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Dimebag Tribute CD Features Metal Heavy Weights

(Submitted News) The Dimebag Darrell tribute CD with tracks from Machine Head, Five Finger Death Punch, Zakk Wylde and more will come packaged with issue 200 of Metal Hammer – on sale December 16th.

Metal Hammer are honored to pay tribute to the one and only Dimebag Darrell on December 16th. We've rounded up some of the biggest and best names from the world of metal to unleash their interpretations of the hardest and heaviest tracks from the Pantera back-catalogue.

The full tracklisting runs: 01. Zakk Wylde - "Suicide Note, Pt. 1" 02. Machine Head - "Fucking Hostile" 03. Malefice - "I'm Broken" 04. Avenged Sevenfold - "Walk" 05. Evile - "Cemetary Gates" 06. Five Finger Death Punch - "A New Level" 07. Biohazard - "Mouth For War" 08. Sylosis - "Strength Beyond Strength" 09. Chimaira - "Slaughtered" 10. Unearth - "Sandblasted Skin" 11. Throwdown - "Becoming" 12. Kiaus - "This Love" 13. This Is Hell - "Rise" - more on this story

Aerosmith Have Short List For New Singer, Would Only Lenny Kravitz Fit?- Rare Pink Floyd Footage Found- AC/DC Live DVD?- Rock and Metal Grammy Noms and more

Today's quicks is rather quick. What can we say? It was a slow news day but there was some action in the Aerosmith camp with speculation about their future. Joe Perry spoke to CNN about their search for a new singer. He told the network, "We have a short list and are talking to a lot of people… But I found the singer for my band [The Joe Perry Project] on YouTube, so there's no reason why we can't do the same." source.

Who should be on that short list? According to Rock Radio A&R legend John Kalodner says if Aerosmith have to replace Steven Tyler, the only man for the job would be Lenny Kravitz - and even then it wouldn't be Aerosmith. more

Meanwhile, Joe Perry will guest on CBS-TV's "Late Show With David Letterman" on Friday, December 11. more

Rare footage of Syd Barrett singing with Pink Floyd on the BBC One music show Top Of The Pops has been discovered after more than 40 years. The damaged footage of the band playing See Emily Play has been restored and will now be screened for the first time since its initial 1967 broadcast. more

Liam Gallagher says that he's ready to record a new album with his old Oasis bandmates, guitarist Gem Archer and bassist Andy Bell. Not only that, he might call the new group...are you ready?...Oasis. more

Killwhitneydead has revealed that they are currently working on a new album titled "Ever Thine. Ever Mine. Ever Ours." The effort will likely be available next summer. more

According to 10Musica.com, AC/DC's three sold-out shows at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 2, 3 and 6 (65,000 capacity each) will be filmed for a future DVD release. Additional footage at the stadium will be shot on Saturday, December 5 without the presence of an audience. more

This Is Hell have been forced to cancel all their non-local shows due to a transportation problem. Only the Syracuse and Albany shows will go on as planned. They explain here

According to a Rock Sound report, Alkaline Trio have set a title for their forthcoming album and first release through a new partnership with Epitaph Records. The record will be called This Addiction. more

Rockin Grammy Noms: Metallica, Alice in Chains, Judas Priest, Lamb Of God, Linkin Park, Megadeth, AC/DC, Nickelback and Slayer are among the nominees in the rock related categories for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards. more -

See George Michael Live In Movie Theaters Tonight

George Michael is to release 'Live in London' a special 23 song full concert plus 3 bonus tracks, DVD on December 8th through Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment. This is the first live DVD of George's 30 plus year career.

Recorded and filmed at the final two concerts in London's Earls Court arena on August 24th and 25th 2008, these highly anticipated shows marked the end of George Michael's triumphant 25 Live Tour and were the last chance to catch George performing on a stage of this magnitude. 'Live in London' will premiere for a special one night only showing in digital cinemas in cities throughout North America on December 3, 2009.

