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On this day in 1985, Ricky Wilson of the B-52's died of complications from Aids. The B-52's, had the 1990 U.K. #2 & U.S. #3 single "Love Shack." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -

Velvet Revolver Back Together

Slash made good on his word that Velvet Revolver would regroup this month and begin auditioning singers to replace Scott Weiland.

Slash offered fans an extensive update about his current activities including a tidbit about a possible new solo album and this about Velvet Revolver: "VR is back together jamming, trying out singers. No updates yet. But it's great to hook up with Duff, Matt & Dave after all this time. I'll keep you posted on any interesting developments from those sessions as they happen. The creative juices are definitely flowing. I'm positive something awesome is going to surface soon." - He also had updates about his current solo activities

Vince Neil Going On Trial

Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil will soon have to face the music at trial for his recent DUI arrest.

hennemusic reports: Vince's attorney entered "not guilty" pleas on behalf of Neil in a Las Vegas court yesterday in response to misdemeanor drunken driving and speeding charges

Neil did not have to appear in person for this part of the process. His trial is set for January 6, 2011. - more on this story

Kings of Leon New Album Stream

(Gibson) Kings of Leon are preparing to release their fifth studio album next week, but impatient fans can hear the whole thing right now.

All 13 tracks of Come Around Sundown are currently streaming online here.

The website also features an interview series in which the Nashville-based rockers discuss their new release. - more on this story

AC/DC Literally Rule The World

While most big name (and small name) tours are running in the red (or nearly in the red) this year due to the recession, over exposure or excessive ticket prices, AC/DC remains in the black. In fact, their strategy to keep ticket prices relatively low has paid off big time for fans and as it turns out the band as well helping their far outsell everyone else this year.

hennemusic has the details: Pollstar magazine, which tracks the concert business, has released a third-quarter recap of top touring artists and concert industry developments in the first nine months of 2010.

AC/DC's "Black Ice" tour, which wrapped in June, sold almost 2 million tickets in the first half of the year – and it's still ahead of every other touring act...by a long shot. According to the AC/DC's website, the 2-year tour saw 168 performances in 29 countries to 5 million fans. - Check out the Top 10 ticket sellers and other notable rock entries here

Metallica Masters of Purple Limited Edition Coming This Week

Metallica's Metclub.com had a big announcement for hardcore 'Tallica collectors this week featuring a very limited edition pressing of "Masters of Puppets". Here are the details they released:

This Thursday, October 14th at 1:00pm PST, Warner Bros. Records and MetClub.com will each be holding a one-time sale of Master of Puppets on deluxe PURPLE vinyl!

This limited edition colored vinyl set comes as a double gatefold, two-disc, 180 gram, 45 rpm version and was half-speed mastered from the original analog tapes at Mobile Fidelity for the ultimate listening experience! Only 1,000 copies of this special set were pressed and were never released to retail. Limit one per customer.
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The Sword Lose a Member and Cancel U.S. Tour

The Sword are not having a good week. First they pulled the plug on their European tour and now the band has lost a member, forcing them to pull the plug on their U.S. tour. Here is the official word on this latest development.

The Sword regretfully canceling the remainder of their scheduled US dates due to the departure of their drummer, Trivett Wingo.

The split is amicable and both Trivett and the rest of the band wish each other the best of the luck with their respective plans. The Sword are already working diligently to reschedule their European and US dates. - statements from all involved here

Weezer Declare Death to False Metal With New Rarities Album

(Gibson) Weezer fans have been clamoring for the release of the upcoming Death to False Metal album for a while now. Finally, the album has been given a release date of November 1. The rarities collection will include nine previously unreleased tracks, as well as a cover of Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart."

The project was first made public when Rivers Cuomo and company appeared on Los Angeles radio station KROQ during the summer of 2008. Cuomo revealed that the band was compiling a rarities album, but had no specific plans for its release.

