Due to a network outage, we have a smaller than normal report for you today. We will be back with a full report tomorrow.
Ace Frehley Falls Off The Stage
(hennemusic) Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is out playing shows, in sync with the release of his new book, "No Regrets: A Rock N' Roll Memoir," which comes out tomorrow - Tuesday, November 1.
Last week, Ace played two nights at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City, with a set heavy on KISS classics from his time in the band.
At the second show, on October 26, Ace was performing his trademark guitar solo when he wandered too far to stage right - and fell off. Frehley did pick himself up, return to center stage and tried to retune his guitar, but eventually gave up, saying, "I'm gonna have to get another guitar." Watch video here
Vince Neil To Take A Plea in Domestic Violence Case
(hennemusic) Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and pay a $1,000 fine related to an alleged domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that, as part of a plea deal, Clark County prosecutors will drop one count of domestic battery in exchange for Neil's guilty plea to disorderly conduct, District Attorney David Roger confirmed.
Neil, 50, was seen yelling obscenities at, and poking, former local television entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs at the Las Vegas Hilton in March. more on this story
Axl Rose Hit With Bronchitis and Montezuma's Revenge?
(Ultimate Classic Rock) Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is reportedly suffering from both bronchitis and Montezuma's Revenge.
Blabbermouth reports that a source deep within Rose's management team revealed that the singer is afflicted with these terrible physical issues.
In other news, Axl's hour long interview with 'That Metal Show' is set to air on Nov. 11 as part of Vh1 Classic's 'National Metal Day.' more on this story
Promoter Blames Metallica Fans for Riot Inducing Cancelation
(hennemusic) A representative of DNA Networks - the promoters of the Metallica show in Gurgaon, India - tells Pollstar that fans were responsible for the cancellation of Friday's scheduled concert.
Karuna Prithvi from DNA's press department told Pollstar it's difficult to explain what sparked the fuss because "it was all so quick."
Prithvi says the company always has barriers in place for its shows and the problem was caused when fans broke through them. She said unruly fans "vandalized and destroyed" a lot of stage equipment, which meant it was impossible to fix it and get permission for a new show within 24 hours. more on this story
Limited Edition Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pete Townshend Coming
Universal Music Enterprises will celebrate Black Friday this year with a series of "Back To Black" limited edition, individually numbered 10" vinyl releases from Soundgarden, Nirvana and Pete Townshend. Here are the details:
Soundgarden - Before The Doors: Live On I-5 Soundchecks: "I will always be thankful to independent record stores for providing me with an encyclopedic source for an education in popular music. Especially of rare, import, indie, local, and experimental records, artists, and genres." - Kim Thayil
Hot on the heels of Soundgarden's highly successful 2011 summer tour, for Black To Black Friday UMe will release the individually numbered, limited-edition 10"-vinyl EP from Soundgarden - Before The Doors: Live On I-5 Soundchecks as the companion piece to the band's first-ever live album, Live On I-5, released earlier this year. Recorded during their 1996 tour, Before The Doors: Live On I-5 Soundchecks features "No Attention," "Never The Machine Forever" and a freaked-out version of the Doors' "Waiting For The Sun," taken from their soundcheck at Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, CA, on December 5, 1996; "Room A Thousand Years Wide" taken from PNE Forum in Vancouver, Canada, on December 7, 1996; and "Somewhere" taken from their soundcheck at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, CA, on December 4, 1996. more on this story
Lindsey Buckingham Lives DVD, Blu-Ray and DVD/CD Released Today
Eagle Rock are releasing a DVD, Blu-Ray and DVD/CD set of Lindsey Buckingham's Songs From The Small Machine: Live In L.A. today.
The concert was filmed in high-definition with DTS Surround-Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1, and Dolby Digital Stereo at The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California in April 2011.
The two-hour 19-song show will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and as a DVD/CD set. Filled with his most beloved songs, including such Fleetwood Mac classics as "Go Your Own Way," "Second Hand News," "Big Love," "Tusk," "I'm So Afraid" and "Never Going Back Again," blended with material from his new album Seeds We Sow ("In Our Own Time," "Illumination," "Stars Are Crazy," "That's The Way Love Goes") the DVD and Blu-Ray also feature a Buckingham interview. more on this story
Lamb Of God Announce New Album Release and 2 Year World Tour Plans
Lamb Of God have announced a January 24th, 2012 release date for their new studio album, Resolution.
Resolution, produced by Josh Wilbur, will feature 14 songs and will come in a deluxe softpak with artwork by longtime art director Ken Adams.
The album was recorded in various studios in Virginia and New York. In other news, on November 15th, the band will announce the first leg of what will be a 2 year world tour. more on this story
Limited Edition Unreleased Rolling Stones For Record Story Day
The Rolling Stones previously unreleased track "No Spare Parts" is set to be released as exclusive limited edition 7" vinyl to mark Record Store Day's "Black Friday", Friday, November 25.
A digital download version of the single will be available the week commencing November 14, according to UMG.
"No Spare Parts" is one of twelve bonus tracks that have been unearthed for inclusion on the forthcoming deluxe and super deluxe reissue of The Rolling Stones' Some Girls - widely regarded as one of the band's greatest albums. Some Girls will be released on November 21. more on this story
Alice Cooper Group's Neal Smith Releases New Album
(Glass Onyon) Alice Cooper Group drummer Neal Smith has released a new album called 'KillSmith Two'.
