Today's Day in Rock Stories

Black Sabbath Plan Final Shows Documentary, Possible Live Album

The former Yes icons had previously gone by the name Anderson Rabin Wakeman but will be hitting the road this summer fully embracing their identity with the legendary prog band.

Original Yes frontman Jon Anderson explained the reasons behind the name change, "It's very simple. The fans want it, we want it and it's our right to use the name. YES music is in our DNA!"

The group plans to continue their current tour and posted the following statement on their Facebook this past Saturday (April 8th) about Buchan's hospitalization:

The band is up for the awards for Top Duo/Group, Top Touring Artist and Top Rock Tour and their former mega-tour mates Metallica have been nominated for Top Rock Artist and Top Rock Album for their latest effort "Hardwired�to Self-Destruct".

"Emperor Of Sand" also entered the Billboard Alternative Albums, Rock Albums, Hard Music Albums and Physical Albums charts at the No. 1 spot and also claimed the honor for biggest selling vinyl release of the week.

An impressive roster of iconic artists have signed on to take part in the inaugural 11-day music festival that will be taking place at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Solidaridad, Mexico from October 26th through November 5th.

Due to the length of the event organizers have broken it up into 4, 7 and 11 day packages with the Steve Miller Band, The Who's Roger Daltrey, Bad Company and Foreigner leading the 4 day line-up.

According to press reports, Simmons said the following at The Pageant where the public memorial was held, "These shades are going to help me a lot because in back of them are real tears.

Gillis was recruited by the Black Sabbath vocalist to help him finish his world tour in support of his "Diary Of A Madman" album in the wake of Randy Rhoads tragic death in March of 1982.

Brad was featured on Ozzy's double live album "Speak of The Devil" which featured performances of classic Black Sabbath songs, and was reportedly recorded due to a contractual obligation.

In a new interview with the Rock Brigade Podcast, Night Ranger's Jack Blades reflected on the band's reaction to seeing Gillis play with Osbourne. He recalled, "We had our record deal and Brad got a call to go off with Ozzy. We were waiting for him to come back. Ozzy was doing a live show for Westwood One or King Biscuit Flower Hour or something.

"Confusion" appears on Metallica's current studio release, "Hardwired�To Self-Destruct", while "No Remorse" was featured on their 1983 debut, "Kill 'Em All."

The veteran band released the studio effort in February of 2016 and launched a world tour in support of it last year and they have now added the additional 17 U.S. dates this May.

The legendary band shared their latest "official karaoke style" video for their landmark song "Bohemian Rhapsody" which features footage of the original video along with lyrics. Watch it here

The new clip for the "A Night At The Opera" classic follows the release of similar videos for other hit songs including "Radio Ga Ga," I Want It All", "We Will Rock You".

The special run will include four concerts beginning on September 30th at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, Ca and wrapping up at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater on October 5th.

Head was asked if they intended to create a new genre or if their style was a natural reaction to some of the music they were listening to at the time. He responded, "I think it just happened natural, but I think it was a little of both. Because we were big fans of that type of music, we listened to, from Cypress Hill to Nine Inch Nails, and that type of industrial stuff too, to like Soundgarden and Faith No More and Metallica.

"So we wanted to see people hop up and down and mush. When we wrote the songs, we were thinking about that. And then Jonathan he loved just being weird and not sounding like your average singer, so he was just always a freak.

Hitchcock shared the following background details for the new clip, "This video is a collage of years and Hitchcocks, assembled by Jeremy Dylan from archive trolleybus footage; from my family's home movies; and from film he shot of me recently.

"I'm singing the song on a tram in Melbourne, Australia about a trolleybus ride I took with my late father Rayd in Reading, England in 1964. In these clips Rayd, resplendent in early 1970s porno moustache, is younger than the present-day me is now. My current self is also in there perving over some beautiful vintage trams in San Francisco.

Directed by Taika Waititi, the film sees Thor held captive on the planet Sakaar without his hammer, while he must win a gladiatorial duel against old friend the Hulk in order to return to Asgard in time to stop Hela and the impending Ragnar�k from ending civilization there.

The project stars Chris Hemsworth in the title role alongside an all-star cast that includes Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins, among others, with music by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo.

The band will releasing a limited edition 10" vinyl record of their original "How To Win Friends And Influence People" demo, which was originally released only on cassette.

In addition to The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, this year's trek will also feature performances from The Association, former Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron, The Box Tops, The Cowsills and the voice of The Archies' Ron Dante.

The tour will be kicking off on June 5th in Grand Junction, CO at the Mesa Theatre and will be wrapping up on June 21st in Albuquerque, NM at the El Rey Theatre.

Righteous Vendetta frontman Ryan Hayes shared his excitement about the trek, "In the seven years of touring we have done, we have never been so excited to announce a tour as we are about going on the road with Hellyeah!

Hello! This is the good doctor here and I will tell you the background story for my first song on "Helluva", called "Spelunking Sisters."

Trollbank and Mr. Seidel usually writes most of the stuff we release, and I've been wanting to catch up with them for some time. There is always this healthy competition between the three of us on who can write the best sh*t. So finally I think I managed to make my mark!

I came up with the main melody at work, actually. What's my job, you say? Well, I work as a kindergarten teacher, wouldn't you know! There was a period where I danced a lot with the kids, and my specialty was a waltz. I would pick up a child and do a couple of laps, great fun! But the first time I initiated this I had no song. Every dance has to have a song, right?! So I had to improvise and come up with something on the spot. And what came out of me was the first melody in Spelunking Sisters! The difference was that it was in MAJOR. I played this little game for quite some time until I realised that I just had to Trollfest-ify it, considering I got such a kick out of it. I merely converted the melody to MINOR, and that was it! The rest of the song came very easily when I actually sat down to write it. I don't know where our obsession with writing in minor key comes from, but I guess major sounds too "happy" for metal, I don't know. In hindsight I philosophized some over this creative process and I realized, or confirmed for myself, that the best time to create something is when you are in a free flow of playfulness. And after that discovery this has been my mantra for creativity.