Jane's Addiction Frontman Hospitalized

Farrell was taken by ambulance to Atlanta Medical Center after Sunday's show and was ordered by doctors to stay off his leg for several days but he reportedly still plans to perform Tuesday night when the tour is schedule to hit Austin, Texas. -

Zakk Wylde Slams Metallica and Aerosmith

Rock Radio reports: Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne fame has slammed what he sees as fakes in the rock industry, including Aerosmith, Metallica and "professional" songwriters. In an interview with Gibson.com the guitarist explains he believes in honesty and strength, and if you don't have those you have "no business making records".

He says: "I laugh when I go into a music store and there's a title called How To Write Songs. You can't teach someone how to write a song.Angus Young didn't need books to learn to write Hells Bells. The musicians I grew up on and loved - like Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix - it's their names on their songs. That's the beauty of buying a record by a real artist.

"Appetite for Destruction was written by Guns n' Roses, not some weak-asses like those lame songwriters on Aerosmith. Aerosmith wrote great songs like Dream On and Back in the Saddle when they were on booze and drugs. Next thing you know, they get sober and bring songwriters in, and then it's the most watered-down shit. If you can't write songs you're as phoney as Britney Spears. You don't have any business making records." - Find out what he had to say about Metallica's weak-willed bullsh...

Ex Wilco Member Dies

Yahoo Music reports: Former Wilco band member Jay Bennett has died at age 45. The multi-instrumentalist died in his Illinois home on Saturday night (May 23), although the cause of death has not been revealed.

A message on the website of his record label Undertow Music, Undertowmusic.com, explained that he died "in his sleep."

Bennett played with Wilco from 1994 to 2001, leaving the Americana band because of a fall-out with band leader Jeff Tweedy. - more on this story

Underoath Take a Jab at Metallica

Punknews.org reports: Apparently unsatisfied with their negative comments about Avenged Sevenfold, Underoath is now setting their sights on Metallica. The band spoke to Metal Hammer saying:

"When we were on tour in 2006/7, the tour manager for Anti-Flag was talking to me, and he asked what my favorite Metallica record was. I said I didn't have one. Not that I liked them all, but I didn't like any. He was like 'what?!' I said I didn't like them, I didn't think they were any good. He got really startled then almost offended. He was literally slamming the bar saying, 'there is no F-ing way you play the music you do, the way you do, and not like Metallica'.

"I can listen to that stuff, and maybe if I was alive 30 years ago it would mean more to me; I respect them, but I just don't like them. I get that they're important, but not to me. For me Kurt Cobain means more: he played like trash but he had an intensity. It's not about your chops, it's about creating a feeling." - more on this story

Student Shoots Himself After Ordering Teacher To Praise Marilyn Manson

DailyComet.com reports: A 15-year-old student at Larose-Cut Off Middle School, in the Lafourche Parish of Louisiana, shot himself in the head on school grounds this morning, moments after firing an errant shot at a teacher who refused his order to praise Marilyn Manson.

The eighth-grade student, who is in critical condition at Terrebonne General Medical Center, left behind a suicide note in which he detailed how he planned to kill others and then himself, Sheriff Craig Webre said.

Classmates of the gunman, who they identified as Justin Doucet, said they were surprised by his actions, but noted they found his love for Marilyn Manson and knowledge of Adolf Hitler facts to be odd. Three boys at the school share the name Justin Doucet, but only one of them is in eighth grade, classmates and parents of school-children said. - more on this story

Nude Rihanna Photo Scandal

Jam! reports: Bosses at Rihanna's record label are demanding the online removal of alleged nude photographs of the singer, according to a new report.

Salacious snapshots apparently featuring the singer surfaced on the Internet on Friday and her label was quick to jump into action.

Officials in the legal department at Island Def Jam Music Group, Rihanna's record label, have moved swiftly to bury the scandal, sending cease and desist notices to websites that have posted the photos. -

The Killers Want To Knock Led Zeppelin And Nirvana Off Their Pedestals

MusicRadar reports: Killers frontman Brandon Flowers blames American rock fans "obsessed" with Led Zeppelin and Nirvana for stunting his band's stateside progress [he might want to look at his label's PR peeps promotion efforts or lack of such and maybe make music on par with such artists]. Speaking to NME, Flowers expressed frustration with American audiences who apparently "don't believe that it's possible that anybody else can be the real deal".

"We've been embraced in Britain in a way that I'll never understand, and it's such a wonderful thing," says Flowers, "But over here people are still so obsessed with Led Zeppelin and Nirvana, those sorts of bands, that nobody else is allowed [to grow]."

He also claims that The Killers aren't the only band to suffer: "It's not just us; there are a lot of great bands that have been held down or confined by the influence of these people that we've put up on pedestals. I'm tired of it, you know? I just want to knock them all off! And people don't like that attitude." [Been hanging around Kanye West a bit too much perhaps?] - more on this story

When Nickleback Attacks

Jam! reports: Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger is facing a lawsuit over an alleged fight outside a Vancouver nightclub.

Noah Christian Morse has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court against Chad Turton, also known as Chad Kroeger, for allegedly punching him in the mouth.

Morse claims he suffered a concussion, permanent scars and headaches among other problems -

Axl Rose Has A New Job

BW&BK reports: According to Paul Cashmere from Undercover.com.au, Guns N' Roses mainman Axl Rose has a new job.

He is listed as a producer for the upcoming movie Almost Home. Rose is most likely funding the production and taking a Producer credit for his check.

The movie is based on the book follows seven homeless teens from the streets of Los Angeles who form their own dysfunctional family.

Another famed 80s rocker was originally supposed to produce it, find out who - here

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