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Megadeth would like to send out their sincere condolences to the family and friends of a fallen Droogie, Jeffrey Hendricks. Jeffrey passed away on Friday, March 26 after a battle with cancer. Jeffrey was to attend the Megadeth concert and meet 'n greet in Memphis, Tennessee on March 23 but went into critical condition the night before and was not able to attend. more
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Robert Plant Is Taking His Band of Joy On The Road

Robert Plant has confirmed a 12 city North American tour. Beginning in July, this 1st leg of shows which will be followed by further dates in the fall will preview material from a new album.

Featuring a diverse group of musicians - Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott, multi instrumentalist/vocals; Byron House, Bass/Vocals; Marco Giovino, drums and percussion/vocals, including co-producer Buddy Miller, guitar/vocals. The album is set for release on Rounder, late summer/early fall.

Kicking off in Memphis on July 13th (see full tour schedule below) the tour will feature Plant and the 'Band of Joy' - the same musicians who also appear and play on the album. Says Plant: "It's been a blast working on these new songs…and I'm enjoying such creativity and vitality. It's been a remarkable change of direction for all of us and as a group we all seem to have developed a new groove." - more on this story

Rare Track from Metallica's Cliff Burton Posted Online

Many consider "Orion" Cliff Burton of Metallica's masterpiece. Now thanks to The Metal Den you can hear exactly why that is and also what a tragic loss of a master musician the world suffered with Cliff's untimely death.

Here is a little of what TMD had to say about this track followed by a link to check it out: TMD reveals the Holy Grail of heavy metal bass. It's the isolated master bass track recording of the classic instrumental song "Orion" off Metallica's epic Master of Puppets album, the legendary band's third and final with bassist Cliff Burton – which was released twenty four years ago on March 3, 1986 via Elektra Records and reached #29 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart.

This album marked the very first time Metallica would strike gold record status with over 500,000 copies sold. Believe it or not, this was achieved without any radio airplay or the release of one radio single or music video... - Read more and check out the track here

Roger Daltrey To Carry On With Or Without Pete Townshend

(Nightwatcher) The Who's Roger Daltrey insists he will continue performing even if the group split up because of Pete Townshend's tinnitus.

Roger Daltrey has vowed to continue performing even if The Who split up. The future of the group is in serious doubt because guitarist Pete Townshend's suffers from tinnitus - a severe ringing in the ears - but the frontman insists the demise of the group wouldn't end his career.

He said: "Would I carry on? Of course I would. I mean, I don't want to stop singing. I just can't keep going on trying to keep singing like I did 40 years ago. I'm realistic about where I am in my life now." - more on this story

Courtney Love's New Hole Album Plus TV and Live Appearances Details

Courtney Love prepares for the arrival of Nobody's Daughter, the brand new album by Hole, set for April 27th release on Mercury Records. "Skinny Little Bitch," the new album's first single pick has jumped all over rock radio formats since its impact two weeks ago, and is now available for sale at all digital platforms.

The next appearances by Hole include two shows at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles (April 22nd and 23rd) and Terminal 5 in New York City (April 27th and 28th), which were all sold out in hours after being on sale. Those will be followed by guest spots on CBS's The Late Show with David Letterman (April 27th) and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live (April 29th).

Nobody's Daughter is the first album by Hole in more than a decade (since 1998's three-time Grammy-nominated Celebrity Skin). It also marks Courtney's first record since her solo album America's Sweetheart of 2004 on Virgin (with "Mono" and "Hold On To Me," both songs co-written with Linda Perry, who co-wrote the bulk of that album's songs with Courtney). - more on this story

The Cringe Returning With New Album in June

Having just returned from a successful string of shows at SXSW, The Cringe—singer/songwriter/guitarist John Cusimano, lead guitarist James Rotondi (ex-Air, Mr. Bungle), bassist Jonny Matias (ex-Crash Moderns) and drummer Shawn Pelton ("Saturday Night Live" Band, Bruce Springsteen)—are now looking into the future with the release of their third album, Play Thing, due out June 8 on Listen Records. The focus tracks "No Control," "Hiding Space" and "Where It Hurts" are currently being serviced to radio stations nationwide.

Recorded with longtime engineer Steve Hardy (Vertical Horizon, The Upwelling), and with input from legendary producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, XTC), Play Thing was anything but kid stuff in the studio. "You wouldn't know it from the title," laughs Cusimano, "but, as fun as it could be, making Play Thing was definitely not always a playful process. We didn't let anything go until we were all 100% behind it, and that required a lot of extra sweat and tears. But we truly believe that the end result makes it all completely worth the effort."

