(antiMusic) The new "supergroup" featuring former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith recently entered the studio to begin recording its debut album. Anthony writes on his web site, "First of all you can all rest assured that our name will not be Chickenfoot, but I guess we have to call it something for now!!" more Ted Nugent is offering to provide personal security for rock and roll animal rights activist Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney has been threatened by Muslim extremists if he plays a concert in Israel to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. "Regardless that Paul and I have our obvious social, cultural, and culinary differences outside of music, I will not bend or waiver to voodoo religious whackjobs and neither should Paul," exclaimed Nugent. more
Warrior Soul, the band fronted by legendary singer Kory Clarke, who recently announced that it has selected "Chinese Democracy" — the name of the perennially delayed new Guns N' Roses LP — as the title of its new album, has issued the following update: "We are making the first copies of 'Chinese Democracy' available to pre-order. We want Warrior Soul fans who are unable to attend our fall/winter shows in the U.S/U.K to have a chance to buy 'Chinese Democracy' before this limited edition record sells out" more Wonder how long it will be before they get a love letter from Axl's lawyers.
Stuck Mojo will release their new album, "The Great Revival", on November 28 via Napalm Records. The track listing for the CD, which was mixed at at producer Andy Sneap's (Megadeth, Machine Head, Nevermore, Arch Enemy, Exodus) Backstage studio, can be viewed here
R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck had his prized Rickenbacker guitar returned to him over the weekend. The guitar, which Buck has used since 1982, was stolen in Helsinki, Finland on September 9. more
There's currently a huge investigation going on in America after a photo of Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding with a boob exposed was apparently copied several times with the intention to post them onto the internet or sell them for profit. more
Brian Wilson has announced that he will play a series of US tour dates in November. The legendary Beach Boy will be hitting the road with a full band in support of his new album 'That Lucky Old Sun'. more
A follow up on the fatal Blink-182 plane crash story: The two crew in the plane- pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31 and co-pilot James Bland, 52- died within minutes of the crash from smoke inhalation and burns, while Chris Baker, 29 and Charles Still, 25 died from the impact of the crash. more
Sick Of Sarah's "I'm Not Listening" has been selected as the new theme song for "Brunch with Bridget," starring Bridget McManus which will henceforth be airing on Logo, as well as on AfterEllen.com.
The new live concert DVD from Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel, titled "Center Stage" is set for release October 14. The new DVD is the follow-up of the recent double CD release of the same name. Filmed in high-definition, it contains performances of songs from his previous Favored Nations releases "The Mystery & Endless Road."
Last week was the 30th anniversary of the release of the KISS Solo Albums. Released on September 18th, 1978, the Solo Albums represented the first time ever that all the members of a band released solo works on the same day. All 4 albums shipped platinum. (But the running joke at the time was that they were returned to the record company double platinum because actual sales were far less than expected.)
The All-American Rejects have set November 18th to release When The World Comes Down. The band has just unveiled the first single, "Gives You Hell," from the new record. Rejects click here to listen
Broken Social Scene have added a number of dates to their upcoming tour of North America, scheduled to begin October 8 in Grand Rapids, MI. more
Dengue Fever has just added a free, all-ages show at The Barn at UC Riverside on Wednesday, October 1 to their fall tour more info
Details have been announced for Between The Buried And Me's upcoming "Colors_Live" DVD release. Victory Records will release the CD/DVD on October 14th. The effort will include 3+ hours of video (live footage, behind the scenes footage, making of "Colors" video, etc.) and two full sets of music. more details
On the heels of their reunion tour, Swedish metal legends At The Gates have announced that they are currently working on a documentary. - more
