Bandmate Punch Lands Guitarist in Coma
(Rock News Desk) Doctors fear a guitarist may never wake up from a coma after being punched once by a bandmate.
Bassist Michael Sorden of veteran Ohio rock outfit Aleister Wild first knocked singer Ernest Munoz to the ground then turned on six-stringer Terry Span in a brawl over loading out gear after a pub gig.
Span is on life support after being knocked out by the single blow while Sorden is in jail, while Munoz remains bewildered over the tragedy. The singer tells the Colorado Springs Gazette how an argument started because Sorden wanted him to help load his gear into their van. Read that here
The Stone Roses To Reunite?
(hennemusic) 15 years after the band last played together, The Stone Roses are rumored to officially announce their reunion plans at a UK press conference on Tuesday.
Formed in 1983, The Stone Roses were one of the pioneers of what became known as the "Madchester" movement, as the Manchester group mixed the worlds of alt-rock, psych-rock and dance music…get yer groove on, man.
With rumors circulating for days, The Telegraph now says singer Ian Brown has reportedly confirmed that the band are to reunite, with one of his friends claiming the star told him: "It's happening." more on this story
Axl Vs Slash
(Rock News Desk) Axl Rose has been filmed gloating to fans over stealing girlfriends from Slash and claiming the guitarist regularly wet himself during drinking sessions.
There's no love lost between the Guns N' Roses singer and his former guitarist. But in a short video shot by GnR fan Ollie Fabeck in Paraguay last week, Rose takes great pleasure in getting personal about his former friend.
"It was great, 'cause he would pass out and piss his pants, and then I would get to be with the girl," Rose says. "So I always followed Slash 'cause I knew he would pass out and I would get the girl. The girl would be like, 'Ah, he just peed in my bed!' And I'd be like, 'It's okay, it's okay.'" More including the video
Hole Cancel Soundwave Over Limp Bizkit?
(Gibson) It appears Courtney Love and Hole have pulled out of Australia's Soundwave Festival because they don't want to play with Limp Bizkit.
Promoter AJ Maddah, who (despite the recently-cancelled Soundwave Revolution with Van Halen) has been behind many successful tours, confirmed reports that Love wanted out because she didn't want to play support to Limp Bizkit.
"That seems to be the excuse," Maddah tweeted. "Funny that they reconfirmed after seeing the rest of the line-up and artwork," Maddah later posted. "No point talking her back, only for her to cancel later, or turn up & act like a rotten [expletive] to other artists, fans, etc." more on this story
Blink-182's Travis Barker Can't Fly After Nearly Fatal Crash
(Rock News Desk) Travis Barker is desperate to cure his fear of flying so Blink-182 can tour all over the world again.
The drummer hasn't set foot on a plane since the 2008 crash in which four of the six people on board will killed, while he and his friend Adam Goldstein were left severely injured.
The aftermath of the tragedy saw Blink 182 reuniting after years of acrimony – and now Barker would like to wipe out the remaining negativity from his life.
He tells Rolling Stone: "I'm trying to get hypnotised and I've been talking to a doctor who retrains your brain. more on this story
Some Hope For Disturbed Future
(Banana 101.5) Disturbed Guitarist Dan Donegan spoke to Billboard regarding the nature of the band's hiatus and when, if ever, we will hear music from the band again:
"We're not stopping to pursue other things — at least I'm not. We're kind of looking to just go away for a bit, give the fans a little bit of a break, give ourselves a bit of a break. There's not some great game plan or design to all of this. I don't know if it will be six months or six years or whatever. I really don't. It's kind of scary to me to think, 'What if we don't return?' That part of it bothers me."
Despite his fear that the band is finished, Donegan reassured fans that he doesn't believe that Disturbed is going away for good: "My hopes are if we're away from it long enough we're gonna want it that much more. I like to think that as much as we've done together and how good the chemistry has been in the band, there's going to come a time — hopefully sooner than later — that we're gonna turn around and say, 'Man, I f—in' miss this. I want to get back there.' I'll be surprised if that doesn't happen, really." more on this story
Duff McKagan Hits The Best Sellers List
(hennemusic) Duff McKagan has a hit on his hands. His new book, "It's So Easy (And Other Lies)," has entered the New York Times Best Sellers List in the #17 spot.
