Viva La Metallica DVD

Aside from talking about hanging out with Jimmy Page at his house for a black mass and to worship the devil (he was joking), he had more to tell fans about his "boring" bank holiday. - Read all about it here

Michael Anthony Discusses Fall Out With Van Halen

antiMusic reports: Michael Anthony is energized by his new supergroup Chickenfoot, but his disappoint in the demise of his relationship with Van Halen is readily evident whenever he discusses it, despite his trying to put a positive face on it. BW&BK just posted the second part of their extensive interview with Anthony and here is part of their conversation dealing with the fall out with Van Halen:

Anthony: Some people want to go through life being bitter and everything. At my age at this point in my career, I want to have fun. You never know how long you've got in this business, so why waste time doing that? It was very disappointing. It started out in 2004 when we did that tour. For whatever reason, the brothers - Eddie in particular - was upset that I was playing with Sammy again. Van Halen wasn't doing anything. And I didn't think I was doing anything to tarnish the band's name, or career or anything. I just wanted to go out and jam a few of these songs - Sammy wanted me to come out and have some fun and the fans wanted to hear it. They were having a great time. So I figured 'Hey, what the heck.'

BW&BK: So no connection, business or otherwise with Eddie or Alex Van Halen? Anthony: "Yes. I could sit there and be bitter. When I actually found out that I wasn't going to be part of the last reunion thing with Dave, I heard about it like all the other fans did. Through the press or whatever. The one thing that hurt me more than anything else was that they launched their new website as they announced the tour, and I looked on the website and they had on the side of the screen on their home-page, all the early Van Halen records and on a couple, they actually took my image off the record. On the first record, if you look very close, he put an image of his son on there. And that's the one thing that actually hurt me, that they - whoever it was, because I'm not pointing any fingers, but I think I know who is behind it - would want to erase me from the history of the band. - Read more of the interview including more on this and lots of discussion about Chickenfoot!

Phishy New Song Released As Band Records New Album With Steve Lillywhite

PR reports: Phish has done it again. The band that loves to keep everybody on the edge of their seats has surprised fans with its latest news. Earlier today, Phish posted a video of the band recording a brand new track, "Time Turns Elastic," at its website . The video was accompanied by two exciting announcements: "Time Turns Elastic" is available NOW, exclusively on the iTunes Store, and the album that they began recording with producer Steve Lillywhite in March 2009 is already complete and scheduled for release on July 28th.

The video - which comes just days before the launch of Phish's sold-out North American summer tour - is the fifth in a series of innovative event announcements from the band. Phish's first shows in over four years were announced with a time-lapse video of an artist creating a painting that included the band's March 2009 dates at Virginia's Hampton Coliseum. Skywriting, Google Earth-style graphics and the Fenway Park organ were enlisted for announcements regarding the band's 2009 summer tour, generating tremendous chatter amongst Phish fans.

Those who've been watching closely knew something was up when, just last Thursday, guitarist/vocalist Trey Anastasio performed a classical version of "Time Turns Elastic" with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. While he didn't say a word about the upcoming announcements, the performance served as a hint of what was to come. - more on this story

Marilyn Manson Fan Who Shot Himself After Firing At Teacher Dies

Blabbermouth reports: According to the Associated Press, a coroner's investigator says the 15-year-old student at Larose-Cut Off Middle School in Louisiana who shot himself in the head on school grounds last week, moments after firing at a teacher who refused his order to praise Marilyn Manson, has died.

Mark Goldman, the chief investigator for the Lafourche Parish Coroner's office, says Justin Doucet died Saturday morning at Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma.

Doucet left a suicide note in which he explained that he planned to kill others before taking his own life with a gun belonging to his father. Doucet walked into a seventh-grade English class shortly before 9:00 a.m., telling the teacher to say "Hail Marilyn Manson" before attempting to shoot her. - more on this story

School's Out Again for Alice Cooper

Nightwatcher reports: The Alice Cooper Band's classic 1972 album, "School's Out", will be reissued on 180-gram audiophile vinyl with a fold-out sleeve on June 2 via Friday Music.

Originally produced by Bob Ezrin, this multi-platinum effort forever etched the word superstar to Alice Cooper, as this legacy recording has truly stood the test of time.

Remastered impeccably from the original Warner Bros. vault tapes by Joe Reagoso (David Lee Roth, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy), this stunning album now has the most thrilling sound ever, complete with a very sharp gatefold cover with the original art elements, and poly sleeve to protect your investment. - more on this story

There is No God According to Darkest Hour

PR reports: The first taste of Darkest Hour's new album, The Eternal Return, the song 'No God,' which was featured on Victory Records Memorial Day Weekend sampler, is available now on the band's official MySpace page here

The Eternal Return, due June 23, 2009 on Victory Records, is Darkest Hour's sixth full-length album. The band tapped producer Brian McTernan (Senses Fail, Thrice, From Autumn to Ashes) and recorded at his Baltimore, MD-based Salad Days Studio.

