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On this day in 1965, The Rolling Stones made their U.S. TV debut on Hullabaloo, performing "Get Off of My Cloud." On this day in 1992, Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from live gigs after a gig in California, saying, "Who wants to be touring at 46?" Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
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Metallica Child Kicking Accident

(hennemusic) There was a shocking incident caught on tape during Metallica's November 11th show at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

It happened during the performance of "Seek And Destroy," with the house lights on and the stage filled with huge black balloons. Guitarist Kirk Hammett wandered through the crowded stage, kicking balloons at random; at one point, he unknowingly kicks a small child while following through on one of the balloons. The child is seen to be thrown backwards in the air, landing in the crowd.

Blabbermouth is reporting that the child - rumored to be Metallica frontman James Hetfield's son - was not believed to have been injured during the mishap. - more including video here

Jimmy Page Tour?

(hennemusic) "I'm desperate to be playing, but it won't be 'til next year," Jimmy Page tells Planet Rock's Liz Barnes. "I'll get a good vehicle to get out there and do some concerts."

Barnes caught up with the guitar icon at Wednesday's 2010 Classic Rock "Roll Of Honour" Awards, where Page presented "The Innovator" Award to legendary U.K. band Killing Joke.

"I got a call whether I'd like to give an award to Killing Joke. The thing is, I go back a long way with Jaz Coleman and the band," said Page. "I used to go and see the band, and it was a band that really impressed me because Geordie's (Walker) guitar sound was just really, really strong. And they were really tribal, the band, and it was really intense." - more on this story

Top Riffs of the 80s

Gibson has picked their top 10 riffs of the 80s. Here are the top three: 3. Ozzy Osbourne (featuring Randy Rhoads), "Crazy Train" In the 1980s, you couldn't throw a dead cat in a music store without hitting some kid playing this Randy Rhoads warhorse. The churning, sinister opening section hurls the song forward and creates a momentum that never lets up, even as Ozzy takes it off the rails.

2. The Rolling Stones, "Start Me Up" - Twelve years after "Honky Tonk Women," Keith Richards could still conjure an open-tuned gem like no one else. This 1981 classic is so stirring that nearly 30 years later you're still unlikely see a football stadium not use it to psych their fans up for a kickoff.

1. AC/DC, "Back in Black" - Perhaps the greatest riff-oriented album of all time is the band's 1980 farewell to dearly departed singer Bon Scott. Brothers Angus and Malcolm Young cooked up some of the greatest riffs of their career on this magnum opus (including "You Shook Me All Night Long," "Hell's Bells" and "Have a Drink on Me"), but none is more memorable than the hard and heavy title track.

- Check out the full list here

Judas Priest Plan World Tour

(hennemusic) Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing updates fans on the band's plans for next year and reminisces about the past, via his latest blog post:

"It seems that the time has come for us to put the touring wheels in motion for our next world tour in 2011!

It's funny but these days around - about this time - I can't help but reflect on the past when we had to load the touring van ourselves. Sometimes in the ice and snow, being afraid that we would get frostbites on our fingers and not be able to play the gig! - His reflections here

Slipknot May Never Record Again

(Rock AAA) Corey Taylor says Slipknot could tour again in the future but he's not convinced they'll make any new music after the tragic death of founder Paul Gray earlier this year.

The bassist, 38, was found in a Des Moines, Iowa, hotel room after suffering an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. Slipknot immediately put all projects on hold, and since then Taylor's been working with his side-project, Stone Sour.

And he says promotion and touring duties in support of new album Audio Secrecy has kept his mind off thinking about Gray. Taylor tells Clickmusic: "Stone Sour definitely helped me, let's put it that way. We were just finishing up the album when we got the news about Paul. I was actually in Des Moines, so it was pretty brutal." - more from Corey here

David Bowie Retires

(Gibson) Waiting for David Bowie to make his triumphant return to the stage? Rolling Stone says you probably shouldn't hold your breath. It looks like the Thin White Duke has quietly retired. For real.

Rolling Stone's Andy Greene says it has been four years since Bowie last performed in public, with a three-song set at the BlackBall charity concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Green notes that Bowie's 2004 Reality tour was cut short when he suffered a heart attack, and that last year Bowie told the New York Times he had no plans to return to the stage.

Greene notes that many rock stars who have announced their retirements returned to the stage a few years later, including Bowie himself, who famously retired at the height of Ziggy Stardust mania in 1973. "The fact he's said virtually nothing this time around indicates he may well be done forever," Greene said, before cheekily adding, "…though in a few weeks the annual 'Bowie's headlining Coachella!!' rumors should once again surface." - more on this story

Steve Perry Wants Journey Reunion [Updated]

[update: antiMusic was informed that the original report that this story was based on was not accurate. So it turns out that hennemusic was correct that this was a crazy story to begin with...]

