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Reader Rant: Finally, something called Vyxyn wrote us a long rambling rant about our "My Chemical Sellout" headline, due to the fact that the group had licensed their music to auto-tuned geeks of Glee. While none of Vyxyn's points were valid, it was correct that we were wrong to call them sellouts since you have to start from a baseline of artistic integrity to technically be a sellout. Our bad.

Rare Hendrix, AC/DC, Clapton, Pearl Jam and Tom Petty Record Store Day Releases

(Gibson) Rare releases by Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Derek and the Dominos, Franz Ferdinand, Pearl Jam and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are among the albums, EPs and singles that will be available on Record Store Day, April 16. Record Store Day's U.K. site has announced some of the items that will be available exclusively at independent music retailers on that day.

Among the special releases: a 7" single from Derek and the Dominos that features the unreleased "Got to Get Better in a Little While" with "Layla" on the other side; Hendrix's "Fire" on 7" of red vinyl or on a three-track CD single; AC/DC's "Shoot to Thrill" and "War Machine" on a 7" vinyl single; and full-length vinyl LP versions of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers's self-titled debut and You're Gonna Get It.

One of the more interesting releases is a Franz Ferdinand EP that features covers of their songs by other artists, including LCD Soundsystem, Debbie Harry and Peaches. In other cases, bands have teamed up to "split" a single, which is the case with Green Day and Husker Du ("Don't Know if You are Lonely"), Mastodon and ZZ Top ("Just Got Paid") and Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Ramones ("Havana Affair"). more on this story

Vince Neil Didn't Deserve Jail Sentence?

(Rock News Desk) Motley Crue singer Vince Neil believes his current jail sentence for drink-driving is "a little harsh" and he's only there because of his previous record and the fact he's a star.

Neil killed Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle Dingley and injured two passengers in another vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol in 1984. He was arrested again last June for DUI and speeding in his home city of Las Vegas.

He was convicted in January after cutting a deal to avoid a trial which could have led to a six-month sentence. Instead he accepted 15 days in prison followed by 15 days of house arrest, and maintained he'd learned his lesson, saying: "I've realised I have to take responsibility. I have to pay for it."

The singer tells the Las Vegas Sun: "They were a little harsh in the sentencing. But they wanted to make an example of me, and that's what it is." He's not done

Alkaline Trio Offspring Supergroup From Hell

(Rock AAA) Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio had teamed up with Angels And Airwaves and former Offspring and Rocket From The Crypt drummer Atom Willard.

Naming the band The Hell, Skiba announced on twitter: "Just started a new rock band with Atom Willard. Be on the look-out for The Hell people!"

Alkaline Trio released their seventh album, This Addiction, last year and Skiba has been a busy man contributing recently to a track on Rise Against's new album. more rock news

Ozzy Returning To Classic Sound

Another member of Ozzy's band confirms that the Ozzman is going retro. Gibson has the details: Ozzy Osbourne's touring drummer Tommy Clufetos recently spoke about the Prince of Darkness' future plans on the Talking Metal podcast. The drummer spoke about what the next Ozzy album might sound like, according to Bravewords.com.

"I think he is going to return to a classic rock band record," Clufetos said. "What he has expressed is that he wants to make it the band playing live in a room so wherever that takes us. Less technology and more amps and drums."

The drummer said that the creative process has already begun, with the guys in the band working on new ideas in between gigs on Ozzy's world tour. "We are already coming up with new ideas backstage, in the hotel rooms and at soundcheck and have a bunch of ideas recorded, whether they be small or full songs," he said. "We are working on things slowly for the next... whatever it may be; time will tell what happens with them." more on this story

Def Leppard's Joe Elliot Jams With Thin Lizzy

(Gibson) The final stop on Thin Lizzy's sold-out European tour landed the lads in their hometown of Dublin, Ireland, playing in front of their faithful fans, including the mother of late-Lizzy bassist and leader, Phil Lynott. Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has been playing with Thin Lizzy on this tour, along with original guitarist Scott Gorham, and the boys surprised the crowd by bringing Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott out to sing their show-closer "The Boys are Back in Town."