Neal Smith recently reunited with Alice Cooper and recorded several new tracks for Alice's 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' (which also features fellow AC Group members Michael Bruce and Dennis Dunaway)
"I think it's the best writing I've ever done with industrial strength music," says Neal. "The fourth song on the 'K$2' CD is called 'Evil Voodoo Moon'. It is the song that's the mother of Alice's latest single called 'I'll Bite Your Face Off", featured on his great new CD 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare'. One of the main goals I had in mind while writing 'K$2' was to keep my lyrics radio friendly this time. My colorful vocabulary could make a drunken sailor blush. So I took it back a few notches for airplay, something I didn't do on my first KillSmith CD 'Sexual Savior' when I just let all hell break loose." more on this story
Steve Perry Covering The Beatles On New Solo Album
Ultimate Classic Rock reports that Former Journey frontman Steve Perry is going to be recording new music soon, but it won't be with his old bandmates.
Perry tells the Associated Press that he's recorded three cover songs and played them for a few close friends.
One is a Beatles tune, but he wouldn't offer any clue as to which one, nor would he hint at what the other two covers are. more on this story
Megadeth' Mustaine No Longer Megamad at Roadrunner
(Gibson) Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine says things are rosy again between him and Roadrunner Records, after dissing the label over what he felt was a lack of promotion for the band's previous album, Endgame.
On the eve of the release of Megadeth's latest, Th1rt3en, Mustaine told Billboard, "We have had kind of an up and down time with Roadrunner, but right now everything is good. This album signified the era of, hopefully, a new regime. They were very helpful, and we helped things by putting down some firm boundaries and standing our ground and saying 'we can't do that' when we had to. So I'm very excited, very optimistic about the future."
Th1rt3en is the first Megadeth album since The World Needs a Hero to feature original bass player David Ellefson. The album includes rerecorded versions of five tracks previously released in different forms: video game tracks "Sudden Death" and "Never Dead," United Abominations-era fan club exclusive "Black Swan," and '90s demos "Millennium of the Blind" and "New World Order." more on this story
Glenn Hughes Releases Paperback Edition of Autobiography
(hennemusic) "The Autobiography: From Deep Purple To Black Country Communion," by legendary rocker Glenn Hughes is now available in paperback.
A limited-edition hardback version of the book was published in May via Foruli Publications under the title "Deep Purple And Beyond: Scenes From The Life Of A Rock Star."
The book was co-written with Joel McIver and features an introduction by Metallica's Lars Ulrich. more on this story
Vengeance Set New Album Release
(Freeman) Vengeance's new album "Crystal Eye" will released on February 27, 2012 (Germany: 24 February, USA/Canada: early March) on Steamhammer/SPV.
Goewie comments the worldwide collaboration with the German Hanover based label enthusiastically: "We are proud that we have signed with SPV/Steamhammer. We finally found our home and together we have many ways to make the fans rock!"
The album's sensational all-star cast is just as spectacular as the new material: alongside original vocalist Leon Goewie, "Crystal Eye" features drummer Chris Slade (ex- AC/DC), guitarist Keri Kelli (ex- Alice Cooper), bassist Chris Glen (ex- Michael Schenker Group), and guest guitarist Timo Somers (son of Vengeance guitarist Jan Somers, who sadly passed away in January 2011). "More than ever before, this is a band which consists of friends," comments Goewie, whose excellent reputation as an exceptional vocalist made this impressive line-up possible: Goewie, Slade, Glen and Kelli also form the nucleus of AC/DC cover band Chris Slade`s Steel Circle who rock the popular clubs whenever their time allows it more on this story
Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood To Have Art Exhibition
(Gibson) Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is going to show the public his collection of paintings next month.
According to the Daily Express, Wood will present 100 of his paintings at an exhibition called Ronnie Wood's Faces, Time and Placesat The Gallery in Cork Street, London.
Wood told The Observer: "People don't know that I'm an artist. Playing music as part of a team effort is wonderful, but to express individuality as an artist is very personal. Art is more powerful, a more personal statement." more on this story
Singled Out: Drew Kennedy's Fresh Water in the Salton Sea
Today our Singled Out special is a little different, Drew Kennedy tells us about his new album and book release "Fresh Water in the Salton Sea," which are being released today. Here is the story:
I was driving to a New Years Eve show in Alpine, Texas, thinking about what I wanted to do with the record that I was about to record two weeks into 2011 (the album that is hopefully now bouncing off of your eardrums). As the last sun of 2010 was making its way across the sky during my seven-hour drive I hatched a plan: I would write a novel. Now, I realize the term "novel" can sound pretty pretentious, so if it makes you feel any more comfortable, we can call it a book. It was the first word that popped into my head, however, so I'll stick with that for lack of a better one. I've done quite a bit of freelance writing in the past—things like biographies for other musicians and articles for BMI's trade magazine MusicWorld—but I've never attempted anything in long form. I knew that if I was going to do this it couldn't just be a passion project. I knew it had to somehow support what it is that I do best, which is writing songs and recording them.
So, with that thought in mind, and after recording what is in my opinion my strongest record by several miles, I sat down to write. Three months later I finished it.
Here's how it plays out, in the shortest explanation that I can muster:
Dan Murphy is a fictional songwriter. He heads out for a three-week tour of the west. You see the world through his eyes, hear it with his ears, experience it by way of his touch, taste, and feel. He picks up little bits of inspiration on his journey, and after every five or six chapters in the book you get to see what the songwriter has made of these inspirational nuggets through his craft in the form of the lyrics of a song. There are ten songs in this book. They are the same ten songs on the record. It will be released on the same day as (and shares the same title of) the album, and it will be available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.
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