'Live in London' directed by award winning director Andy Morahan, features tracks from George's celebrated career including 'Careless Whisper', 'Freedom', 'Faith', 'Everything She Wants' and 'Amazing'. A special behind the scenes bonus documentary, 'I'd Know Him A Mile Off,' offers a glimpse behind the magic of these sold out shows even shadowing the man himself before and after his performances on stage. 'Live in London' will be available worldwide in two formats, double disc DVD and Blu-Ray disc. - more on this story

Dinosaur Jr., Cobra Verde and Witch Supergroup Set Debut

Sweet Apple, featuring members of Dinosaur Jr., Cobra Verde and Witch, has signed to NYC's Tee Pee Records. The indie-rock supergroup will release its debut album "Love and Desperation" on March 30, 2010.

Of course, the band - Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis (drums/guitar/vocals); Cobra Verde's Tim Parnin (guitar); John Petkovic (vocals/guitar) and Witch's Dave Sweetapple (bass/vocals) - eschews the whole "supergroup" tag.

Sweet Apple, you see, was born by accident and friendship - out of death, after a cross-country drive. Singer-guitarist John Petkovic got in his car heading eastward days after the passing of his mother -- to smoke cigarettes, listen to music and clear his head. He didn't even know where he was going or where he'd end up. - more on this story

Was (Not Was) Retrospective

(conqueroo) Was (Not Was), dubbed "the funkier art-funk band" by The New York Times, have spanned three decades with their mutant mix of jazz, rock, R&B and funk. On February 23, 2010, Micro Werks will release Pick of the Litter (1980-2010), a 19-song disc that opens with the ZE/Antilles 12" single "Wheel Me Out" and closes with a trio of tracks from later years which featured Mel Tormé, Leonard Cohen, Kim Basinger and Ozzy Osbourne. The compilation contains the band's hits and cult hits, among them "Knocked Down, Made Small," "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming," "Walk the Dinosaur," "Spy in the House of Love" and "I Feel Better Than James Brown."

Spearheaded by producer/bassist Don Was (Fagenson) and lyricist/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist David Was (Weiss), the collective was rooted in the Motor City of Motown, the MC5, the Stooges and George Clinton. According to Brian J. Bowe, the Michigan writer who annotated the Pick of the Litter (1980-2010) collection, "the Motor City was burning, baby, and these two had creativity to burn."

"Don and I started recording in the Pleistocene Era, with Fred Flintstone producing, which in those days meant the guy who pushed the vulture's beak down on the hardened wooly mammoth pucky," says David Was. "Fidelity was crap, but at least we were able to record our earliest rantings for posterity." - more on this story

Green Day Premiering New 21 Guns This Week

Green Day globally premiere a brand-new version of their single "21 Guns" on spinner.com on Thursday, December 3rd. The song will ship to all radio formats on Friday, December 4th.

This new version of the track features the band performing with the cast of American Idiot — the critically acclaimed stage version of Green Day's chart-topping 2004 album that just completed a record-breaking three-month run at The Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Newly arranged by Tom Kitt, who is credited with the show's arrangements and musical supervision, recorded at Green Day's studio in Oakland, CA, and produced by singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong. It will be available for purchase from all digital service providers on December 22nd. - more on this story

Dashboard Confessional To Join Bon Jovi Tour

Bon Jovi has tapped rockers Dashboard Confessional to appear as the special guest on select North American tour dates of their 2010-2011 "The Circle World Tour," promoted by AEG Live.

Fresh off the success of the November Interscope release of their sixth album, Alter the Ending, Dashboard Confessional will perform the opening sets at Bon Jovi's Southern California concerts at Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, February 26th and Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 4th, 2010, as well as at shows in Seattle, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia and more. - more on this story

Fred Durst Stabbed- Ex-Judas Priest Denies Teen Rape- KISS Guitarist Shot- Phishy Child Photo Session- Courtney Love OD & Drug Arrest and more top stories from 2003

Today we look at the top stories from the second half of 2003 as we continue our quick look back at some of the biggest stories of the past decade. In July of 2003 the Day in Rock was born and it sure has changed since then!