(hennemusic) Some crazy news following Journey picking up the "Event Of The Year" honour at Classic Rock magazine's annual awards ceremony on Wednesday. Steve Perry reportedly wants to rejoin the band.

In recent years, the band's 1981 smash, "Don't Stop Believin'" (with Perry) has been featured in The Sopranos and covered by the cast TV's Glee, introducing Journey to a whole new audience.

The band was reportedly stunned when approached by Perry to rejoin them. Schon told Britain's Daily Star, "He seems to be enjoying the spotlight a little too much. The fact is he's no longer the lead singer. He walked out." - more on this story

Kid Rock Documentary Premieres Tomorrow

MTV Music Group announced the global cross platform premiere of a brand new half-hour documentary, "Kid Rock: Born Free" that will be broadcast across their various channels and posted on their associated websites starting tomorrow, Tuesday, November 16.

In this half hour cross-network special, fans will have unprecedented access to Kid Rock during his last two days at home before he heads out on the road to promote and tour his new album, Born Free. During the documentary, Kid Rock shares his unique perspective on life and music as he spends time with his son, family and wide variety of friends. The special also includes access to his final tour rehearsals and the chaos that ensues when he throws a house party at his sprawling farm in sleepy Clarkson, Michigan.

In tandem with the album release for "Born Free," the documentary will debut first on CMT on Tuesday, November 16 at 11:30 am ET/PT, followed by VH1 on Friday at 10:30pm ET/PT and on MTV on Saturday, November 20 at 8pm ET/PT. The documentary will debut online at MTV.com, VH1.com and CMT.com beginning Tuesday, November 16. -

Steven Tyler Has Never Watched American Idol

(hennemusic) Steven Tyler admits he has never watched American Idol, and now that he's a judge, it's not what he was expecting, "it was more," he said in an interview with FOX40 Sacramento's Bethany Crouch.

FOX 40 caught up with Tyler in San Francisco this week during Idol auditions.

The Aerosmith frontman says he was out touring or "doing other wild things" for the last 40 years and has not watched a previous episode of the show. - More including video

Scott Weiland Christmas Album Not Coming This Year

(Gibson) Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has revised plans to release a Christmas album in time for the 2010 holidays. Instead, STP guitarist Doug Grean says that Weiland's album will hit stores next year.

In August, Weiland told ExploreMusic that he was at work on a "very traditional" Christmas album with a full-on band that included "strings, upright bass, jazz horns, piano, and guitar."

Weiland said his Christmas album would include a reggae version of "The Little Drummer Boy," explaining: "I'm sort of picking various versions of these songs, because they've been covered so many times, but my favorite versions – with a little twist." - more on this story

KISS Planning Next Album

(hennemusic) A feature on KISS drummer Eric Singer reconfirms comments made by singer Paul Stanley, earlier this year, that a new Kiss album is due in "mid-2011."

In July, Stanley told Rolling Stone that the band plans to go back in to the studio next February and release an album as early as next summer.

Cynthia Martin of Yahoo reported the albums news while checking in with Singer about his work schedule in Kiss. - more on this story

Gorillaz Make The First Album On An iPad?

(Gibson) Damon Albarn is trying to become a new sort of musical pioneer – the first musician to make an album on an iPad. The Gorillaz frontman has been working on the band's new album with the help of Apple's portable device.

"I hope I'll be making the first record on an iPad," he told NME. "I fell in love with my iPad as soon as I got it, so I've made a completely different kind of record."

Albarn has been working on the record during his band's North American tour, writing in "hotel rooms across America." He said he hopes to put the record out before the holiday season. - more on this story

Very First Led Zeppelin Soundboard Recording Online

The Metal Den as obtained the very first Led Zeppelin soundboard recording from Jan, 11, 1969 at Fillmore West in San Francisco, California, of the legendary hard rock band jamming their classic song entitled "Dazed and Confused".

The track was originally written by folk musician Jake Holmes, then next it got covered by The Yardbirds, and it was later reworked by Led Zeppelin, who actually hold a separate copyright on their version.

"Dazed and Confused" comes off the act's eponymous debut album that was released on January 12, 1969, the day after this historic live performance.
- Check it out here

Escape The Fate Tour Detoured To Rehab

Escape The Fate have pulled out of a European tour with Bullet For My Valentine because bassist Max Green has entered an undisclosed rehab for drug and alcohol addiction.

"Max needs his friends and family by his side, so we're not gonna leave him," says lead singer Craig Mabbitt. "Max is one of my best friends and has never done this band wrong in any way shape or form.

