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BW&BK had this big news for Led Zeppelin fans. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are guests on In The Studio - The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands - this week. They are discussing the 40th Anniversary of Led Zeppelin III with professional radio broadcaster and rock musician interviewer Redbeard. Check it out here

Metallica have released some behind-the-scenes videos of the band's "meet n' greet" before the October 14 show at the Vector Arena, as well as some pre-show, warm-up "jamming" in the tuning room. Check them out here

Red Hot Chili Peppers: 'We're halfway through our new album' Drummer Chad Smith also reveals the group already 'have festival dates booked for next year' more

Anvil are working with producer Bob Marlette on the record, which is to be titled Juggernaut Of Justice. more

Former Trans-Siberian Orchestra member Anna Phoebe Tweeted this bit of news: "WHOOP WHOOP!!! It's official! I am in a band with Jon Lord the Deep Purple Hammond Legend!... and I am VERY excited! Now we need a name!" more

MLB.com has added a new video to its playlist of David Wells talking with Kid Rock about growing up in Detroit and playing Little League. Watch it here

Living Sacrifice will team up with The Showdown, Becoming The Archetype, To Speak Of Wolves, and As They Sleep for the "Solid State Records: A Very Metal Christmas Tour. more

The Bouncing souls have announced their annual home for the Holidays four night stand at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Playing this year with them include Strike Anywhere, Fake Problems, Lemuria, The Swellers, Leftover crack, H20 among others. Details here

Duff McKagan says "ESPN and Major League Baseball are using a new Loaded song called 'We Win' off of our upcoming record for their coverage of the ALCS, NLCS and World Series game coverage." more

Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman has created and is now heading up the brand new record label, Gokukara Records. The label is a subsidiary of Japan's major label giant Avex. Friedman's solo releases will continue with Avex, and new artists that he works with will come out on Gokukara. more

Madball frontman Freddy Cricien issued a statement last month announcing that the band had fired drummer Jay Weinberg. Fast forward a month, and Weinberg has now come forward with his own version of events here

Loudness have announced a third memorial show to founding drummer Munetaka Higuchi, who passed away on November 30th, 2008 following a long battle with liver cancer. more

Quireboys are to release a CD/DVD titled Live In London next month. Out on November 8, this was recorded at The Marquee Club in 2004. more

As I Lay Dying will release a super deluxe fan box set version of their latest album, "The Powerless Rise", in November. more

W.A.S.P.'s European tour has gotten off to a rather bloody start, according to Classic Rock. A security guard apparently had his ear bitten off by a drunken fan in Orebro, Sweden on October 15. The fan, who also verbally attacked the guard, was arrested for aggravated assault. more

Lambgoat has this disturbing report: A 27 year-old man was killed following an incident at the DC9 Nightclub in Washington D.C., just hours after an Agnostic Front and Mother of Mercy show had taken place there. The victim, Ali Ahmed Mohammed, of Silver Spring, MD, was reportedly denied entry into the nightclub at around 2am, which prompted him to throw something though the club's front window. Several employees chased Mohammed and caught up with him a block or so from the club, at which time he was allegedly beaten. more

The Washington Post has more details about the beating death of a man outside the DC9 nightclub last week after an Agnostic Front show. According to the report, five men were charged with aggravated assault Saturday in the beating of Ali Ahmed Mohammed. All five men were released after a court proceeding Saturday and were placed in a high-intensity supervision program, which includes electronic monitoring. more

Leaves' Eyes has parted ways with bassist Alla Fedynitch "for personal reasons." The group will play the last two shows of this year with Dutch session bassist J.B. van der Wal (Aborted, Dr. Doom). more

CBC News is reporting that CBGB, the name of the famous and now-defunct New York venue which fostered the early punk rock community, is up for sale. Lawyers for the estate of late CBGB founder Hillel Kristal are looking for buyers who would be "best for the brand and Hilley's legacy." more