Elliott, who has lived in Dublin for years and recently helped re-mix three classic Thin Lizzy albums, was thrilled with the chance to sing with one of his all-time favorite bands: "I suppose you could say it was inevitable that I'd be asked to join the boys when they came through Dublin, what with all the close ties we have, with my involvement in the recent re-mixes and Vivian and Ricky [Warwick, Thin Lizzy's vocalist for this tour] in the lineup. It was also the last night of their European tour, so it was totally a party atmosphere – you know, sold-out show, hometown gig, [Lynott's mother] Philomena in the Royal Box!

"I was watching from a great vantage point," Elliott continued, "And I have to say they were absolutely magnificent! Vivian fits like a glove, perfectly replicating the styles of Eric Bell, Brian Robertson and Gary Moore, but doing it his way! Having worked with him now for 19 years, I just knew he'd pull it off, and there's nobody more happy than me to see him do it, as they're his favorite band… I joined them fittingly for 'The Boys are Back in Town,' and I gotta say, it definitely gets you in the mood to play when you get a reaction like they did that night. My favorite gig for a long, long time!" Check out video of the jam

Rob Zombie Rules Out White Zombie Reunion

(Rock AAA) Rob Zombie has rubbished claims by former White Zombie band mate Sean Yseult that the departure of drummer Ivan DePrume sparked the demise of the band.

Zombie also slammed the door shut on the possibility of any White Zombie reunion. "I don't see the point. I think as most things people have a memory of something like 'I saw them when I was 14-years-old and it was the greatest thing ever' but if they saw us now they'd probably go 'I wish I hadn't seen that reunion, it was awful," He tells Rock AAA:

"It is better to leave it alone and I haven't talked to anyone from the band except John Tempesta in about 15-years."

Find out what he had to say about his former bandmate's new tell-all here

Jack White Done Joining Bands

(hennemusic) Given the recent announcement by The White Stripes that they have packed it in, speculation has begun as to whether or not Jack White could end up releasing solo records someday.

White essentially confirmed the idea behind the rumors: Jack confirmed, to Q magazine, he's busy enough with two bands, but may still do something of his own.

"I won't join another band again," Jack said. "Three's enough for one lifetime. If I can't say it in any of these bands, then I'll say it by myself." more on this story

Journey Set New Album Release

(Gibson) The follow-up to Journey's wildly successful Revelation album, Eclipse will be released in North America on May 24 through Wal-Mart outlets.

Frontiers Records will release the album in the rest of the world on, or close to, May 24. According to Melodicrock.com, Eclipse features 12 tracks, including one instrumental. The material was written over the past 18 months by the core team of guitarist Neal Schon and keyboard player Jonathan Cain with input from singer Arnel Pineda.

Schon told VH1 that the album, produced by Kevin Shirley and mixed by David Kalmusky, has been finished for a while and that he's extremely happy with the results. more on this story

Singled Out: Lisa Savidge's Fire Exiting

Today Dan Somers from Lisa Savidge tells us about "Fire Exiting" from their brand new self-titled sophomore album. As you'll see, Dan has an amazing story to tell. Here it is:

First a little background. I did two combat tours in Iraq and a lot of awful things in-between working as part of a special ops/intelligence group. All in all, I would say the horror that I partook of during those years absolutely pales in comparison to the things you heard about on the news. Well, the weight of it all finally got to me and I snapped, finding myself back in the "real world" on a mental health status. That is, until a year later (after I'd already started writing for Lisa Savidge) when they tried to "backdoor draft" me for some more fun in the sun. All of the demons that I thought had been kept at bay with a steady diet of this country's primary legal - and incidentally most powerful - drug, alcohol, came out of the woodwork and I had a complete nervous breakdown.

They stuck me in these awful WWII barracks while they decided if I was fit for duty, and during this time (two weeks or so), I did not sleep, eat, and after about day three, could not stop my hands from shaking enough to perform even the most basic tasks. I felt as though the mind of a crazed and rabid monkey had been implanted into the body of a dying 80 year old man. Thankfully, the doctors there had two brain cells, and figured out that this whole ordeal probably wasn't a good idea and decided that I could go home.