Originally titled Odds and Ends, the collection includes songs dating back to the early '90s. Cuomo said at the time that the tracks are "great songs, great recordings, but for some reason they didn't make the final cut for a record." - Check out the tracklisting here

Rolling Stones Vinyl Box Sets

North American Rolling Stones fans will be getting a special treat around Thanksgiving this year with two vinyl box set collections spanning over 40 years of the legendary band's career.

The box sets include 23 original studio albums, two "Big Hits" collections as well as two rare EPs. They will be released on November 22 in the U.K. and November 23 in the U.S. and Canada. The Rolling Stones 1964-1969 and The Rolling Stones 1971-2005 Vinyl Box Sets offer the consumer a wealth of great Rolling Stones music, much of which hasn't been available on vinyl for a considerable period of time.

The Rolling Stones 1964-1969 Vinyl Box Set, a limited edition numbered box set collection, chronologically encompasses the Stones' early U.K. releases. The set includes nine re-mastered Rolling Stones studio albums, two remastered EPs, plus two "Big Hits" collections. It's the first vinyl reissue in decades for The Rolling Stones (EP), The Rolling Stones, Five by Five (EP), The Rolling Stones No. 2, Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) and Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2). - more on this story

My Morning Jacket Going Back To Their Roots

(Gibson) After working 12-hour days at a New York studio for 2008's Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket have headed home. Bassist Tom "Two-Tone Tommy" Blankenship told Spin.com that the band have been recording in a big, open space near Louisville and that the results have a "laid back" feel.

"It's worlds apart from what we were doing with Evil Urges," Blankenship said. "This time it's just the five of us; the control room is only separated by a curtain [Laughs]. We're going back to a similar vibe that we had on the first three records. It's definitely more laid back than it's been in a while."

The bassist indicated that the new album will feature a return to the sound of MMJ's first three albums – The Tennessee Fire, At Dawn and their major label debut It Still Moves. That means a lot of reverb and a lot of rocking. - more on this story

Iron and Wine Announce New Album and Tour

Iron and Wine have announced their first new album in over three years, Kiss Each Other Clean, which will hit stores in January.

The record will made available by Warner Bros. Records in North America and 4AD in Europe, Japan and Australia.

The full band will hit the road for a fall tour in November. - dates

Trivium Plan Next Album

(Gibson) Trivium will begin recording their new CD for Roadrunner Records on December 1 at Audio Hammer Studios in Sanford, Florida.

Trivium's vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy and bass player Paolo Gregoletto have been keeping fans updated on the demoing and pre-production process via Twitter for the past few months. Gregoletto says the band are currently finishing up the preproduction process with producer Jason Suecof (Chimaira, DevilDriver, God Forbid) at Audio Hammer before handing the reins over to Richardson and Ford for the finished product. Suecof produced Trivium's Ascendancy (2005) and The Crusade (2006) albums.

Heafy has also confirmed this weekend that a DVD documentary is being made of the recording process. - more on this story

Singled Out: Where Ocean Meets The Sky

Today Where Ocean Meets The Sky frontman Blake Martin tells us about "Who We Are" from their brand new album "Empires," which hits stores today! Here is the story:

If you ask our drummer, Matt, what our song "Who We Are" is about, he will insist, until the day he dies, that it is about Lost. Subconsciously a big chunk of it may have been written about Lost, as I was watching the series at the time, but I digress. (Though you can hear a sound that sounds like the Smoke Monster in the beginning).

The song starts with a lot of chill ambient sounds before I get to come in like a man possessed with some of the more aggressive screams on the record. You can really see a bit of a narrative going between the screams and the clean vocals in this song. As I'm stating to trust me and the path I've lead, Marc (guitars/vocals) warns about the narrow road in front of me. From this I speak of being "blinded by the bright lights" which really talks about the dream of fame that we are fed from a young age. Now I'm not blinded by those bright lights and now the music is all about passion. I think at any point in a band's career they can maybe get wrapped up in themselves, and that happened to me slightly at some point. I got a bit of a big head, but reality kicked me down a peg. This song for me tells that story.

