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Gibson.com's This Date in Music History includes: on this very day in 1975 in New York, The Ramones, Tuff Darts, Blondie, Talking Heads and White Lightning played the legendary New York punk club CBGB's. Find out what else happened on this date here -

Aerosmith's Joe Perry in Motorcycle Accident

Bryan Wawzenek at Gibson.com reports that Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry was involved in a motorcycle accident Thursday afternoon in Middleborough, Massachusetts, according to The Boston Globe.

The police have said Perry was the driver of a motorcycle that was struck by a sedan. It has not been reported if Perry's vehicle was stopped or in motion at the time, although he was identified as the victim of the incident by the police.

He was taken to Morton Hospital and Medical Center in Taunton, Massachusetts, where he was admitted under his birth name – Anthony Perry. He was treated and released. - Get a lot more news Gibson.com

Velvet Revolver To Change Direction With New Singer

Slash tells Metal Hammer Germany that Velvet Revolver is heading into a different musical direction now that they don't have to conform to Scott Weiland's vocal style.

"When Scott was out of the band and we came back to L.A. we just started doing some writing and we just went back to the way we normally would write, which is pretty heavy anyway." He continues, "We sort of altered things a little bit to fit Scott, but now, this, we're gonna do stuff our way and then try and find someone who can sing it the way that it should be sung."

When asked if Myles Kennedy from Alter Bridge who is heading up his solo touring band, was going to join Velvet Revolver, Slash said that he had been asked before but had other commitments.

Finally, unlike his heap of praise for Axl and Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy," when asked if he had heard the new Stone Temple Pilots album, he said that he had only heard the single on the radio. When asked if he liked it he said, "sounds like, yeah, it's ok". - Watch the interview here

Early Unreleased KISS Country Song Posted Online

The Metal Den has unearthed what they believe is a never before released or circulated demo entitled "Mistake" by KISS.

The song is a straight up country and western ballad, featuring acoustic guitars, bottleneck slides and an overall sound more along the lines of Wicked Lester than even an acoustic gem like "Hard Luck Woman".

It is believed this rare track was recorded at the same sessions as "Rock And Roll All Nite" in 1975. As it stands it is the earliest demo for an unreleased KISS song known to exist! - Listen here

Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BV King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill For Theatrical Event

If you weren't able to attend Eric Clapton's Crossroads festival, you can still catch highlights on the big screen. NCM Fathom announced a special theatrical event later this month. Here are the details:

Eric Clapton Shares the stage with some of the greatest musicians in the world during a star-studded, extraordinary concert experience on Tuesday, July 27 when NCM Fathom and Rhino Entertainment present Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010 in more than 475 movie theaters nationwide.

The special two-hour event will feature highlights from the all-day prestigious Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, including performances by Clapton, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BV King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, and many others. Theater audiences will also gain backstage VIP access to behind-the-scenes footage and see candid interviews with the performers captured exclusively for this cinema event.

All 27,000 tickets to this year's Chicago festival sold out in minutes – making it one of the hottest concert events of the summer. Don't miss your chance to experience all of the highlights on the larger-than-life big screen on Tuesday, July 27. - Tickets, theater info here

Rock Classics Dominate Top 10 Guitar Outros List

Russell Hall at Gibson.com has put together his list of the top 10 Great guitar outros. Here is his intro and the top 3 picks: A great guitar outro can serve as the sonic equivalent of an exclamation point, something to drive home the power of a song in an emphatic way. Some outros exude subtlety and ambiance, while others bite and sting like an angry hornet. Below are 10 of the very best.

"Layla" – Derek And The Dominos The soaring blues anguish that drives this masterpiece finds release in the song's majestic coda. Recorded three weeks after the main track was put down, the outro finds Duane Allman delivering poignant slide work, with Eric Clapton's acoustic guitar and drummer Jim Gordon's piano composition riding on top. The "crying bird" sound at the end of the track, a great touch by Allman, is said to have been done as a tribute to jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker.

"Hotel California" – The Eagles Joe Walsh often gets credit, but actually it was Don Felder who came up with the main parts for the outro that powers this classic. "[I was] tinkering around with an acoustic 12-string when those 'Hotel California' chords just oozed out," Felder once told Guitar World. "I added some electric guitars, [and] mixed down to mono, ping-ponging back and forth on a little four-track. I wound up with a cassette that had virtually the entire arrangement that appeared on the record, verbatim, with the exception of a few Joe Walsh licks on the end." Felder's Les Paul never sounded better.

