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On this day in 1966, Cream drummer Ginger Baker collapsed during a gig at Sussex University, England after playing a 20-minute drum solo. He recovered in a local hospital. And on this day in 2000, Radiohead started a two-week run at #1 on the U.K. album chart with Kid A. It also went to #1 in the U.S. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -

Stone Temple Christmas

(hennemusic) We can probably all come up with our own visions of what a Scott Weiland Christmas might look like, but we'll find out what one sounds like on November 23, when Weiland's "Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" disc hits stores.

"It'll be very traditional - strings, upright bass, jazz horns, piano, and guitar," WENN reports Weiland's description of the project. "I'm sort of picking various versions of these songs...my favourite versions, with a little twist."

The Stone Temple Pilots' frontman has said he was inspired to do a full recording based on the positive reaction to his 2009 holiday single, "Have Yourself A Merry little Christmas." - Comments from Weiland about this release

Vince Neil Assault Case Dropped

(hennemusic) There's one less court case for Motley Crue's Vince Neil to deal with following news that the investigation into his alleged assault on a woman in a Las Vegas elevator last month has been closed due to insufficient evidence, according to a report by Contactmusic.

As we told you last month (see "Motley Crue's Vince Neil accused of assault" here and "Vince Neil's assault allegations 'completely unfounded'" here), Jessica Radowicz filed a police report claiming she was manhandled by Neil when she recognized him in an elevator at the Las Vegas Hilton resort, and the alleged altercation left her shaken up and bruised.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officials launched an investigation but have now closed the case, insisting surveillance video doesn't support the alleged victim's story. - more on this story

Aerosmith Won't Be Idle Because of Idol

(Gibson) Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford told The Boston Globe that he doesn't think frontman Steven Tyler's new gig as an American Idol judge will get in the way of the band recording their new album.

"We might actually get more work done because we haven't always been so disciplined when it comes to schedules," Whitford said.

"When Steven's filming [American Idol], it'll only be two days a week, so it's our intention to do some new recording on his days off." - more on this story

Santana TV Special

Santana fans tune in this Saturday when VH1 Classic premieres "Making of Guitar Heaven... The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time."

The network bills the special as an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at Carlos Santana's brand new album, with the VH1 Classic premiere on Saturday, October 9 at 5:30 PM ET/PT and the high def premiere on Palladia on Sunday, October 10 at 7:30 PM ET/PT.

"The Making of Guitar Heaven…" features Santana's live performances from a "one-night only" special event at his Las Vegas residency show where Chris Daughtry joined the legendary Santana band on stage on "Photograph" (Def Leppard), India.Arie on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (The Beatles), and Gavin Rossdale on "Bang A Gong" (T.Rex), all songs featured on Guitar Heaven…. - more on this story

Bret Michaels Debuts New Video

(hennemusic) Still out on tour in support of his "Custom Built" disc, Bret Michaels has a new video out today: "Riding Against the Wind."

The latest single from "Custom Built" also doubles as the theme song for his new VH1 reality show, "Life As I Know It."

The new show premieres October 18 at 10 p.m. eastern but you can watch the video right now at - hennemusic

Sex, Drugs and Billy Idol The Memoir

Some big news for those wanting to know the inside story of Billy Idol, he has signed with Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, to write his memoir, Dancing with Myself.

Here is the announcement: Idol, a natural-born storyteller who helped forge the early punk music scene on his way to multiplatinum worldwide success, will write the book himself. His bold, strikingly literary account will capture not only his remarkably colorful life, but also an extended period in music history that saw punk rock's emergence through to its lasting impact on musicians across the world.

Stacy Creamer, Vice President and Publisher of Touchstone made the agreement for North American, open market and first serial rights with Kirby Kim at WME. In addition, Dancing with Myself will be published in the UK by Simon & Schuster UK, where Colin Midson will edit. Touchstone will publish Dancing with Myself sometime in late 2011 or early 2012. - more on this story

Singled Out: The 88 (Featuring Ray Davies)

Today Adam Merrin from The 88 tells us how The Kinks legend Ray Davies came to appear on "They Ought To See You Now" from their brand new album "Center Of The Sun". We now turn it over to Adam for the story:

When we were recording at Konk Studios with Ray Davies for his new collaboration album, we asked him if he would want to sing on one of our songs. When he said yes, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Every time I think that Ray Davies is on our album, I am still in disbelief.