One of the core lines of the album occurs as a repeated choir part towards the end of the song. The line "We Build These Walls Around Us" which also appears in the interlude ties really heavily into the theme of the record. The walls are obstacles, and things we create for ourselves via falling prey to our faults, or making poor decisions, which cause problems in our lives. Coming out of this part I lay down what is in my opinion my best part on the whole record. "What a way to make an ending, we were born to never be saved, my eyes can inside you, I know, I know the pain" That line is about embracing the life you hadn't planned on. We weren't born to be saved, we were born to seek that salvation, whether that be through religion or whatever means works for you. The next line is really saying that I see where you are coming from and I feel the pain. My part in this story goes from the beginning thinking I knew the right path, and that I had all the answers. To the realization that the bright lights had blinded me. To the end where I realize the position I am in and the life that I lead and in that realization I understand that I can identify with a lot of the problems and issues my peers deal with.

So not to make myself sound all grandiose and fantastic, this song for me is about a journey I've made in my life to be more humble, and use my position as a musician to send a positive message and talk about real things in my life. Because of how real everything I sing about is, there is always passion.

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

Hellogoodbye Going Soph Next Month

Hellogoodbye will release their sophomore album, Would It Kill You?, on November 9th.

Big Hassle had this to say about it plus the band's tour plans: In anticipation of this self-funded album, the band released a video for its first single, "When We First Met," which was added to mtvU first week out and has received over 100,000 Youtube views. It perfectly captures their signature mix of humor and hooks.

Would It Kill You? serves as the much-anticipated follow-up to the band's highly successful debut, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! The 2006 debut sold over 500,000 copies and delivered "Here (In Your Arms)," the single that sold over 1.4 million. Much of this new record focuses on letting go, accepting, and eventually celebrating the weirdness of life. - more on this story

When Sid Killed Nancy

(Gibson) Just before lunchtime on October 12, 1978, the Chelsea Hotel in New York City would become the site of one of rock and roll's greatest tragedies. Sid Vicious, of Sex Pistols notoriety, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen had retreated into reclusive heroin-fueled oblivion as Vicious' rock and roll persona finally caught up with him and all around him.

When a hotel worker went into Room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel he discovered a half-dressed, blood-covered body of a young woman lying on the floor, a deep wound in her stomach. The bed was also covered in blood. The hotel called an ambulance police and searched the room, discovering drugs, drug paraphernalia, a blood-stained hunting knife and Nancy's boyfriend Sid wandering the hallway in a state of confusion.

Sid's story of events was inconclusive. According to the crime report, he said they had been in a fight the night before and he'd fallen asleep with Nancy playing with a knife on the bed. When he awoke the bed was wet with blood. He later claimed: "I stabbed her but I didn't mean to kill her. I loved her, but she treated me like [expletive]." - more on this story

Pennywise, Alkaline Trio, Tony Alva and Steve Caballero For Glory Bound Festival

Pennywise and Alkaline Trio will head up the music while famed skateboarders Tony Alva and Steve Caballero will head up the skating at the inaugural Glory Bound Festival.

Adrenaline sent over this info on the fest: Skateboarding hero Mike Vallely has announced plans for the first annual Glory Bound Festival; set to take place on Saturday, November 13 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

Hot on the heels of Mike V's hugely successful "Glory Bound Skatepark Tour", which hit 24 U.S. cities this summer, the Glory Bound Festival ramps everything up ten notches, promising "a sensational day of live and loud music and hard and fast skateboarding." Skateboarding and music share a deep and meaningful history and on November 13, these two worlds are set to collide head on. - more on this story

Moving Update From Rush's Geddy Lee

(Gibson) With Rush's Time Machine Tour leaving Brazil and preparing to invade Chile this week, Geddy Lee took time to do an interview with Brazil's TV UOL. Among the topics he discussed was their new studio album.