As guitarist James Rotondi continues: "Of all the talents and energies he brings into the studio, perhaps the one most unique to Steve Lillywhite is his ability to suggest seemingly small changes in structure or arrangement that, in fact, utterly transform a song, move it from being merely appealing to being highly distinctive, and which help etch a song's character into the listener's memory. There are hundreds of examples from his previous projects—the piano bit on U2's "New Year's Day" is a good example—but to benefit from that kind of instinct firsthand in a studio environment…well, that was both a thrill and an education, and our album is the better because of it." - more on this story

Anthrax May Have John Bush Record Over Fired Vocalists Tracks

(Submitted News) MetalSucks' Axl Rosenberg spoke to John Bush from Armored Saint and Anthrax about getting back together with Armored Saint after all this time, the writing process for La Raza, whether or not the band has any plans to tour, and what exactly is going on with Anthrax. Here's an excerpt:

Everybody is kind of wondering what's going on with you and Anthrax, because it seems like every time somebody asks Scott [Ian] or somebody else in the band gets asked, they kind of go "We still don't really know."

Well, we just did these shows in Australia that were really fun. They were for the Soundwave Festival, and they were great. I had committed to doing these shows to these four shows in June as well as more festivals in August. As of now we're trying to figure out a way to see if we can re-record some of the songs that the band had already recorded [for Worship Music]. We're just trying to iron out some of the legalities on it. That's where we are at today.

So you think you would be re-recording some of Dan Nelson's vocals? That is what they want to do, and it's been a conflict for me, to be quite frank, simply because I kind of felt like I wasn't part of the creation of it. On all the other Anthrax records, I was part of it when it happened. I just wasn't involved in this, and it's something that they've already actually completed. I haven't disregarded it completely, and I know it's important to them. I realize they made this record and they're kind of sitting on it. They want to put some of it out, if not everything… at least a single, and we've talked about [releasing] an EP. We're still trying to figure out if we can do that, especially in conjunction with these shows in June. We've just got to kind of iron out some specifics. That's where we're at today, March 15, 2010. - more on this story

New Miggs Album Coming in May

The rock trio Miggs will be releasing its fifth album, "Wide Awake," on May 18, 2010, via Rock Ridge Music. The first album to feature drummer Ryan Scarbrough (who joined vocalist/guitarist Don Miggs and bassist Michael Lombardo in the group in 2008), "Wide Awake" was recorded in Tampa in December 2009 with multi-platinum producer/engineer Ken Lewis (Fall Out Boy, Kanye West). Easily Miggs' most accomplished, fresh-sounding and accessible collection of songs to date, "Wide Awake" is about clarity, focus; seeing things the way they are – not as we want them to be – and accepting, even embracing that state. It's a good thing even when it's a bad thing sometimes.

"I wanted to make an album that felt both immediate and nostalgic," says band namesake Don Miggs. "It's worn in and new at the same time. This is the first time I ever recorded an album with same guys I'd been playing with for the last two years and it shows. We didn't have to try to make it all fit. It just did."

To promote the album before its release in May, Miggs will appear on the national morning television show "The Today Show" on NBC on April 10th. Additionally, the group has been posting an ongoing weekly series of webisodes on its website (www.miggsmusic.com), which examines what happens behind the scenes with Miggs: a crew of cameras and feature film Hollywood producers followed Miggs on the road for six months – on tour, recording "Wide Awake," playing on "Good Morning America," eating at IHop, sleeping in Motel 6's, and at home in Tampa. - more on this story

Jimmy Kimmel's Live Musical Guests for April Includes PiL, Them Crooked Vultures, Rob Zombie, Devo, Hole and More

Jimmy Kimmel Live have announced their musical guest for the month April. Here you go: Ok Go - April 1, 2010: The Chicago Natives Take The Stage With Songs From Their Latest Rock Album Released Earlier This Year, 'Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky' .

PIL - April 7, 2010: After Their Reunion In Late 2009, This English Band Joins Jimmy Kimmel During Their Tour Of North America To Perform Some Of Their Greatest Hits.

Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights - April 8, 2010: Their Debut Albulm 'Pardon Me' Already A Hit, The Dallas-Based Band Charms The Stage With Their Rock & Roll Sound.

Them Crooked Vultures - April 13, 2010: This Music Trio Joins The Jimmy Kimmel Live Stage To Perform Tracks From Their First Self Titled Albulm They Wrote And Produced Themselves.

Spoon - April 15, 2010: This American Indie Rock Band From Austin, Texas Come To Perform Hits From Their Seventh Studio Albulm, 'Transference.'

Devo - April 20, 2010: Best Known For Their 1980 Hit, 'Whip It' This New Wave Band Plays On Jimmy Kimmel's Stage Right After Performing At One Of The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Victory Concerts.

Rob Zombie - April 22, 2010: With His World Tour Underway, The Heavy Metal Artist Perform Songs From His 4th Studio Albulm, 'Hellbilly Delux 2' From The Nokia Theater.

