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The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza went out on the streets of Tennessee to get real people's reactions to their upcoming release, Danza III: A Series of Unfortunate Events - in stores July 6th. Video is here -

Rock Star Questioned as Terrorist

The Eels frontman had a bit of a run in with authorities in the UK after his beard apparently set off some red flags. NME reports that London police questioned Mark Oliver Everett, aka E in Hyde Park on Monday, June 21, after a suspicious person fitting his description was reported outside a nearby embassy.

The heavily bearded Everett was taking a break between interviews at a nearby hotel to promote the new EELS album Tomorrow Morning.

After telling the police he was a rock musician, not a terrorist, they let him return to his press duties. Says Everett about the incident, "Not every guy with short hair and a long beard is a terrorist. Some of us just want to rock." - more on this story

Gregg Allman Has Liver Transplant

Rock legend Gregg Allman, who began treatment for Hepatitis C in 2007, had liver transplant surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday morning.

Allman's manager Michael Lehman told AP that Allman was groggy but awake Wednesday morning.

"He's psyched to put this time of his life behind him and have a chance again to feel really healthy and good, and hopefully live for many more years to come," Lehman said. - Read the AP report for more information

Slash Announces American Solo Tour

North American Slash fans, the day you have been waiting for has arrived. Slash has at last announced his American tour in support of his solo album.

The bad news is that the dates which have been released only show the tour hitting limited markets, but the good news is the Slash camp promises that more dates will be announced.

Here is part of the announcement, followed by the dates: The U.S. dates will feature vocalist Myles Kennedy who was also part of the European tour and received strong critical praise at shows like the Download Festival which had over 100,000 fans and Rock-Am Ring which had more than 70,000 concert-goers. Audiences in Europe were treated to a career-spanning Slash set list of songs from the new album which Kennedy provides vocals for two songs, along with Slash classics from Guns N Roses like "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" and numerous Velvet Revolver, and Slash's Snakepit favorites. - dates

Megadeth Celebrate Classic Album With CD and DVD

Didn't catch Megadeth's month-long Rust In Peace 20th anniversary tour? Or if you did, would you like to relive the experience over and over? You are in luck as the final night of the tour has been captured for the upcoming Rust In Peace Live Blu-ray, DVD and CD, due out September 7 on Shout! Factory.

On March 31, 2010, at this incredibly special show at the legendary Hollywood Palladium, not far from where Dave Mustaine formed the band in 1983, Megadeth played their landmark, genre-defining 1990 Rust In Peace album in its entirety, in addition to other Megadeth favorites. Rust In Peace Live also marks the return of original bassist David Ellefson (Megadeth 1983-2002) to the iconic multi-platinum group after eight years. Ellefson (bass), joins Mustaine (lead vocals, guitar), Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar).

Rust In Peace Livefeatures the entire Rust In Peace track listing, including all-time classics "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18" along with bonus fan favorites from various other Megadeth releases such as "Symphony For Destruction," "Peace Sells," and "Skin O' My Teeth." - more on this story

When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors Coming to DVD and Blu-Ray

The new DVD and Blu-Ray of "When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors" will be available to North America fans on June 29th from Rhino Entertainment (licensed from Eagle Rock Entertainment in the UK).

The documentary uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock band and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy.

Directed by award-winning writer/director Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp, the film is a riveting account of the band's history. Produced by Wolf Films/Strange Pictures, in association with Rhino Entertainment, the 90-minute film is the first feature documentary about The Doors. Additional credits for the film include producers Peter Jankowski, Dick Wolf, John Beug and Jeff Jampol. When You're Strange had its theatrical debut on April 9 and will be released through Eagle Vision on standard DVD and Blu-Ray on June 29th. - Watch the trailer here

Deftones and Baroness Summer Tour

Baroness will hit the road with the Deftones this summer. This tour will kick-off in mid-August in Spokane, WA and will conclude along the east coast in early September.