"Free Bird" – Lynyrd Skynyrd Allen Collins fashioned his lead on a Gibson Explorer for this sensational outro, while Gary Rossington handled rhythm duties on a Les Paul and added slide fills with an SG. The band's record company tried to persuade Skynyrd not to include the song on their debut album, insisting the track was too long. Fortunately, the group held its ground. The extended live version that appears on the 1976 album, One More From the Road, sealed the song's classic status. - Did you favorite song make the list? Find out here

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Announces Book Tour

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine is hitting the road. But he's not touring arenas, he will be visiting book stores.

Dave Mustaine's new book, titled "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir," is set for release on August 3rd, 2010 through HarperCollins' "It Books".

"Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir" will see its release in Europe on September 30th, 2010. - book tour dates

Shinedown, Chevelle and Puddle of Mudd's Carnival Starts Tomorrow

Shinedown, Chevelle and Puddle of Mudd's Carnival Of Madness tour kicks off tomorrow in Jacksonville, FL.

"I am beyond excited for this tour, the production is incredible, the line up is amazing, and the energy of having all five bands on one stage is going to be like nothing else this summer," exclaimed Shinedown lead singer Brent Smith. "Get ready for the carnival of madness!"

The Jacksonville, Florida-based rock outfit Shinedown have been touring worldwide in support of their career defining album The Sound Of Madness since its release in 2008. The band's run of hit singles from this album alone has made them one of the most successful rock bands of the decade. Shinedown's latest album, The Sound Of Madness, was produced by multiple Grammy Award-winner Rob Cavallo (Kid Rock, Green Day, My Chemical Romance). The band's fifth single from The Sound Of Madness "The Crow & The Butterfly" is at radio now. - more on this story

New Santana Album Details Including Tracklist and Vocalists

Can you imagine Linkin Park's Chester Bennington teaming up with Ray Manzarek and Carlos Santana to record The Doors classic "Riders on the Storm"? You won't have to as it will be just one of the songs and musical matchups on Carlos Santana's new album "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time," which hits stores on September 21st.

Working from their collective encyclopedic knowledge of rock, Carlos Santana devised a list of guitar-centric titles – and then invited a Who's Who of guest vocalists to perform on every track. Singers range from Chris Cornell (on Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"), Pat Monahan (on Van Halen's "Dance the Night Away"), Chester Bennington and Ray Manzarek (on The Doors' "Riders on the Storm"), Rob Thomas (on Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love), Scott Weiland (on the Rolling Stones' "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'"), Chris Daughtry (on Def Leppard's "Photograph"), Gavin Rossdale (on T. Rex's "Bang A Gong") to rapper Nas (on AC/DC's "Back In Black"), veteran Joe Cocker (on Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing"), and more.

A very special dedication to George Harrison comes together on GUITAR HEAVEN…, with "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," featuring singer india.arie and master cellist Yo-Yo Ma. "Listening to the song," Olivia Harrison told Carlos, "it made me jump for joy and cry at the same time." - the working tracklisting and more details here

Singled Out: Scarlet Grey's The Sky and I (Featuring Davey Havok of AFI)

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Ben Grey of Scarlet Grey tells us about "The Sky and I" (featuring Davey Havok of AFI) from their new album "Fancy Blood". We now turn it over to Ben for the story:

This is a song that came together very quickly for us and I believe we actually already had plans to go into the studio before we even started writing it. When we decided to make this record, we knew we were working with an extremely tight budget, so we booked one day at Paramount Studios to track the drums, bass and rhythm guitars for five songs. The only way to do this is to track live, which is borderline insanity in 2010… Needless to say, we were practicing heavily to make sure it was unbelievably tight... I mean not only did we want the album to come out great but we certainly did not want to embarrass ourselves in front of world class engineers, you know what I mean? So while we were rehearsing the first five songs off of "Fancy Blood," Pete just started playing the bass progression that would eventually turn into "The Sky and I." He's done that quite a few times actually, where he'll just sort of throw something together without even thinking… "Quiet Kid" and "No Boys in the Ballroom" have similar origins.

