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On this day in 1987, A Kentucky teacher lost her appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court over her firing after showing Pink Floyd's film The Wall to her class. The court decided that the film was not suitable for minors with its bad language and sexual content. On this day in 1982, Michael Jackson's Thriller album was released. It spent 190 weeks on the U.K. album chart and became the biggest selling pop album of all time, with sales over 50 million copies worldwide. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -

AC/DC Drug Bust

(Rock AAA) AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been convicted for being on possession of cannabis – and his criminal record could affect the band's future touring plans.

Rudd, real name Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, was fined $250 and ordered to pay costs of $133 in Tauranga District Court, New Zealand, after police searched his boat in October and found 25g of the illegal substance.

The 56-year-old's lawyer had asked for his client to be discharged because a court conviction could affect his job. - more on this story

Slipknot Working On New Album

(Gibson) Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison recently told Billboard.com that the band have begun work on a new studio album. It will be the band's first since the death of bassist Paul Gray in May.

"It's already in motion. It's definitely exciting. It's a little emotional, of course, but I think it's going to be really, really cool and I think it's gonna be a really, really great record because everyone's really involved in the process," he said. "It's going to be a little interesting, but I think it's gonna be a healing process for all of us. Slipknot is not going anywhere. We're a family, and losing a family member sucks. You can't help that, but you need to move on, and I think that what we're gonna do might be the most powerful thing that we've ever created."

Jordison said that the band have no plans to replace Gray with a new member. But, when the band tours, they will be bringing along a bass player. "We'll have a bass player that's right next to me, to the right behind the stage, to lock in with me," Jordison said. "But there's no one right now who will go on stage." -

Ozzy Osbourne Releases Limited Edition OUIJA Board

(hennemusic) Ozzy Osbourne fans looking for an other-worldly experience can now reach out to "the other side" via the new collector's edition custom OUIJA: The Ozzy Osbourne Edition game from Live Nation Merchandise, under license from Hasbro, Inc.

It is available only for concert-goers who purchase any of the VIP packages for the 2010-2011 U.S. tour dates.

Developed in the late 1800's as a talking board game, the OUIJA board has remained in use for more than 100 years in the U.S.
- more on this story

Bright Eyes Final Album Set For Release

(Gibson) More than a year ago, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst revealed to the Omaha World-Herald that he would be making one last record under the Bright Eyes name before retiring the moniker. That album appears to be The People's Key, which is due out on February 15.

The album's lineup includes Oberst, Mike Mogis (also from Monsters of Folk) and Nathaniel Walcott. The People's Key was recorded at ARC Studios in Omaha, Nebraska and will be released on Saddle Creek Records (as opposed to Merge, which has released Oberst's recent solo discs). The Bright Eyes gang will likely tour behind the album and have already announced two big shows at New York City's Radio City Music Hall and London's Royal Albert Hall.

Jason Boesel, who has drummed as part of Bright Eyes and indie favorites Rilo Kiley, provided some clues to the sound of the album on his Twitter page: "Just heard half of the new Bright Eyes record. Best sci-fi emo album of the last 20 years!!!" - more on this story

Behind the Video: April Smith and the Great Picture Show's Terrible Things

Today April Smith from April Smith and the Great Picture Show tells us the story behind the new video for "Terrible Things" from the album "Songs For A Sinking Ship." Here you go!

My song "Terrible Things" was inspired by the show Dexter. After the album came out, I had this idea for a campy, creepy video for it. I wrote a treatment and then I started looking for a director that I felt could really bring it to life. I had seen Ryan Stober's work and loved it. I reached out to him and asked him if he would be interested in shooting it. He got back to me right away and was in! Then he put together a really solid team of people that he trusted. But we knew we really needed to invest in the production value - the location, make-up, equipment. It had to look just right. So we rented this kooky old mansion in Philmont, NY and we slept there during the shoot. The place was grogeous and had the vibe we wanted. My friends and band mates were the actors and they all did such an incredible job!

My favorite part of the video is the very end when Stevens, my bassist, bites the dust. I was so impressed with his acting. I watched him shoot his scenes and Ryan was directing him and yelling "you're taking a sip of the champagne! It tastes funny...so you're sweating! Your throat is getting tight! You loosen your tie!"...and so on. I had no idea he could act like that and he totally nailed the ending!

I aso love that my dog, Scout, is in the video. She makes a really short appearance but it's perfect for the scene. It was so easy to get her to do it too. She's a Border Collie so she's incredibly smart and really well-behaved!