By the time I got back, my symptoms hadn't improved much - I still couldn't sleep (or rest at all) and my hands were still shaking uncontrollably. I was relating this experience to Ellery (while under heavy sedation), who wrote down the bits that would work for a song ("capitalizing on your misery" as he called it). That's where most of the lyrics came from, except for the last one (and title line) which was in reference to a sign I had seen in the barracks. You see, above the door on the top floor (where I had been housed) there was a sign that said "Fire Exiting" - presumably meaning "Fire Exit" - which, when opened, revealed that the stairs had gone and nothing awaited you but a 30 foot vertical drop onto solid concrete. An apt metaphor for the military's treatment of their "damaged goods" if ever there was one.

Later on (when I could play guitar again), I took to the task of building a song that musically conveyed the feeling of losing one's mind. We went for a sparse, semi-instrumental arrangement to play on the way that everything becomes sort of abstract as your grip on the real slides, and built the whole thing around a drum beat that really can't decide if it's 3/4 or 4/4. The final piece came in a bit of production on the jittery rhythm guitar, which I wanted to use to convey a sense of paranoia. For this I used a ring modulator to create the sense that the listener is surrounded from the very beginning - no escape - and then double-tracked/hard panned the rhythm with my foot on the wah pedal, but moving it as little as I could. I think it sounds kind of like being submerged up to the ears in a hostile, staccato, organic mass.

I especially came to like the sheer beauty of the instrumental segments, as things can take on this paradoxical majesty when viewed from the bottom. Also, when it came time to record the vocals I did them leveled right to the clip line of a cheap tube preamp I had lying around so that the words would waver unpredictably between clear calmness and mad raving from moment to moment and capture the sort of twitchy nature I had developed.

People often ask me about my various experiences and what they were like, and I've never really had right words... This song's probably the closest I've ever gotten to being able to describe it.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you check out the video right here!

Band Reinterprets Entire New Radiohead Album In A Day

Robotanists reinterpreted, recorded and released their own version of Radiohead's The King of Limbs in its entirety, just 24 hours after its release.

Just last week Robotanists released their own third full length album, Plans In Progress, produced by Danny Kalb (Beck, Karen O, Feist).

The quartet, often compared to Florence + The Machine, Jenny Lewis,The Xx, et al., is currently headlining a residency at the Silverlake Lounge in Los Angeles every Monday night throughout February. In March, Robotanists play several shows at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX. more on this story

Eagles To Headline Summer Festival

(Gibson) The Eagles will headline this summer's Hop Farm Music Festival that takes place in Kent, England, in July.

The Hop Farm Festival is in its fourth year and prides itself in being a back-to-basics, music-first festival with no sponsorship and no branding.

This will be the only U.K. date for the 120-million-album-selling band the Eagles. Also on the bill will be Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music, Brandon Flowers of The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie and 10cc. more on this story

Deep Purple Plan Record Store Day Retro Release

(Rock AAA) Deep Purple are marking Record Store Day 2011 by releasing a 'retro' single containing "Hush" — recorded for Chris Grant's "Tasty Pop Sundae" in early 1969 — and "Speed King," recorded for Stuart Henry's "Noise At Nine" in October of that same year.

Both tracks are from the upcoming "BBC Sessions" project. The picture sleeve is based on the original Harvest art and will be unveiled next week.

The limited-edition single will be distributed to the participating indie shops in the U.K.; only 1400 copies will be pressed. more on this story

Between The Buried And Me Set New Album Release

Between The Buried And Me have inked with Metal Blade Records who plan to release the band's new album, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues, in April.

We are delighted in the opportunity to join the Metal Blade family," commented BTBAM guitarist Paul Waggoner. "Their commitment to heavy music over the years is inspiring and we look forward to becoming a part of the ever-growing legacy of the label. Our new release, titled "The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues" will hit the streets in April. We are confident that our dedicated fans will appreciate it and hopeful that we will gain the attention of some new ears as well. In closing, I'd like to reference a quote from the illustrious Joe Dirt: "Life's a garden, dig it."