"It's very honorable of him to admit he has a problem and wants to seek help for the longevity of his life and this band. I'm so sorry to the fans, but so proud of Max. He needs our love and support through this rough time in his life, so let's give it to him. Our soldiers never let us down and we will be back to play Europe and the two London dates very soon. We love you guys." - more on this story

Lemmy Still A Rebel As Motorhead Turns 35

(hennemusic) As Motorhead marks its 35th Anniversary with another tour and new album, "The World Is Yours," Lemmy continues to be a rock n roll legend in his own time.

"I ain't doing music for you guys - I'm doing it for me," Lemmy says. "If we like it, you'll hear it. If you like it as well, that's really good. But if you don't, I couldn't give a f***."

"You can't listen to what the record company wants you to do because they don't know s*** about it. All they sell is cans of beans," he continues. "When we signed with Sony, all these motherf****** came down with their wives and kids for a visit while we were working. I said, 'F*** you, I don't come in and type on your typewriters all day, do I? F*** off.'" - more on this story

Free D.R.U.G.S.

(WBR) D.R.U.G.S., fronted by singer and songwriter Craig Owens, will release their debut album on Decaydance/Sire Records in early 2011. The first song "If You Think This Song Is About You, It Probably Is" is available for free download as a gift to fans on the band's Facebook page here.

After Owens left his previous band, which he had fronted since 2001, he turned his energy toward creating a new project that would eclipse anything he'd done in the past by founding D.R.U.G.S., which stands for Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows.

"Over the last 12 months I've done a lot of growing as a human being, as far as figuring out who I am," Owens says. "The idea for this band stemmed from the fact that I wanted to do this right; I wanted to make the biggest band I possibly could, and that's exactly what I've done here." - more on this story

Foreigner Double Album Hits Today

(Gibson) In celebration of Foreigner's successful U.S. and European tours with new vocalist Kelly Hansen, the rock band will release a double live album this week. Can't Slow Down … When It's Live! – on the earMUSIC imprint – hits stores today, November 15.

"Can't Slow Down is about fresh starts," said founding guitarist Mick Jones. "For the band, it was a chance to step out from the shadow of the past and establish its own identity. Personally, the album helped me reclaim my confidence as an artist and rediscover the fun of making music again."

Last year, Foreigner unleashed their first studio album in 15 years – Can't Slow Down – but their new live album also includes plenty of old-school Foreigner hits. Keeping up their live momentum, Foreigner recently announced plans to tour the U.K. with Journey and Styx next summer. - more on this story

Singled Out: Powerworld

Today Ilker Ersin from Powerworld tells us about "Evil In Me" from their brand new album "Human Parasite". Here is the story:

It was in my hometown in Bavaria, Germany. It happened during the songwriting process, middle of 2009. I was working of one of our songs of our album "Human Parasite". I needed a keyboard-part for the verse, I switched my recording system in circle mode and start to play. I played the keyboard-part and with the sound I used for it sounds a little bit strange. I copied this part in another arrangement and forgot to adjust the tempo.

Here it was, the intro for "Evil In Me". But the phrase seemed really strange to me, I grabbed my guitar and start jamming with the keyboard-part. After a while I got this, Barish (my guitarplayer) call it Randy Rhoads, guitar-riff. I got immediately the inspiration for the lyrics and the titel. I programmed the drums, played guitar, bass and keyboards and sang the guide vocal-lines for the demo. I did a mp3 and send it to Barish. This song became to one of his favorite ideas what I wrote for this album. He modified the chorus and changed the lyrics a little bit, played a big guitar-solo and brought some melody guitar lines in and a great song was born. This song is included in the audio-teaser what we have on - myspace

The Late Alex Chilton Appears on New Ray Davies Album

(Gibson) Ray Davies, whose new album See My Friends contains special contributions from artists like Billy Corgan and Bruce Springsteen, recently talked about working with Alex Chilton. The Big Star icon died earlier this year, but he recorded "Till the End of the Day" with Ray Davies before he became sick.

Speaking to ClashMusic, Ray Davies elaborates on the collaboration: "Way back in 2004 I was in New Orleans, recovering from an injury, and I was befriended by a neighbor called Alex Chilton. Alex had been in a band called Big Star, and had sung on a record called 'The Letter' by The Box Tops. We didn't talk about music much, but he did say to me before I came back to England, 'You know, I've recorded one of your songs, 'Till the End of the Day', with Big Star, and I'd love to do another song with you. And he asked me to write some songs for him – I felt really flattered, because by then I had found out about his history. A very unassuming guy."

Then, in 2009, Chilton and Davies did indeed get together to record. Davies recalls: "In 2009, on July 4th, Independence Day, he came up to Konk Studios. He was a real character – he was wearing a New Orleans beret, he had a cigarette holder, he was a chain smoker, and I think a recovering drinker – and he said, 'Let's do it!' I said, 'What would you like to do?' He said, 'Till the End of the Day' and 'Set Me Free.' So I just had an acoustic guitar and a rhythm box, because I hadn't organized anything. I played guitar and Alex sang." - more on this story

Hinder's Nightmare Video

Hinder have released a new music video for the title track to their new forthcoming album "All American Nightmare."

