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AC/DC's Angus Young Jams With Guns N' Roses

Stanley told fans about his injury via the following Facebook posts. He first wrote, "Surgery reattached it with a screw and stitches to anchor in place. Not much I can do now!"

A few hours later he gave fans an update: "Thanks to my AMAZING doctor I WILL be great & ready to rock WAAAAYYYY before the tour! CAN'T WAIT! #‎FreedomToRock‬"

As he mention, the band announce last week that they will be embarking on the Freedom to Rock tour of North America this summer. The trek will be kicking off on July 7 in Boise, Idaho at the Taco Bell Arena.

While the KISS frontman expects to be able to rock this summer, the band were forced to play as a trio at the Race to Erase MS benefit concert at the Beverly Hills Hilton on Friday night.

The band played four songs for their headline set, according to the Washington Post, via Ultimate Classic Rock, who are streaming embedded video of performances of "Cold Gin" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" here.

The event marked the second time that the legendary band has performed without Stanley. Back in 2007, the frontman was rushed to the hospital with a heart problem as the band prepared to take the stage at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, Ca.

It's expected to take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California - the Coachella site - on the weekend of October 7-9. The first night is likely to feature Dylan and the Stones, with Young and McCartney the following night, then The Who and Waters on the final night.

The artists will deliver a full performance production on a single stage, rather than the usual cut-down set that's usually prepared for festivals. It's been suggested that each act will be paid $7m.

The band delivered a live stream to fans of their 9-song, 55-minute set that featured tracks from the band's first two albums - the 1983 debut "Kill 'Em All" and 1984's "Ride The Lightning."

The film won Best Documentary at Las Vegas International Film Festival in 2012 and D'Annunzio was also nominated for Best New Film Director at the LA New Directors Film Festival.

The record is the first volume of a double album project that will keep vocalist James Michael, bassist Nikki Sixx and guitarist DJ Ashba on the road throughout the year and into 2017.

"Between this album and Vol. 2 (coming out later this year)," says Michael, "we'll leave no stone unturned in our quest to create important music and push the boundaries of rock."

"Prayers For The Damned" is the third track previewed ahead of the album's release following the lead single, "Rise", and "You Have Come To The Right Place."

Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under goes behind the scenes of the promo, which was filmed in the town of Carinda, Australia. The shoot mixed scenes of dance with footage showing the plight of the Aboriginal people and was directed by David Mallet.

Mallet tells Rolling Stone: "It was very much David's idea and concept. It was his idea to shoot in Australia, which in those days was a bold thing to do for a music video. I don't think any of us had any idea how important it was to do and what the reaction would be."

He tells Loudwire: "Right now, I'm thinking about doing another Revolting Cocks record, another Lard record and possibly, maybe if the circumstances are right, another Ministry record. I would love to play live with Surgical Meth Machine or Revolting Cocks.

In a live interview with BackStory on March 23 at AOL studios in New York City, Frehley says: "I don't know. I mean, I always leave the door open. I'm the kind of guy that says, 'Never say never.' I know those guys are always saying I don't deserve to wear the makeup, and 'We'll never work with Ace again.'

"But, you know, they said that before the reunion tour in '96. So who knows? It hasn't been discussed, if that's what you wanna know. It hasn't been discussed. And who knows what the future will bring? If it did happen at some point, I think'd be magical if it was handled right."
Other topics discussed by Frehley was Kiss's infamous merchandising which has seen the band's image and name attached to and endorsing a huge range of products.

"What happened was, once we� Well, I shouldn't say we'� Gene Simmons got out of control with the merchandising," he continues. "You know, the lunch boxes� whatever. Kids started coming to the concerts� We started out almost like an underground band, and then, obviously, our following grew. But we started appealing to younger kids, because of all the toys and whatever the case� We did that silly movie, 'Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park'."

Z'Nuff, the sole remaining original member of the group, inked an album deal with Frontiers Music Srl., according to Classic Rock and had the following to say, "We are very excited with this new deal with Frontiers thanks to an old friend who discovered us - Derek Shulman.

"The new record is pure rock and features a couple of rockstar friends - most notably Styx's James 'JY' Young and the late, great, Jani Lane singing on one of his last recording sessions."

Going by some of the song titles revealed by Z'nuff the album may be similar to their "1985" and "Peachfuzz" records, which were collections of older recordings.

Some of the song titles mentioned by Z'nuff match with early Enuff Z'nuff demos including "Good Luv," "Radio," and "Nothing". The song "The Devil Of Shakespeare" appears to be a track originally released as a companion to Billy McCarthy's book of the same name.

The track was co-written by Z'nuff and McCarthy (a.k.a. Billy Dior of D'Molls fame) and featured guest appearances from Jani Lane, James "JY" Young of Styx and Ron Flynt of 20/20. The book and the song were released in 2004.

Stuck Mojo's classic lineup reunion failed less than a year after playing a comeback show in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Guitarist Rich Ward said: "The reunion was great. But it was one of those things.

Windstein tells Monkeygoose: "It's ten tracks, 47 minutes, and it'll probably be a little shorter with fadeouts or whatever. It's more meat and potatoes - on the last few records we brought a lot of new elements into the band, without deviating too far from what Crowbar is about.

