Scott Weiland Changes Direction With New Album

As previously reported, Butler was arrested on charges of misdemeanor assault, public intoxication and vandalism after he reportedly got into an altercation at the Corkscrew Saloon where an unnamed individual was "struck" and a window was broken, according to a statement issued by the Inyo County Sheriff's department.

On Thursday, Butler acknowledged the arrest with two posts on his Facebook page. In one post he told fans "Thx for your messages & support following the unfortunate altercation that occurred."

Five hours later he posted a picture himself in the desert under the heading of "After that little distraction" showing him sitting on a platform in front of ghostly figure holding a bicycle. See the photo here.

Petty had the following to say about the situation, "About the Sam Smith thing. Let me say I have never had any hard feelings toward Sam. All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen.

"Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by. Sam's people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement.

"The word lawsuit was never even said and was never my intention. And no more was to be said about it. How it got out to the press is beyond Sam or myself.

Billed as "Wee-Z Top", the Texas trio - who just played on the show this week - will join the alternative rockers for the first edition of a month-long series on the late night program.

Megadeth last month released a teaser video showing bassist David Ellefson playing in their studio with an unidentified drummer. He and Menza attended the NAMM industry show in California at the weekend.

And he argues there are much worse things in the world than heavy language. Fehn tells Rock Sins: "There's so many songs that they'll blip. I hate that. The worst is when they redo it with a different word.

"I'm like, 'Come on, man.' Even with the internet and how exposed kids are to things in this world? To me it's the least of the problems we have.

Sweet was asked for his view on Bach's comments that he has 800,000 Facebook followers yet sold only 5000 copies of his latest album Give 'Em Hell in the first week.

And according to Sweet, the answer is simple - Bach's fans want the Sebastian of old. He adds: "This isn't a bash against Sebastian at all, it's just my opinion. I think people wanna hear Sebastian of old. They wanna hear the Skid Row Sebastian. They wanna hear the hits. And he's giving them modern rock.

And 2015 looks to be just as busy for the legendary drummer: he's going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his solo work, he's just announced his latest album, Postcards From Paradise and he's going to be hitting the road again.

Postcards from Paradise sees him working with the above-mentioned All-Starr Band who he's been touring with. That includes Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, guitarist Todd Rundgren, founding Santana keyboardist/singer Gregg Rolie, Mr. Mister bassist Richard Page, drummer Gregg Bissonette and former All-Starr and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ham.

Frontman Adam 'Nergal' Darski, who will release his memoirs Confessions Of A Heretic: The Sacred And Profane, Behemoth And Beyond in English on March 19, reveals in the book that he bought his first guitar with money he was given for his first communion.

But Borland isn't looking forward to the experience. He says: "Can't wait to see some roided-out, tribal-tattooed, spray-tanned, Jell-O shot-filled bohunks do their best drunk MMA impressions in the top-deck moshpit.

Now Hackett tells ABC News Radio: "When people ask me, 'Is there going to be reformation?' I say, 'Look at the documentary and you'll get an idea of the priorities that come across.' I think it's probably extremely unlikely."

The Nineties' first supergroup actually lived up to the hype. The Damn Yankee's self-titled debut sold a whopping two million copies off the backs of melodic rockers "Coming of Age", "Runaway", "Come Again" and the soaring # 3 hit single "High Enough". But how did these guys come together in the first place?

Each frontman had a successful rock pedigree: Motor City MadmanTed Nugent, STYX singer/songwriter/ guitarist Tommy Shaw, and Night Ranger singer/songwriter/bass player Jack Blades. InTheStudio host Redbeard gets the full story on how the group united and spent the next five years making records and touring constantly. It was a unique musical partnership that worked both personally and professionally.

Jack Blades : "When Tommy & I first started singing, suddenly we realized that we were phrasing the same, harmonizing, coming up with the same vocal ideas. It was if we had sung together for ten years."

Tommy Shaw: "The first day of recording Nugent announced that he was taking all of us to hunt bear. So the next morning we showed up bare�naked."

Ted Nugent: "I'm from the Motor City. We're the 'Murder Capital of America' not because we're more violent. It's because we're better shots."

They have also released an online stream of a song called "The Greatest" - the first track from the record which the band describe as "rock 'n' roll straight up, no chaser."

They parted ways with bassist Pontus Egberg last year. He left to join King Diamond as a permanent member after touring with the Danish mainman. The band unveiled their new bass player Johan Flodquist earlier this month.

The movie is to be built out of the hundreds of hours of personal footage shot over the years. It's set to cover their earliest days of rehearsing in Leonard Haze's grandmother's house, then move through the first two albums, touring with Journey, Boston and Queen, to their big breaks with AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne and Dio.