Immediately following these dates, Baroness will be performing as part of Bumbershoot in Seattle, WA and Musicfest NW in Portland, OR. The band has also been confirmed for a number of European festivals and tour dates beginning in early July.

Baroness are touring in support of their brand new album, Blue Record. The release can be streamed in its entirety online at bluerecord.info - more on this story

Trail of Dead Begin Next Album

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have started working on their seventh studio album which is due out in early 2011.

They have entered a worldwide deal with Superball Music for the album and their Richter Scale Records Imprint. Already a partner with Superball in Europe, this new deal comes on the heels of Justice Records closing its doors earlier this year and means that ...Trail of Dead's next album will be released Stateside on Superball Music as well.

Formed in late 1994 by singers/guitarists/drummers Conrad Keely and Jason Reece, Trail of Dead has evolved over the years expanding their line-up while still being creatively driven by the core founding members. The past two years has seen ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead flourish with the return to their indie roots and with the regaining of their independence. - Myspace link

The Gaslight Anthem Score Top 20 Debut, Announce Special Gig

The Gaslight Anthem has announced a special gig at New York City's famed Radio City Music Hall.

Performing with special guests, the band will take the stage for the first time in the storied New York venue on Thursday, September 30 to showcase the songs off their new album, American Slang, as well as old favorites. Public on-sale will begin this Friday, June 25, at 12 p.m. EST.

The Gaslight Anthem's third album, American Slang, has entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, debuting at #16. Selling well over 26,000 units during its first week of release, the chart position for American Slang is the highest the band has received for any of its albums to date. - more on this story

Singled Out: The Don'ts Breakdown

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today The Don'ts tell us about "Breakdown" from their brand new album "Those Delicate Chemicals". We now turn it over to The Don'ts for the captivating story:

It was a dark and stormy night, some Monday in June of 2007, when the band converged in the parking lot outside their rehearsal space in the cuts of San Francisco. Joey Don't, guitarist extraordinaire, had been at work avoiding lawyers all day, curled up in his cubicle, lining up dates for a potential SoCal tour. Kenny Don't, the drummer, was working days and nights at his new video store, the worries piling up like rabid dust-bunnies in the corners of a late-fee hell. And JJ "Powerboy" Don't was scrambling to keep hold of yet another job he so lasciviously wanted to quit, for in his heart of hearts, he was truly a superhero. Jonny Don't, singer, was the only one who had the opportunity to shirk all responsibilities and bask in the glow of the Strange Unknown.... and shirk and bask he did.

As they trudged solemnly, their notorious banter notwithstanding, out of the rain and into their womblike rehearsal space, Jonny wrapped his friends' anxieties around him like a warm coat. A warm, cantankerous, shrieking coat. JJ set aside his ubiquitous paper-bag-of-unknown-foodstuffs and powered up his bass amp. Joey opened the first of many cheap beers and turned on every pedal at his disposal, creating a carnivalesque glow at his feet. Kenny scavenged among a thousand broken drumsticks in search of illicit medical treats. And Jonny broke the seal on his last remaining bottle of pseudophedrine-laced cough syrup. As its sweet sickening warmth spread through his body, as the lights went down and the tube amps buzzed, a bizarre anthem -- later to be known as "Breakdown" -- was born.

The lyrics spat themselves out, oddly prescient about the economic breakdown that was to start just a few months later. Were The Dont's channeling some bizarre foreknowledge of the recession? Was the Dark Unicorn Of The Apocalypse trying to tell the world something, using The Dont's as messed-up messengers for a new millennium? Or was it just an ill-fated confluence of anxiety and stimulants? Following the churning tide of this improvised anthem, gazing with rolled-back eyes at his brothers burying their worries behind a wall of sound, Jonny wondered aloud, "What does it all mean?" Just then, the amps exploded.