Further details on The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues will be made available soon. The LP will contain the first new music from Between The Buried And Me since the release of 2009's The Great Misdirect, which landed at #36 on the Billboard Top 200 in its first week of release. more on this story

Devildriver Unleash The Beast

(Rock AAA) Devildriver's latest studio offering, "Beast" hits stores today (February 22) on Roadrunner.

The CD was recorded at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Mark Lewis (Trivium, Chimaira, All That Remains) and was mixed by acclaimed British producer Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Exodus, Machine Head, Nevermore, Arch Enemy)

You can get a taste by checking out the video for the opening track on the album, Dead to Rights, right here

Rush Win Golden Reel Award

(hennemusic) While The Grammy Awards recently passed over the Rush documentary "Beyond The Lighted Stage," the film has picked up an honor at the MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editing) Golden Reel Awards.

The Awards celebrate the work of sound and editing in motion pictures and television.

"Beyond The Lighted Stage" won "Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in a Feature Documentary." more on this story

Gregg Rolie Reworks His Santana and Journey Classics On New EP

Santana and Journey co-founder Gregg Rolie revisits some classics from his previous bands and puts a new spin on them with his new solo EP, 'Five Days'.

A personal and intimate reworking of Santana and Journey classics as well as Gregg's own compositions through solo voice and piano, 'Five Days' was recorded in the living room of his Central Texas home on the piano given to him by his father in the early days of Santana.

"It's from my house to yours," says Gregg, whose new EP includes the songs "Black Magic Woman", "Anytime", "Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "If I Went Home", "Trouble In Mind" and "Cool Little Mama". more on this story

Napalm Death Release 3 CD Set Of Out of Print Releases

Big news for Napalm Death fans in Europe. Earache has released a new, limited edition 3-CD set and you can get it for the price of just one regular CD. Here are the details the label sent out:

This limited edition set features three long-out-of-print releases from the legendary Napalm Death catalogue, offering 43 tracks across three discs and a total running time of almost 2.5 hours.

The CDs are all housed together in a limited edition bookcase box. The 3-CD value set includes the following discs: * Diatribes * Greed Killing * Bootlegged In Japan Get it here

Smashing Pumpkins' Corgan Pulls A Hoax?

(Gibson) Last week, the story broke that Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan said bass player Nicole Fiorentino was one of the girls on the cover of the band's Siamese Dream album – but is Corgan just pulling our legs?

Rolling Stone tracked down an assistant to photographer Melodie McDaniel who says he is "pretty sure" the photo was shot specifically for the cover, and that Fiorentino's age makes it unlikely that she's the girl in the shot. Fiorentino would have been around 14 at the time of Siamese Dream, but Rolling Stone points out that the girls in the iconic photo look to be about seven years old.

So what's the truth? Is Corgan pulling the collective legs of the entire SP fan community? One person who's not giving away anything on the matter is Fiorentino, whose sole public response to the news has been to retweet Rolling Stone's article calling Corgan's statement into question. Read Gibson's original report here

Whitesnake is David Coverdale

(Rock AAA) Whitesnake are signed with Italian-based Frontiers Records, notable for their ongoing support of classic metal acts. "The reality of Whitesnake is it's David Coverdale," guitarist Doug Aldrich told Sweden's Metal Shrine.

"That´s his brand. I know that David was really into finding a label, like Frontiers, that was supportive of him, and he decided on them."

"Forevermore" was a little more than a year in the making. "I started at the end of 2009 working on ideas on my own," said Aldrich. "I started working on a lot of acoustic stuff, and the first song we wrote was in January in 2010: "One Of These Days," which is kind of acoustic-based, and then little-by-little, we started getting into some heavier stuff." more on this story

Oasis Gone For Good

(hennemusic) Stick a fork in Oasis; they are long past done. Following a lifelong of feuding with brother Noel, and a nasty band split in 2009, Liam Gallagher has no plans to put Oasis back together.

"Never," Liam tells The Guardian. "This is not a stopgap until me and Noel come to our senses and start Oasis again. That is well and truly done."