"The new album is still in production," Lee said. "We've recorded two songs so far, one of them called 'Caravan' and the other one called 'Brought Up To Believe' ['BU2B']. That's the beginning two songs of a whole kind of a concept album called Clockwork Angels. We have about four other songs... five songs written, but not recorded yet. And we still have a couple more songs that we want to write and then put the whole thing together. So, I don't think the album will be ready for about a year."

Lee also looked back on the tour thus far, which has featured complete performances of the band's classic Moving Pictures album. "You know, having played Moving Pictures in its entirety on this whole tour, I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying it, number one. Even songs like 'The Camera Eye,' that I really didn't think would pass the test of time, have actually come out sounding very fresh. I think that album, particularly, has endured very well. I think it's aging gracefully." - more on this story

Helix Unplug For Next Album

(hennemusic) Legendary Canadian metal band Helix has announced that a new release is on the horizon.

"Smash Hits Unplugged" will feature a dozen Helix tracks that span their career, including "Rock You," "Heavy Metal Love," "Deep Cuts The Knife" and their cover of the 1972 Canadian hit by A Foot In Coldwater, "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want."

"Over the past two weeks, we've been hard at work at A Studios here in London, Ontario with Aaron Murray on our upcoming acoustic CD," says Helix singer Brian Vollmer. "The CD is comprised of all our hits, plus the James Leroy song, "A Touch of Magic," which I've always wanted to record." - more on this story

The Tea Party's Jeff Martin Teams Up The Sleepy Jackson Members For New Band

(Gibson) Jeff Martin, one-time leader of much-missed Canadian superstars The Tea Party, has formed a new band with two former members of Aussie band The Sleepy Jackson.

Martin told Undercover.fm that his new bandmates are Jay Cortez – who also played with Martin in his last band, The Armada – and Malcolm Clark. "The combination of the two of them plus myself with an incredible rhythm section behind me makes a very credible rock trio again," Martin said. "I am very excited about the future."

The band has not yet found a name, and Martin is considering calling it simply The Jeff Martin Band. "The most important thing right now is the music and that is what we are recording in Perth at the moment," he said. - more on this story

That Karate Kid Metal Show For Danko Jones

We told you this was coming and it has now arrived: Danko Jones has released the second music video in his nearly completed video trilogy from the album Below the Belt (Bad Taste Records/Caroline).

The new highly-stylized, film-like music video noir for the track "Had Enough" stars Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid), comedian Don Jamieson (That Metal Show) and is the prequel to "Full of Regret."

The video also features Frank Drank, best known for his recurring role as a Viking in the current Capital One ad campaign, reprising his role as Lemmy Kilmister's (Motorhead) henchman. - Check out the video here

Tom Morello, Pete Yorn and Jay Weinberg Guest on Springsteen Radio Special Tomorrow

Tune into E-Street Radio on SIRIUS/XM Satellite Radio tomorrow at 4:00pm (Eastern Time) for The Ties That Bind – The Next Generation, an new installment of the Bruce Springsteen Community Conference.

On this show, co-moderators Ben Lazar and John Franck are joined by Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Street Sweeper Social Club, The Nightwatchman), Pete Yorn and Jay Weinberg.

The round-table discussion explores the influence of Springsteen's music and message on a new generation of musicians. Each artist describes, in-depth, their discovery of Bruce's music and how it has impacted their lives and art, as well as sharing often hilarious anecdotes about meeting and playing with Springsteen that will have listeners have a deeper understanding of how Springsteen works and why he is so beloved by both musicians and fans. - air times

Paul McCartney's Mull of Kintyre For Sale

(Gibson) The remote Scottish peninsula near Sir Paul McCartney's High Park farmhouse has been put up for sale for £3million ($4.7 million).