Also when we were in England, we played a show at Bush Hall in London. Our friend and talented photographer, Eric Cwiertny came along to take photos and videos of the trip. He filmed us playing, "They Ought To See You Now" with a small handheld camera, as well as some behind the scenes footage.

The video that he edited together for this song blew us away (can be seen here). It is filled with so many interesting images and effects, that you can watch this over and over and notice something new each time.

I had a great time recording this song. We rented an old Hammond B3 organ and a Leslie speaker, which is such a powerful instrument to play. It is so much more dynamic and has more range than any modern keyboard out there. Also, we had Anthony's dad come in to play tambourine on the song, which was a real treat. He's been playing on records since the 1970's, and is a great percussionist. And of course to watch Keith sing the vocals on this song, or any for that matter, is always amazing experience. I filmed him signing which Eric also incorporated into the video.

Andrew Alekel engineered and mixed this album and did a fantastic job. We really hit it off with him in the studio. The entire recording and mixing process was very easy since we were always on the same page. The song was a lot of fun to make, and I think it comes off that way when you hear it. Hope you like it!

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

FBI Block John Lennon Auction Item

(Gibson) Even 30 years after his death, John Lennon apparently still puts the Federal Bureau of Investigation on edge.

In the agency's latest nosing into Lennon-related affairs, the FBI has banned the would-be auction of the late Beatle's application for U.S. residency.

The piece of memorabilia, which features Lennon's fingerprints, thumbprints and signature, was scheduled to go on the Rock & Roll Pop Culture auction block this week. - more on this story

My Chemical Romance Black Parade HDTV Special

My Chemical Romance will be going HD this Sunday when the HDNet Concert Series presents "My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade is Dead," October 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Filmed in the 23,000 seat theater Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, the band's co-founder Gerard Way said, "It's the most pure, intense thing we've ever been involved in."

After years of touring, the band offers two incredible concerts as they move forward musically to ceremoniously end the era of The Black Parade. The album The Black Parade was My Chemical Romance's follow-up to their 2004 platinum major-label debut Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, and was "way more dramatic, way more theatrical, completely over the top, borderline psychotic," says Gerard Way. - more on this story

Black Francis Rock Opera

(Gibson) Pixies frontman Black Francis (aka Frank Black, nee Charles Thompson) will soon be bringing to life a long undead monster of silent film by way of an original rock opera.

The Golem Rock Album, to be released November 16 exclusively through the Black Francis website, takes as its source material The Golem, a classic 1920 silent film that tells the story of a giant clay warrior who is created to defend the people of Prague's Jewish ghetto. In the film, as on the album, the lumbering Golem is not so easily controlled, and a good deal of carnage ensues.

Black Francis's musical interest in the Golem tale began when he was asked to create a score to be performed for a 2008 screening of the film at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The material has not been performed live since then, though Black Francis did record the work with producer and longtime collaborator Eric Drew Feldman. That recording of the score was released as a double album earlier this year, but on the forthcoming album BF has shaped and refined the material into a stand-alone rock opera that tells the Golem tale through dramatic tunes such as "Bad News," "Meet Me at the Ghetto Gates" and "You're Gonna Pay." - more on this story

Jack's Mannequin Debut Revamped and Expanded

Sire Records is putting Jack's Mannequin debut, Everything In Transit, to vinyl, which is being reissued for the first time since its original 2005 release.

The recording is being reissued on vinyl with new artwork and sequencing, and will feature two new songs — an a cappella version of "Holiday" and "La La Lie (West Coast Winter version)".

Those who pre-order will receive a copy signed by Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon. - more on this story

Madball Album Preview Tonight and Tour In December

Madball will assault the east coast this December and assault radio listeners tonight with an album premiere (which will stream online too).

