Brian Head Welch (ex-Korn) Week: Day 3

We know you are anxious to hear what Head's new music sounds like, so you can grab previews from "Save Me From Myself," learn more about the album and Head's new autobiography and more right - here!

Aerosmith Vs Fans, Miley Cyrus Strips, Metallica Killer Appeal, Tool Hero, Buckcherry Leak, new iPods, Oasis Injury, Beatles Won't Let It Be and more

antiMusic reports: Aerosmith, which recently announced plans for a 2009 tour, may want to consider adding a stop in Hawaii in May to their trek. That's when the class action lawsuit filed against the band by a group of fans in Hawaii is scheduled to go to trial more
Miley Cyrus is the star of Clear Channel's newest edition in its "Stripped" series of online, live performances. more

Metallica has just released another song off of their upcoming record, Death Magnetic. The new song; "The Judas Kiss" is the fourth, and final song to be made available before the album is released in its entirety this Friday. The band also announced ticket and special package info for their upcoming tour. Grab the details here

Meanwhile, the New Jersey man who killed his mother and then stabbed an 11-year-old boy to death claiming that he was influenced by a Metallica song about a boy who "lost my way this bloody day" when he committed the crime is asking the court to throw out the 2004 guilty plea that sent him to prison for 50 years. more

Oasis have rescheduled their concert in Ontario, Canada after Noel Gallagher was hurt by a fan on stage on Sunday at the V Festival in Toronto. more

The announcements about this fall's Guitar Hero: World Tour keep on coming. Sting and Tool are getting in on the fun, as Metallica continue to expand their presence in both Guitar Hero and Rock Band 2. more

Head over to VH1.com's The Leak, to hear the new Buckcherry album in its entirety, before it's released. go here to hear

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who, will be among those receiving the Kennedy Center Honors for 2008. more

Gym Class Heroes have slated a series of major television appearances celebrating the release of their much anticipated fourth album, "THE QUILT." First up, Gym Class Heroes will perform live on the Wednesday, September 10th installment of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Later this week, the Geneva, New York-based outfit will appear on an episode of MTV's TRL as well as on Mi TRL on the MTV Tr3s network, followed next week with a spot on BET's Rap City

Scars on Broadway have premiered their new music video for "Word Long Gone" on Yahoo Music. The video was directed by Joel Schumacher (Phantom of the Opera, Falling Down) Check it out over at Yahoo

Due to financial difficulties with one of our sponsors, Bleed The Sky will not be able to appear at several scheduled dates. You can find the list here

Prog rockers Yes (in the wake of Jon Anderson's illness and the subsequent cancellation of this summer's planned U.S. tour) have gone the Journey route and selected a tribute band singer to replace its iconic frontman. more

Apple has announced the details of a sleeker, cheaper iPod nano at a conference in California on Tuesday. The 8-gigabyte version will sell for $149 in the US -- $50 cheaper than the previous model. A 16-gigabyte version with up to 24 hours of music playback or four hours of video will sell for $199. That's not all, the iPod touch gets a little closer to being an iPhone.. details are here

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reportedly managed to block the release of the "Let It Be" Beatles documentary. more

Former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash reportedly makes an appearance in Alice Cooper's recently completed video for the song "Vengeance Is Mine". more

Martin Eric Ain and Tom Gabriel Fischer of Celtic Frost announced "We have therefore jointly decided to lay Celtic Frost to rest for good and to treasure and honor what we have created together in the course of the history of this truly unique band." - more

Did Courtney Ruin Nirvana?

Blabbermouth reports: Nirvana's former manager says in his upcoming memoir that the arrival of Courtney Love in late frontman Kurt Cobain's life changed the band forever, according to an excerpt posted at Spinner.com.

In his book, "Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business", former record label exec and artist manager Danny Goldberg writes, "Courtney's very presence was a metaphor for the end of one era in the band's life and the beginning of another," adding that Love became Cobain's "mouthpiece" shortly after the two became a couple.

Goldberg says he was initially "charmed" by Love, but soon became aware that she had "numerous personae she could call up at will, and this would be the last time I would ever see Courtney as an underdog." - Read about one incident here

The Cure Take Over The Top 20 Chart

PR reports: An amazing feat! Four Number One singles in the top 20! That's what The Cure did this week when all four singles released over the last four months appeared together in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart!

They are: "Perfect Boy (Mix 13)" at #8, "Sleep When I'm Dead (Mix 13)" at #12, "Freakshow (Mix 13)" at #16 and "The Only One (Mix 13)" at #18.