MacKagan has been out on a book-signing tour since its October 4th street date, starting with an appearance in New York City; most of the stores are on either the East or West coast of the US.
Prior to its release, Duff offered fans a preview by sharing the first 80 pages online - that's 9 chapters of material (10 if you count the prologue). more on this story
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Open To Recording With Ozzy
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi tells Metro.co.uk that his relationship with original Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne is "good."
"We've had our ups and downs in the past but it's been blown out of proportion to the point where, from the outside it looks really bitter, but we've never really fallen out."
As for the rumblings of a Black Sabbath reunion with Ozzy, Iommi seems open to the idea to recording with him, "It's like when we had Ronnie James Dio with us, we broke up, got back together, did another album and tour. You can never tell. We got back together with Ozzy in 1997 and toured so you never know what's around the corner." Read the full interview
Metallica Turned Down Quentin Tarantino
(Rock News Desk) Quentin Tarantino wanted Metallica to appear on the soundtrack of 2003 movie Kill Bill but Lars Ulrich avoided giving him an answer because he couldn't understand the script.
The drummer describes the move as his "favourite mistake" in a Newsweek series of similar stories. And he reveals Tarantino choreographed the movie's fight scenes to match the thrash band's tracks Enter Sandman and Sad But True.
Ulrich explains how the conversation unfolded after he "facilitated" a dinner with the director. "One of the most surreal 30 minutes of my life was having QT six inches from my face, eyes dancing, intensely animated, explaining in intricate detail how he had written and choreographed the two main fight scenes." But what was the problem?
Coldplay TV and Album Preview
Coldplay have announced a number of U.S. television appearances to promote the October 24 release of their new album, Mylo Xyloto and fans can also get previews from the album as the release date approaches.
The band will be the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" on November 12. Emma Stone will be the host. Coldplay will also appear on "The Colbert Report" (10/20), "TODAY" (October 21) and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (10/27).
Starting today the iTunes Store will exclusively stream one song from Mylo Xyloto each day leading up to the album's release on October 24.
The Story of The Beatles Apple Records To Become A Movie
Ultimate Classic Rock reports that to filmmaker Michael Winterbottom is bring the story of the Beatles and Apple Records to the big screen.
The film will be called 'The Longest Cocktail Party' and will focus on the brief but important period between the founding of Apple Records in 1968 until the Beatles recording sessions for 'Let It Be.'
Based on Richard DiLello's book, the title references the hey days of Apple Records, when entertaining guests in lavish style was a common practice and one that helped lead to the company's downfall. But don't look for the fab four in the film and there is an Oasis connection as well.
Thirty Seconds To Mars Eye World Record
EMI sent over word that Thirty Seconds To Mars are about to set a new Guinness World Record. Here are the details:
Thirty Seconds To Mars will celebrate their 300th and final show in support of their third studio album This Is War with a special Tribus Centum Numerarae concert at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on Dec. 7th, 2011.
They will also set a new Guinness World Record for the most shows played during a single album cycle. This Is War was released in December, 2009 and the band has since circled the globe numerous times, playing over 300 shows in almost 60 cities in 6 continents. more on this story
Mutemath Announce Winter Tour
Mutemath will ring in 2012 with a new tour that is set to kick off on January 26th and criss-crosses the U.S. before finishing up on March 18th in Atlanta.
The band will be touring in support of their new album Odd Soul, which was released on October 4th on Teleprompt/Warner Bros Records.
Mutemath are also appear on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on November 4th more on this story
Aqua Teen Mastodon
(Banana 101.5) Mastodon have already hung out with Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad when the New Jersey food detectives took to the screen in the 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' movie. Now the prog-metal outfit will return for an appearance on the re-named show 'Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1'.
