Today's Day in Rock
Aerosmith Plan Special Street Show
Aerosmith plan an impromptu concert at an undisclosed location in the streets of Boston on the eve of the release of their new album.
The band will be releasing their new studio album, Music From Another Dimension, on November 6th. The day before they will take to the streets of Boston to play a special show for fans.
The location of the street show will be revealed to fans the morning of November 5th. If you don't live in Boston, you may still have the chance to see the band live. They will kick off the second leg of The Global Warming Tour on November 8. The month-long, 14-city arena tour will bring them and support act Cheap Trick to New York City (Madison Square Garden), Los Angeles (Staples Center) and Las Vegas (MGM Grand Garden Arena), among other cities.
Slipknot on Hiatus
Frontman Corey Taylor says that aside from a couple of events next year, Slipknot is on hiatus.
Taylor is focusing on the promotion of the new Stone Sour album, 'House of Gold & Bones Part 1', and was asked during an interview about the plans for his other band Slipknot when he broke the hiatus news.
He told Artisan News Service in a video interview (transcribed by Loudwire), "We're doing a couple of shows next year, but that's about it right now. It's on hiatus." Taylor has also been plotting a comic book series and is contemplating turning the two albums into corresponding films. Read more and watch the interview here.
Slash's Wife Slams Axl Rose Over Rare TV Interview
(hennemusic) Guns N' Roses leader Axl Rose's rare TV appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's show Wednesday night was seen by millions, including Perla Hudson, wife of former GNR guitarist Slash.
"I was waiting for something enlightening and all I got was promotion for a show and his evident affinity for a chili burger," Perla tells Us Weekly. "Where is the love Axl? And I stayed up for this? Sex, drugs and chili dogs. Long live Axl Rose. And a Halloween tree."
Axl treated the studio audience to free food at a Tommy's Burgers truck he hired to park outside Kimmel's studio, which provided Perla with more ammunition for her husband's ex-lead singer. "He's had a Slash, a Buckethead, and a Bumblefoot, and evidently way too many Tommy's chili burgers!" she said. "Hope there were some left for the audience!" more on this story
Bon Jovi Set For New Album and World Tour
Bon Jovi announced the initial dates for their upcoming world tour in support of their forthcoming studio album.
The "Bon Jovi Because We Can – The Tour" will kick off with a North American leg in Canada on February 13th in Montreal. The band have disclosed all six of the Canadian dates, three in February and three in April and promise to release the U.S. dates soon.
The group said that fans at the shows can expect to hear the band debut brand new songs from their upcoming album What About Now, which is expected to be released in Spring 2013. more on this story
Rolling Stones Play Surprise Club Show
(hennemusic) The Rolling Stones played a surprise secret gig at a club in the north of Paris on Thursday.
600 lucky fans packed into the tiny La Trabendo rock club to witness Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood launch through a quick-fire barrage of hits, as well as one or two surprises.
Right from the start, The Stones went back to their Marquee Club roots and opened with "Route 66." Mick bantered with the crowd in French whilst Keith Richards cranked out his bluesy licks on "It's Only Rock and Roll." more on this story
Set Your Goals Lose Member
Mike Ambrose has announced that he plans to part ways with Set Your Goals following two final shows in December.
He issued these words to fans about his decision via Twitter: "Dear friends, family, and fans, it's with a heavy heart that I report that my time with Set Your Goals has come to an end. My final shows with SYG will be December 2nd at the Oakland Metro and December 7th at Chain Reaction in Anaheim. What this band has been able to fulfill thus far is beyond the dreams I had 8 years ago and I'm extremely proud of our accomplishments.
"The guys are going to continue on without me and are in the middle of writing new material to be released next year. We're still all on good terms and the band has asked to please hold off on inquiries about the position for the time being. I'm in no way finished with my love affair with drums and music and am fired up about the possibilities that lie ahead. An enormous thank you must be said to the innumerable companions made along the journey so far- your support and devotion to the band and myself has fueled us. We shall meet again." Twitter link.
Steven Van Zandt Exceeds Rascals Reunion Funding Goal
(CBS Local) In September, E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt started a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the upcoming Rascals reunion shows at New York's Capitol Theatre in December. The goal was to raise $100,000.
The campaign ended yesterday and the goal has been met… and then some; as of press time, over $123,000 has been raised.
