The Day in Rock Digest for 8/19/10: The Soundgarden reunion could not have come at a better time for bassist Ben Shepherd, who confessed he's broke and "technically homeless". He tells Spin, "I've been sleeping on studio couches and at friends' houses. I'm totally broke." moreWanna see Joe Perry knock Steven Tyler off stage at the Aerosmith concert in Toronto? Go here. What about Steven Tyler hitting Joe Perry on Head with a mic stand? Go here
Before you ask, it was a slow news day. Sleaze Roxx has news of a reported UFO sighting at Ozzfest. Unfortunately, it sounds like only one person witnessed this UFO, not the masses at the show. So other factors could easily explain one person seeing something in the sky. Here is what they had to say: Not every Ozzy Osbourne fan was watching the stage while the entertainer sang "Suicide Solution" in Devore, CA, August 14, 2010. One fan looked toward the Little Dipper and watched a triangle UFO flying "higher than any conventional aircraft." more
The first 500 kids in line for Scars On Broadway's Hollywood show on August 20th will get a limited edition 7 inch of "F**king," featuring rare cover art done by Vartan Malakian more
U2 frontman Bono tells Rolling Stone that the band is working on "club-sounding" album in addition to plans to release a rock album and "Songs of Ascent," a set of tunes from the recording session of their last effort. more
Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready appeared onstage with Star Anna at Spaceland in Silver Lake, CA Wednesday night, and before the show passed on word to a friend of Antiquiet that all of Pearl Jam will make a return to the annual Bridge School Benefit concert this year. more
Iron Maiden's new album, The Final Frontier, is on track to sell between 65,000 and 70,000 copies in the US in its first week of release according to industry website Hits Daily Double. The estimates are based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on August 17th. That number could secure the band a #3 spot on next week's The Billboard 200 chart more
Oh, Sleeper will team up with The Bled, A Plea For Purging, and Let Live. more
As collaborations go, Ian Astbury's new project with Japanese metal band Boris is probably as strange as it gets. Having already teamed up with Slash, The Doors and UNKLE... this time the Cult frontman experiments with Boris unque brand of avant garde doom rock. more
Legendary punk act Crass will be remastering and reissuing their back catalogue over the next few months. The series will kick off with a repackaged version of 1978's The Feeding of the 5000 more
Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick will be performing an acoustic set with his former Union bandmate John Corabi at The 2010 (Halloween At The Hilton ) KISS Expo & Rock N' Roll Convention in Atlanta. more
Slough Feg are putting the finishing touches on their eighth full-length album, "The Animal Spirits", for an early 2011 release via Cruz Del Sur Music. According to a press relase, the CD "will probably take everyone by surprise, as always, when Slough Feg is involved. more
All That Remains has just made the title track of their forthcoming album For We Are Many (Oct. 12) available for FREE download for fans who sign up for the band's email list here
Wretched will headline the "Beyond The Gate Tour" with openers Havok and Armed For Apocalypse more
Daath have revealed the tracklisting to their forthcoming self-titled studio album. "Daath" is set for release sometime in late 2010 through Century Media/Roadrunner Records. more
Byzantine parts ways with guitarist, announces replacement. The drawn out details are here
Tommy Vucur, guitar, Adrian Alimic, bass and Jake Lowe, keyboards are no longer members of Vanishing Point . more. Bands should really think hard about their names because they tend to live up to them. -
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