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Vince Neil To Face The DUI Music

(hennemusic) A Las Vegas judge has set a new court date for Motley Crue's Vince Neil to address his DUI and speeding charges from an incident back in June.

Neil's lawyers were in a Vegas court on Monday when a judge set October 11 as the next date for follow-up on the case; no plea was entered on Vince's behalf.

On June 27, Neil was picked up for suspicion of DUI in Las Vegas after his Lamborghini was pulled over for driving 60 mph in a 45 mph zone and for "weaving between the lanes." - more including the police report details here

Metallica's Kirk Hammett Writing A Book

Metallica's Kirk Hammett may be the next rocker to hit the bestseller lists: the Metallica shredder says in a new interview that he's writing a book. Gibson has the details:

When asked if he would consider releasing a solo album, Hammett told Matera, "Yeah, eventually, but right now I have to say that Metallica is my home and I have no intentions of running away from that home. But I am going to put [out] a book, though. I am working on it and that in itself feels like I am making a solo album because it is so much [expletive] work! It is all myself. I don't have a band I can rely on or seek support. So I think once I do this book thing, maybe I may start considering doing a solo album, but I don't know."

Hammett would join an ever-growing list of rock star writers, including both Slash and Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and more. -

MGMT Member Walks Off Stage After Being Hit By Fan

(Gibson) MGMT drummer Will Berman abruptly abandoned his post on-stage Sunday night after an audience member struck him in the torso with a pint bottle. Two songs shy from wrapping up their set at England's Manchester Apollo, MGMT continued on as an obviously angry Berman exited the stage.

Not noticing his absence during "The Handshake," the band at last realized Berman was gone just as they were about to launch into their biggest hit to date, "Kids."

"Where's Will gone?" the band asked the crowd. Despite the band's requests, Berman wouldn't return to the stage. With their drummer missing, the band played "Kids" over a backing track. AOL's Spinner.com reports that the crowd didn't mind, and the song won the night's biggest applause. Check out a video of a drummer-less MGMT playing "Kids"
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Rammstein Announce First U.S. Show In Almost A Decade

Rammstein will play their first show on U.S. soil since 2001 when they play a one-off gig at Madison Square Garden on December 11th.

Rammstein first stormed America in 1998, touring with a set based on their Grammy-nominated breakthrough second release, Sehnsucht, featuring "Du hast," the song that brought the world's attention to the band.

During their 1998 Family Values tour, praise was high, as well as indignation: band members were jailed in the US on indecency charges due to the highly provocative live show. - more on this story

Radiohead Might Ditch New Album

(Gibson) Despite reports earlier this summer that Radiohead's eighth studio album was almost complete, there appears to be plenty of work left to do before any Radiohead fans will get a listen.

Over the weekend, Radiohead drummer Phil Selway told Canadian Press that the future of the next album is uncertain but that it would be determined during a band meeting on Monday.

"We might get back together on Monday and after discussing stuff we might just throw this all out and say maybe we need to go back to the drawing board," said Selway, who's at work on his debut solo album, Familial. "Who knows? It's all up in the air at the moment." - more on this story

Weezer's Pinkerton Remastered and Expanded With Second Disc

Weezer may have gone indie and just released a new studio album but their former label DGC/Ume have announced a deluxe two disc reissue of one of their most beloved albums. Here is the official word and tracklisting:

Few albums in rock history have enjoyed as complete a critical and popular turnaround as Weezer's Pinkerton. Though tagged a disappointment upon its 1996 release, today Pinkerton is considered one of the most influential and important albums of that decade and beyond.

The two-CD Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition, released November 2, 2010, adds color to the band's musical journey with the original Weezer-produced album remastered and 25 contemporaneous bonus tracks, including every official B-side and 16 previously unreleased recordings. - more on this story

Slash Wanted Michael Jackson and Considered Axl Rose For Solo CD

(Gibson) In a new interview with ClassicRockRevisited.com, Slash discussed his self-titled solo album. The album featured appearances by a Who's Who of top singers, including Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Ian Astbury, Myles Kennedy, Lemmy, Iggy Pop, Fergie and others. The Chapeau'ed Shredder also briefly considered asking Michael Jackson to sing on a track.