The show is more than just a reunion concert, it's a multimedia production that tells the band's story, and features a performance by the original members (who haven't played together in public in four decades). More of the details here.
Peter Gabriel Wants Fans To Recreate Sledgehammer Video
(CBS Local) Peter Gabriel's 1986 stop-motion/claymation video for "Sledgehammer" has gone down in history as one of the most innovative music videos of all-time, earning the former Genesis member nine Video Music Awards and becoming one of the most-played videos of all-time on MTV.
Now, Gabriel is asking fans to recreate it, shot by shot, and vote for the best. Dubbed "Grab Your Sledgehammer," the competition is in celebration of Gabriel's reissue of So, which celebrates its 25th anniversary.
This may sound like an overly ambitious project, but Gabriel (well, his team) launched a interactive app through his official Facebook that helps to simplify the process and enable voting on each entry. Check it out.
Neil Young To Collaborate With Dave Grohl
(Gibson) Neil Young spent an hour on Twitter earlier this week fielding questions from fans on a wide range of topics.
Young revealed that it's likely he and Dave Grohl will collaborate in the future, that he likes Jack White and Radiohead, and that the last album he bought was Jimmy Reed's Rockin' with Jimmy Reed.
After Young tweeted that one of his favorite new bands was Foster the People, a fan noted that, "Bono said he likes them, too." "Who is Bono?" joked Young. Other noteworthy revelations included that fact that Time Fades Away, Young's long out-of-print 1973 album, will be reissued, and that his 1991 live album, Weld, will one day come out on DVD. Young is currently in the midst of a North American tour with Crazy Horse. more on this story
Rod Stewart Completes Recording Of New Rock Album
(Gibson) Rod Stewart has recorded his first new rock album of original material in 11 years. The veteran singer told Billboard.com the new disc — tentatively titled Love the Life You Live — will be released in the spring of 2013.
"It's all done mate," revealed Stewart, who also has a Christmas album, Merry Christmas, Baby, coming out Oct. 30. "I produced it myself. It's all finished, mixed, everything.... Just a good, old-fashioned Rod Stewart album [with] a lot of mandolin and acoustic [guitar] and fiddles and good storytelling, I believe, too." Stewart said he was surprised at how easily songs have been coming to him. "It's been just flowing like a river," he said.
"An issue which I thought had long past, and which I'd given up, songwriting, has come back, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it." more on this story
Steve Vai Kicks Off New Tour Leg
Steve Vai launched the European leg of his 'Story Of Light' tour yesterday in Estonia.
The European trek is in support of his new release, The Story of Light, which was released on August 14, 2012.
The new leg follows Vai's two-month leg of 50 shows in North America and will wrap up on December 17th Murcia, Spain. more on this story
Steve Lukather Releasing New Solo Album
(Noble) Mascot Label Group have set a January 21st UK release date for Steve Lukather's seventh solo album "Transition."
The album will be followed by an extensive European tour that will include two UK concerts at London's Islington o2 Academy (March 29) and Bilston's Robin 2 (March 30).
One of the original founding members of the multi-million selling rock band Toto, Lukather will showcase his innate feel for rock and jazz guitar music, along with his impeccable song writing talents. Transition showcases extraordinary guitar playing performed across some of the most heartfelt songs of Steve's career. The album will be released in three formats including limited deluxe edition CD, jewel case CD, and vinyl. more on this story
Pentagram Looking For New Guitarist
Pentagram are on the lookout for a new guitar player to replace Victor Griffin who is leaving the band. The group put out this information:
As previously announced, the revered guitarist Victor Griffin is performing his farewell shows during the Oct/Nov European Relentless Tour. He'll be focusing on his solo career from this point on and the band and fans wish him all the best. Victor will forever be an important part of the "Ram Family."
Pentagram is now searching for the perfect player who can easily play the blazing, early blues-based, hard rock, proto-metal of the late Vincent McAllister as well as the doom metal mastery of the one and only Victor Griffin. Tone, chops, appearance, tour experience and availability (US and abroad so a passport is required), song writing skills, and sobriety are all important factors. The band will be writing/recording their follow up to the acclaimed Metal Blade release, Last Rites this coming December and January. more on this story
Cherri Bomb Playing KROQ Show This Weekend
Up and coming rockers Cherri Bomb will be playing a special show this Saturday for KROQ.
