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Bret Michaels Brush With Death

(Rock Radio) Bret Michaels believes he was as close as ten minutes to death before his emergency appendix surgery last week.

He was persuaded to go to hospital moments before he was to go on stage, and he's relieved he listened to doctors' advice.

The Poison singer, whose solo tour is currently being rescheduled, explains: "About ten minutes before showtime, doctors got on the bus and said, 'Bret, we really don't think this is the flu.' If I had gone onstage like I wanted to, my appendix would likely have ruptured and I could have died. Not good." - more on this story

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Expand and Change Up Summer Tour Plans

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers announce today that the first 10 dates of their 2010 summer tour will be re-routed to September and October to accommodate the delayed arrival of their highly anticipated new album, Mojo. The album will be released on Reprise Records on June 15.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers regret any inconvenience caused to fans and hope they can make the rescheduled dates which are listed below.

Additionally, due to demand the tour will add additional dates including a second show at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia on August 1 and others to be announced shortly. Further information for all additional shows and ticket on sale dates will be announced soon. - more on this story

See McCartney, James Taylor, Rolling Stones, Green Day and more in HD

The HDNet Concert Series kicked off an unforgettable run of eleven blockbuster concerts in eleven weeks each airing for their first time on HDNet.

The all-star line up began on Sunday, April 18 with Mariah Carey and then rolls on every Sunday with a monster schedule including James Taylor, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Green Day and more.

New concerts every Sunday this spring, next Sunday's episode will feature James Taylor, at 8:00 p.m. ET. Additionally, beginning on Sunday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET, just prior to the James Taylor concert, HDNet will premiere "Ray Johnston Band: Road Diaries," the moving, eight-part series focusing on the band's leader Ray Johnston, his surprising NBA career, his courageous battle with cancer, and his new challenge to make it in the music business. - full line-up

The New York Dolls Plan Special Tribute To Malcolm McLaren Tonight

The New York Dolls will dedicate "Jet Boy" to Malcolm McLaren during the encore of their London Koko show on April 19th. It is rumored [by their own publicist via this announcement] that the Dolls will be joined by some "very special guests" during the tribute.

"Malcolm meant a lot to the Dolls and to me personally," says Sylvain Sylvain, "I was shocked when I received the news of his death last Thursday. I've known Malcolm since the early seventies, and even after the original line-up of the Dolls split, we remained close friends."

Adds Sylvain – "We're dedicating Jet Boy to Malcolm and we've extended invitations to some British musicians to participate. It's going to be really special. God bless Malcolm McLaren." -

Bad Lieutenant Cancel US Dates Due To Grounding

With air travel out of the UK and Europe still at a standstill, and conditions predicted to deteriorate further due to the huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull, the members of Bad Lieutenant and their management have come to the disappointing decision to cancel their Chicago and New York dates that had been set to take place on Monday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 21, respectively.

"We're stuck in Manchester," said Bad Lieutenant's Bernard Sumner. "We were hoping that conditions might change at the last minute and we'd be able to come and play for our fans. Obviously, this is a situation out of everyone's control, and we are crushed that we won't be coming to America for these dates."

Since British air space was closed on Thursday morning, the band also canceled their planned appearances in San Francisco and at the Coachella festival near Palm Springs, CA. - more on this story

Oceano Webcast Tonight

TheRaveLive.com will be streaming Oceano's entire set live from The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. The worldwide broadcast will begin at 6:30pm CDT (7:30pm Eastern) TONIGHT April 19th

The webcast is also scheduled to include sets from Bleeding Through, Born Of Osiris, Sleeping Giant and LEGEND, as part of the Spring Breakdown North American Tour.

The stream is FREE for fans around the world to view right from the comfort of their home computers. Visit http://webcast.therave.com to register in advance for this exclusive event. - more on this story

Eyes Set To Kill In June

With Broken Frames due out June 8th via Break Silence Records, Eyes Set To Kill has recorded their most aggressive album to date.

"We're excited for fans to finally get a chance to hear material from our new record," says Eyes Set to Kill front woman Alexia Rodriguez. "This record is quite a bit heavier than our last two albums, but I think fans will love it. We've already been playing some new songs while on tour and fans have been going crazy every night."

Recorded at Wade Studios in Ocala, FL with producer Andrew Wade, Broken Frames takes the sparkling melodic prowess that Eyes Set To Kill has become known for, and shows the band stepping outside of their comfort zone to create the next chapter in their growing musical evolution. - more on this story

Truly Independent Band Elogy Announce Album Release

Elogy is set to release its debut album "One" on July 6th, 2010. Releasing the debut on its own dime and without the assistance of a major label, Elogy is pleased to be continuing its tradition of working completely independently.