The band are currently working on their sixth album. Frontman Greg Puciato recently reported the music was "weirder" than anything they'd previously done, adding: "It's a lot less accessible, which may be a shock to people.

Frontman Aryn Jonathan Black had the following to say about the song: "My Woman In Black is a key song on the record that describes that first time you laid eyes on the love of your life - the impact, euphoria and almost deja-vu-like experience it is."

Guitarist and singer Thomas Bellier had this to say about the new song: "We took our favorite Middle Eastern sounds, and reinterpreted them through the prism of our cultural baggage - weird European psychedelia, a healthy dose of vintage hard rock, experimental jazz.

Darren Caperna, the singer for American AC/DC tribute band Back In Black earned an audition and tried out with the band in Atlanta. Online reports state AC/DC tracked Caperna down via telephone with the singer subsequently flown to Atlanta for a private rehearsal.
Accompanying Caperna on the trip was founding Back In Black member and guitarist Mike Mroz. "After the soundcheck, Darren and I were talking to the guitar techs, and all of a sudden I look over my shoulder and Angus Young was standing behind me waiting to say hi!" said Mroz.

Caperna ran through some 21 songs with the band in an exhaustive rehearsal set including the entire 'Rock Or Bust' album."Before we started 'Riff Raff', Angus came up to me, and said, 'I'm warning you in advance that we are still a little rusty on this song!' Did I just hear Angus apologizing to me?," exclaimed Caperna.

The group is continuing to support the launch of their live album "Live'n'Kickin," while continuing work on their second studio album of original material.

The band said of the record: "Secret Garden brings together everything that has established Angra as one of biggest bands in its style: contemporary sound combined with inspired compositions.

He remains leader of his own band, while having reunited with Carlos Santana and his original lineup for Santana IV, which was released last week. He also released solo album Vortex last year.

Schon tells Radio.com: "I got my first taste of trying to do two sets when Journey toured Canada. My solo album had just come out. My manager asked if I would be the opening act, and I said, 'For Journey?' That's a completely different audience, and I didn't know if I wanted to do that. I said, 'Well, it's a good opportunity.'"

They revealed their existence in February, and confirmed they were working on their debut album with producer Logan Mader. Johnson says of the track: "I was an addict for a very long time. I hit a point where I had to take responsibility for that person, and make the changes that needed to be made to not be that person any more.

"In that process, you have to make your amends to the people that you hurt to truly move on with a clear head and a clear conscience. And that's basically what this is."

They'll kick off the 12-date run of shows at Barcelona's Be Prog! My Friend Festival, and then take to the road with Protest The Hero. And bassist Dan Briggs is excited about sharing the stage with French prog icons Magma at the Spanish event.

He says: "It's pretty surreal that our summer trip will not only begin in Barcelona, but also playing alongside legendary prog artists including Magma.

Mainman Alan Nimmo said: "We're really proud of the album. It's faster, louder, more energetic and more exciting. It's got the potential to blow the roof off."

Torabi tells Fifteen Questions: "For Bottled Out Of Eden, I almost went back to a pre-computer way of working. I knew how I wanted the songs to sound but we worked together on the arrangements. Everyone in the band has a very idiosyncratic style. For The Unravelling we'd just expanded to an octet and four of the guys were relatively new to the band.

"Some of the tunes were a few years old and I feel I was probably trying to shoehorn their styles into playing the pieces as I had imagined them. This time, I had written specifically for this band and these players, and owing to the fact that all the songs were brand new, I had far less pre-conceived ideas as to how I wanted them to sound."

Vocalist and guitarist Todd Jones says: "This is to date, our favourite song. It's a song which represents almost every side of Nails. You Will Never Be One Of Us is about about the pain and the pride that goes into being involved in hardcore/punk/metal unconditionally - being a lifer.

"It's a knife to the throat of the people who come and litter their bullsh*t and impose on everyone for their own selfish agenda. It's for everyone who dedicates themselves to their craft, their music, their passion - whatever the f*** it is - and seeing someone come along and attach themselves to what you do and love and abuse it, with no regard or respect for it.

He continues: "We tried to get into the show but couldn't. We went back to the hotel and said, 'let's check out what the music's all about. We heard this song and were like, 'This kinda sounds like it would be a fun We The Kings type song.'

People often ask us, "What comes first: the melody or the lyrics?" But what tends to come first is "a thought". Sounds a bit pretentious I know but it's usually an emotion, a feeling, a mood that we want to convey through music.

So I had this idea of someone dealing with the fallout from his partner's past relationships. The line that pulled it all together for me was "It's the perfect crime, I'm doing someone else's time". That seemed to embody what I was trying to say.

So I had that line and I had a melody and chords and usually I just mumble along to see if any words stick. (Listening back through the very first drafts of songs is always an eye opener). Most of what came out that day was rubbish but I kept repeating "Love behind you".

And those three words wrote the rest of the song. No matter how destructive the partner wanted to be, no matter how hard they tried to screw this up, that person would always be there for them.

In pre production we spent quite a long time getting the choppy drum groove right and then Will Brierre (mixer) did a great job making that sound cool with some loops and other bells and whistles (you can tell I'm the technical one of the band). And then from that the track builds nicely until the end, when it returns to the dream-like groove of the opening.

It's always hard to pick favourite songs but I think collectively as a band this is definitely right up there.