Coming up next week, an EP of remixes of these first four singles will be released digitally and on CD September 16th. Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Pete Wentz & Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), Jade Puget (AFI) , 30 Seconds To Mars and 65 Days Of Static (who supported The Cure on most of their recent 59 date World Tour), have exclusively remixed the tracks for this special EP, entitled Hypnagogic States. - more on this story

Alison Krauss DVD Coming

PR reports: Rounder Records is pleased to announce the DVD release of Alison Krauss' A Hundred Miles or More: Live From The Tracking Room on November 11. The DVD features Krauss, one of the purest and most original voices in American music, performing songs from her critically acclaimed solo album, A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (Rounder) with members of her highly-regarded band, Union Station, and special guest musicians. It also features memorable duets with country superstar Brad Paisley, legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor, British rocker John Waite, and an infectious take on "Sawing on the Strings" with one of Krauss' longtime idols, Tony Rice, and musicians Sam Bush and Stuart Duncan joining Union Station members Barry Bales, Ron Block, Jerry Douglas, and Dan Tyminski. Other guest musicians featured on the DVD are Steve Cox, John Hobbs, and Greg Morrow.

Originally taped as a GAC television special, this DVD is set in a recording studio environment to re-create the making of many of the tracks featured on Krauss' album, A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection. The DVD offers an intimate look at how Krauss works in the studio environment. One of the songs featured is Krauss' single "Simple Love," written by Sarah Siskind who also penned "Goodbye Is All We Have." Guest musicians Gordon Mote (piano) and Abraham Laboriel Sr. (bass) join Krauss for this very special performance. - more on this story

Fear Before The March Of Flames Lose The Flames

PR reports: Fear Before The March Of Flames has become Fear Before and will release a self-titled album on October 28th. Fear Before was recorded with producer Casey Bates in Seattle, WA this past summer. Bates also produced the band's 2006 release, The Always Open Mouth, as well as label-mates' Chiodos' Bone Palace Ballet.

Regarding the name change, guitarist Adam Fisher jokes, "It gets so tiring repeating 'Fear Before The March Of Flames' over and over again to old lady gas station attendants in Nebraska" but adds, "Mostly because in so many ways, we're a new band." Bassist Mike Madruga explains the long version of the name was a personal challenge to the members. Now that they feel they've met the challenge, it's time to get down to the roots of the band. "The long version of the name was good for us in the beginning because it was interesting and stood out. It paralleled our mentality of playing the music we were writing because we told ourselves, 'If we can pull off having this name, we had better be able to pull off the music we were writing.' The new album is 10 strong songs, no fillers or tag-ons... and we want the band name to replicate that."

The decision for a self-titled album seemed like a no-brainer. "It is essentially the same reasons as the name change. We want it to be identified by its songs," says Madruga. The songs certainly do reflect the new Fear Before. "Lyrically, this record is the most positive material we have done. It is a written history of all the emotions we have experienced through the course of the band's 6 years." Fisher adds, "A lot of it has to do with sticking around through all the hard times we've endured as a band. It's about growth and making mistakes but dealing with them instead of dwelling on them." - more on this story

AC/DC Radio Coming

PR reports: SIRIUS XM Radio announced that legendary rock band AC/DC will host their own music channel on SIRIUS. The channel will celebrate AC/DC's iconic career and the upcoming release of Black Ice, the band's first studio album in eight years. AC/DC Radio will be broadcast on SIRIUS channel 29 and will debut on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 6 pm ET through January 15, 2009.

AC/DC Radio will air AC/DC music 24/7, including classic rock recordings such as "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)," "You Shook Me All Night Long," and "Back in Black" as well as new songs from their Brendan O'Brien produced album, Black Ice (Columbia). The channel will also feature AC/DC band members Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd describing their singular rock & roll career spanning more than 30 years and sharing their personal insights into their music. The band will also guide SIRIUS listeners through an exclusive preview of every track on Black Ice, which will be sold in the U.S. exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club beginning Monday, October 20, 2008, and on the band's web site www.acdc.com.

"AC/DC is an unparalleled and enduring force in rock music," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SIRIUS XM Radio. "We are thrilled to begin broadcasting AC/DC Radio and give AC/DC fans a channel on SIRIUS where they can hear the band's distinctive music, uninterrupted and non-stop rock 'n roll the way the band always envisioned their radio airplay." - more on this story

Gym Class Roots Tour

PR reports: The Roots are continuing to support their current album Rising Down (released April 2008) on a 24 city headlining North American tour with Gym Class Heroes and UK newcomer Estelle.