Guns N' Mixed Messages? Last week Steven Adler was calling on Jesus to convince Axl Rose to reunite with the original lineup of Guns N' Roses and now he says Axl Rose is "being a total baby - f**kin' grow up already" more and "Slash is a guitar hero; Axl's been doing it half-assed" more

Speaking of Guns N' Roses, the band Guns N' Roses face a hefty fine after breaking two 11pm concert curfews. LADY GAGA was the last star to break her 11pm curfew at the venue, by 25 mintues last February. She was in line for a ?10,000 fine for the privilege - which worked out at ?400 a minute. By that calculation, Guns N' Roses could now be hit for ?72,000. more

Ronnie Wood and Mick Taylor are among the guitarists booked to play a special gig at the 100 Club in Central London on December 1. more

Former Silvertide members Walt Lafty and Nick Perri have reunited to form Sinai. The project marks the first time the two former band mates have played together in five years. more

Saattue have parted ways with drummer Mikael "Miku" Ahlst�n and have replaced him with Sameli K�ykk?, formerly of the Finnish funeral doom metal band Colosseum. more

Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord has been commissioned to compose a concerto for Hammond organ and orchestra and with special parts for tympani. more

ASB reports that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are considering taking legal action against British pop star Diana Vickers over similarities between her new track and the band's classic "Under the Bridge", according to U.K. reports [so take this with a pound of salt]. The chart newcomer, who became popular in her native U.K. after starring in Simon Cowell's talent show "The X Factor", recently admitted she had decided against changing the chorus of her new song "My Wicked Heart" - despite writing the record after listening to the rockers' 1992 anthem. more

Pathology has announced the departure of guitar player Tim Tiszczenko, who left the group unexpectedly, forcing the group to miss the last two weeks of their tour with Immolation and Vader. more

Chicago, IL's very own Smoking Popes have announced a home town New Year's Eve show at Reggie's Rock Club. more

Scott Kelly of Neurosis had some critical things to say about his experiences with Dead Kennedys' co-founder Jello Biafra and his label, Alternative Tentacles Records. The band is reissuing 1993's Enemy of the Sun on their on Neurot Recordings due to a conflict they had with the label. more

Beastie Boys had good news and band news on the front page of their website. The group's previously announced Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 will continue to be delayed indefinitely, while Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 will be released on time "as originally planned in spring of 2011." more

Classic Rock reports that Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards will reprise his role as Captain Teague, the father of Johnny Depp's character Jack Sparrow, in the next Pirates of the Caribbean film from Disney. more

Misery Signals' now former bass player Kyle Johnson confirmed Lambgoat's report from last month with these words, "Yes, I have quit Misery Signals. No, they are not broken up." more

Red Hot Chili Peppers are reportedly planning to sue X-Factor (think American Idol) semi-finalist Diana Vickers for copyright infringement on her song "My Wicked Heart" being too similar to the band's classic song "Under The Bridge." Alternative Addiction has both songs and more here

VH1's new show, Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, premiered Monday night (October 18th) right out of the gate became the highest rated show of the night. more. No word if that just applies to Vh1 or across all channels.

The Elite, the brand new project featuring Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold and Bleed The Sky drummer Austin D'Amond, has uploaded the first part of a five-part mini-movie chronicling the creation of the band's debut EP, "Ww3". Check it out here

Original Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan (Velvet Revolver, Loaded) reunited with Axl Rose and Co. at London's O2 on October 14th, but how does McKagan feel about the band and how likely is guitarist Slash (Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns N' Roses) to be invited. Find out here

Mr. Big will release their new album in January 2011 via Frontiers Records. The band recently entered a Los Angeles-area studio with producer Kevin "The Caveman" Shirley. more

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced and confirmed the initial details for their 13th Hometown Throwdown in Boston. more

Gorgoroth recently returned from Tomas Asklund's Monolith Studio, putting the finishing touches on a project that's been a secret until now: A complete re-recording of the band's third album "Under The Sign Of Hell." more

Black Label Society return to the UK next year for an eight-date tour more -

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