The band is set to perform at the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood for Los Angeles radio station KROQ's latest "Local Only Show."
Next month the band is set to hit the road with All American Rejects in support of their debut album, "This Is The End of Control". We will have a Singled Out special with them next week but for now you can learn more about them and get the KROQ and tour details here.
Scale The Summit To Post Video Updates As They Work On New Album
Scale The Summit will be sharing their progress with fans as they work on their next studio album, which they expect to release next Spring.
Guitarist Chris Letchford fills fans in: "We just started work on our next album. The material we have written so far is definitely pushing us into new territory. Very excited to see what we create! It's been a lot of fun writing these songs with our new bassist, Mark Michell. He is a very skilled and talented guy, so these songs will definitely be our best yet! Looking forward to getting them all finished and recorded so we can get out there and play them live. Keep an eye out for videos and studio updates through our YouTube channel (youtube.com/scalethesummit)."
In the meantime, the band will continue to post play-through videos for each song off of "The Collective" on a weekly basis. You can view the first video, which features Michell playing the song "The Levitated," here.
Singled Out: Sister Sin
This week Sister Sin released their new album, "Now and Forever" via Victory Records and to celebrate we asked Dave Sundberg to tell us about the track "End of the Line". Here is the story:
End of the Line" -The first single from our new album combines thrash-inspired riffs with a solid backbone of 80´s heavy Metal with a modern twist. Its fast paced and in your face! It is probably our most diverse song to date with many elements to it and lots of tempo changes. It was also the first time we´ve ever used a string section to give the chorus a real epic feel. Everything worked out fantastically along with the doomsday lyrics.
Got inspiration to the lyrics from all the "end of the world" prophecies surrounding the year 2012. It just got stuck in my head after our most recent tour in the U.S where we saw these "warnings" from the Christian Right in the South on billboards here and there.
As a movie fanatic I mixed up these impressions together with the storyline from "Terminator" and out came "End of the Line"
Your anthem to the apocalypse! Enjoy!
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!
Fear Factory Release Full Length Industrialist Video
(ESM) Fear Factory have premiered the full-length version of video for the song "The Industrialist" online.
The video, directed/edited by James Zahn, utilizes live footage of the band against a visual backdrop that pulls topical subjects from the story written by Burton C. Bell that served as inspiration for the band's latest album.
A part of "The Industrialist" video was revealed earlier this year leading up to the release of the album. Over half a million views of the excerpt has been logged to date. Now with the full video, the visual door to the concepts presented on the album are available for music fans to experience. Bell says, "We allowed James to take his time to create the video so that he could match his expertise with the conceptual imagery that was written in 'The Industrialist.' Being that he has been a long-time fan of Fear Factory, he understood the nature of the FF-machine; the concepts, imagery, and history. I believe he achieved a new era for Fear Factory video concepts." Watch it here.
Released on June 5, the concept-driven The Industrialist was released on CD, vinyl, and digibook; the later includes the entire Bell story and illustrations by the vocalist. more on this story
Gaslight Anthem Release Here Comes My Man Video
(CBS Local) Gaslight Anthem have revealed a new music video for their song "Here Comes My Man."
The clip juxtaposes clips of the band performing the song for a small clutch of fans with scenes of a radiant Elisha Cuthbert (you might know her from movies like The Girl Next Door and TV show Happy Endings) losing herself in a romantic movie instead of being sad about a grumpy boyfriend.
"Here Comes My Man" is the latest single from their most recent full-length album, Handwritten. Watch the video here.
KISS Answer Fans Questions in New Town Hall Video
(hennemusic) In celebration of KISS's 20th studio album, "Monster," the band recently sat down with 20 SiriusXM subscribers and host Jose Mangin for a fan Q&A.
"SiriusXM's Town Hall with KISS," a two-hour broadcast event, aired live on the station's Hair Nation channel on October 11.
In video provided by the satellite radio company, KISS describe the origins of their anthem, "Rock and Roll All Night," and even some never-before-revealed alternate names for the band. Watch it here.
Love and Death Release New Lyric Video
Love and Death have posted a new lyric video for their song "The Abandoning."
The song comes from the new album, Between Here & Lost, is out November 19th on Tooth & Nail.
Love and Death is Brian "Head" Welch's new band, Welch is best known as a founding member of Korn.
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