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On this day in 1965, The Who recorded "My Generation', at Pye studios, London. When released as a single it reached #2 on the U.K. chart, held off the #1 position by The Seekers' "The Carnival Is Over." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -

Ozzy and Slash Tour Announced and Includes Intimate Shows

Ozzy Osbourne and Slash fans will no longer have to rely on leaks to see if the duo is coming to their town early next year. The tour has now been officially announced along with the dates. Here you go:

Ozzy Osbourne--who will kick off his fall North American arena tour November 12 in Victoria, B.C--has now announced a second leg of U.S. dates which will get underway January 16, 2011 in Omaha, NE. Ozzy's longtime friend and musical collaborator Slash will open all the concerts on the second leg.

The six-week 2011 trek, part of Ozzy's in-progress 18-month world tour, will include a pair of intimate shows: January 26 at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix and Feb 1 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. - more on this story

AC/DC Vs Glee

(Gibson) Even though AC/DC haven't released any new music in the past year, the rock legends might take home an American Music Award in November.

The band's soundtrack for Iron Man 2 (which includes AC/DC tracks spanning 1975-2008) is nominated in the Soundtrack category. AC/DC will competing with Glee: The Music, Volume 3, Showstoppers and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack.

But the Aussies aren't the only rockers up for an American Music Award. Muse, Phoenix and Vampire Weekend are all nominated for Favorite Artist in the Alternative Rock category, and mainstream rockers Train will vie for Favorite Band, Duo or Group against The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Antebellum. - more on this story

Anthrax Star Goes Disney

That headline wasn't a misprint. Read on: A few months ago, Disney Product Developers Holli McHugh and Donald Ferro teamed up with Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante to create an epic new vinyl - "Vinylmation" that is.

These new collectible figures are the hottest craze to hit Disney Parks & Resorts. Based on the character Mickey Mouse, the Vinylmation figures take on different looks, urban styles and characters, and often depict different Disney park attractions and icons.

Benante knew at a young age there was art and music in his blood. A Disney fan from the start, it was Walt Disney's "Fantasia" that led him to get hooked on creating art in all forms, as well as his love for Mickey Mouse and the flawless and seamless animation that only Disney could provide. - more on this story

Sammy Hagar To Celebrate Birthday With Live Webcast Tonight

(hennemusic) Sammy Hagar celebrates his 63rd birthday today. The Red Rocker continues the tradition of celebrating his birthday with a series of shows at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Some fun for fans who can't be in Cabo today: you can watch some of the festivities live on Sammy's website.

A "Fan Cam" has been set up to stream video live from the club for four hours starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern (6:30 p.m. pacific). - more details and learn about some bad news in Sammy land

Robert Plant Slams Black Sabbath

(Rock Radio) Led Zeppelin icon Robert Plant has compared Black Sabbath to 60s pop star Bobby Goldsboro in a light-hearted ribbing.

Zep and Sabbath used to rehearse in the same studios, with Sabs drummer Bill Ward having said Plant and co used to "come in and interrupt us" and rumours abounding that tapes exist of the bands jamming together in the late 1960s.

But speaking on Canadian radio Plant suggests that Sabbath are no more relevant than the man who sang the tearjerking hit Honey – and Led Zep drummer John Bonham always told Tony Iommi's outfit they were no good. Asked about Black Sabbath he replies: "Who? They'll go a long way and they'll influence a lot of people in Seattle. Lovely, great, yeah. And what would you do without Bobby Goldsboro as well? - more on this story

My Chemical Romance In A Box

My Chemical Romance have announced the exclusive release of Danger Days: "California 2019 Edition" a box set which will be available only through the band's official website.

The special edition box set will be delivered on November 22nd, the day the band's fourth album, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, is released by Reprise Records.

Each Danger Days: "California 2019 Edition" box set, which is housed in a special white box wrapped with an exclusive photo sleeve - includes

Dave Matthews Band Announce Double Live Album

The Dave Matthews Band is consistently one of the top touring bands in North America and fans will have the chance to experience DMB live whenever they want with the November 9th release of Live In New York City.

The two disc set captures the group's sold-out July 17, 2010 concert at Citi Field, the second of two electrifying shows at the venue.