The product of a half-decade long process of evolution and development, "One" showcases a band that has taken its time to perfect and hone its sound. With sweeping melodies, well thought out synth lines, and driving vocals, Elogy has recorded an album that is distinctly new, but that still evokes contemporaries like Coldplay, Muse, or Thirty Seconds To Mars.

Based in Orange County, California, the members of Elogy came together 4 years ago under the leadership of Derek Cannavo. Transforming an old warehouse space into a fully functional, state of the art studio, Elogy began to develop their sound and their organization from scratch. - more on this story

Great American Taxi Donates Track for Coal Miners Relief

Great American Taxi, whose current album Reckless Habits is climbing the Americana radio airplay charts, has donated a free download of a song, "Appalachian Soul" culled from its debut album Streets of Gold, to raise awareness of the plight of coal miners and their communities in West Virginia.

The track is offered free to radio stations that agree to direct listeners tohttp://www.greatamericantaxi.com, which in turn links to West Virginia Council of Churches web site http://wvcc.org, which collects donations for the miners.

GAT frontman Vince Herman, who grew up in West Virginia, comments: "Great American Taxi sends our thoughts out to the families and communities effected by the mining disaster at the upper big branch mine. We hope that their unconquerable Appalachian spirit and families can help them navigate these difficult times. The country and the world share in their grief. We need coal. We need our miners to be safe. We need understanding on all sides of this contentious issue of our national energy policy. We would like to make Taxis' tribute to that Appalachian spirit available as a download here and suggest a donation to the WV council of churches to assist the families of our fallen brothers. Let's all come together and honor the families who have paid that ultimate price for our energy needs and hope that this is the last such disaster we must face." - more on this story

Nachtmystium Release Album Trailer

Nachtmystium embrace the true spirit of individuality and intolerance forming solely as an outlet to express the dark musical visions and summonings of those involved. A new video trailer based upon the album's dark visuals can be accessed now.

This vicious, uncompromising group's (led by mastermind Blake Judd) much anticipated new full-length offering, Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II, is set for a June 8th release. The disc was recorded once again with Sanford Parker (Minsk) at Volume Studios. They have enlisted the talents of Wrest (Leviathan, Lurker of Chalice, Twilight) to record all drum tracks as well as Will Lindsay (Wolves in the Throne Room, Middian) on bass for this new album, which was hailed by Decibel Magazine as "One of the 25 most anticipated albums of 2010."

Nachtmystium kicked off their 2010 touring cycle by joining up with German thrash legends Kreator and will be touring the U.S. with EyeHateGod this June - Check out the trailer here

Mars Attacks Joey Z and Tributes Pete Steele

Episode 6 of Mars Attacks podcast is dedicated to the memory of Pete Steele. This episode is a special joint release between Talking Metal and Mars Attacks. During this episode we interview Joey Z from Life of Agony, Stereomud and Carnivore. The interview was conducted during last month's Mars Attacks live show which also had guest hosts Mark Strigl, and John Ostronomy. Items discussed include Life of Agony's upcoming CD/DVD, Joey's production work, as well as a few stories regarding Ozzy Osbourne.

Unfortunately Joey only discussed Carnivore for a second, so we have included a segment from a previous interview host Victor M. Ruiz conducted with Joey where he talks at length about the band.

Dan Lorenzo from Hades, Non-Fiction, The Cursed, adds additional commentary, including a few stories regarding the interaction he's had over the years with Pete and Type O Negative. - Check it out here

Dr. Acula To Deliver The Social Event of the Century This Week

Grindcore septet Dr. Acula are getting ready to release their sophomore LP, The Social Event of the Century this week via Uprising Records. Also look for the band to tour this summer with party metal unit, Attila.

"We called the album that because musically the album is like a big party." Joey, who handles samples/electronics for the band, described the meaning behind the new album title (to be released on the bud-friendly date of 4.20).
Of course by party the band mean infectious grind coupled with death metal breakdowns, the directness of hardcore punk, dual vocals, post-rap attitude, samples and crushing breakdown after breakdown.

Following 2008's full-length Below Me (pronounced Blow Me) Joey says "The new music is much heavier but at the same time it's more mature. There's much more of a hardcore influence but also a lot of those weird parts that make Dr Acula." - more on this story

Tribute To Love And Rockets For Five Bucks

New Tales To Tell, A Tribute To Love And Rockets was just named "Editor's Pick" At Amazon.com for the month of April. This means if you have yet to pick up the quintessential tribute to the band, you can do and do it now for the low price of just $5.

This compilation was lovingly produced by Sirius Radio DJ, Christopher The Minister, a longtime fan and former A&R rep for the band. Christopher gathered fellow fans of the band that ranged from Tool / Pucifer's Maynard James Keenan, AFI / Blaqk Audio's Davey Havoc, Pixies' Frank Black, The Flaming Lips, and The Dandy Warhols.