Beady Eye is Liam's focus these days, with their debut album, "Different Gear, Still Standing," set for release February 28 more on this story

Gary Cherone Taking His Hurtsmile On The Road

(Gibson) Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone says his new band, Hurtsmile, is in "the honeymoon period" of rehearsing before heading out on tour following the release of their eponymously titled debut.

Speaking to Mitch Lafon of Bravewords.com, Cherone said the band built off the musical tension between himself and his brother, guitarist Mark Cherone: "Mark and I have been very close, but musically there's always tension," he said. "The advantage of having your brother [in the band] is that I know him as well as he knows me. He knows my moods and I know his. I'll stay away from him when he's in a bad mood."

Cherone has gone to great pains to assure fans that, unlike their mid-'90s breakup, this time Extreme isn't going anywhere. "Extreme is alive and well," he told Lafon. "Nuno [Bettencourt] and I are separate, but writing. We plan on recording this year and if the right tour comes up (like Whitesnake for example), Extreme will be on the road too." more on this story

The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie Announce American Tour Dates

The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie will be performing his way across the United States with a series of tour dates in March and April.

In addition, Downie has been announced as part of the prestigious Coachella line-up, playing Sunday, April 17th, the third and final day of the already sold-out desert fest.

As the lead singer of The Tragically Hip, Downie this time returns as Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles. A mélange of rock influenced by folk and country, his third solo album, The Grand Bounce, was produced by Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla, and scheduled to be released by Cobraside on March 22nd. more on this story

Texas In July Announce Dates With August Burns Red, Set Your Goals, Silverstein and Bayside

Texas In July will be providing support on two upcoming tours in North America this Spring:

The first trek is a US/Canada tour with August Burns Red, Set Your Goals and Born of Osiris

They will also take part in the upcoming Silverstein and Bayside co-headlining tour which also features Polar Bear Club and The Swellers. more on this story

Edward Sharpe and The Flaming Lips For Snow Ball Festival

(Submitted) The line-up for the inaugural Snow Ball Festival has been announced. The three day event takes place in Vail Valley, CO on March 4-6, 2011.

First group to sign on was Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, who are coming a couple days early to ski and hang out in the mountains. The second group was local Denver band Gauntlet Hair. The last group to sign on was The Flaming Lips.

It will be the first ever Colorado plays for Twin Shadow, Miami Horror, Lord Huron, and Parisian producer Onra. more on this story

Otis Heat Announce Tour Dates

(PR) Otis Heat will be returning to LA after opening for Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae at the Viper Room last March.

They'll be headlining the Silverlake Lounge on March 22nd with local favorites Terraplane Sun and The Diamond Light.

The show is part of their west coast tour which kicks off on March 12th in Lake City, UT and will see them playing shows in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas (SXSW) and various stops in California. more on this story

Sonne Adam's Transformation Coming in April

Century Media Records will release the debut album from Israel-based old school death metal band Sonne Adam. The label have set a April 4, 2011 release date for "Transformation" in Europe. (no word on a stateside release). Here is the blurb on the band and the album:

Jens Prueter (Head Of A&R, Century Media Records Europe): "Back in 1991, Century Media Records released the groundbreaking debut albums by Asphyx, Grave, Morgoth and Unleashed as well as the second album of Tiamat. It was the year death metal changed the metal world and thousands of bands were founded in garages around the world. 20 years later we are proud to sign a young band from Tel Aviv, Israel that knows the meaning of death unfortunately better than most of us. Sonne Adam mix the old doom/death of early Paradise Lost and technical insanity of early Morbid Angel with a fresh passion and raw energy that reminds me of the hunger and dedication I heard in the aforementioned debut albums 20 years ago, without sounding retro. Welcome to a new chapter of Century Media Death Metal!"

The history of Sonne Adam (which roughly translates into "hate humanity" in Hebrew) dates back to 2007 when a young Israeli duo consisting of Davidov (all instruments) and Dahan (vocals) started a musical project to create "death metal in the vein of early Paradise Lost but with a more shamelessly evil and blasphemous touch and some Morbid Angel thrown in the mix". Plain and simple. more on this story