Hours later, lying partially-conscious in a hospital bed, Jonny began to piece together how the events had unfolded. There had been chaos, and indulgence, and redemption. And his cell phone had recorded it all. He looked around the hopelessly white hospital room. Beside him, his brothers slept in silent vigil, drooling sweet nothings on the sterilized linoleum. He yanked out his IV, grabbed his medical chart, and began scribbling a note to himself. What doctors would later misinterpret as his signature on a Do-Not-Resuscitate form was just one lonely line from Jonny's fractured mind to his half-crazed band of brothers: "Don't let the breakdown get you down."

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

Athlete Make Dr Who History

Athlete's song "Changes" will be first rock song ever to be used on Doctor Who (which incidentally is the longest-running science fiction television show in the world, so to the be the first is kind of a big deal.)

"We are delighted that our song Chances was chosen by the legendary Richard Curtis to be used in Doctor Who," commented lead singer Joel Pott. "The show is such a long standing and iconic BBC drama and to be the first band to ever have a song on the soundtrack really is an honour."

The song plays at a key point in the upcoming episode "Vincent And The Doctor" which can be seen for the first time in the U.S. on BBC America this Saturday night June 26th at 9pm. - more on this story

New Flamenco Metal Album Features Steve Stevens Guest Appearance

Steve Stevens makes a special guest appearance on Benjamin Woods' Flametal new album "Heavy Mellow," which will come out on July 6th on Flametal Records. This album embraces the metal-works of Slayer, Megadeth, Kiss and the Scorpions to name a few.

"This is a Flamenco Guitar tribute album to some of the great Metal masterpieces," says Woods. "It is definitely a different album from the other FLAMETAL releases and is more of a solo effort that is a very powerful to play live. Although the songs are very dark, everyone gets it, even your Mom."

Woods is a new breed of virtuoso and a speed metal guitarist from the start. By a twist of fate Woods gear was stolen by a junkie, leaving him with only a Spanish Guitar to practice on. This was the defining moment that ignited a passion for Flamenco Guitar. - more on this story

Weezer Represent US Soccer Federation With New World Cup Inspired Video

Remember "Represent," that new song that Weezer recorded for the World Cup that we told you about? Now the band has partnered with the US Soccer Federation to create a video for the song.

The band, led by rabid soccer fan Rivers Cuomo, wrote and recorded the track to be used as the "unofficial theme song" for the US men's soccer team, and to commemorate the historic 2010 rematch of US vs. England in the FIFA World Cup- the first time the two teams have gone head-to-head since 1950.

The song can be streamed at http://www.weezer.com. The video and an interview with Cuomo premiered at ussoccer.org as part of their Studio 90 series on Wednesday June 23rd. - more on this story

Reunited Bush To Release New Album This Fall

Good news for Bush fans, not only has the band reunited but they are going to release a new album this fall entitled Everything Always Now. Now the bad news for some, the effort was produced by Bob Rock (who also produced Gavin's 2008 solo debut, Wanderlust).

Bush will perform their first live show in eight years as part of the Epicenter weekend in Fontana, September 25-26th, joining Eminem and KISS at the Golden State's inland empire venue. (Stay tuned for future tour plans for Bush, TBA.)

Gavin Rossdale announced during Stryker's show on KROQ, Los Angeles, that Bush is reuniting where he previewed "Afterlife," the first single pick From Everything Always Now, during the KROQ interview. - more on this story

Hanson Pay Tribute to Aldous Snow

We received this announcement and it was just too good to pass up: Hanson's Taylor Hanson just talked to MTV about the new cover of Infant Sorrow's epic "Furry Walls" that the band just recorded.

Aldous Snow recently was profiled in the "documentary" Get Him To The Greek, and as a way of paying tribute to their idol, they decided to try their hand at one of the band's iconic tracks.

You can read Taylor's interview with MTV here and listen to their cover of "Furry Walls" - here

Reel Big Fish Announce A Best Of Us For The Rest Us

Reel Big Fish have announced the release of "A Best Of Us For The Rest Us," a 22 song compilation of newly re-recorded renditions of their hits and fan favorites.

The title we assume is in response to the much maligned "hits" package released by their former record label.

