elvis and Frank Sinatra also appeared in the top 10.

More than 66% of people said music helped them through periods of illness or stress. More men than women voted for Bohemian Rhapsody, while more women than men voted for ABBA.

The BBC say: "Music can't cure an illness or alter a disability - but it can help people cope with the difficulties they face. When you participate in music it can bring physical benefits, but it can also affect the way you think and feel.

Paul tells The Jasta Show: "The new guys, to me, a lot of them play too much. I always considered myself a groove drummer, and a blast beat don't have much of a groove to it. And a lot of these drummers play so much that it's not about the song anymore, it's like a show-off session. 'Watch me. Here I go.' It's over the top.

"I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there's places where the drummer has to show off and do things and get the spotlight, but not all the time. You've gotta pick and choose. And it's always gotta be about the song. That's really the bottom line."

Mainman Hans Lundin recently explained why there was a two year delay between the release of their previous outing Vittja and the new follow-up album, saying:

"It has taken a long time to complete because all the members have been very busy recording and touring with other groups. But it has definitely been worth waiting for - I'm very proud of the result."

The album was almost universally panned on release in 2011, with many followers demanding to know why they hadn't concentrated on recording a follow-up to 2008's Death Magnetic instead of turned to a side-project. Before his death last year, Reed admitted the work had resulted in death threats from angry thrash fans.

But Jericho argues the project proves Metallica's greatness. He tells Rolling Stone: "You want to keep things fresh if you want any sort of longevity. You can't do the same thing over and over. I think the general consensus is that the Beatles are the best band of all time. And why is that? Because you never knew what you were going to get. There were no restrictions; no rules on who they were as a band or what they did or who they wanted to be.

"Look at Metallica. The record they did with Lou Reed, people buried it, hated it. It wasn't really my kind of thing. But the concept of them doing it, I loved, because why not? If I was in Metallica and I wanted to make a record with Lou Reed, you're f***ing right I'd do it, because I can - and that's all that matters to me."