McCartney's band Wings immortalized the peninsula in the 1977 song "Mull of Kintyre," which went on to sell more than 2 million copies in the U.K. and 6 million copies worldwide.

The swath of land forms a portion of the Carskiey sporting estate, a 7,360-acre property which has been owned by the sellers for more than 40 years. It boasts nine miles of coastline, an Edwardian mansion, smaller homes and cottages, and an assortment of wildlife including deer, wild goats and eagles.

McCartney bought his neighboring farmhouse back in 1966. He credits the secluded property with saving him from an emotional and nervous breakdown due to the immense pressure of being a Beatle. Of the song "Mull of Kintyre," McCarntey once remarked, "It was a love song, really, about how I enjoyed being there and imagining I was travelling away and wanting to get back there." - more on this story

Evile Redux

(Earache) Evile has re-released their 2009 album Infected Nations as a special redux version and is available now in North America.

The follow-up to Evile's debut album, Enter The Grave, Infected Nations sees the band finding a new level of maturity and song-writing craftsmanship, creating a heavier thrash sound with even more infectious riffs to headbang to.

On top of the nine album tracks, the Infected Nations Redux also features a bonus disc with Evile's popular cover of Pantera's "Cemetery Gates", as well as eight songs recorded at a live rehearsal in the studio and six songs recorded live at Hammerfest in 2009. - more on this story

AC/DC Trading Cards

(Gibson) Don't be surprised if, sometime soon, you overhear one kid saying to another, "I'll trade you my Albert Pujols for your Bon Scott." That's because a set of AC/DC trading cards is being released in November by Press Pass.

Titled AC/DC High Voltage, the 100-card base set will take fans on a trip from the rock legends' humble beginnings in Australia to their recent, record-busting Black Ice world tour – which became the second-highest grossing tour in history. Subsets will be based on some of AC/DC's best-known songs, including "Thunderstruck," "Back in Black" and "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)." The set also will include foil inserts named "We Salute You" and "On the Highway to…"

The AC/DC trading cards will be available in packs of five. There's no word yet if each pack will include a stale stick of bubble gum. - more on this story

Learn to Play My Chemical Romance

Lick Library has released Learn to Play My Chemical Romance: A double DVD of guitar lessons by not only Danny Gill but Andy James as well – two for the price of one.

Ray Toro, lead guitarist, and Frank Iero, rhythm guitarist, with My Chemical Romance (MCR) are renowned for their ability to play guitar parts that complement each other without playing the same thing. Often their songs feature very melodic octave shapes whilst at the same time heavy power chord are being played underneath.

MCR start their "World Contamination Tour" on the 23rd October 2010 at the HMV Apollo, London promoting their new album 'Danger Days: True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys' scheduled for release on 22nd November 2010. - more on this story

Von Sleight Deliver New Kraut

(Fringe Biology Recording) The fifth Von Sleight album, New Kraut, was released on 10/10/10 for Fringe Biology Recording's 10th release!

This album takes the avant-electronic, jazz, space rock, and warped pop styles from previous albums and infuses these sounds with Krautrock and dub.

The result is something like the analog tape recordings of Neu! being accidentally spliced together with Hawkwind, Cluster, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Miles Davis, and The Residents. - more on this story

The Rolling Stones Not Bored Enough For A New Tour

(Gibson) Charlie Watts says The Rolling Stones will consider hitting the road again for another world tour eventually – when they get bored enough.

On the eve of the release of the release of Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones on DVD and Blu-ray, Watts told Billboard the band has entertained tentative thoughts about its next tour for quite a while. "Well, it's always been 'next year' – it's been like that for two years," Watts said.

"We'll go on the road when Keith's bored, when his book's out of the way and he's bored, and Ronnie [Wood's] bored. At the moment, they're both not bored. Bored enough, I mean. So I think that will happen. How long and how we do it will be another thing. It takes a lot of thought, an awful lot, and it usually takes a lot of time." - more on this story