This band sanctioned compilation (in addition to a special bonus 14-track acoustic disc), will be release exclusively through Best Buy on July 20. A European release date will be announced soon. - more on this story

Singled Out: Synaptic Disturbance's Gallows

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today antiMusic scribe and Synaptic Disturbance mastermind Dan Upton tells us about "Gallows" from the brand new album "They Are Killers". We now turn it over to Dan for the story:

This song ultimately took on a life of its own. Around the time I started writing for the album, I'd been watching Ken Burns' national parks documentary and learned that Yosemite roughly translated to "they are killers." I decided to take that and run with it for a concept album, although I never wrote any lyrics and thus had to tell my story through song titles and musical feeling. When it came time to record though, all I had was riffs for 12 songs with no order and nothing more concrete about my story line than an assassin being hunted, brought to justice and executed, and temporarily escaping from the afterlife before his final punishment. I just picked an order to record the then-untitled songs, named them based on where they happened in the story, and mostly left them the way they were. What became "Gallows" was originally just the echoey guitar and the main riff. I'd wanted a mean synth underneath the echoes, but when I started thinking about the story in terms of the execution the synth bass morphed into a separate intro. The bridge with a mellotron choir came about thinking about the priest giving last rites and the assassin struggling to escape. Finally, I ended up adding the rainstorm to lend more mood to the intro and outro, and came up with the idea of having the storm come to a head and introduce the heavier riffs with a big thunderclap.

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

Kreator Box Set

Kreator are reissuing their latest album as the "Hordes Of Chaos- Ultra Riot" box set on August 10, 2010.

The new box set includes the "Hordes Of Chaos" album as a digipak with a new cover, a new booklet (including new liner notes by Joel McIver) and 2 enhanced videos.

The bonus CD comes in a cardboard sleeve and contains 2 cover song, one from German band Slime and one from Bad Religion. The bonus disc also includes 5 previously unreleased demo songs. On top of that the box set contains a high quality 12 page photo book by famous photographer Harald Hoffmann, a full colored poster of the album cover, a full colored photocard, a full colored sticker and a voucher for the KREATOR merchandise shop - more on this story

Never Shout Never Get Warped This Week, Will Release a Deluxe Collection in July and a New Album in August

Never Shout Never will hit the road this Friday as a main-stage act on this summer's Warped Tour.

They are touring in support of their forthcoming album, Harmony, which will hit stores via Love Records/Sire Records on August 24th, 2010. The album was produced by veteran producer Butch Vig, who is best-known for his work with Green Day, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins.

Never Shout Never will also release a deluxe digital collection of songs, titled Melody, exclusively through iTunes on July 27th. Melody includes three brand-new tracks, "Cheatercheaterbestfriendeater," "Coffee & Cigarettes," and "Lousy Truth," plus an audio interview with Drew and Vig, ten photos, lyrics, and a video for "Coffee & Cigarettes." - more on this story

The Acacia Strain Recruit Hatebreed, 100 Demons, and Born Low Vocalist As Guests on New Album

The Acacia Strain's new album, Wormwood, will feature guest vocals from Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta, 100 Demons' Bruce LePage and Kyle Chard of Born Low

The album will be release by Prosthetic Records on July 20th and was produced, mixed and mastered by Zeuss (Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall)

Jamey Jasta says of the album's opening track, "The Beast," which he appears on: "The song is brutal, kids will lose their minds." - more on this story

Hooters Making Summerfest Happier

Hooters is hosting the World's Largest Happy Hour at this year's Summerfest. The Happy Hour event will take place on June 30th from 5 – 7 PM at Summerfest and Milwaukee area Hooters locations will also be celebrating the event in stores with special offers for customers all day June 30th.

Hooters, world-renown for the iconic Hooters Girls, plans to paint the crowd orange with giveaways while on site June 25th – 27th.