What followed was one of those 'lightning in a bottle' type situations for us, where the first thing everybody instinctually played was eerily close to what was finally recorded. The song was on its feet within an hour and then we decided that it just had to be on the album. We knew it could be something special. That night, I went home and finished the melody and lyrics... I couldn't go to sleep without having it completed, I was so into it. The thing that was so cool about this song's process, was that we never over-thought any of it. It was one of the most natural, organic evolutions of a song that I've ever been involved with. We wrote it, arranged it, recorded and mixed it all ourselves within 2 weeks... And then to have Davey Havok be a part of it made it all the more surreal.

I had written the part with him in mind never, really entertaining the idea that he might be into actually doing it. I mean we're close friends, but I always get weird about stuff like that. We had maybe 3 days left of recording before our mixing date at Paramount... (yes we mixed the record in 16 hours and yes it was insane)... and Davey was in town to work on the new Blaqk Audio record with our drummer Keith, at his studio. So after one of the sessions, Dave told us that he wanted to come out to the Scarlet Grey show that night at The Roxy... So we decided to play "The Sky and I" live so that he could hear it and see if it was something he would be into doing. He really liked it... What an incredible relief.

So the next day, at 11 in the morning we finished tracking "The Sky and I." Days don't really get better than this. I describe "Fancy Blood" this way sometimes, but more aptly, it is this song that I should describe as a love letter to the underground. Without delving too far into it, this song is very much about our band and very much about what Scarlet Grey and our city have been through. So to have Davey Havok, a former ambassador to the underground singing about Scarlet Grey's love affair and bittersweet departure with the Los Angeles underground, really meant the world to me and ushered the song to a place we could never have taken it alone. I feel really privileged to have had this opportunity to make this song, this way. I'll never forget it.

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

Singled Out: Big Daddy Love's Heed the Call

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Daniel Smith from Americana Rockers Big Daddy Love tells us about "Heed the Call" from their new album "To The Mountain". We now turn it over to Daniel for the story:

"Heed the Call" This song was inspired by the Chris McCandless story, known as "Into the Wild". I was very moved and inspired when I first encountered this tale of a young man who was unafraid to go after what he wanted. I was also inspired by what he sought. Chris McCandless would not have faired well in urban America in my opinion. Though I only know him through the presentation of his history, I can't help but feel like I did or at least could have known him. Regardless, I felt a connection to him and his ideals.

In the first verse the line, Time is just a wasted thought, a forgotten memory, peace is my battle lost, like a bird I have spread my wings, means that in his search for truth and purity, he had no sense of time and the battle lost was that he gave up on the path laid before by his parents and blazed his own trail.

In the last verse, as in the last days of McCandless' life, the realization that we are social creatures and experiences are meant to be shared brings the idealism back to earth. Some people may look at Chris McCandless in disgust or claim he had a death wish or go unaffected by what he did, but to me the point of the story is that he knew what he wanted and he went after, his own way. To hell with the rest.

Chorus:
Don't you bury me in that ground.
Just take what's left of me and toss it to the wind.
That willow tree can weep there all alone.
Mark my grave with a memory in your heart.
Cause I'm FREE

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

Band of Horses Release Pioneering New Video

Band of Horses have released a new video for the song Laredo, from their new album Infinite Arms, which was released back on May 18.

The "Laredo" video was shot on location in Pioneertown, CA, and features footage from an impromptu set the band played at local haunt Pappy & Harriet's. The clip was produced by Merge @ Crossroads Films. Watch it here

Band of Horses has filled in the blanks in its fall 2010 North American itinerary. The newly confirmed dates will follow September headlines at Los Angeles and Berkeley's Greek Theaters as well as previously announced September dates in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Denver. The new dates will commence October 1 in Des Moines and stretch to October 30 in Atlanta, sandwiching the band's October 10 main stage appearance at the Austin City Limits festival. - more on this story

John Mayer Tour Kicks Off Tonight

John Mayer kicks off his summer tour tonight in Charlotte, North Carolina for a trek that will feature shows with Train, The Avett Brothers, Owl City and Guster.

According to the announcement: The Battle Studies Summer Tour is all about summer fun with friends and Mayer's performances have been specially designed to give each fan – from those in the front row to those with lawn seats – an up-close and personal experience.

John Mayer's fourth album, Battle Studies, debuted at #1 in November 2009 and has since achieved platinum status. The album kicked off a world tour last February that sold out arenas across the country and earned the musician some of the best performance reviews of his career. - more on this story

Justin Townes Earle Announces New Album and Tour

Justin Townes Earle has announced a brand new album and tour. Here is the official word:

Harlem River Blues, the new album from celebrated singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, will be released September 14 on Bloodshot Records. In support of the record, Earle will tour throughout 2010.