Now that you know the story behind this video, you can watch it for yourself - right here!

Queensryche Not Hurt in Iraq Bombing

(Rock AAA) Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate states no band members were injured during a mortar attack while the band were on a troop support visit to Iraq.

And although being victims of two assaults in the same day was a terrifying experience, reports which suggest the band were hurt are "out of proportion".

Last week RockAAA.com reported that Tate had told BraveWords.com: ""We got bombed. We had to spend a lot of hours in bunkers there, waiting for the insurgents to get under control. We all lived through it although we got injured – that was a scary situation."

But the singer has now told 99.9 KISW in Seattle the injury report is - wrong

The Strokes Scrapped New Album

(Gibson) The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. says the New York-based band has finished recording the tracks for their new album, having discarded initial work done at the start of this year.

As reported by Rolling Stone, the tracks for the yet-to-be-titled disc, which features 10 songs, are set to be mixed soon. "I'm positive that [fans] will be as excited as we are [about the new album]," Hammond says. "We're all really excited to be stepping into the next chapter. We spent the last six months recording in my studio upstate and we are beyond thrilled with the 10 songs we have for this record."

The album, which the band produced themselves with help from engineer Gus Osberg, will be The Strokes' first full-length disc since 2006's First Impressions of Earth. Reports of dissension within the group have surfaced regularly in recent years, but Hammond describes the mood in the band these days as upbeat. -

Rush Philosophy Book On The Way

(hennemusic) Rushisaband is reporting that a new Rush book is due in 2011....but this isn't any ordinary look at the band.

"Back in June of 2009 we learned that Open Court Publishing had put out a call for papers for a RUSH And Philosophy book that they were planning to release as part of their popular Culture And Philosophy book series.

Longtime Rush and philosophy author Durrell Bowman, along with Jim Berti, are the co-editors of the 288-page anthology which is slated for release in May of next year - more on this story

Volbeat Cancel Tour For Medical Reasons

(Rock AAA) Volbeat have cancelled their entire first-ever UK headline tour after frontman Michael Poulson's medical condition was found to require more attention that originally thought.

The Danish rock'n'roll outfit were due to begin their trek with the Black Spiders on November 24 in Portsmouth, but called off the first five shows in the hope of being able to make their first appearance in Norwich on December 1.

The band now say: "After the completion of the mainland European shows, Michael was suffering from exhaustion and had to undergo various tests in hospital. - more on this story

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Returning To Broadway

(Gibson) After getting a taste of Broadway excitement this fall, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is returning to the Great White Way this winter, according to the New York Times.

In September, Armstrong did a week of performances of American Idiot as the St. Jimmy character. During his stint, ticket sales rose to 93.4 percent.

The Green Day singer will return for 50 shows during January and February, separated into big chunks. Armstrong will appear January 1-9, 18-30 and February 10-27 at the St. James Theatre. Actor Tony Vincent, who originated the St. Jimmy role on Broadway, will leave the production after December 30. - more on this story

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan TV Special

(conqueroo) PBS has announced that the Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session program will air as a special on its stations throughout the month of December (check local listings). Grammy Award winning bluesman Robert Cray will serve as special fundraising host on the public television broadcasts.

In 1983, when legendary blues guitarist Albert King, then age 60, was joined by his disciple Stevie Ray Vaughan, then age 29, on a Canadian sound stage for the live music TV series In Session, magic took place. Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session is not simply a television program: it's a summit of two master musicians. The only known recording of King and Vaughan performing together, this is the concert that blues fans in general, and Stevie Ray Vaughan fans in particular, have been waiting for.

The audio recording of the performance went on to sell more than 325,000 units from two releases: the first in 1999, the second in 2009. On November 9, 2010, Stax Records, a division of Concord Music Group, released In Session as both a DVD and a deluxe DVD/CD combination. - more on this story

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Release iTunes Session

(Band Statement) A new six-song iTunes Session by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros is available exclusively through the online music store beginning today.

Recorded at EastWest Studio in Los Angeles, the session features reworked, unique versions of some of the band's most popular songs from their debut album "Up From Below".

Also included in the release is a previously unrecorded live show favorite titled "Fire & Water". - more on this story

Have A Burning Question for Duff McKagan?

(hennemusic) Seattle Weekly are trying something cool with Reverb columnist Duff McKagan – taking questions for the renowned bassist.

Here's the blurb from Seattle Weekly: McKagan has been around the block a few times. He's played in a few bands (Loaded, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) and studied business at Seattle U; he's a voracious reader, a bassist, a married father of two, and he's here to help.