"The record was being made right around the time he passed on," he recalled. "Before that happened, he was getting ready to do those shows at the O2 in London. I thought, 'Wouldn't it be funny to have Michael Jackson do a heavy metal song.'"

While that collaboration would have turned some heads, there was another potential vocalist who would have gathered even more headlines — his former Guns-mate, Axl Rose: "You know, I will be honest with you, even at the sake of it going public," he said. "When I was in the middle of this process there were a lot of singers names who flew through my mind during the process. You are living in Singer Land, so all you are thinking about is singers. The thought of him crossed my mind at one point. I thought, 'Axl could sing the (expletive) out of any of these songs.' I, obviously, never made the phone call, because I wanted to put the record out in this millennium." -

Robert Plant's Only North American Commercial Radio Interview Streaming Online

Explore Music has a new audio interview with Robert Plant. In fact it is billed as the only interview with commercial radio in North America that Plant agreed to do. Here is part of their intro, followed by a link where you can check it out: "Nothing is daunting for me but forever challenging," says Robert Plant. "I have to be able to just get out there into the great drift of music and possibility, and hang onto great themes and ideas".

Jeff Woods prefaces his interview with this: getting Robert Plant to speak to radio stations, was not an easy task, despite it not being the first time I sat down across from him to talk music. You see, he's not a fan of commercial radio any longer. Getting asked for the millionth time about his old band getting back together no doubt part of the problem. In fact Robert didn't want to speak to commercial radio stations, PERIOD, and so none were granted interviews this time around.

Taking no for an answer is not something Legends likes to do, so with the efforts of Universal Music Canada, we pushed until in the 11th hour, we got the green light, the ONLY such approval for commercial radio in North America, apparently. - check it out here

Nickelback Won't Storm The Big Easy

Nickelback had bad news on Monday for fans in the Big Easy: Live Nation announced today that due to unforeseen circumstances, the Tuesday October 12th Nickelback show at the New Orleans Arena has been canceled.

Ticket refunds will be available at the point of purchase. Tickets purchased via the internet and charge by phone will be automatically credited to your credit card.

Always a favorite tour stop, Nickelback is deeply sorry for any inconvenience this causes. In light of the recent hardships endured by the people of the Gulf Coast, Nickelback was very much looking forward to entertaining their fans there and hopes to return to rock the Big Easy in the near future. -

Joey Ramone Blvd Gets Lifted

(Gibson) The sign that honors rock legend Joey Ramone in Manhattan could be New York City's most frequently stolen street sign. Officials say that the city has had to replace the sign numerous times since it was first put up.

According to Billboard.com, The Department of Transportation has just replaced the "Joey Ramone Place" sign for the fourth time since 2003. This time, it was raised eight feet to place it out of thieves' reach. The sign, located at the corner of Bowery and East Second Street, is now about 20 feet above the ground.

Ramones drummer Marky Ramone thinks that Joey would enjoy the distinction of having the most-stolen street sign. However, because of the sign's new height, Marky said, "Now you have to be an NBA player to see it." - more on this story

Singled Out: August Burns Red

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today August Burns Red's guitarist / primary songwriter / founding member JB Brubake tells us about The Seventh Trumpet," an older song that ABR re-imagined live, and that closes out their new live DVD/CD "Home" which comes out today. We now turn it over to JB for the story:

This is the last track on our debut full length, Thrill Seeker, and also the last song of our set on our live record, Home. "The Seventh Trumpet" was our first attempt at writing a long closing track for an album. We wanted it to have an apocalyptic vibe, as the song lyrically focuses on the end of the world. The meat of the song is only about two and a half minutes, but the last section becomes a five minute+ outro that builds each measure with additional layers. It was a lot of fun to record and we actually had aspirations to do even more with it, like adding piano and acoustic guitar, but we ran out of time in the studio.