The tour is set to kick off on December 9th in Miami, Florida with support from Bitter End and Lionheart. Madball's new album, Empire, hits stores next Tuesday (Oct 12th).

New Jersey/New York's WSOU will stream Madball's new album Empire in its entirety during their Pirate Advance tonight (Oct 8th )at 9pm ET. The Pirate Advance will also include an interview with vocalist Freddy Cricien and host Omar Ahmad, and on-air giveaways of Empire to some lucky winners - more on this story

Train Frontman Stars in New Kids Show

Train frontman Pat Monahan will voice the lead character Driver Dan in Sprout TV's new show, Driver Dan's Story Train, which premieres in the U.S. on Monday, November 1 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Presenting an eclectic group of animated preschool characters who love to share stories with the audience at home, each episode is a pop-up book come to life that invites preschoolers at home to be a part of each story time adventure.

Real children are integrated into the story by replaying actions such as jumping like a frog or emotions like being happy or sad. The footage is then composited into the storybook artwork itself – so the children are seen to actually play amongst the story they have just been told. - more on this story

Want To Own Kurt Cobain's MTV Rant?

(Gibson) A handwritten, never-mailed letter written by Kurt Cobain to MTV is up for bids at Julian's Auctions.

The single-page note, which lambasts the music network, reads as follows: "Dear Empty TV/ the entity of all Corporate / GODS / We will survive without you/ easily - - the / old school is going / DOWN FAST/ my life's Dedication/ is Now to Do Nothing/ But SLAG something / Kurdt Kobaineee professional Rock musician."

The letter is undated, but it is presumed it was written in 1993, which was the same year Cobain and Nirvana appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards and let loose with their feelings about the network.
- more on this story

Darker My Love Announce Tour with Delta Spirit

Darker My Love is hitting the road next month for a US tour with Delta Spirit.

Beginning November 15th in Lawrence, KS, Darker My Love will be playing songs from their new album "Alive As You Are."

The band is currently offering two songs for free download - SPLIT MINUTE (here) and DEAR AUTHOR (here)

- dates here

Pink Floyd's Moon Fell On This Day

(Gibson) On this day in 1988, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon finally left Billboard's Hot 200 Album Chart after a record-breaking 741 weeks. Gibson takes a look back: It's a record that has never been duplicated. It's a feat that rock and roll will never see again.

Pink Floyd not only unleashed a rock classic when they put out The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973, they created a monster. While it would only hold the #1 spot for a week, it would go on to become one of the biggest selling albums in music history, remaining on the Billboard 200 chart for the next 15 years.

After a record-shattering 741 straight weeks on the chart, Dark Side fell off of the Top 200 on this day in 1988, concluding an amazing run that made the members of Pink Floyd extremely wealthy. - more on this story

The Hundred in the Hands Commotion Coming

The Hundred in the Hands' will release their new single "Commotion", on 12" and digitally via Warp on November 2nd.

The track will also see a new music video, directed by Daniels, to be premiered shortly.

The band is currently on a world tour, including N. American dates with The Temper Trap and UK dates with labelmates !!!. - more on this story

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore Announces Solo Release

(Gibson) On December 1, Sonic Youth core member Thurston Moore will issue a multimedia release on his own label, Ecstatic Peace Library.

In it, he's packaged together a 69-page book and a solo album and titled it In a Silver Rain with a Paper Key. All total, the release includes "a hardcover monograph containing two seven-inch vinyl records, as well as art, photographs, lyrics, poetry and other texts from Moore's personal notebooks and visual archives."

Thurston wrote and recorded all the songs on his new disc – including "You've Lost Your Lover," "Circulation," and "Blood" – on a 12-string guitar. He trotted out many of these new songs for the first time at this year's SXSW festival. - more on this story

Big Star Orchestra with R.E.M, Lost in the Trees and More

Members of R.E.M, Big Star, The Love Language, Lost in the Trees and the NC Symphony will present a fully orchestrated performance of Big Star's third album, Sister Lovers, at Cat's Cradle In Carrboro, NC on December 9 & 10.