Mastodon have had a long-standing love affair with the Adult Swim crew. The two worlds first collided when Mastodon recorded the opening song for 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters' in 2007 — a parody of the classic movie theater jingle 'Let's All Go to the Lobby' called 'Cut You with a Linoleum Knife'.
The band also co-headlined a tour in 2009 with the real life version of the fictional band Deathklok from the popular Adult Swim show 'Metalocalypse'. The most recent collaboration came when Adult Swim created a video for the unreleased 'Crack the Skye' track — 'Deathbound'. more on this story
Kid Rock For Tootsies Bash
(Gibson) Tootsies Orchid Lounge 51st Birthday Bash will take place on Wednesday, November 23, in association with Kid Rock. The star is performing that evening at the Ryman Auditorium as part of his nationwide tour, giving money to and raising awareness for people in need.
"We couldn't be happier that Kid Rock is working with us to make the Tootsie's Birthday Bash a 'rockin' good time for everyone in Nashville," said Steve Smith, owner of the historic Nashville honky tonk. "Kid Rock is a part of Tootsie's history. It's going to be a memorable night."
"Every time I end up at Tootsie's it's a good night, and I don't expect this night to be any different," Kid Rock said. "It's cool to be celebrating their birthday party with them; I like parties and seem to excel in that type of atmosphere." more on this story
All Time Low for Conan
Tune in tomorrow night to watch All Time Low perform their new single "Time Bomb" on Conan (air date 10/19/11).
All Time Low are also set to kick off their "The Rise and Fall of My Pants" headline tour on October 25th in Huntington, NY, performing twenty-two dates in the US wrapping November 19th in Poughkeepsie, NY.
"We're really stoked to be touring with some bands that we haven't toured with before and playing some cities that we haven't played in a while. There's nothing we enjoy more than playing live shows and this tour should be a blast" says front man Alex Garskath. more on this story
Bridge School Benefit Concerts 25th Anniversary Hitting Theaters
Reprise Records have set a October 24th release date The Bridge School Benefit Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition - a three-DVD set and a two-CD collection that feature unique live performances from the annual event.
To celebrate their release, the concert film from the DVDs will screen in theaters in select cities for one night only on the same day, October 24th.
The film features some of the biggest names in music, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Who, Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young and Crazy Horse performing rare, acoustic versions of songs never heard anywhere else. more on this story
The Sword Name New Member
The Sword have tapped Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III as the band's new full-time drummer according to Loudwire.
Loudwire reports that Vela is: officially taking over the skins from Kevin Fender, who had acted as a temporary drummer for the band since early 2010.
Founding Sword drummer Trivett Wingo (pictured above) quit the band in the fall of 2009, just five dates into the band's 'Warp Riders' headlining tour of North America (and immediately following the Sword's stint opening for Metallica in Australia, New Zealand and Japan). more on this story
Dez Fafara Looks Back and Forwards With Coal Chamber
(Rock News Desk) Dez Fafara is glad he didn't give the real reason for quitting Coal Chamber in 2003, because he's sure it would have killed his bandmates.
He decided to walk away and start again because guitarist Meegs Rascon, drummer Mikey Cox and original bassist Rayna Foss had developed serious drug issues.
It meant killing his own career, but he believes it saved his friends' lives. Since then Fafara has found success with DevilDriver and Racon and Cox have come off drugs, which is why Coal Chamber will play a series of shows at Australia's travelling Soundwave festival next year. more on this story
Beatles' Sgt. Pepper in Danger Danger
We told you a couple weeks ago that former Danger Danger guitarist Andy Timmons was taking on a Beatles classic. Today we have more details:
One of the most beloved cultural milestones of the '60s generation and every generation since, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles gets creatively interpreted and re-imagined in this all-instrumental rendition by a guitarist whose lifelong love of this material has resulted in an album that transcends all musical boundaries and genres. Two years in the making, guitar fans, Beatle fans and everyone in-between will come together when Favored Nations Entertainment releases Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper on October 24.