Over the last four years we've played this song at the end of our headlining sets more often than not. We seldom played it on support tours, as it was simply too long and took up too much of our limited set time. The first few times we tried to play this song live the same way it was recorded, but that was a tall task, as there were so many layers and parts going on that we couldn't play them all at the same time without a third guitar player. We played the song once in 2006 at a hometown show in Lancaster, PA with our first vocalist, Jon Hershey, taking on the responsibility of third guitar. It seemed like a lot of work for one song, so we never did that again. Instead, we changed the way we played the end of the song live. We shortened it by about two minutes and completely rewrote how the outro builds. Instead of building the outro with a bunch of layers that we couldn't pull off live, we restructured the end and added a spacey sounding guitar solo to fill things out. We also returned to the heavy breakdown rhythm that starts the outro to close out the track with a bang. It seemed to work well live and we've been doing it that way for years.

Now that we have a recording on Home of our live version of "The Seventh Trumpet," we discussed whether or not it's time to retire the track. We realize it's probably not a fan favorite anymore and we did kind of wear it out after playing it so many times over the years. Who knows though, maybe it just needs a little rest and we'll revisit it down the road sometime.

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

Black Country Communion Hit The Top

(Gibson) The debut album by supergroup Black Country Communion has hit the top spot on the U.K. Top 40 Rock Album chart and #2 on the Indie chart in its first week of release.

The self-titled album also landed at #13 on the Official U.K. Top 40 Album chart.

The band features Joe Bonamassa on guitar, ex Dream Theater/Alice Cooper sideman Derek Sherinian on keys, Jason Bonham (of the Zeppelin Bonhams) on drums and self-proclaimed "Voice of Rock" Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) on bass and vocals. - more on this story

Incubus To Headline Benefit Concert

Incubus will headline a special benefit show on Friday, October 8th in Santiago, Chile to help raise money for the families of the 33 Chilean miners who became trapped underground in mid-August.

While rescue efforts are currently underway, the mining company has unfortunately been forced to file for bankruptcy, meaning that while the miners await their rescue, they are not being paid their wages, causing serious hardships to their families and loved ones. That's where Incubus decided to step in.

Upon hearing this, the band wanted to help in anyway they could so they decided to do what they do best – offer a special headlining performance in Santiago, and donate their performance fee along with the proceeds from an auction being held via their Make Yourself Foundation that offers a chance to meet the band. The show, which will be filmed in HD and recorded live, is set to be released at a later date. - more on this story

The Definitive Story of Ronnie Wood Coming To Book Stores In Roctober

(Gibson) Helter Skelter Publishing has announced the release of a new biography on Ronnie Wood, titled Rock on Wood: Ronnie Wood – The Origin of a Rock & Roll Face this October.

Written by industry veteran Terry Rawlings (Mod: A Very British Phenomenon), Rock on Wood purports to tell the "definitive" story of Woods' career, based on hundreds of hours of interviews with Wood, his family, friends and management.

Ronnie Wood's story has been one of the most remarkable in the history of pop music. The amiable "Woody" started his career in the '60s with the R&B-flavored Birds (not to be confused with The Byrds), followed by a stint in mod sensations, The Creation. His stature was raised when he joined the initial incarnation of The Jeff Beck Group, along with a young Scottish singer by the name of Rod Stewart. After that group dissolved, Wood and Stewart joined forces with The Small Faces to create lad rock legends, the Faces. After Mick Taylor left The Rolling Stones at the end of 1974, Wood took his most famous role as Keith Richards' sparring partner, a job he has now held for 35 years. - more on this story

Alice Cooper's Theatre Of Death DVD Out Today

Alice Cooper's Theatre Of Death DVD, which was recorded live at London's Hammersmith Apollo, hits stores today (September 28). Here is the description and tracklisting:

The concert features all of the massive hits from "The Coop" including "School's Out," "I'm Eighteen" and "Poison" in a no-holds barred performance the slogan for which is "They Keep Killing Him, He Keeps Coming Back."