Yesterday at Korn / Limp Bizkit's New York show at the Hammerstein Ballroom, ol' Fred Durst whilst singing in the pit was hit in the face by some sort of hard or sharp projectile. He was quickly sent off to New York's St. Luke's Hospital for stitches, true meaning to "break yo' f*ckin' face tonite!" The New York Daily News review of the show says that Fred got cut in the chin during "Break Stuff". Wonder if Fred will encourage fans to "break stuff" in future concerts now that it appears that stuff includes his face? Durst's version of events here

Former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy, according to BBC News. Holland denies one charge of attempted rape and four of indecently assaulting the teenager. more

On a more positive front: The day Judas Priest fans have waited over 12 years for has finally come. Rob Halford has regained his faith and reunited with Judas Priest. more

Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick was shot in the leg outside a nightclub early Thursday morning. Kulick and another man were hit by bullets when a 21-year-old man opened fire from outside the Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Blvd. The man had gotten into an argument inside the club and retreated to his car, grabbed a gun and opened fire from the street. more

Phish bassist Mike Gordon was arrested on child endangerment charges after being found with a nine-year-old girl in a secluded boathouse during a concert by the Dead in Jones Beach, New York.. Gordon was also charged with trespassing. He reportedly told police that he was taking "art pictures" of the girl. The girl was reportedly uninjured. Hells Angels didn't take kindly to this

An arrest warrant has been issued for the self-proclaimed "King of Pop", Michael Jackson. Jackson is facing multiple charges of child molestation. Police spent over 14 hours searching Jackson's Neverland Ranch on Tuesday more

Courtney Love was charged with illegal possession of drugs on Tuesday. Love was indicted on 2 felony counts for having the painkillers hydrocodone and oxycodone in her possession when she was arrested earlier this month more

In other report: Courtney Love was arrested on Thursday on drug related charges and then shortly after her release, she was rushed to a hospital after an apparent overdose. more

Motley Crue's Vince Neil is reportedly wanted by police in Nevada for allegedly assaulting a prostitute. Rock Confidential reports: According to the Lyon's County Sheriff's Office, there is a warrant for the arrest of Vince Neil for assaulting Trixxxie Blue [of the infamous Bunny Ranch in Nevada]. The Case# is 03-2457. The event happened on July 11, 2003. Trixxxie Blue called the police the night of the assault - possibly proving the severity of the case. The file does include pictures of a badly bruised Trixxxie Blue.

U.S. sales ofMetallica's latest album, which fell off the pop charts earlier this month, are a "bummer," according to the veteran rock group's singer, James Hetfield. But the band is not giving up on its U.S. fans, and plans to launch a six-month tour of indoor arenas on March 2, it announced backstage at the American Music Awards on Sunday. more

Seems Eddie Van Halen was one of the guitarist who tried out during Limp Bizkit's bogus guitarist search. more

The latest rock n' roll battle of the words comes courtesy of Down/Pantera/Superjoint Ritual vocalist Phil Anselmo and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Both bashing are too long to recount here, but you can read them here

It is believed that Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has been charged with "malicious damage" by Australian police after an alleged altercation with a photographer at a beach resort. As previously reported in our Day In Rock report, Martin was accused with vandalizing the car of a press photographer. more

Johnny Cash, "The Man in Black" who became a towering figure in American music with such hits as "Folsom Prison Blues," "I Walk the Line" and "A Boy Named Sue," died Friday. He was 71. more

Singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, who battled death with the same twisted sense of humor found in his songs "Life'll Kill Ya," "Werewolves of London" and "Excitable Boy," has lost his yearlong fight against lung cancer at age 56. more

Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers died Wednesday night after suffering a heart attack. The 63-year-old singer's body was found on a bed in a hotel room at approximately 7 p.m. EST. He was scheduled to perform at 7:30 at Miller Auditorium on the Western Michigan University campus. more