We're going to try something new next week and let those of you who have been regular (or irregular, for that matter) consumers of Duff's weekly columns a chance to ping him with a few queries. Like his column, the questions need not be music related. - more on this story

Gregg Allman Already Itching To Record Again

(Gibson) Gregg Allman's new album, Low Country Blues, won't hit record stores until Jan. 25, but already the blues-rock veteran is looking ahead to that disc's follow-up.

"I'll tell ya, I can't wait to get back in there and cut another one," Allman said in a just-published interview with Billboard.com. "That would be fine with me. It really would. It seems like every time we do a record it somehow gets your writing juices flowing. That kind of stuff just starts to come forward, so I'm hoping that maybe for the next one I can write a bunch of [new songs]."

Allman went on to say it was a meeting last summer with T-Bone Burnett, who produced Low Country Blues, that rekindled his interest in making a solo disc. "One of the first things out of [Burnett's] mouth was [longtime Allman Brothers Band producer] Tommy Dowd – that almost sold me right there," Allman said. "Plus, he was there in Memphis with two architect friends of his and they were measuring the Sun Records building board by board, and he was going to replicate it right next to his house. And I was like, 'Man, that's the hippest thing I've ever heard!' So I decided to give it a try." - more on this story

Cold War Kids Announce 2011 Tour and Third Man Records Event

(Fresh and Clean) Cold War Kids will kick off their 2011 tour on March 3rd at Crystal Ballroom (Portland, OR) and will travel across the country from New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall) to Oakland, CA (Fox Theater) for a 24-date tour.

On Sunday, December 12th Cold War Kids will play Jack White's prestigious record store and venue, Third Man Records in Nashville, TN.

The show will be recorded live direct to analog tape and will be available as a vinyl LP at a later date. A limited edition Black and Blue split colored LP of the show will be available only to those in attendance and will be available for purchase directly after the show. - more on this story

Fireball Ministry White Vinyl

Fireball Ministry is releasing the 180 gram white vinyl pressing of their self-titled album on December 22, 2010.

"We are very excited to have a release on vinyl—it's the way nature intended music to be heard," says front-man Rev. James A. Rota II.

Recorded at Grandmaster in Hollywood, with additional vocals tracked at Dave Grohl's 606 Studio, Fireball Ministry's ten-track, collector's edition LP has a limited run of 1,000 copies and is the band's second release without a traditional label. - more on this story

Sammy Hagar Talks Autobiography

(Gibson) Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar is putting the finishing touches on his autobiography, according to the Marin Independent Journal. Titled Red: My Uncensored Life as a Rocker, the book is due next year on HarperCollins.

"The book's basically done, but the editors want me to go deeper in a couple of areas," he said. "They said, 'There were problems in Van Halen? Well, what kind of problems?' The way I've written this book is that I'm just telling the stories, from childhood until now. It's humorous in places, there are sad things, inspirational things."

In addition to his work with Chickenfoot, Hagar's also been involved in a new film. Go There Once, Be There Twice is a documentary celebrating the 21st anniversary of Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The film, which will premiere December 11 in Mill Valley, California, shows the history of the establishment, but also showcases Hagar's look over the past couple of decades. - more on this story

Steven Tyler Goes Christmas Caroling

(hennemusic) Aerosmith's Steven Tyler visited his home turf of Marshfield, Massachusetts over the weekend and, as part of his short stay, he visited the Humarock Holiday Stroll, a three-day festival of holiday activities.

"Anytime I can walk this way, I'm there," said Tyler. WATD-FM Marshfield reports that Tyler also sang a few holiday songs with a group of Victorian Christmas Carolers.

Saturday's festivities ended with the lighting of the Christmas Tree in front of the Hummingrock Gift Shop. - more on this story

Chickenfoot Give Fans A Jimi Hendrix Classic

(hennemusic) Chickenfoot are thanking fans for their support with a newly-released live video of a Jimi Hendrix classic "Foxy Lady".

"This was a great year and we were just feeling thankful for all of you fans and thought we'd share this as a holiday gift," said the band. "It's an outtake from the 'Live In Cabo' webcast and is a really smoking version of this tune! Have a great holiday season and we'll see you from the studio in the 2011!"

The April 24, 2010 webcast was part of singer Sammy Hagar's 20th Anniversary celebrations for his Cabo Wabo Cantina club in San Lucas, Mexico. - more on this story

Metallica's Lars Still Loving Death Magnetic

(Gibson) Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich says that, more than two years after its release, the band's last studio album Death Magnetic still sounds great to him. Ulrich explains his opinion to Andrew Haug of Australian radio program The Racket.