A recent transfer to New York City, Earle returned to his home of Nashville, TN to record the album at House of David studio. Harlem River Blues was produced by Earle and Skylar Wilson and features guest appearances from Jason Isbell, Bryn Davies (Patty Griffin, Guy Clark), Calexico's Paul Niehaus and Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor. - more on this story

Rancid and Operation Ivy's Matt Freeman Announces Solo Debut

Attention Rancid and Operation Ivy fans, Matt Freeman has announced the release of the self-titled debut album for his side project Devils Brigade on August 31 via Hellcat Records.

The bass player has assimilated a touring band to join him this fall when they hit the road with labelmates Street Dogs on a US tour.

Devils Brigade was conceived in 2000, when bassist Matt Freeman began writing songs with Tim Armstrong between Rancid tours. This led to a few EPs and some songs on Hellcat's Give Em The Boot compilation, but the project was put on the back burner when Rancid began touring and recording again. Years went by and after Rancid took a break from touring on the Let The Dominoes Fall record, Matt got the itch to reactivate the project with a new studio album. - more on this story

Want A Chopper & Axe from Creed for Christmas?

Creed will be giving away a chopper and an axe. Read on for the details: Creed has teamed up with Orphan and Fret12 to design, build and give away a custom Full Circle motorcycle and guitar valued at $80,000 for the "Creed 2010 – Chopper & Axe Giveaway."

Creed has been working intimately with design teams to create the custom motorcycle and guitar, which will be on display at each venue prior to concerts on the group's 36-city tour running from July 26 through September 4.

U.S. residents can enter July 15 through December 24 at 11:59 a.m. CST at www.creed2010.com by completing and submitting an entry form, making them eligible to end the year with a roar and win this amazing pair of prizes. - more on this story

Ray Orbison's Last Concert Coming To CD

Good news Ray Orbison fans, The Last Concert is coming to CD next month. Here is the announcement:

Instantly recognizable in vocals, songwriting and style, Roy Orbison was a musical pioneer. One of the few artists to have worldwide recognition in all forms of music – pop, rock 'n' roll, spoken word, and country – he received Grammys in all categories, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award. On August 10, Eagle Rock Entertainment will pay homage to Roy Orbison upon the release of The Last Concert CD

Originally released as a limited run via iTunes in 2008 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his passing, The Last Concert is now available on CD for the first time. Recorded on December 4, 1988 in Cincinnati, just two days before his sudden death, this was the last time Roy ever performed. This collection of fourteen songs, including seven top ten singles, is the exact order of his show that evening. This includes one of the most loved Rock 'n Roll songs ever, "Oh, Pretty Woman," as well as his Grammy-Award Winning "Crying" and "Dream Baby." This historic performance is untouched by mixing and enhancements – it's pure, honest, unmistakable Roy. - more on this story

Cactus Live, Loud & Proud on DVD

Classic Rockers Cactus will be Live, Loud & Proud on DVD on August 24th. The DVD features performance footage recorded in various cities throughout the band's 2006/07 tour.

This incarnation of the band sees original members Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert and Jim McCarty reunited and joined by former Savoy Brown frontman Jimmy Kunes on vocals.

The group had just released a new album, Cactus V. The DVD also contains bonus interviews with the band, an music video for "The Groover", and testimonials from Vinnie Moore (UFO), Shawn Drover (Megadeth), Ty Tabor (Kings X), Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), and more. - more on this story

Red Sparowes Announce Tour With Boris

Red Sparowes are hitting the road in North American with Boris this August, before they head over to European this fall.

Red Sparowes are currently supporting its third full-length album, The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer which was released via Sargent House earlier this year.

Red Sparowes' latest offering, The Fear is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer, began with the larger existential pondering of truth, faith, order, causality, and the innate demand for an understanding of the larger world around us. While Red Sparowes' majesty is hardly in need of story, the provision of the larger metaphor yields a heightened depth and gravity to their work. - more on this story

Issa is Coming

ISSA (Isabell Oversveen) has set the release of her debut album "Sign of Angels" on September 14th in Europe and October 10th in the USA via Frontiers Records.