During the course of the performance Alice is "killed" no fewer than four times. Guillotine, gallows and other diabolical implements of death plus a cast of unique performers and henchman shock, terrify, amaze and, most importantly, entertain through the 90 minute concert. - more on this story

The Art of the Album Cover

Richard Evans, the long time art director for The Who, has released a new book: The Art Of The Album Cover.

According to The Who's official site, the book celebrates seven decades of sleeve design from the early covers of Alex Steinweiss in the 1940s, through the Cool Jazz of the Fifties, the pop and psychedelic revolution of the Sixties, the golden age of the album cover in the Seventies, the New Wave of the Eighties, the Britpop and grunge years of the Nineties, and the iPod generation of the Noughties.

Author and designer Richard Evans has been art director for The Who for over 35 years and has designed album covers for a diverse range of music genres. Here he celebrates the art of the album cover and reveals many of the background stories in the creation of classic sleeves, from Rodgers & Hart to Lady Gaga and everything in between; from The Beatles to Oasis, Bowie to Blur, Pink Floyd to Pearl Jam, and Nat King Cole to Coldplay. - Check it out here

Joe Satriani To Surf Across The Pond

Joe Satriani will release his 14th studio album "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards" on Monday October 4th in the UK, the album dovetails Satriani's autumn UK tour, which kicks off on Sunday October 17th at the Manchester Apollo.

Additional dates include Bristol Colston Hall (Oct 18), London HMV Hammersmith Apollo (Oct 19), Newcastle City Hall (Oct 21), Glasgow Clyde Auditorium (Oct 22) and Birmingham Symphony Hall (Oct 23).

Joe Satriani has been a worldwide guitar hero since his 1987 breakthrough album, "Surfing With The Alien". Over 10 million albums sales, 15 Grammy nominations and numerous accolades later, Joe continues to push the envelope of modern rock guitar playing. - more on this story

The Boy Will Drown In Europe

Earache sent over word that The Boy Will Drown have announced a new European tour, which kicks off in January 2011.

The band, who are also set to kick off a tour this Thursday in the UK, will be headlining the 2011 tour, with support from Heights.

The Boy Will Drown bassist James Bates comments: "We're very excited to be touring with our boys in Heights come 2011. As always, this gives us a great opportunity to tour new and exciting places, see new faces, play music and hang out with awesome people. Before we can really look forward to that though, we're currently preparing for our September/October tour with ForgetToForgive and then Eradication. However, this tour will also see appearances from Heights! So it's a really great chance for everyone to see what this band are capable of. - more on this story

Abigail Williams Go Soph

Abigail Williams sophomore album, In the Absence of Light, hits stores today.

The initial American pressing is in a digipak format limited to 5000 copies.

The band kicked off a series of headline dates last week as they work their way across the country to meet up with Immolation and Vader with whom they will be touring beginning September 29. - more on this story

Twin Tigers and We Are Scientists Tour

Twin Tigers are hitting the road with We Are Scientists for a brief run this October.

Following this short run of dates, the Athens, GA indie group will embark on a short headlining run later this fall to be announced shortly. - more on this story

Tony Lucca, Jay Nash & Matt Duke Bromance Pt II

(Rock Ridge) Apparently they couldn't get enough of the "bromance" that began last year on their first annual "Totally F*ckin' Doin' It" Tour, because Tony Lucca, Jay Nash and Matt Duke are doing it all over again – one year later.