Hole - April 29, 2010: Courtney Love And Her Band Celebrate The Release Of 'Nobody's Daughter', Performing Tracts From This Anticipated 4th Albulm.

Watch Jimmy Kimmel Live Weeknights 12:05/11:05c On ABC - more on this story

Pain Of Salvation Preview Forthcoming 2 Part Album

Pain Of Salvation have been staying busy with finishing up their 2-part upcoming album, Road Salt. Road Salt One will be released in the early summer, while Part II will come this fall.

Singer, Daniel Gildenlow has this to say: "The first part of 'Road Salt' is finished - mixed, mastered and delivered! It is a 12 track album of sweaty grovel, asphalt butterflies, untreaded paths and brave decisions. It will be presented to the world in one standard edition and one limited director's cut, of which we of course recommend the latter one. See, as usual, we refuse to add some stuff haphazardly to put together a limited product - we always see the larger version as the "real" one; the one that makes us the proudest. The release is scheduled for this summer..."

In anticipation of all this, the guys recorded the "Linoleum" EP as well as a video for the track which you can see here. The song will appear on Road Salt Part I, which also features a song which made the band a finalist for the Swedish Eurovision song contest! -

New Unitopia Album Coming in May

Unitopia is proud to announce the release of their brand new album entitled "Artificial" on May 3rd 2010 in Europe and May 4th 2010 in the USA.

The follow-up to "The Garden" will be the band's second official release on Inside Out music, and their third album release. Their first album, "More Than a Dream", was previously released on Unicorn Digital records.

"Artificial" uses symphonic, progressive, world, jazz and art rock elements to illustrate the dichotomy of an artificial world that is developing within our real world and how we as human beings relate to each of these worlds - more on this story

New Doves Single Coming Next Week

To celebrate twelve years since Doves formed and to chronicle a career to inspire envy- with two Mercury nominated albums and worldwide sales of over 2 million- the band will release their definitive collection, The Places Between: The Best of Doves on April 20, 2010. To coincide with this release a new single, "Andalucía" will be released on April 6, 2010.

"Andalucía" was recorded in the barn in Cheshire, England where last year's critically heralded Kingdom of Rust was recorded. Much of Doves body of work is an ode to the north of England but this song appears to tell of warmer pastures.

The song surges towards its rousing final chorus with orchestration colliding with a tender vocal from Jimi Goodwin. "Andalucía" stands alongside Doves finest work and will no doubt seamlessly sit amongst classics such as "Black And White Town", "Kingdom Of Rust" and "There Goes The Fear". - more on this story

Hammers Of Misfortune Reissues And New Album Coming

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of San Francisco's progressive metal outfit Hammers Of Misfortune. Metal Blade Records will release four of the band's previous releases in late summer 2010 with a new studio album expected in 2011.

"Metal Blade contacted us in April of 2009. After some back and forth we came to an agreement that will allow Hammers of Misfortune to continue making albums the way we always have: unsupervised and self-produced. Also, we grew up on Metal Blade releases - from Destruction and Slayer to Trouble and Fates Warning - so we feel pretty good about that." Guitarist and founding member John Cobbett

"We are really happy and honored to have signed Hammers of Misfortune. I have been a huge fan for awhile now and I personally am really excited to work with them." Brian Slagel - more on this story

God Dethroned Stick With Metal Blade

God Dethroned have recently released what is being heralded as one of the best albums of their long career in Passiondale. On the heels of this release, Metal Blade has extended God Dethroned's contract yet again to continue putting out some of the most intense and unique death metal albums from one of the genre's best bands.

God Dethroned will be campaigning across North America once again. This time, they'll be supporting Overkills' 25th Anniversary Killfest tour throughout April. The tour starts April 1st in Philadelphia at the Trocadero.

Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel comments, "We are very happy to continue our long and great relationship with God Dethroned. We've been working with the band and Henri for over a decade and we look forward to more great music from them in the future!" - more on this story

Maps & Atlases Frontman Dave Davison Cast Spells Online

Daytrotter has posted a powerful session by Cast Spells, the nom-de-tune of Maps & Atlases frontman Dave Davison. The 3-song set, recorded at the Daytrotter studios is available for free download and streaming

Daytrotter founder Sean Moeller eloquently describes the Cast Spells session: "Davison tends to think about things in a manner of how they affect the balance of everything - of what it means to be in this life, in that life and how any actions might send ripples through the common cartilage, rocking everything just slightly or devastatingly off its base. He takes us into the woozy escapes of a mind that wanders here and there, but ultimately finds itself stuck in the stampede of such crushing proximity to so many others and a reliance on needing everything to fit together harmoniously. A song like "Potted Plant" is a great example of the forces in collision, of a man of nomadic nature still trying to fit into some kind of domesticity that will keep him on a sunny windowsill. Then again, there's also that streaming feeling that running away from it all and returning to the backwoods isn't out of the question.