Dave Matthews Band will launch its fall U.S. tour on November 2nd at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY. The group will make its first-ever appearance at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY the following evening (November 3rd). In the middle of the tour, the band will play two consecutive two-night stands - Boston's TD Garden (November 9th and 10th) and New York City's Madison Square Garden (November 12th and 13th). - more on this story

Phil Anselmo's New Band Arson Anthem Planning Tour

Arson Anthem, Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual), Hank Williams III (Superjoint Ritual, Assjack), Mike IX Williams (Outlaw Order, Eyehategod), and Collin Yeo (Ponykiller), are planning a possible tour in January.

The tour would be in support of their debut album, Insecurity Notoriety, which hit stores yesterday.

The band was brought together in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with Mike Williams moving into Anselmo's spare apartment after his home and possessions were destroyed. Through this connection, Williams and Anselmo spent time listening to Anselmo's irreplaceable hardcore music collection. - more on this story

Randy Rhoads Family Recount Quiet Riot Formation

Gibson spoke with Randy Rhoads' brother Kelly and sister Kathy about their legendary brother to celebrate the release of a new Randy Rhoads Les Paul Custom. Here is a small excerpt from that exchange where Kelly discusses the formation of Quiet Riot:

Kelly: Well there were a lot of bands before Quiet Riot if truth be told.... There was a band called the Katzenjammer Kids. They had a band called The Horror, and my brother had the tallest platform shoes I had ever seen in my life. It looked like he was half leg and half stilts. That was a very significant band, very glittered out, very glam, because that was the first band where Randy played in Hollywood. He actually got into Rodney Bingenheimer, who is a ridiculous local figure [L.A. disc jockey]. He got in and was playing at Rodney's English disco club in that band. There was also a band he was in for a short while called Mildred Pierce. So you've got three bands, actually almost four bands, and a lot of different experiments before he actually formed Quiet Riot. Randy formed Quiet Riot. He didn't come up with the idea for the name, but he did start the band that became Quiet Riot, and he did pick the people that were in it.

Gibson: Do you know what sort of the process he used to pull guys in? I assume that Kelly Garni was playing bass, right? Kelly: Kelly was kind of like my brother's sidekick, and with all those bands I just named, the two people that were the common denominator were Kelly and Randy. The rest of the people, the drummers and the singers, were on a rotating scale. So Randy and Kelly auditioned Kevin [DuBrow] right in my mom's dining room, while my mom was in the kitchen. So he came to the house and Drew, the drummer in the band, he was like a stage drummer, like a jazz drummer at Burbank High, which is one of the high schools here in our town. My brother knew of him and they asked him to join the band. That's where all the members came from. - Read the full interview here

Cold War Kids Announce New Album and Tour

Cold War Kids will release their third studio album, Mine is Yours, via Downtown Records on January 25th 2011.

The band enlisted Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Modest Mouse) to produce and record the eleven song collection over a period of three months in Nashville TN, and Los Angeles, CA.

"I got home from tour and realized I was married. All my friends had either jumped in the deep end of a relationship or had drowned. When did things get so serious? We fought growing up but the wild nights and free-for-all caught up to us. Some people got out in time and others had permanent damage. For this record, I wrote about the joys and failures of commitment all around me," says Willett. - more on this story

Paul McCartney Pondering Band on the Run Live Show

(Gibson) In a recent interview with ClashMusic, Paul McCartney discussed the trying circumstances surrounding the recording of the 'Band on the Run' album, with two of the five band members quitting the day before the band was to take off for Lagos, Nigeria to record.

"A couple of the guys [Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell] left the band the night before we went to Lagos to make the record," he recalled. "That was like a bombshell. You can imagine me getting off that phone call. It was like, 'Ah. Okay. Try and hold your nerve; try and keep it together. What do we do now? Sod it, we're going.' And at that moment it was one of those, 'I'll show you. I will make the best album I've ever made now. I will put so much effort into it because I wanna just prove that we didn't need you guys.'"

As for plans to celebrate the album by performing it live in its entirety, Sir Paul mused, "I've been asked to do it, so I'll definitely look into it and consider it, but it's not an idea I would have ever thought of myself. It might be a cool idea, but I'm thinking about it." - more on this story

Soundgarden, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Rocky Horror, Disturbed and More for Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero's music library will be adding 18 new downloadable tracks this month.

The new downloads feature tracks Soundgarden, Muse, My Chemical Romance and more, plus a trio of hits from the longest-running theatrical film in history, the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Beginning today, Gold Members will be able to download the track pack for free for one week. The Rocktober track pack includes Disturbed's "The Infection," Muse's "Resistance" and "Na Na Na" by My Chemical Romance. - more on this story

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Busy Writing New Music

(Gibson) Tony Iommi has been hard at work, telling the U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, "What I'm doing now is writing. I've gone mad, writing loads of riffs again." Iommi said he is in close contact with Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell bandmate Geezer Butler, although it is unclear if the guitarist's new work will be part of a Black Sabbath reunion.

