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Foo Fighters Promise Many More Surprises Coming

Adler was the first of the classic lineup to part ways with the group and it has usually been attributed to his inability to perform due to drug abuse but he told the One On One With Mitch Lafon podcast his theory behind the reason he was fired, "If people think that I got kicked out of Guns N' Roses for doing drugs, they are so mistaken. Everybody in that band was doing drugs. I was doing less than anybody.

"I got kicked out of the band, and Izzy got kicked out of the band, and then Slash and Duff did, because Axl wanted to take control of everything. He wanted to own the name, he wanted to be the only person who gets paid for the songs.

Kramer made the comments in an interview with Classic Rock, who have published this excerpt, "First of all, as far as Aerosmith goes there is no band that has been around for almost 50 years that still has the original five guys in the band.

"Everybody is always raving about the Stones, saying the Stones this and the Stones that. I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department."

The drummer adds: "The Stones is not the original band and I do not care for them. I think if you came to see an Aerosmith concert, people would realize that we play so much better than them that it's silly because they're not so good live.

The song comes from the group's latest album 'Breakin' Outta Hell' and was written in tribute to Lemmy and the video features Motorhead's famous 'bomber' lighting rig.

Airbourne frontman Joel O' Keeffe had this to say, "When Mot�rhead played, Lemmy was there for the fans and the fans were there for him. It didn't matter what was happening in the world at that point, because Mot�rhead was onstage; the crew had everything dialed in, and the crowd were there and lovin' it - all for rock 'n' roll�

The video has been released in sync with a recap of the event, which features clips of several songs performed during the band's first-ever concert in Hong Kong.

The stop was part of an early 2017 Asian leg of Metallica's WorldWired tour in support of their tenth album, "Hardwired�To Self Destruct." "Atlas, Rise!" was the third single issued from the project, following "Hardwired" and "Moth Into Flame."

Ahead of the trek, Soundgarden will release of an expanded reissue of their 1988 debut album, "Ultramega OK", on March 10. Last year, the group acquired the original multi-track tapes to the project and connected with engineer Jack Endino to create a fresh mix of the debut.

Appice worked with Ronnie James Dio in not only the vocalist's namesake band but also in Black Sabbath and the reunion of the latter, Heaven and Hell and he recently did an interview with My Global Mind.

The drummer was asked "What is it about the chemistry between the band members that brings the spirit of Ronnie James Dio to life?" and he responded, "It's the way we play when we are together, we are a band. It wasn't something where Ronnie directed everything and told everybody what to play.

"There were four guys in the room and we all brought in our own personalities to the band. That's the sound we created when Ronnie added his signature voice.

We were sent these details: This year's 14 honorees represent all five of the Hall of Fame's categories: Performers, Non-Performing Individuals, Classic of Blues Literature, Classic of Blues Recording (Song) and Classic of Blues Recording (Album).

The six performers chosen for induction include two distinctive vocalists, Mavis Staples and Latimore; a pair of legendary guitarists, Magic Slim and Johnny Copeland; and longtime Howlin' Wolf sidemen guitarist Willie Johnson and piano-man Henry Gray. They will join the more than 125 performers who already are Hall of Fame members. The year's non-performer selection is Living Blues Magazine co-founder and radio show host Amy van Singel, who passed away in Sept. 2016.

The Classic of Blues Literature pick is the rightfully recognized Father of the Blues, W.C. Handy's 1941 memorable autobiography. John Lee Hooker was among the Hall's first inductees in 1980 and now his 1966 Chess album Real Folk Blues will enter the Hall of Fame too in the Classic of Blues Recording Album category. The quintet of Classic of Blues Recording songs includes Bo Diddley's signature tune "Bo Diddley," Tommy Tucker's much covered classic "Hi Heel Sneakers," the Albert King hit "I'll Play the Blues For You," Son House's "Preachin' the Blues" and "I Ain't Superstitious," which features 2017 inductee Henry Gray playing on Howlin' Wolf's well-known 1961 recording.

"We never intended to recite this book from cover to cover," Costello said in a statement. "Listen to our new arrangement of 'Tears Before Bedtime,' it gets straight to the real meaning of that song, the way we hear and feel it today.

Neil, who was recently a contestant on the reboot of The Celebrity Apprentice, has announced a handful of solo dates spread across March, May and June beginning at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN on March 3rd and running until June 24th where he will play the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, MS.

Although it is being billed as a "world tour", the dates for the trek announced thus far are all scheduled to take place in Europe and will see the band perform "The Crimson Idol" album in full, including 3 "missing" songs that were recorded for the album but were left off of the final release.

The new album was produced by Howard Benson (Halestorm, Papa Roach, Chris Cornell) and frontman Phil Labonte had this to say about the effort, "Our goal has always been to write songs that we like.

"All That Remains has seen a lot of criticism about the songs that we've written and what people think we're supposed to do. We started as a very underground death metal kind of band, we've since moved away from that and have never apologized for it. The music we've written has been reflective of that and I think the lyrics, the ideas, have always been reflective of that as well."

Speaking about this project and their endeavors aimed at giving back to the community, the band comments: "At least once a year we do a campaign for the Night Demon Metal Cares shirt. Each year has a new design and they have ended up being some of the best merch we've done. This year, our big brothers in Cirith Ungol have gotten in on the action to combine forces with us for an amazing T-shirt for the 2017 edition of Metal Cares.

"Recently our efforts have been focused on scholarships for the underprivileged in our community - working with the YMCA and Merch Relief in aiding victims of natural disasters, and that is the focus of this new design.

The summer trek will be kicking off on July 14th in Mountain View, CA at the Shoreline Amphitheatre and will be wrapping up on September 13th at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

Due April 28, the record teams Mellencamp with country legend Carlene Carter, who opened every show of his acclaimed 2015-2016 Plain Spoken tour.

The song is first track released from the group's forthcoming album "Burn The Ships" which is set to hit stores on March 10th and was produced by Philip Mosley and mixed and mastered by Austin Deptula.

The band had this to say bout the song release, "It has been one long ass journey to get this point, so we're very excited to premiere the first track 'Pyromaniac' off our new album Burn the Ships.

The band had this to say, "We are currently in the early creative stages of our new art offering and we are exited to confirm that we have extended our agreement with partners Season of Mist - this time handling the release worldwide."

The news comes as the group prepares to head to Japan early next month for a three date tour with Arcturusthat will be kicking off on March 10th at the Fanj Twice in Osaka.

Kash Sarkaria had this to say about the new video, "This song is about one of the toughest times in my life with a long-term relationship ending and just coming to the realization that it was time to move on, whether we wanted to or not.