Sometimes real discoveries in music shake up the rock world from out of nowhere. In 2008 a new band from Sweden called Work of Art took the Melodic Rock scene by storm with a stunning debut album. In the end of 2009 W.E.T., another alliance between Swedish musicians with singer Jeff Scott Soto was met with the highest enthusiasm from the Melodic Rock crowd, and just a few months ago, the return of Treat with "Coup De Grace", marked another milestone release in the genre. Now, once again from Scandinavia, Issa, an exceptionally gifted singer from Norway takes her chance with "Sign of Angels", her debut album, an album that many of the ones "in the know" have defined as a "bomb"!

Helped by producer Ronny Milianowicz (Saint Deamon) and some killer musicians such as Peter Huss on guitar, Uli Kusch (ex Masterplan, Helloween) on drums, Nobby Noberg on bass and Tim Larsson (Nick Lachey) on keyboards, Issa has managed to create a superb album which offers soaring and instantly likeable hook lines, solid guitar riffs and a crisp sound. Described as Brother Firetribe meets Treat with tons of melodies, class and attitude, "Sign of Angels" features song writing contributions from Joacim Cans (Hammerfall), Thomas Vickstrom (Candlemass), Daniel Flores (TMOMS), Soren Kronkvist (Crash the System) and many more.
- more on this story

Charles Walker Returning With Soul Stirring Man in September

Blue Label/SPV have announce the release of legendary soul singer Charles Walker's new album "Soul Stirring Man" on September 14, 2010.

Charles Walker started his recording career at the legendary Champion Label in 1959 and moved to Chess records in 1962. He signed to Motown as a staff writer and established a reputation as an exciting live performer belting out incendiary Blues, Soul and Gospel at fever pitch!

His first record was released in 1959 for Alan Bubis' legendary Champion label. "Slave To Love" was credited to "Charles Walker & The Daffodils", although there was no such vocal group as The Daffodils. The backup singers on the record were label mates The Kinglets and Larry Birdsong and the musical backing was provided by The Jimmy Beck Orchestra featuring guitarist Johnny Jones. - more on this story

Lights On Hit The Road

Lights On kicked off their summer tour this week in support of their album 'Here Comes The Ocean' which was released on July 6th.

Lead by Tim Hines and Mike Kamoo of Earthling Studios, the band is comparable to such greats as Echo & The Bunnymen and the Modern Lovers, adding their own post-punk flavor.

Lights On takes Manhattan this tonight at The Cake Shop and Saturday, July 17th as part of The Music Slut's "Siren Festival After Party" at Union Hall, before heading back west for shows at San Diego's Casbah and The Whistle Shop. - more on this story

Nachtmystium Tap Zoroaster, The Atlas Moth and Dark Castle for American Tour

Nachtmystium have announced a North American headlining tour which kicks off in Detroit on September 9th.

Support on the tour will come from Zoroaster, The Atlas Moth and Dark Castle.

Nachtmystium are touring in support of their new album, " Addicts: Black Meddle Part II, which was released in North America in early June via Century Media - more on this story

Beneath The Massacre Announce EP and Tour

Beneath The Massacre plan to release a five song EP of new material and they have also announced a Canadian tour that will keep them on the road until early October.

The EP will be the band's first release since 2008's "Dystopia." More details regarding the EP will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

Vocalist Elliot Desgagnes commented on the new release: "It's going to be two years since our last album and we had the idea of a short release while we keep writing for the next full length. We picked five songs to go on the EP and I feel like these are by far the best songs we've ever written. Nothing that different from our other releases but we're always getting a little closer to the sound we want. So we're all satisfied with the result and are looking forward to share it." - more on this story

The Showdown Preview Another New Song

The Showdown have posted another new song on their Myspace. The new track "Heavy Lies The Crown", comes from their forthcoming full-length, Blood In The Gears.

Blood In The Gears hits stores on August 24th on Solid State Records. and was recorded and produced by The Showdown's own Jeremiah Scott (bass) at his home studio, Anthem Productions.

The album was mixed by Steve Blackmon (Living Sacrifice, Project 86), with Troy Glessener at Spectre handling the mastering. Artwork comes courtesy of Ryan Clark at Invisible Creature Inc. Blood In The Gears is The Showdown's second Solid State release, following 2008's Back Breaker. - Check out the song here

SSS Announce Euro Tour

SSS have announced the dates for their upcoming European tour, which starts at the end of the month.

