Today's Day in Rock Stories

Guns N' Roses Surprised By AC/DC's Angus Young

The news of his release was initially revealed by former Dokken guitarist George Lynch in an interview where he also said that Lambesis has a new record and book deal. The release was later confirmed by various media outlets.

Lynch said in the interview (via Lambgoat), "He recently got out of jail. He destroyed his band. They don't have a pot to piss in now; they're all struggling. [They are] a great band. I know them very well because, actually, the guitar player was my daughter's fianc�. And, actually, the drummer [Jordan Mancino] played in another project I had ways back, Souls Of We.

"In what has become one of our favorite hometown traditions, we're excited to announce that the San Francisco Giants have once again invited us to celebrate a night on the field with them," says the band. "The annual event will take place on Monday, August 7, 2017 against the World Champs, the Chicago Cubs, and yes, you saw that headline right - this year marks number five!

Jasta is gearing up to hit to road with Anthrax and Killswitch Engage in support of his solo project and had the following to say about the trek (via Metal Hammer), "I rarely get to tour with Jasta and since the rest of my year is booked up with Hatebreed tours, I jumped at the chance to hit the road and debut some new Jasta songs with some of my favourite people in metal.

Set to premiere March 5 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, the 6-episode run sees Hagar drive across the US to jam with some of music's biggest names, including James Hetfield of Metallica, Toby Keith, John Mellencamp, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Neilsen, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, and Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood.

Season two launches with a one-hour special featuring Hagar and Hetfield hosting the third annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert - the benefit concert they founded - at the Fillmore in San Fransisco, CA. Hetfield, Joe Satriani, John Mayer and Melissa Etheridge sit down to chat with the Red Rocker during the premiere episode.

Cantrell performed "A Job To Do" with help from Tyler Bates, who also composed the score for the film. "I really dug 'John Wick' and have always admired Keanu's work," explains Cantrell. "When the opportunity arose to create a song for the second film, Tyler Bates and I wrote and recorded 'A Job To Do', a theme song for the character. Can't wait to see it!"

The tour is scheduled to get underway on April 21st at the Canyon Clubin Agoura Hills, CA and will wrap up on May 17th in Bethlehem, PA at the Musikfest Caf�.

The band will be kicking off the trek on February 24th at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, OH and finishing the tour with acoustic show at Munchiez in Beckley, WV on March 25th.

Guitarist Brad Gillis had the following comments, "I'm looking forward to the new Night Ranger studio effort as it's always a pleasure releasing new material to keep the bands creative flow.

"As typical for Night Ranger, we have all the elements that made us popular in the first place, including twin lead vocal tradeoffs with Jack and Kelly and dual guitar harmonies and solos with my new partner in crime, Keri Kelli.

Young was on the show to celebrate the 45th anniversary of his "Harvest" album. The program sent over these details: Known even then for his prolific musical prowess, Neil Young delivered his most popular and perhaps most influential album in the Winter of 1972 to a huge mainstream audience who embraced this countryfied masterpiece, pushing it to # 1 seller on the Billboard Top 200 and eventually the top seller for the year because of "Heart of Gold', "Old Man", "The Needle and the Damage Done" and "Alabama". Rolling Stone magazine writers rank Harvest at #78 greatest album of all-time. But Neil, speaking to In The Studio host Redbeard, is the first to question the need for any artist to feel the need of fleeting accolades.

The tour is scheduled to begin on March 15th in San Diego at Brick By Brick and will be concluding on March 31st in Mesa, AZ at Club Red and will feature support from Green Leaf, with We Hunt Buffalo appearing at the Canadian dates.

The festival, now in its seventh year, is scheduled to take place at the Metropolitan Park along the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida on April 29th and 30th.

The song comes from their forthcoming album "Odyssey" which was produced by Elvis Baskette (Alter Bridge, Tremonti Chevelle, Slash, Falling in Reverse, Trivium) and DJ Zardonic and is set to be released on February 20th. Stream the track here.

Fergal Lyden (Vocals/ Guitar) had this to say about the upcoming release, "We're really happy about how the record has turned out and excited to get it out for people to listen to. Mark (producer) did an amazing job of capturing what we were aiming towards, and how representative we feel this EP is of us as a band is testament to that."

The group consists of Elena Vladi (Vocals,Keys/Synths) & Patrick Crisci(Guitars,Bass,Key/Synth,Drums), the two masterminds behind this project. The rest of the live band members: Red Queen refers to them as The Phantoms. You can get a glimpse of the Red Queen Phantoms in the brand new music video for "Insidious".

I wrote Fall with Style a few months after I moved from my childhood home in New Hampshire to northern California in 2015. Everything was new, and like any properly sensitive musician, I turned to writing to find some sort of shelter from the package deal of responsibility and crippling anxiety.

I still remember the epiphany of the verse and the pre chorus. I was busking in the quaint downtown Mountain View when the melodies hit me. They just made sense. I didn't have to work hard for them like I did for other songs I was writing, which of course made me immediately paranoid. Today I would have accepted the inspiration as a gift, but back then I tried "solving" the song by questioning every word I'd written.

I decided I liked everything except the chorus, which felt forced and wordy. After four days of frustrated deliberation, I finally came up with what you hear now on the single. I was in down town San Jose playing on the sidewalk before an open mic. I started playing the song, expecting to get stuck again at the chorus. Instead of stopping though, I heard this high, falling melody in my head. From then on I couldn't stop singing it. I remember multiple times humming it in coffee shops like I would a radio-hit, hoping someone would recognize it and bond with me, only to realize it was my own writing. Pathetic as that was, it truly was the first time I'd fallen in love with my own song.

I decided to use it as the debut single because of how much it meant to me in a time of all-around uncertainty. I want it to reach people who know they've got something good but just feel stuck and directionless. It's just a byproduct of being ambitious, creative, and a bit neurotic. I've related with other artists over this so many times and I hope it can help others get past that stage a tiny bit quicker and with all their sanity intact.