Here is the announcement with the details: Big Star's Sister Lovers has long been revered by artists and critics as one of the most influential albums ever produced.

Written and recorded when the legendary 70s band was primarily a studio project consisting of Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens, the third album has never been performed in public with the original string and wind orchestrations. - more on this story

Twisted Sister DVD and CD Coming

Twisted Sister: Live In Wacken The Reunion will be unleashed as a DVD/CD set on October 26, 2010 by Eagle Rock Entertainment

Twisted Sister established itself as a band to be heard AND seen. Their instantly recognizable image, fiery live shows, and a string of highly successful albums loaded with defiant anthems rocketed them to stardom before their split in the late eighties.

In 2003, the classic line-up of lead vocalist Dee Snider, guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, bassist Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, and drummer AJ Pero joined forces yet again and took the stage at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany. - more on this story

Band of Horses Team With Marching Band for Cee Lo Cover

(Columbia) Inspired by Cee Lo's viral smash cover of their "No One's Gonna Love You," Band of Horses have teamed with the University of Georgia Redcoat Marching Band for their own unique take on "Georgia," the recently leaked track from Cee Lo's forthcoming Lady Killer album.

Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses recalls the genesis of the "Georgia" single: "This began as a very random idea I had on my dad's patio after we watched our beloved Georgia Bulldog football team get robbed of a win at the hands of the referees and LSU last year. I knew I wanted to pay homage to my favorite team in song but didn't have any idea how to begin. Once I heard Cee Lo's 'Georgia,' I was immediately smitten and figured that's as good as any tribute to any state I've ever heard. It wasn't until I heard his cover of our song though that it occurred to me: Duh, we should return the favor. Incorporating the Redcoat marching band was just the icing on the cake! This song is so nostalgic to me as my parents grew up in Atlanta and have so many family members in the great state of Georgia. It's always been a second home of sorts. We've played some great shows there as well, including our run of annual New Years Eve shows in Atlanta from 2007-2009." - more on this story

Kate Nash Fall Tour

Kate Nash will kick off her fall headlining tour of North America on October 27th at San Diego's House of Blues with supporting act Peggy Sue.

Nash will be touring in support sophomore album, My Best Friend is You, which released in North America earlier this year.

Filter is sponsoring the outing and also announced that Kate has just released her new video for "Later On". - more on this story

Entourage's Adrian Grenier Tells The Good Listeners Don't Quit Your Daydream

Entourage star Adrian Grenier presents his documentary "Don't Quit Your Daydream" at Carmel, today (Oct 8th). No other details about that event were provided to us, but we were given some background on the film:

Adrian Grenier's award-winning documentary "Don't Quit Your Daydream" is a story that follows the struggles of The Good Listeners, a rock band that embarks on a cross-country trip to cut an album. They embark on a last ditch, cross-country, album-recording extravaganza to save their musical identity and hopefully their careers.

The idea is simple: collaborate with a collection of mostly local, unknown and eclectic talent across the United States, from a down and out Memphis blues guitarist and mechanic to a banjo-playing gator swamp tour guide, to create a diverse new album. - more on this story

Counting Crows' Adam Duritz Releasing Notar CD

(Plan A) Tyrannosaurus Records' artist, Notar, the indefinable rapper, musician, producer, discovered and signed by Counting Crows' Adam Duritz, has announced the release of his debut full-length CD, Devil's Playground, out in March of 2011.

Devil's Playground is the follow-up to Notar's self-titled EP, currently gaining the attention of press and fans alike. - more on this story

John Lennon Time Capsules To Be Sealed Today

(Noble) In honor of John Lennon's 70th Birthday on Saturday October 9, 2010, BoxofVision LLC will today seal three authorized time capsules to carry his legacy to future generations.

The time capsules will be preserved and stored until they are opened in a ceremonial presentation on October 9, 2040.

The time capsules will be stored at three significant locations to the Lennon legacy, these include - The Rock Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, The John Moores University in Liverpool, England and Reykjavik, Iceland, home of the Imagine Peace Tower. - more on this story