Today's Day in Rock Stories

Gene Simmons' Son Speaks Out About Sexual Misconduct Allegations

The Distillers debuted with a self-titled debut in 2000, followed by Sing Sing Death House in 2002 and major label debut, Coral Fang, in 2003. 2002 was also the year the Distillers hit the road with No Doubt and Garbage.

"At that point, I'd spent a decade basically the only woman on any given tour," Garbage singer Shirley Manson remembered in a 2016 interview. "To get to hang with two women who have become pretty good friends of mine was a real privilege. We laughed ourselves sick. We forged deep friendships, and Brody Dalle and I smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol and watched Gwen Stefani run up and down the stadium steps in awe. We'd puff on our cigarettes, take a shot of vodka and say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that.'"

In a Q&A posted on his official website, McCartney explained, "I'll probably be putting out a new album. So, I'd like that to be something I really love and then hopefully the fans will love it, too!"

McCartney added that he's "putting the finishing touches (on the project) now and at the beginning of next year," and would "like to achieve making that a really great album. Fingers crossed!"

"...It's weird to think back and say: 'Yep, that was unquestionably the worst year of my life,'" Shinoda writes. "We teach our kids: it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. If we lose, we focus on our love of playing. We ask ourselves what we can do better next time. And if we're really doing it right, we honor the winners -- even if we lose."

Shinoda does find some bright spots in 2017, adding that the year "wasn't without things to be grateful for," like the release of Linkin Park's latest album, One More Light, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Even so, he once again emphasizes that, "yes, 2017 was the worst."

His ambitious medley included snippets from Tom Petty, Gregg Allman, Chuck Berry, Don Williams, Glen Campbell, Montgomery Gentry (who lost Troy Gentry) and AC/DC (who lost Malcolm Young).

Urban began the tribute by playing a section of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" in memory of the band's frontman Chris Cornell, who committed suicide in May. Cornell's widow Vicky saw the performance and shared an Instagram post thanking Urban for including her late husband's music in the medley.

Daltrey closed out last year with some fall solo shows, and now, he's on target to schedule more solo shows for early 2018. The first announced date is March 13 at the Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton, California.

The Cali show will help a good cause, to boot. One dollar from every ticket sold will go to Teen Cancer America, the charity organization that Daltrey and Townshend created to support the building of special recreational areas tailored for young people with cancer.

A few days ago, on December 31, the Melbourne-based seven-piece band led by frontman Stu Mackenzie, dropped album number five, titled Gumboot Soup. The album followed on from Flying Microtonal Banana (released 24 February 2017), Murder Of The Universe (released 23 June 2017), Sketches Of Brunswick East (18 August 2017) and free release Polygondwanaland (released 17 November 2017).

"We understand that some of Chris's fans wish to video their visits at Hollywood Forever, but we've had confirmation that it's against their policy," tweeted the singer's management alongside a letter from the institution to his widow, Vicky. "We'd like to thank everyone for their understanding."

Noting that Cornell's fans "are always respectful of his space and leave sweet gifts and notes," Noelle Berman, the Director of Private Estates for Hollywood Forever advises Vicky in the letter of the company's strict no-filming policy as a way of protecting "the privacy of all the families who have entrusted us to care for their loved ones."

Berman goes on to further explain that while the company maintains an "open gate" policy that provides access to all areas, security in "instructed to stop anyone filming" and "instructed to be polite but firm" in this regard.

U.K. auction house H&H Classics will put the 1969 Honda Z50A up for sale on March 4 at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull. According to NME, experts estimate the bike will fetch at least �30,000--more than $48,000 in U.S. dollars.

"The Shadows were the only band that really appealed to me [in the early 60s]. There was rock'n'roll but I liked the idea of an instrumental band and they had a real sort of demonic sound in some ways - 'Frightened City' and stuff like that had an eerie feeling to it. I really liked what they were doing and they had a nice guitar sound for what they did."

Now that Trivium is on a break from touring - they hit the road again in March 2018 - Music Radar thought it a good idea to quiz the band's frontman and guitarist Matt Heafy on the tracks that formed the building blocks of his musical education.

That is alongside newly-announced shows in Brussels, BE (Jun 18), Weert, NL's Bospop Festival (Jul 15), Furuvik, SE (Jul 25), Stockholm, SE (Jul 26) and Finland's Juopio Rockcock festival (Jul 28).

Prior to the European trek, Idol will perform at the Welcome To Rockville Festival in Jacksonville, FL on April 29, and the Carolina Rebellion in Concord, NC on May 6.

The Wentz-Camper household shared the good news with an Instagram photo of sons Bronx (Wentz's child with Ashlee Simpson) and Saint holding a pink present, symbolizing their growing family.

Thirty years on, the irony is not lost on Johnny Marr. The two Mancunian stringsmiths have been firm friends for years - Marr has been a guest on Oasis albums, as well as Gallagher's own High Flying Birds/solo releases - but Marr says now he is regularly mistaken for the man who once copied his look.

Marr has done an interview for Gallagher's official Facebook page, and the Smiths legend reveals: "I think he (Noel) thought I was joking about this till he saw it... Where if I'm walking around every week, every month and someone says: 'Are you Noel Gallagher?'"

In tribute, John Mayer launched the "#KyloRenChallenge," on Instagram, wearing black pants and a downturned black shirt that left him exposed from the ribcage upward.

Fans on social media weighed in with a combination of laughs and boos, while others joined the challenge and shared some Last Jedi inspired images of their own.

"I was invited to go to Wilson, Arkansas, and was inspired by the landscape where the cotton fields line the Mississippi River shore," Oates revealed to Rolling Stone. "My entire musical life has been influenced by the music that has flowed up that river from New Orleans through the Delta, and has had such an important sonic and cultural impact on America. It occurred to me that Arkansas was the last rural stop on the musical journey northward. I wanted both the song and video to reflect that."