"I must hip you to new music I just heard that floored me! It is, without a doubt, one of the coolest things I have ever heard…originality, as well as virtuosity, will make this the best guitar instrumental record in decades, if not ever."—Guitarist Steve Lukather more on this story
Jane's Addiction's Great Escape Artist Arrives
(Gibson) Jane's Addiction's new album, The Great Escape Artist, is out today . The album, only the band's fourth in an on-again/off-again career dating back to 1985, features Perry Farrell (Vocals), Dave Navarro (Guitars) and Stephen Perkins (Drums) along with TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek on bass, although live bassist Chris Chaney and Navarro contributed bass, too.
Chaney played on 2005's Strays, but when original bass player Eric Avery decided not to stick around after Jane's post-Strays-breakup-reunion, Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses stepped in for a while. Three of McKagan's songs, "Broken People," "Words Right Out of My Mouth" and "Ultimate Reason," appear on the finished album.
In a May 2011 interview with Spinner magazine, Farrell said of Chaney, "I have to keep him away from Queen, who want him and they're not gonna get him unless we're not doing anything. Then they can have him. I'm getting him on the record and then he's gonna come out with us for eight months." more on this story
Sick Of It All's Us Vs. Them Revisited
Sick Of It All will be celebrating their 25th anniversary by releasing an album of re-recorded classics titled Nonstop on November 1st (North America) / October 31st (Europe).
After the immensely positive response from "Built To Last", Sick Of It ALL has just unveiled another newly re-recorded track from Nonstop .
The song "Us Vs. Them" can be heard on the band's Facebook page here and they also have a handful of live dates coming up next month. more on this story
Awolnation For Leno
Awolnation will be the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, October 28.
They are to set to perform their single "Sail," from their debut album Megalithic Symphony.
They will also be kicking off the "AWOLNATION Fall Harvest Tour" on November 2, the 15-date outing with Middle Class Rut and Twin Atlantic supporting will take the bands coast-to-coast with shows in Los Angeles at the Music Box on November 3 and New York's Webster Hall on November 21. more on this story
Such Gold Hitting The Road With Hit The Lights
Such Gold are set to hit the road with Hit The Lights on their headlining tour this fall. The Dangerous Summer will provide additional support.
The tour will kick off on October 31st in Toledo, OH with Such Gold as support throughout November 19th in Nashville, TN.
Such Gold recently announced their signing to Razor & Tie and in the Spring 2012 will release their new studio album to be produced by Steve Evetts (Every Time I Die, Saves The Day, Lifetime, The Dillinger Escape Plan). more on this story
Singled Out: Kidneythieves' The Invisible Plan
Today Free Dominguez from Kidneythieves tells us about the title track to their brand new EP "The Invisible Plan". Here is the story:
Most kidneythieves songs do not transpire in linear fashion and The Invisible Plan is no exception. I've always visualized the next album during the near completion of the current one. Bruce bought a new synthesizer that had very strong and clear sounds, and he was just starting to play around with it. I instantly liked the groove and the bass synth that started The Invisible Plan. So visceral and raw.
Imagery of a futuristic Kali destroying the city streets at 3 a.m. came to mind, as if she were clearing the way for only those who obeyed the laws of nature. Using the dream as power in real life almost seemed to become the basis of what one needed to survive in this. Then came the EP; the thread tying in these two stories -- everything we think, dream, project -- used positively, become weapons of change. They are invisible to the eye, but are the seeds of power.
During this time I was also listening to a lot of The Roots "How I Got Over" (I love Black Thought's lyrical genius) and it really got me thinking about how I could blend these thoughts of "an invisible plan" and people coming together. Using the mind to create things is an art, and it's a hustle….3 a.m. starts to bring a sun rise—how are we gonna get what we want in this world—no one can do it alone, we gotta do it together, bringing the invisible into light. Most of the lyrics happened when I was driving at night in LA. There's a lot to think about at night and about surviving in this town alone….These are the things that I thought, made it into the song—and as usual, Bruce and I were on the same page musically. Done.
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