The tour, which opens in Baltimore on Friday, October 3rd and closes four weeks later in Albany on November 1st, will be highlighted by a two-night stand at Roseland Ballroom in New York City, October 28-29th. - dates

Misheard Lyrics of the Day: Raspberry Beret

antiMusic reports: Who hasn't misheard a song lyrics. We thought it might be fun to feature some favorites here for you to enjoy. For the rest of this week we will be looking at the misheard lyrics of the Purple One®.

Today's misheard lyric is to Prince's "Raspberry Beret" and the line "Overcast days never turned me on." That lyric has been misheard as "Over-calloused legs never turned me on"

If you have a misheard lyric we'd love to hear from you. See the contact link at the bottom of the page for how to get a hold of us to tell us about your favorites. If you want to check out more misheard Prince song lyrics like this one check out - Am I Right.com!

Alabama Thunderpussy Break Up

BW&BK reports: Alabama Thunderpussy have called it a day. Guitarist Erik Larson has issued a statement explaining the breakup:

"It's been a very quiet 2008 from us here in ATP thus far. I know there has been speculation and uncertainty about exactly what the status of the band is, and our apologies go out to y'all for being MIA. Finally, I'm able to give you an update. The beginning of 2008 brought yet more upheaval in the saga that is this band, when (vocalist) Kyle Thomas left the group to focus on his family and the impending EXHORDER reunion.

The remaining four of us had a band meeting and after serious discussion, decided to take a much deserved/needed few months hiatus to regroup and focus on home life and other individual projects. The 'few months' seemed to flow into a bit longer as the summer progressed and we all dug deeper into our lives as individuals outside of ATP.

Well, we finally regrouped and after much deliberation and thoughtful discussion, we have decided to end the band. There are no hard feelings between us and no bullshit politics. It's pretty much just the end of an era - more on this story

Godhead Set New Release

PR reports: Godhead are set to release their sixth studio album, At The Edge Of The World, October 7 on Driven Music Group (distribution by Ryko/Warner Music Group), the label owned by ex-Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch and music execs Greg Shanaberger and Mark Nawara.

The album—produced by bassist Ullrich Hepperlin--features 13 songs and 5 bonus remixes courtesy of Assemblage 23, Sebastian Komor (Icon of Coil), Curse Mackey (Pigface, Evil Mothers), Shok (My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult) and Fat and Acid (American Head Charge). At The Edge Of The World is 80 minutes of brand new Godhead. "Stay Back," the disc's first single, is currently being serviced to radio stations across the country, and a video will be shot in Los Angeles within the next few weeks with first-time music video director and well-known actress Juliette Landau ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Ed Wood"). It will be ready for TV and online consumption early next month.

"When I was writing 'Stay Back,'" explains singer/guitarist Jason C. Miller, "I thought about all the times people push each other away in relationships, maybe from clashing ideals or just being afraid of something good. I assumed the role of the person who knows he's a spoiler, but has enough morality left to warn the other person." - more on this story

Sarah McLachlan Amazon Premiere

PR reports: On Wednesday, September 10th, Amazon will host the worldwide premiere of Sarah McLachlan's video for her new single "U Want Me 2" on www.amazon.com/music. For 48 hours, fans around the world will only be available to view Sarah's video on Amazon.

"U Want Me 2" is a brand new song featured on multi-platinum, Grammy-winning recording artist Sarah McLachlan's first greatest hits package Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan, set for release on October 7th (Arista Records). Sarah's fans can also check out the Amazon Sarah McLachlan artist store and pre-order a standard or deluxe version copy of her new album.

Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan, a 16 track anthology, contains 14 classic tracks personally selected Sarah from her award-winning catalog, as well as two newly recorded and previously unreleased songs, "U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up On Us," working with her longtime producer Pierre Marchand. Additionally, a deluxe limited edition 2-Disc set will be available, which includes a 20 page booklet insert featuring rare photos and original pen and ink drawings by Sarah, and boasts 11 additional recordings from Sarah's discography. - http://www.amazon.com/music

Voivod Reissue

MMP reports: Metal Mind Productions presents the re-release of seventh studio album by Voivod "The Outer Limits". The new digipak edition is limited to 2000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process, released on a golden disc and will be available on 29th September 2008 in Europe and 28th October 2008 in USA (via MVD)..

This was the last album Voivoid recorded with their vocalist Snake until, exactly 10 years later, they released their self-titled reunion album in 2003. "The Outer Limits" features a perfect blend of past formulas with new and innovative ideas. On this album, Voivod mixed various thematic and musical elements with ease, which resulted in their most powerful, diversified, and mature release.

This album is a benchmark for Voivod. Includes a cover of Pink Floyd's song, "The Nile Song" (from the album "More"). The booklet features a 3D graphic design, which can be viewed through special 3DG glasses that come along with the CD. - more on this story

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