In addition, on June 30th the first 5000 guests through the Summerfest gates between 5 – 7pm will receive a FREE Collectors Hooters/Summerfest Koozie while supplies last. The festival will also host a Happy Hour Special from 5 PM to 7 PM on June 30th in which all alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are $1 off. Performances by Usher, Puddle of Mudd, Dark Star Orchestra, Chevelle, Umphrey's McGee and Moody Blues are all scheduled that evening. - more on this story

RPWL Announce U.S. Festival Appearance

German Prog Rockers RPWL will be returning to the U.S. to perform at the CalProg Festival on October 2, 2010 in Whittier, California at the Center Stage Theater.

RPWL will be appearing alongside: Ambrosia, District 97 and Mirthkon. They will be supporting their tenth anniversary retrospective "The Gentle Art of Music", which just hit stores.

RPWL guitarist and founding member Kalle Wallner had the following to say about the bands return to the United States: "Almost three years have passed since our last gig in the U.S. Playing at the Rites Of Spring Festival in 2007 was a gorgeous experience. The people there have been traveling to Philadelphia from all over the States and were having a great party. So, we're of course looking forward to coming back and meeting some of our old friends, and hope that we'll be able to make a lot of new friends in Los Angeles at the CalProg Festival." - more on this story

Vampires Everywhere! This Summer

Vampires Everywhere! are embarking on a massive North American tour alongside Black Veil Brides , Modern Day Escape and Get Scared this summer.

The trek kicks off on July 2nd in San Diego, California and runs through August 15th Los Angeles, CA at The Whisky.

Vampires Everywhere! are hitting the road ahead of their debut full-length album which will hit sometime this fall. - more on this story

Sevendust Stream and Chat Today

Sevendust will stream the entire bonus DVD to their Sevendust (Definitive Edition) reissue and chat with their fans today on Facebook.

The DVD will air at 3pm PST/6pm EST, and the band will be chatting live on Facebook immediately following the DVD broadcast here

This digitally re-mastered reissue provides some extra muscle to all of the original hits (including "Black" and "Bitch") and tacks on 5 bonus tracks and a DVD, which features the nationally aired TV special, "Live and Loud," recorded at The Metro in Chicago, and additional never-before-seen live and behind the scenes footage of the band. - more on this story

Demonical and Centinex Supergroup Interment Preview

Demonical and Centinex supergroup Interment will release their debut full length album, Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy via Pulverised Records later this year.

But we have some details now as the band are previewing at new track "Night Of The Undead" on their official MySpace page here

Said the band of the song in a collective statement: "'Night Of The Undead' summarizes the album supremely and brings forth the dark and filthy Swedish oldschool death the band has been delivering for over 20 years!" - more on this story

Bronze Radio Return Hitting The Road

Bronze Radio Return will kick off a new tour this week in support of their new album Old Time Speaker. Here is a little background on the band followed by the dates:

Bronze Radio Return is a band that is all about the juxtaposition of the old and new. Their new album Old Time Speaker (which is out now) is the ultimate love letter to all of the things that make their music what it is.

Producer Doug Derryberry (Kings Of Leon, Ben Folds Five) discovered the band's considerable talents at a NYC show and produced their first EP. For Old Time Speaker producer Chad Copelin (Bishop Allen) took the Northeastern band below the Mason Dixon to record their ten-track endeavor. This new album saw the band trying to experience as much of the country as possible, hitting the road for incredibly long stretches to share their music with as many people as possible. - more on this story

Skin Chamber Revisited

Skin Chamber's two albums "Wound" and "Tail" will be released in a double digipak on August 2nd in Europe and October 5th in the US digitally remastered using 24-Bit process, released on a golden disc edition limited to 2000 copies.

Skin Chamber was a short-lived industrial metal project, led by two members of the legendary experimental group Controlled Bleeding – Paul Lemos and Chris Moriarty. This oppressive music creation combined cold, raving electronics with brutal guitar riffs and sickening vocals.

The duo released two full length albums – "Wound" and "Trial" – before ultimately disbanding in 1993. And today Metal Mind Productions presents an exclusive two-disc reissue which brings back a truly violent phenomenon in all its despicable glory - more on this story