To celebrate that anniversary, this year's 2.0 outing kicks off on November 11th at SPACE in Evanston, IL, and the three music compadres plan to criss-cross the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the South and the Midwest

Says Lucca of the tour: "After years of recording, experimenting and exploring new sounds and directions, you just know when you've tapped into something truly exceptional - something that far exceeds any kind of expectations you might have had, whether your own or of others. That's how the first TFDI felt to me. I've never been one to tempt fate twice, but in this instance I'm willing to give it a go. I look forward to recording and touring with Jay and Matt again." - more on this story

Moving Targets' Kenny Chambers Goes Under the Tracks

Kenny Chambers, the frontman for 80s Boston rock band Moving Targets, has released his new album, Under the Tracks.

The 15-song album, just released on Bad Blood Records, is the first recording by Chambers in more than a decade. This is a limited release and will be available for purchase for one year only.

Under the Tracks is a natural progression from Chambers' previous solo work (Double Negative, No Reaction, and the instrumental Sin Cigaros). "I wanted to offer something musically diverse without seeming to be overly ambitious," Chambers says. "These are melodic songs with hopefully enough rough edges to connect with anyone familiar with what I do." - more on this story

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Remembers Rocking With Hendrix

More than 40 years after opening for Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons distinctly remembers the "coolest" song the guitar legend played live.

"They did the coolest version of 'The Wind Cries Mary,' which still remains one of my favorites," Gibbons told Spinner.com. "One of the reasons was it was in an oddball key – the key of F. It's one fret up from the key of E, which is an easy key to play. The key of F is the most difficult to find your way. To make your fingers hit the strings in the key of F is just excruciating. But there's nothing like hearing a bass guitar hit a low F note, and Noel Redding… he'd hit that low F, and it would cause Jimi to crack up because it would just rattle him."

Before his was one-third of ZZ Top, Gibbons was in a band called Moving Sidewalks, which played on the same bills as Hendrix and The Doors. When opening for the latter, Gibbons met his future bandmates, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill. "I met them through Jimmy Vaughan, Stevie Ray's older brother," Gibbons said. "Jimmy and I were talking one afternoon. It's still this way today – there's something with musicians from Texas; there's a bond. There's this kind of unspoken, shared admiration for what everybody does. It's really cool. Jimmy introduced me to Frank, the drummer, and then Frank introduced me to Dusty, and we just kind of hit it off." - more on this story

Jani Lane Hits The Road Fronting Great White

(Gibson) Ex-Warrant vocalist Jani Lane has hit the road with Great White, filling in for Jack Russell while he recovers from surgery.

Russell is taking it easy ahead of another operation, after suffering a perforated bowel recently.

According to Blabbermouth.com, Russell said, "I've felt better, but I've felt a hell of a lot worse. Nothing is going to keep me down. This whole thing definitely makes me appreciate life more than I ever have." - more on this story

Rusty Cooley's Guitar Asylum TV

(Gibson) Shredder Rusty Cooley will host Rusty Cooley's Guitar Asylum TV, a magazine-style show for guitarists and lovers of guitar music, online and on Channel 55 in Houston, Texas.

Producers describe the show as for "ladies and gentleman, kids of all ages, shredders, bluesman, country pickers, smooth jazzers and so on."

The show is the brainchild of Ward W. Bond, host of Dr. Ward Bond's Nutritional Living. Bond first pondered the idea of a guitar-based TV show hosted by Cooley when Cooley taught Bond's son to play guitar. That was six years ago. - more on this story

Bruce Springsteen Home Box Office

(hennemusic) Following its recent premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival Bruce Springsteen's new documentary, "The Promise," is set for broadcast next month on HBO.

"The Promise: The Making Of Darkness On The Edge Of Town," an in-the-studio look at the recording of Springsteen's 1978 album, will debut exclusively on HBO in October.

Grammy- and Emmy-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny has collaborated with Springsteen on this documentary, gaining access to never before seen footage shot from 1976 to 1978, capturing home rehearsals and recording sessions that reveal Springsteen's creative process at work. - Grab previews and airtimes here