The guitarist also revealed details regarding some controversy within the group that fueled his decision not to return. "I love my brother and respect his talent," he noted, "but his present demand that I must give up my equal share of the band and that our drummer for 28 years and original partner, Steve Gorman, relinquish 100% of his share, reducing him to a salaried employee, is not something I could agree to."

Now, Chris responds to the official statement, telling Billboard "it's way more complicated than Rich's public outburst" while declining to elaborate. "I'm going to keep my personal, private family business personal and private," he says, "and I'll focus on all the other things that are important. The ideas, I think, are more important than the drama."

The guitarist and bassist are joined by vocalist Keith Gladysz (Diet Kong, Typical Reptiles), keyboardist Elisa Montaldo (Il Tempio Delle Clessidre) and drummer Mattias Olsson (Anglagard, White Willow, Necromonkey).

The band describe themselves as "a multifaceted beast where suggestions from progressive rock, classic rock and folk meet with early-Floydian psychedelia, intimate pop melodies, massive walls of epic guitar riffage, post-classical, post-rock and electronic music."

Organizer have also revealed that the three-day festival will also feature performances from Halestorm, A Day to Remember and Hinder, with more acts still to be announced.

The multi-stage rock festival is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 26, Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28 festival at Jam Ranch in Grand Junction, CO.

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale had this to say about being added to the lineup, "The boys and I are so stoked to be coming to Colorado for Loudwire Music Festival! This is one of the events we are looking forward to the most this summer! Prepare yourself for some crazy new tunes and your faces to be melted into your shoes!"

The journey is followed by appearances at Manchester's RNCM on May 7 and London's Cadogan Hall on May 8. It's part of the French collective's 45th anniversary celebrations, which continues into 2015.

DeLeo has posted material from demos for three tracks on the EP, including "Out Of Time", "Cry Cry" and "Same On The Inside", as well as "The Hotel On The Hill."

"Howdy ya'll," says DeLeo. "I thought I'd start these new 'memo:demos' to share some audio clips that are recorded on my phone which include anything from alternate solos, songs from the point in time of their conception and some new ditties. Have fun and stay tuned for more."

One example of a catalogue album selling well is Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' Greatest Hits - originally released in 1993 - which is currently in the iTunes top 100 albums chart.

Industry expert Tim Ingham says it's a worrying trend for the music business and adds that it's only a matter of time before catalogue records outsell new releases on physical formats such as CD and vinyl as well as online.

Motorhead are nominated in the Best Metal Performance category for their track Heartbreaker, taken from latest album Aftershock. And while the frontman is more interested in what the fans think than what Grammy judges ultimately decide, he does admit the nomination validates his decision to keep going after his recent health problems.

On the Grammy nomination, Lemmy tells Mitch Lafon: "It's always nice to stick your middle finger up and say, 'Ha ha you bastards, six months to live ey?'

The Austin date is part of Cooper's Raise The Dead Tour; the rocker will rejoin Motley Crue as the opening guest on the North American run of their farewell tour this year.

Due April 13 (April 14 in North America), Bachman is joined by guests including Neil Young, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Randolph and the late Jeff Healey for the project, alongside new band members Anna Ruddick on bass and Dale Anne Brendon on drums.

"Heavy Blues" is produced by Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, Rush, Led Zeppelin), who Bachman says influenced the heaviness of his latest solo album.

"I've known Kevin for many years and watched his producer credits grow to include many rock legends," explains Bachman. "I knew that he could push me past my limit, pull me onto new paths and direct me down new roads."

He replaced Mikki Koramaki, who'd fronted the Finnish prog metal outfit for 2010 debut Curse Of The Red River and 2012 follow-up The Devil's Resolve.

Bassist Olli-Pekka Laine says: "During the writing process we did many things from a totally new perspective. Many other things changed too - new production team, new frontman, new record label; the list goes on."

He adds of the track: "Instead of putting out a song in a typical verse-chorus form, we thought this three-piece boulder would represent the album better. It demands some concentration from the listener - but patience is rewarded in the end."

In the video, released Thursday (Jan. 29), the band performs in what appears to be someone's living room with a huge video screen behind them displaying spacey environments, while clips of The Dream Walker anime film are interspersed.

"The Dream Walker is a multi-year project launching with the album and a short anime film, followed by graphic novels, a novel, then a feature film," explained DeLonge. A full-length feature film is also in pre-production, as well as a novelization and various iconic collectibles and attire, because what would a film be without merchandising?

"It's gonna be a long process but there will be stuff rolling out continuously. The book is so good. The novel is f�king awesome. It's a New York Times best-selling author writing it."

The episode marks Young's return to the program following his spring performance with Jack White, where the guitarist recorded a live record on the show.