"I'm hard-pressed to think of a Metallica record that has lasted as long in the positive department," he said. "Death Magnetic's had a good lifespan. We finished it about two and a half years ago. I cranked a couple of songs in my car when I was home last time – a couple, three, four songs – and it still sounds... I mean, it's got great energy, it's really in your face, and it's kind of just nutty and lively and cool. A lot of the earlier Metallica records we would always find faults with very quickly after you let them go or give them to a record company or release them or whatever, but Death Magnetic is still viewed upon with a very much positive kind of vibe."

Ulrich also defended the album against complaints that the music sounds very compressed and lacks a dynamic range. "Obviously, when you listen to tiny, little earbud headphones or whatever on an MP3, compressed type of device, it's got a little bit of a different vibe than if you listen to a big, kick-ass home stereo," he said. "I think people always find something, and we try to just do the best we can on all fronts. And that one may have slipped... We may have turned it up to... Is 11 the cliché? We may have turned it up to 12." - more on this story

Bob Dylan's Handwritten Lyrics to be Auctioned

(Gibson) Bob Dylan's hand-scrawled lyrics for "The Times They are A-Changin'" will be a-sold to the highest bidder during a December 10 auction. The words to the classic protest song were written on "a sheet of unruled three-hole notebook paper," according to Sotheby's auction catalog. The song went on to become the title track of Dylan's 1964 album.

The Dylan lyrics sheet will be auctioned off as part of a large collection of books and manuscripts. Sotheby's expects the lot to sell for more than $200,000.

The reason that the "The Time They are A-Changin'" lyrics are no longer in Dylan's care is because he ditched the sheet as soon as he memorized the words. He gave the sheet to his folk-singing friend Kevin Krown. When Krown died in the '90s, he left the paper to Mac and Eve McKenzie, who were also fixtures on the New York folk scene in the '60s. - more on this story

Watch Bret Michaels Sing The National Anthem At Nascar

(hennemusic) Bret Michaels did double duty at the recent NASCAR Ford 400 race.

Michaels served as the Ford 400 Grand Marshal, starting the 43-car field for the 2010 Sprint Cup Championship finale.

Bret also sang the national anthem with local singer Nanette Molina, and video has finally surfaced of the proceedings. - see it here

Lionheart Going Soph

Lionheart will release their sophomore album, Built On Struggle, on January 18th 2011.

The first two tracks released off of Built On Struggle ("Pure Anger" and "The Hands That Feeds", available for stream on the bands social networking sites) are about overcoming hardships and struggles in life and is a message that any fan can identify with.

"We spent years working on this album," recalls front man Rob Watson. "On this record, we were able to take the time to perfect our sound and convey the right message about who we are both as musicians and people. This is the best record that we have put out and we are all excited to get on the road behind it." - more on this story

The Joy Formidable To Make A Big Roar in March

(Big Hassle) The Joy Formidable will release their debut album, The Big Roar, March 15th on Canvasback/Atlantic.

After self-releasing their eight-track A Balloon Called Moaning EP at home last February, The Joy Formidable spent 2009 touring the U.K., Europe and Australia with bands including Editors, Temper Trap and Passion Pit, mastering tiny clubs and festival stages alike.

The band produced The Big Roar themselves, with help from engineer Neak Menter. They traveled to Los Angeles in summer of 2010 to mix it with Rich Costey (Muse, Foo Fighters, Glasvegas) who also produced new recordings of fan favorites "Whirring and Austere. The album's first single, "I Don't Want To See You Like This," is out now. - more on this story

Amon Amarth Set New Album Title

(PR) Amon Amarth have selected as Surtur Rising as the title to their forthcoming album.

Due out in the spring of 2011, Surtur Rising marks the group's eighth full-length studio release.

Surtur Rising is the follow-up to the 2008 release, Twilight Of The Thunder God. - more on this story

Keith Richards Interview By Anthony DeCurtis To Air on WFUV

(PR) A lucky few New Yorkers got to see legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards in conversation with music writer Anthony DeCurtis at the New York Public Library this fall.

Tickets to the event sold out in a record 42 seconds, leaving thousands of fans in the cold and reminding them that you can't always get what you want.

That's why public radio station WFUV is making sure you get what you need, bringing the interview to all New Yorkers and Stones fans the world over with a special broadcast on Thursday, December 16th at 9:00 PM EST, two days before Richards' 67th birthday. - more on this story