The video wass directed by Trevor Gilcrest and John Ales, The Ales | Gilcrest Machine (The Rescues). The dark, stop-motion video features Jesse Lee Dennings (fashion/tattoo model) as a tattooed hellion within her own nightmare struggles. You can also catch Jesse as the cover model for the All American Nightmare album cover.

Hinder's new album hits stores on Dec. 7th, features songs co written by the Warner Bros out of Nashville (Tim McGraw's writers and band.) - Watch it here

Sammy Hagar Rocks For A Cure

(hennemusic) "My pockets are full," exclaimed Sammy Hagar, referring to the $75,000 check his family foundation gave to the Nevada Cancer Institute (NCI) at Thursday night's Rock for the Cure, reports the Las Vegas Examiner.

"When I created the Beach Bar and Grill at McCarran Airport," said Hagar. "I decided that 100% of the profit would go to charity.

"So when Nevada Cancer Institute asked me to get involved with Rock for the Cure, I said, 'I will not only play for you, but I'll give you some money, too.'" - more on this story

Tangents Live Debut This Friday

Tangents (Unearth/Seemless/Of the Hour) will play their first show ever on November 19 at the Lucky Dog Music Hall in Worcester, Ma.

This show will feature material taken from Tangents' debut album "One Little Light Year which was released October 25th, via Restricted Release.

Drummer Derek Kerswill spoke about his anticipation for TANGENTS' first live show: "After working on this record with just Dave and I for so long, its really amazing to finally play these songs with an actual band. An old friend of mine Keith Clark will be playing guitar and former Of The Hour/present The Empire Shall Fall bass player Nick Sollecito will be wrapping up the live line-up. Its going to be one awesome night, that's for sure" - more on this story

Greatest Rock Venues of All Time

(Gibson) If there's a characteristic shared by many great rock venues, it's that they're rarely about glitz, glamour, or Vegas-style flash. Oftentimes, the best venues have a raggedly dilapidated quality that feels part and parcel of rock music itself. Many great artists served apprenticeships and honed their crafts in such settings, performing on low-tiered rickety stages. With just a couple of exceptions, the legendary venues below prove that shifts in the direction of rock can sometimes occur in the unlikeliest of places.

Whisky A-Go-Go (Los Angeles, California): The L.A. rock scene was essentially born on the day the Whisky A-Go-Go opened its doors in 1964. Located on Sunset Strip, the club served as the breeding ground for such acts as Alice Cooper, Buffalo Springfield and The Doors. As its name implies, the club also spawned the relatively short-lived phenomenon of go-go dancing. The Who, Led Zeppelin, Cream, and countless other pioneering bands made their southern California debut on The Whisky's stage.

The Fillmore (San Francisco, California): No venue had a greater impact on '60s counterculture than the original Fillmore did. A focal point for the psychedelic movement, the venue achieved notoriety not just for the musicians who appeared there, but also for an ambiance built around strobe lights, light-show projections, and, of course, its famous posters. Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd were among the notable artists who bolstered their paisley reputations by playing The Fillmore. Such diverse artists as Otis Rush, Miles Davis and Otis Redding performed there as well. - Find out the rest of the Top 10 here

Roger Miret And The Disasters Preview

Roger Miret And The Disasters are now streaming the track "We're Gonna Find a Way" from the forthcoming album, "Gotta Get Up Now."

Produced by former Disaster (and current member of the Street Dogs) Johnny Rioux. "Gotta Get Up Now" showcases the band at their peak. Rioux has helped the band sonically translate the energy of their live show to the studio with exhilarating results.

"Gotta Get Up Now" will be released on Jan. 25 2011. After that Roger Miret And The Disasters are ready to hit the road and once again prove that there is still a place in the world for true, honest Street Punk, Rock 'n Roll! - Check out the song here

Cheech and Chong Going Hollywood Tp Celebrate Going Hollywood

(Gibson) At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16, comedy icons Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong will visit the Roxy Theatre on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard to sign the 10-foot Gibson guitar replica that commemorates their nearly 40-year-long career as film stars and live comedians.

One of 26 guitars included in Gibson GuitarTown's Sunset Strip public art exhibition, the Cheech & Chong guitar was painted by artist Margaret Garcia. Each side of the guitar features a colorful portrait of one member of the comedy duo. Other pieces in the GuitarTown exhibit – on display all along the Sunset Strip – celebrate Slash, The Doors, and other musicians and contributors to the Los Angeles music scene.

The GuitarTown Sunset Strip guitars will remain on display for six months, after which they will be sold at auction to benefit charity. Gibson previously has created GuitarTowns out of Austin, Nashville, Orlando, Miami and London. - more on this story