And what better way to present the package than with original artwork by iconic artist Shepard Fairey. NEW TALES TO TELL TRACKLISTING
1. All in My Mind - Black Francis 2. Holiday on the Moon - Puscifer (Maynard James Keenan of Tool) 3. Love Me - War Tapes 4. No New Tales to Tell - Blaqk Audio 5. I Feel Speed - Dubfire 6. Inside the Outside - The Dandy Warhols 7. Kundalini Express - The Flaming Lips 8. Life in Laralay - Sweethead 9. The American Dream - Film School 10. The Light - A Place to Bury Strangers 11. Mirror People - Monster Magnet vs. Adrian Young 12. Fever - The Stone Foxes 13. No Big Deal - Frankenstein 3000 14. It Could be Sunshine - VEX 15. So Alive - Better than Ezra 16. Lazy - Chantal Claret vs. Adrian Young 17. Sweet F.A. - Ian Moore 18. No Words No More - Snowden - Get it here

Lou Reed Revisits Metal Machine Music

Lou Reed has gone back to the original multi-tracks and has digitally re-mastered his 1975 classic album "Metal Machine Music." This is the one and only official re-mastered edition of Metal Machine Music, re-issued, supervised and approved by Lou Reed himself. The re-mastered edition is released domestically in the UK on May 10th and will be distributed by Cargo.

The album will be released on Reed's very own Sister Ray label in three formats – double gatefold vinyl (in quadraphonic sound), Audio DVD and Blu-ray. All formats are available for pre-order now from Cargo.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk, Play.com and HMV.com.

This timely release dovetails the UK tour dates for Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio – a new band that Lou has put together which performs music that is loosely based on, and inspired by Metal Machine Music. - more on this story

RiverRocks Summer Concerts

Phosphorescent and The Antlers, along with Dawes and Deerhunter are slated to headline the 12th annual Hudson River Park's RiverRocks summer concert series on Pier 54 in Hudson River Park.

The free outdoor concert series kicks off Thursday, July 8, with the infectious indie folk/alt country band Phosphorescent on a co-bill with the "authentically vintage" sounding L.A.-based Dawes.

The Antlers, the meteoric post-rock artists take the stage Thursday, July 22, with fellow Brooklyn-based Dinosaur Feathers and its tropical surf pop sound opening the show. - more on this story

Broken Teeth, Danko Jones and Video Tape

Broken Teeth is continuing to make 2010 a banner year for themselves with the release of the video for the title track off their latest album Viva La Rock, Fantastico.

The video was shot throughout the streets of the band's hometown of Austin during this year's 12th Annual Texas Rockfest and features a video-cameo by Canadian rocker Danko Jones who also performed live with Broken Teeth during last month's SXSW Music Conference. The footage from the street gives the video a raw, punk rock feel and captures the pure rock n' roll energy of both the song and album Viva La Rock, Fantastico.

Viva La Rock, Fantastico continues to earn Broken Teeth praise since it's release with recent shout outs from Eddie Trunk on his radio show as well as a "Pick Of The Week" by Jim Florentine on a recent episode of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show. Broken Teeth will also be featured in the UK's Classic Rock Magazine's tribute to the 30th anniversary of the release of AC/DC's legendary album Back In Black that will be in their July issue. The band covers the AC/DC classic "What Do You Do For Money Honey" on the cover mount CD that is included with commemorative issue as well. - Watch the video here

The Audition Ruined Video

With four studio albums to date, a complete US tour in progress and upcoming European Tour, The Audition continue to back their latest release, Great Danger. This time, the band returns with a video portrait for the first single off their latest album entitled, "You Ruined This!"

In early March, The Audition received hundreds of responses after they held an open call for fans to participate in the video. Drummer, Ryan O'Connor explains, "We're so excited to work with you all! We can't do this without you!" Today, a site called J-14.com will be premiering the video exclusively and for the first time.

Directed by actor, Denzel Whitaker and Ryan Perez, "You Ruined This!" takes the Chicago quartet on a scavenger hunt through one of Los Angeles' historic castles. In the video, The Audition follows a sequence of clues from an unknown sender. To find out where this leads them, - check it out right now.

Truth & Salvage Co. Hitting The Road

Truth & Salvage Co. will embark on a coast-to-coast U.S. tour this summer in support of their self-titled debut album, due May 25 on Silver Arrow/Megaforce.

The 43-date run marks the band's first extended headline tour. The trek also includes performances at a number of high profile summer festivals, including Bonnaroo, Beale Street Music Festival, Wakarusa and High Sierra Music Festival.

"We are having a blast and it just keeps getting better. The whole thing is a dream come true," says Truth & Salvage Co.'s vocalist/guitarist Scott Kinnebrew. "It's going to be beautiful. Throughout the summer we have shows booked in towns and festivals all over the nation with people as eager to see us as we are eager to see them. Now is the moment and this moment is fine!" - more on this story