"I'm really enjoying it, putting stuff together. We will be doing something," he said. "I'm in touch with Geezer a lot now and we've been talking about what the next phase is going to be. It'll be great to get out and do something again. I don't normally say this, but there's some great ideas coming out. That's all I've got to do right now. Sit and write riffs!"

There have been rumors of a full Black Sabbath reunion, featuring Iommi, Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and drummer Bill Ward, but the members have done little more than say they're open to the idea. - more on this story

First Listen For Elton John and Leon Russell's New Album and Live Broadcast

Elton John and Leon Russell are giving fans a preview of their new album 'The Union' on NPR's 'First Listen' series.

The album, due in stores October 19th, can now be streamed in its entirety here.

In other 'The Union' news, Elton and Leon's upcoming concert on Tuesday October 19th at The Beacon Theatre in NYC will air live simultaneously on Fuse. - more on this story

Singled Out: Skittish

Today Jeff Noller from Minnesota folk-rockers Skittish tells us about "Love Songs and Lullabyes" from their brand new double-album "The Perfect Shade of Green". Here is the story:

The song "Love Songs and Lullabyes" was written in October of last year when I was in the depths of my scary movie marathons. I wanted a love song from the perspective of someone whose feeling the same kind of love every 'normal' person does, but just expresses it in a different way.

I tend to feel for the lonely serial killers and monsters who usually smother that which they love. Thus the lyrics about wanting to "brick you up in my basement." That's the character's way of keeping their love safe and secure, it's just a little messed up. Which leads into the lyrics of "don't feed me no love songs, don't feed me no lullabyes now." Which essentially is saying that there is no 'right' way to love someone or something. The fact that you do it at all is good enough.

Recording this song was a bit of a hassle because of the time changes. We went back and forth with this song trying to decide if it should be in 3/4 or 4/4...eventually we just did both. The main, low, hit going throughout the song is me hitting my clothes dryer (which was in the basement next to my recording set up), and the metallic clicks and clonks are the sounds of me locking and unlocking my studio deadbolt.

Lastly, we filled out the mandolin solo part with us banging on trash cans. Every Celtic flavored folk/rock song needs some trash cans!

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

Too Many Disputes For a The Boomtown Rats Reunion

(hennemusic)WENN reports that that Pete Briquette, former bassist with The Boomtown Rats, has ruled out the possibility of a reunion of the band

Briquette says the members have had too many "disputes" to work together again as a unit.

"We've all had disputes in the band, so it would be hard to do it," says Briquette. "I'd love to for sentimental reasons, but who would want to see a bunch of middle-aged old blokes on stage?" - more on this story

Bryan Ferry On The Future of Roxy Music

(Gibson) Bryan Ferry has said that if Roxy Music work together on a new album, it will be "abstract and experimental." In an interview about his forthcoming album, the famous frontman dispelled rumors that Olympia began as a Roxy project.

"I started working on most of these songs as a solo project and then I toyed with the idea of turning it into a Roxy album. But it just didn't feel right, so it became a solo record again," he said. "In the interim, most of the guys from the Roxy world did some playing on a couple of the tracks. It's nice to have them in small cameo roles. I still do shows with Roxy, but if I were to do another Roxy album, it'd be much more abstract and experimental than this record, which is more song-based."

Ferry said that he feels a drive to do something more experimental, and even brought up the idea of doing a film soundtrack. "That could be a useful Roxy project 'cause they're very good soloists and great at doing textures," he said. - more on this story

Supertramp's Carl Verheyen Announces Rare Solo Band Shows

The Carl Verheyen Band has announced three special shows in November. Led by Supertramp lead guitarist Carl Verheyen and featuring world renowned percussionist Walfredo Reyes, Jr. and top call session player Dave Marotta on bass, the band will play a set including tracks from their latest critically acclaimed CD.

Admired by fans and peers alike, you never know who will join the band on stage for a dose of hot jams and guitar wizardry.