SSS, who have been taking a break and working on new material since a recent Irish tour in April with labelmates Gama Bomb, will kick off the 'Wreck and Annoy' tour on July 30th in their hometown of Liverpool, before heading off to mainland Europe a few days later.

SSS vocalist FOXY comments: "That's right... Our 'Wreck and Annoy' Euro tour kicks off this August. We can't wait to get out into Europe and make some noise. Always mega to see the sights and sounds of new cities, play with some mega bands, eat new food, catch up with old friends and make new ones. Plus rattle some brand new songs for our third LP, 'Problems To The Answer'. - more on this story

Free Six-String App Released

Universal Music Group have released a free version of their Six-String guitar game and an updated premium version, available for both iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store.

Providing a true to life guitar playing experience and using studio masters, Six-String goes beyond rhythm games to deliver the most dynamic, lifelike guitar-playing experience. Gamers can download hours of addicting game play both in the free version with 3 bundled songs and a premium version, which includes 17 songs with purchase.

Up to 50 songs, including top Six-String artists such as Papa Roach, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson, 3 Doors Down, and Maroon 5 are available through the game and/or for purchase from the in-app store for only 99 cents per track.

Six-String app recreates the experience of playing the guitar like never before via a unique game that combines an accurate strumming and picking game interface with tracks culled from the real studio masters for maximum authenticity and sound quality. Six-String's virtual guitar interface lets players pluck, strum and change chords along with the master recording and, with the true sound of discord, spares no mercy when a wrong string is strum. No experience is required; anyone can now play the guitar like a pro along with their favorite songs, instantly! - more on this story

PowerPop Vet Paul Collins Sets New Album Release, Offers Free Song Download

Paul Collins has set an August 24th release for his new studio album, King Of Power Pop. And if offering a free download to prepare you for it.

Why the title? According to the announcement it is because he is one of the originators of the high-energy sound known as Power Pop. You can download the song "Do You Wanna Love Me" right here

Paul got his start in the late seventies as the drummer for the legendary Nerves, (with Peter Case and Jack Lee), later forming The Breakaways with Peter Case, and finally starting The Beat (aka Paul Collins Beat) in 1979. - more on this story

Venomous Concept Announce First US Headlining Tour

Venomous Concept will kick off their first U.S. headlining tour on Sept. 15th in San Diego. The trek will feature support from Kill The Client, Murder Construct and Nails.

Venomous Concept features Shane Embury (Napalm Death) on guitars, Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth) on vocals, Danny Lilker (Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth) on bass and Danny Herrera (Napalm Death) on drums

Embury further comments: "We are really excited to be doing our first ever U.S. tour as Venomous Concept. It's been hectic with Napalm being so busy playing shows everywhere, but we are finally going to play 11 shows in the U.S. and four in Japan to support our Poisoned Apple record which came out last year. The shows in Japan are also with Napalm Death and Dying Fetus, so its double duties for me every night down there but that's going to be a lot of fun. - more on this story

Trophy Scars Kick Off Tour, Announce 2 EPs

We were sent word that Trophy Scars kicked off their US tour with Nigel Silverthorn this week and also plan to release 2 new EP's in the coming months.

The first in the EP series, entitled Darkness, Oh Hell, will see a late summer/early fall release and will be self-released by the band on CD and digital formats.

A possible release on vinyl is in the works as well. The 6-track EP was recorded this past winter by longtime collaborator / producer Chris Badami (Dillinger Escape Plan, The Starting Line). - more on this story

Jam with Jimi Hendrix DVD

Lick Library have announced the launch of the new Jam with Jimi Hendrix Volume 2 guitar tuition DVD. Here is the announcement: When Lick Library began recording the Jimi Hendrix DVD's series they knew that with so many great tracks there would have to be Jam with Jimi Hendrix Volume 2.

Jimi Hendrix was one of the most important and influential musicians of his era. With his raw talent and creativity he is widely considered as the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music. Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime, and has been posthumously awarded many more

Jam with Jimi Hendrix Volume 2 (RRP £27.99) – is a double DVD set with over two hours of lessons to help you learn each song the way it was originally played. Also included is a CD of professionally recorded guitar jam tracks for each song allowing you to play along with a full session band. Tracks include :- Spanish Castle Magic, Mr Bad Luck, Lullaby For Summer, Bleeding Heart, Red House, Sunshine Of Your Love and from his very latest new album the track Valley Of Neptune. - more on this story