"Davison sends us into a world that feels as if it was originally given to us in such a different state, but there's an innocent belief that it can be rearranged to be a likeness of its previous self once again with a little doing. It feels as if we've added all of the extra coats of paint, built it into a disgrace that could be much simpler, could be much prettier. We slide a hand figuratively into his as we listen to Cast Spells and launch ourselves out the door and down steep grassy hills at reckless speeds, knowing that it's likely we'll spill without time to get our hands out in front of us to brace the fall, but we'll spring back up, comment with a chuckle about the deep green stain on our knees and elbows and continue to follow him - recklessly." - Check it out here

Vains Of Jenna Find their New Voice

(Band Statement) It was just 10 days ago that Vains Of Jenna announced the departure of their long time friend, Swedish comrade and vocalist Lizzy DeVine. However, it's a new day, change is now and we are proud to introduce to you Jesse Forte the new lead singer and front man for Vains Of Jenna.

Jesse Forte was raised in Orange County California and comes from a musical back ground. He attended music school at MI, played in a slew of bands since a teenager and even admits he pan-handled on the corner playing guitar for money. Jesse says: "I am a performer first. Whether it be 5 people, or 5,000 – I am embrace that opportunity to sing and play music." The bands newest member was born in Arkansas but moved to the West Coast at a very young age. Eventually Hollywood's music scene came calling and Jesse started killing and thrilling crowds on the Sunset Strip.

"We first saw Jesse in 2009 when his band opened for us at the 'Cat Club'. And he blew us away." Says VAINS OF JENNA co-founder and bassist JP White. Jesse is unique for sure. Imagine Steven Tyler's charisma and Chris Cornell's voice mixed in a blender with a pair of nunchakus – and you get Jesse Forte. The bands new voice has studied the martial arts since his youth. - more on this story

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Horns Joins Odd Wednesdays

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Horns Joins Odd Wednesdays, the new, live, bimonthly comedy and music variety show returns on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 @ 9:30PM at the famous Ivan Kane's Café Was featuring an amazing lineup of talented bands, singer-songwriters, and comedians coming together for the newest comedy & music showcase in Hollywood.

The March 31st All Star event will feature the house band Old Blues Eyes with stellar performances by Mark DeCarlo, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Horns, Brad Sherwood, John Ernst, Jimmy & Joey, Hempstead Nursery, Erin Ragland, Roxanne Ferrara, and the house band Old Blues Eyes. Show starts at 9:30PM and there is NO COVER CHARGE. Ivan Kane's Café Was is located at 1521 N. Vine St. Hollywood, CA. - more on this story

Singled Out: Ruby James

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Ruby James tells us about "Between Darkness and Light" from her brand new album "Happy Now". We now turn it over to Ruby for the story:

A few years back I had re-enrolled in college to get a degree. This also meant that I was giving up on the music business for good, or so I thought. I love books and so I enrolled in this advanced literature class. Firstly the readings themselves were quite complicated and then the class discussions proved to be even more complex. I could not figure out how some of these people were deriving all of these meanings from what we were reading. We were supposed to write a report for the book and I thought to myself… I have nothing to say, how am I possibly going to get through this? The one cool thing that I remembered our professor saying was that we shouldn't judge ourselves too harshly on whatever level we were at with the readings and everyone would get something out of it no matter how simple or how advanced we were with dissecting the books.

I tried to sit and focus on what I was getting out of this book "In the Skin of a Lion" by Michael Ondaatje. For me there was so much poetry in the lines and such beautiful imagery that it ultimately stirred me to write the song "Between Darkness and Light" which, in my opinion, has come to have some of the best lines I've written up to this point. I combined the inspiration from the readings with the massive pain I was in over a lost soul mate love at the time. Those two experiences, one scholastic and the other deeply emotional and personal, brought up the feelings for this song and explained the position I was in at the time so very well. I handed it in with a home recording as my report, truly thinking the teacher would not pass it. He gave me a B+ and pulled me aside after class to tell me he thought I should keep pursuing my music because I was good at it! His words encouraged me to go back to what I was meant to be doing and also helped me to understand that most of my depression was fueled by the fact that I had given up doing what I loved.

Six months after that everything turned around completely for me. I somehow found myself in Austin, TX starting a new album with several musical icons Will and Charlie Sexton and Mike Thompson from the Eagles. In three days, we laid down 11 tracks for an album that would end up being titled "Happy Now" and is finally being released this March 30th! "Between Darkness and Light" was really the catalyst for the whole journey. I wish I could find that teacher to thank him. Sadly I don't remember his name. Had I not taken his class and gotten stumped on that book and that assignment, I may have never broken down to write a song again. Well, likely I may have, but it makes for a good story anyway.

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