The band will be kicking off the Summer Slaughter tour with Suffocation and Necrophagist on June 5 in Baltimore, MD. - tracklisting and tour dates

Buckcherry Help Battle Child Abuse

PR reports: At Buckcherry's special intimate show at the Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza recently, the band presented a check in the amount of $10,000 to Childhelp, a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse. The chart-topping, Grammy-nominated band launched the "Rescue Me Campaign" in April as part of the National Observance of Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.

Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd was originally inspired to become involved with Childhelp when he read A Child Called It, the renowned tale of abuse and neglect by Dave Pelzer, when it was assigned as homework to his daughter. Unable to shake the feelings the book conjured in him, Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson wrote, "A Child Called It" and "Rescue Me" for the band's album Black Butterfly.

"If we can reach and save just one child or even their abuser from joining the terrible cycle of violence and abuse, then I will do whatever I can to support them. As a father, I can't bear to think of children being abused, and knowing that we will help point them in a direction where they can get help is very important to us," says Todd. Adds Nelson, "We hope that by standing up and saying 'This is not ok; there is help out there,' we can make an impact." - more on this story

Chickenfoot UK

Noble reports: "Chickenfoot": the all-star rock band consisting of drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), bassist Michael Anthony (ex-Van Halen), guitarist Joe Satriani and vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen), will release their eponymous debut album in the UK, Monday June 8th on the earMusic label.

The band performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, NBC Television in the USA on Friday June 5th.

Hailed as the most intense rock'n'roll album in years, the debut Chickenfoot album coincides with the bands' sold out UK concert at London's 02 Shepherds Bush Empire on June 25th. - more on this story

Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson Announce Break Up Album

Rhino reports: In 2006, critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Pete Yorn contacted actress and Atco recording artist Scarlett Johansson with the idea to record a duets album in the spirit of Serge Gainsbourg's 1960s recordings with Brigitte Bardot. "I was having a strange week of insomnia and when I finally passed out, it came to me in a dream," says Yorn. "I woke up and the whole thing was in my head, fully formed." Johansson was intrigued by Yorn's out-of-the-blue invitation. "It sounded like an interesting little adventure," she explains. "The idea of two people vocalizing their relationship through duets."

On September 8, Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, presents the resulting work, Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson BREAK UP, a deeply emotive yet hook-filled song cycle about a tempestuous relationship. The collection will be available at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com, for $13.98 (CD), $7.99 (digital) and $13.98 (vinyl). A free stream of "Relator" is available now at www.thebreakupalbum.com and for purchase at all digital service providers for $.99 beginning May 26. Prior to the release of BREAK UP, Yorn will release his fourth studio album, Back and Fourth, on Columbia Records June 23.

BREAK UP includes eight original compositions by Yorn, ranging in tone from the lilting opener "Relator" to the disarming, retro/futuristic "I Don't Know What to Do" to the climactic "Someday." - more on this story

Eleven Killed At Concert- Fake Ratt- Vegas Bizkit- The Beastie Boys Hot Sauce- Billy Joel Vs Drummer- New Death Threat and more

antiMusic reports: Eleven people were killed in a stampede at a stadium in the Moroccan capital Rabat overnight when thousands of spectators hurried to leave at the end of a concert wrapping up the city's landmark music festival.more

Apparently some online rat is impersonating Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy. His official Myspace page warns fans, "If your getting messages from Stephen Pearcy "Under My Skin" myspace IT IS NOT from Mr. Pearcy. We have been getting notices that this imposter is sending messages saying he's Mr. Pearcy, which he is NOT!". Mr Pearcy? How un-rock n' roll. more

Limp Bizkit are bringing their 'Unicorns N Rainbows' tour to Mandalay Bay Beach on Friday, July 10th to perform in their first North American concert in eight years as a part of the UFC 100 weekend.more

The Beastie Boys have finished their new album, which they have dubbed "Hot Sauce Committee."more

A former drummer for Billy Joel claims the Grammy Award-winning singer of hits including "Uptown Girl" and "Movin' Out" has stiffed him out of royalties for years.more

God Dethroned will be promoting their album 'Passiondale' (based on World War I) with a whole tour of the Balkans, which will begin a massive World tour.more

Selfish C**t, fronted by Martin Tomlinson, are set to open for reunited Faith No More at their first show (sold out) of the tour -10 June at Brixton Academy in London. We received this bit of hype about the band, "Selfish C**t are probably the most exciting and controversial UK band in 2009. They smashed up Snow Patrol's equipment! Their singer threw horsesh*t at Pete Doherty in front of Buckingham Palace!"