"This unit is the best I've had and I'm overjoyed when the music we make together is much bigger than the sum of its parts, which happens every time we get together," said Verheyen. "The open spaces and our telepathic ability to turn on a dime is only possible in a tight three piece such as ours." - more on this story

Orange Juice Get Boxed

(Gibson) Edwyn Collins' '80s Scottish cult band Orange Juice are to get the box set treatment from Domino records. Music-News.com reports that the box set, Coals to Newcastle, will include six CDs featuring the band's complete recordings as well as assorted studio recordings and BBC sessions.

A DVD will feature videos for "Rip it Up" and "What Presence," their appearances on Old Grey Whistle Test and the band's 1985 concert movie, Dada With (The) Juice.

Meanwhile Orange Juice's singer Collins is enjoying a solo career and is about to embark on a U.K tour. - more on this story

The Sounds of Jackass 3D

Epitaph Records released the original motion picture soundtrack to "Jackass 3D" digitally yesterday with the physical CD hitting stores on October 25.

Starring Johnny Knoxville and his band of joyously self-destructive misfit pals, "Jackass 3D" is set to premiere in Europe in October 2010.

The Jackass crew has assembled a soundtrack that runs the gamut from punk and metal to singer-songwriter and even a little honky tonk. - more on this story

Duran Ronson Duran Coming

(Gibson) Amy Winehouse producer-turned-artist (and stepson of Foreigner's Mick Jones), Mark Ronson seems less concerned about the success of his recent Record Collection album than he does his current production work for new wave dynamos Duran Duran.

He told Scotland's Daily Record newspaper: "The Duran Duran album is out at the end of this year and it is just great. That is the thing, other than my own album, which has taken up most of the past year. As flattered as I was to be asked to work with them, I had no interest in making a mediocre record, so we worked through every single bit, from lyrics to hi-hats, to really make an incredible album. This is a really great record. It's in the same league as their first two, with great songs.

"They sound hungry and it is exciting for me to take my first favorite band and make a song with them, that I can now hear and say honestly it's one of my favorites they have done." - more on this story

Scott Lucas & the Married Men Bonus and CMJ

Scott Lucas & the Married Men are offering Who Listens To Radio Anymore?: Live Sessions, a bonus digital album available exclusively with the purchase of the vinyl version of The Absolute Beginners EP, out October 19th on G&P Records.

They will be at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, playing Wednesday, October 20th at 11p.m. at Local 269. "Can't wait to get back in a van with these guys," Lucas claims.

Lucas' band Local H will also release an EP of cover songs, Local H's Awesome Mix Tape #1, on October 19th. - more on this story

MiniBoone Offer Up Free Song

MiniBoone are offering a free download of "The Other Summer," a brand new song from their upcoming 7" due out on Drug Front Records this December.

The band will be bringing their live show to CMJ this October with multiple showcases across New York City.

According to the announcement, with "The Other Summer," MiniBoone manages to tread a fine line between the mechanical abandon of Devo and the lyrical resonance of Springsteen, all contained within an exhaustingly frenetic and epic workout. - more on this story

Al Pacino Will Reportedly Play Phil Spector

(Gibson) The Guardian reports that Al Pacino is to play the role of notorious record producer Phil Spector. HBO is reported to be producing a movie on Spector's life with Rain Man director Barry Levinson and writer David Mamet.

Phil Spector is responsible for some of the biggest hits of the '60s including The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" and for developing the so-called "wall of sound." He produced The Beatles' Let it Be album and worked with John Lennon and George Harrison on solo projects. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer.

He's currently serving a 19 years-to-life sentence for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Pacino's agent, John L. Burnham, told the New York Times that his client is very interested in the role: "He just saw a very interesting character to play, and he likes the sensibility of David and Barry." -

Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series Tour To Make Los Angeles Debut

Competitor's Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series Tour will make its debut stop in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 24.

Along the scenic course of 13.1 miles, the excitement of rock 'n' roll music will be blended with fanfare to support and inspire the more than 15,000 runners and walkers.

During the world-class endurance event, Adam's Attic will rock the debut Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon. - more on this story

Mel Tillis, Kris Kristofferson and More For Tootsie's 50th

(Gibson) Tootsie's Orchid Lounge owner Steve Smith has announced the lineup of country artists performing at the Tootsie's Orchid Lounge 50th Anniversary Celebration happening Sunday, November 7 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. T

he concert will include performances by Randy Houser, Terri Clark, Mel Tillis, Mark Chesnutt, The Grascals, Ronnie McDowell and newcomer Joanna Smith, with a special presentation by Grand Ole Opry legend Little Jimmy Dickens.

Tillis and Clark will co-host the evening with Kris Kristofferson, who also is scheduled to perform. - more on this story