Sam Phillips, the man whose creative genius kicked off rockabilly and the careers of Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash in his little Sun Studios building in Memphis in the fifties, died on Wednesday evening aged 80. more

The Oscar nominated singer Elliot Smith died on Tuesday of a suspected suicide. 34-year-old singer/songwriter's body was discovered by his girlfriend at their Los Angeles apartment and he was pronounced dead an hour later at a nearby hospital. more

Erik Braunn, 52, the lead guitarist on Iron Butterfly's classic heavy metal anthem of 1968 "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," died of cardiac arrest Friday in Los Angeles. more

While Americans were celebrating Independence Day on July 4th, the music world lost a legend Legendary soul singer, songwriter, and producer Barry White died Friday (July 4) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. more

The first federal criminal prosecution of an online music pirate happened Thursday, when 21-year-old Mark Shumaker pleaded guilty to violating copyright laws. more

It was a surreal night at the Viper Room in Hollywood on Monday, where fans got to see two different Enuff Z'nuff's perform. more

Motorhead were inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk this afternoon (Sept 1st) during a ceremony at the Whisky A Go Go on Sunset Blvd and Lemmy gives the Rock Walk the finger. report and photos

Jack Bruce is recovering from a near fatal liver transplant. Bruce is best known for his work as bass player and vocalist for the 60's supergroup power-trio Cream, which also featured guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker. more

Metallian.com is reporting that the members of the defunct punk/metal fusion band Excel are considering legal action against Metallica over the latter's song "Enter Sandman", which they claim borrows heavily from the Excel track "Tapping Into The Emotional Void". more

We'll be back tomorrow with a look at the biggest stories from the first half of 2004 as our end of the decade countdown continues. -

Slash Christmas Party Jam and New Les Paul and Amp Coming

Slash checked in with fans this week to recap a successful fun raiser gig with all star guests, announce the progress on his solo album, tell fans about a new Slash Les Paul and to announce a special Christmas party he is going to jam at.

Here is what he had to say: Hey, what's happening? I had planned on posting this sooner, but the holiday came & I got sidetracked. Anyway, I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving regardless. The fundraiser at the Avalon was a complete success, the concert raised 170k for LA Youth Network & made it possible for them to keep open their doors. If you were there thank you so much for your support. The gig itself was awesome, all the guests that appeared brought their A game, made a tremendous effort & really made it a special event. There were some fantastic moments up there that night for sure. I want to thank Ozzy, Perry Farrell, Billy Idol, Chester Bennington, Andrew Stockdale, Travis Barker, Dave Navarro, Steve Adler, Duff McKagan, Franky Perez, Chris Chaney & George Lopez for their selfless contributions. I want to thank the amazing crew who made the whole thing come off without a hitch & did it for little to nothing. And, everybody who donated generously to the cause.

....My solo record is about to go into mastering, it sounds really good already, but that's the final step in the recording process & then it is finished. There is a lot of really cool plans being made for the release of this album, its going to be a blast. - more on this story

Singled Out: Joey Stuckey

(antiMusic) Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Joey Stuckey who is a blind guitarist from Macon GA who works with members of Marshall Tucker, Allman Bros and others tells us about "Scratch That Itch" from his new EP "Ocean Side" which was just released on iTunes. We now turn it over to Joey for the story:

My Song "Scratch That Itch" is about the need to play and have music as part of my life! My main concept for this track, from my new "Oceanside" jazz Ep was to have a great groove on the bass guitar, which I played, reminiscent of Markus Miller and to have my friend Peter Factora, whom I got the privilege to work with while on tour in Hawaii, appear on a track doing his thing on the drums. I also then asked my friend Enigma to do a rap. This little tune has something for everyone, good melody, solid groove and a world music flavor brought home by Miguel Castro on congas.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen to a sample for yourself and learn more about the album and Joey - right here!

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