1990s have cancelled their upcoming tour. According to the group, all U.S. and Canadian dates scheduled to begin later this month are a no-go "due to some unforeseen circumstances."more

Glastonbury Goes To 11: Status Quo, Tom Jones, Franz Ferdinand and Spinal Tap are among the diverse acts revealed in the final line-up for this year's Glastonbury Festival. They will join previously announced headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event. more

Atheist and Obscura will team up for a handful of August shows in Europemore

As from Saturday the 17th of May, Darren Goulding is no longer associated with Aeturnus Dominion. Until a new frontman has been secured, vocal duties will be shared among the current members.more

Obliterhate shuffle: Due to Derrick Ramirez's (Dragonlord / Ex-Testament) unavoidable hectic schedule, Terry Butler (Six Feet Under / Ex-Death / Ex-Massacre) will join the ranks of Obliterhate and has recently laid down all the bass tracks at John and Donald Tardy's (Obituary) Redneck Studios for the upcoming debut album Blessing In Disgust.more

T.I. told fans he would stay optimistic when he heads to prison on a federal weapons conviction. The 28-year-old rapper performed for a packed audience Sunday night in Atlanta's Philips Arena less than two days before he is to begin serving the sentence of a year and a day. more

The Autumn Offering, Threat Signal, The Agonist, and Sybreed will be touring together this summer.dates

Massachusetts hardcore/metal band Ligeia has reportedly broken up. The group was formed in 2003 and had released two albums with Ferret Music prior to parting ways with the label earlier this year.more

Night Of The Vinyl Dead have released My Dying Bride's The Dreadful Hours on edition double vinyl, limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. more

Death Threat will release a new EP next month. The effort is titled "Lost At Sea" and will feature three new songs in addition to an Outburst cover.more

Set Your Goals have unveiled the title, track listing and album artwork for their upcoming full-length and debut for their new label, Epitaph. This Will Be the Death of Us and is due out July 21, 2009 and will follow up 2006's Mutiny!. Grab the artwork and tracklisting here

Marilyn Manson's new album 'The High End Of Low', will be in stores tomorrow, Tuesday, May 26th. We had hoped to bring you a review of the effort but his publicist obviously didn't think you were an important enough audience for him to bother with. That being said, you can preview the album for yourself right now on his Myspace.

Scarlet Johansson is continuing her foray into the music world by releasing a second album, which was recorded two years before her atrocious 2008 talking instead of singing debut.more

Former Crisis frontwoman Karyn Crisis is seeking musicians for her new solo band. Drummers, bassists and guitarists in the San Francisco Bay Area who think they are the right people for the project should send links to samples of their playing to karyncrisisband@gmail.com. more

Venom has announced the addition of drummer Danté to the group's ranks. more

Trivia question of the day: Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen left the band shortly after the group recorded "Ten," he later went on to form a new group with two members of Blind Melon. What was the name of that band? a) Candlebox b) Temple of the Dog c) Unified Theory d) Hovercraft

The answer to yesterday's question: Slash once tried out for Poison - more News Quicks

Singled Out: J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) Pt VI

antiMusic reports: J.R. Richards made a name for himself fronting Dishwalla but this month he takes it a step further as he releases his new solo album, "A Beautiful End." Normally we ask the artist to tell us about just one song but we've waiting a long time for this album, so to celebrate we asked J.R. to pick some of his favorite songs from the album and tell us a little bit about each one. Here is J.R. with today's song "The Far End of the Black":

This song was inspired by the feeling that I was finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. And though it felt good to get this song on paper, I felt at the time that it wasn't good enough to make it on a record and set it aside.

Later though, after having a few friends tell me that they thought I should finish it, I made a quick demo of it (just acoustic guitar and vocal) and included it with the other demos I sent to the musicians who would be playing on the record. This is where the song turned a corner. You see with most of the songs on the record I had a very specific idea of what I wanted. But with this one I had none.......... they made it come to life. And when I listen to it now it sounds like a classic record to me. I was fortunate to have some amazing players on the record. Drummer Kenny Aronoff, Bass Player Chris Chaney and guitarists Phil X and Rusty Anderson.

Learn more about J.R., his new album, find out where he's playing, and preview tracks from the new CD (and order a physical copy of the CD) - right here!

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