Corey Taylor Speaks Out on Velvet Revolver

Adding to the drama, during a co-hosting stint on the May 4 edition of Canada's Louder radio show, Taylor was asked for his thoughts on Slash's comments. "We got together and we jammed some stuff and I guess it just wasn't working for him, which… He's Slash and he's entitled to have that, and I'm not gonna argue with him," Taylor said. "But it was cool to just be able to get together and jam with those guys and I made some really cool friends. Me and Duff [McKagan, Velvet Revolver bassist] are really close. It's one more thing I can say I did." more on this story

The Cure To Play First 3 Albums Live for DVD Release

(Gibson) The Cure have been announced as the headliners of this year's Vivid Live festival, which is happening May 27 through June 6 at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. To make the event extra-special, Robert Smith and friends have revealed that they will perform their first three albums in their entirety at the festival.

Those albums include 1979's Three Imaginary Boys, 1980's Seventeen Seconds and 1981's Faith. It's the first time the band and, according to them, it'll be the only time.

The Cure's lineup will include present and past members for the shows, which will take place May 31 and June 1. If you can't make it down under in time, you'll be able to check out the concerts on a future DVD release. more on this story

Soundgarden Summer Tour Plans

Soundgarden have announced the final thirteen dates for their upcoming summer tour.

Coheed and Cambria and The Mars Volta will open for Soundgarden on the first and second half of the tour respectively, and Queens of the Stone Age and Meat Puppets will join the band on the last two dates of the run.

The seventeen shows will finish up with a homecoming concert in Seattle at The Gorge on July 30th joined by very special guests Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon and Meat Puppets. This is the first Seattle concert since the intimate, surprise show held at the Showbox in 2010. more on this story

Def Leppard Lullabies Album

Some have complained that Def Leppard have become softer over the years. If you are one of those fans, you're not going to like this. On the other hand, if you have kids.... Here's the official word: Dreamin' With Def Leppard, the first installment of the "Rock the Cradle" series will be released on June 28th, 2011.

"The Rock The Cradle" series features lullaby renditions of popular songs from legendary rock groups, and is the only lullaby series that series that features full band production & original members of the band.

Dreamin' With Def Leppard is no exception, as it features Def Leppard guitarists Phil Collen & Vivian Campbell, performing 12 of the bands biggest hits. And, contrary to the usual simple keyboard & xylophone production, each track features a complete band production. Def Leppard's biggest hits are melodic at their core, and for the Leppard "lullification" process, we wrapped those great melodies with a warm blanket. more on this story

Golden Gods Awards Set To Air Including Original Alice Cooper Group Performance

VH1 Classic will broadcast the 3rd annual Golden Gods Awards on Saturday, May 28 at 10PM,* including a performance by the original Alice Cooper Group and some all-star jams.

The awards show will be hosted by Chris Jericho, a former WWE World Champion, current lead singer for the band Fozzy, and best known for his recent stint on the hit show, "Dancing With the Stars."

Highlights of the evening include a performance of "School's Out" by Alice Cooper with the original Alice Cooper Group, who also takes home the coveted Golden God Award, presented by his shock rocker friend, Rob Zombie. more on this story

The Cars Streaming Comeback Album Online

(hennemusic) On May 10, The Cars return with "Move Like This," their first album in 24 years.

"Move Like This" was recorded last year in Los Angeles and upstate New York by the entire surviving band: Ocasek, drummer David Robinson, guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboard player Greg Hawkes. Gareth "Jacknife" Lee, who has worked with U2 and R.E.M., produced five tracks; the band did the rest.

If 24 years has been too long a wait for you, and you just can't live without it for a few more days, The Cars are now streaming the full album here.

The Cars kick off a 2-week tour next week to launch the new album. more on this story

Why The Brides of Destruction Divorced

(Rock AAA) Wildhearts mainman Ginger has revealed that he quit rock supergroup the Brides of Destruction after founder Tracii Guns backed out of a series of agreements, chucked away the concept for the album and made the band something he didn't want to be a part of.

Ginger says he was excited about the prospect of working with Guns before his supergroup dream turned sour when he realised he wouldn't have any input into the song writing. "I just realised the idea of the band that we all had, wasn't the idea of the band that was going to record the album.," he tells RockAAA. "The album was meant to be called '13 Acres' because we lived on this crazy ranch that Charles Manson's disciples had moved into before they moved to the Topanga Canyon one. This place was just steeped in history and it was 13 acres and it was all f**king spooky.

"But it turns out the album is going to be called 'Runaway Brides.' I thought that was daft as we had such a really cool concept with this dark album and songs about life. more on this story

Glenn Hughes To Tell All

(Gibson) Singer and bassist Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Black Country Communion is getting onboard the autobiography bandwagon, as he readies for the release of his autobiography, Deep Purple and Beyond: Scenes from the Life of a Rock Star, on May 12.

According to Blabbermouth.net, the book was co-written with British author and journalist Joel McIver, who has worked on the autobiographies of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Ice Cube and others.

The collection features an introduction by none other than Metallica's Lars Ulrich, as well as rare photos and a 10-inch vinyl EP featuring the following all-new recordings: "What is a Woman's Role?" (Trapeze, written by Hughes) "Holy Man" (Deep Purple, written by Hughes, David Coverdale, Jon Lord) "Dying to Live" (new acoustic track by Hughes) more on this story

Anthrax Postpone Tour- Iron Maiden North American Tour?- All Star Tour Lineup- Pro-Pain Lose Member- Pete Wentz Eyes Release This Year- Queen Bonus- more

The Day in Rock Digest for 05/06/11: Anthrax's previously announced Japanese tour, which was slated to kick off tonight (Thursday, May 5) in Tokyo, has been "postponed." The band states, "We are currently working to reschedule and hope to announce new Japan dates soon." more

Vulgar Display of Blog received word from a credible source that Iron Maiden is in talks for a North American tour in the spring of 2012. Rumor has it this will be a full scale tour playing to many cities in the USA and Canada. The band is also rumored to be touring for a upcoming re-release of their Maiden England video. more

The full lineup for the "The All Star Tour" will reportedly be Emmure, Alesana, iwrestledabearonce, blessthefall, For Today, In This Moment, Born Of Osiris, The Ghost Inside, After The Burial, Attila, For All Those Sleeping, Memphis May Fire (select dates), Motionless In White, Chelsea Grin and Sleeping With Sirens.

Pro-Pain have issued the following update: "It is with great sadness that we bring to you (the fans) the following news: Due to unexpected circumstances regarding some potentially serious health issues, our longtime lead guitarist and dear friend Tom Klimchuck will unfortunately have to put his musical endeavors on hold for at least the foreseeable future." Replacement named here

Napalm Death have entered Parlour Studio in Kettering, U.K. with longtime producer Russ Russell to begin recording their 14th album for a tentative October release via Century Media Records. more

The release date of the second batch of Queen remasters, Deep Cuts Volume 2 and the reissue of The Platinum Collection has been pushed back from June 23rd until June 27th Queen have now revealed the tracklistings for the bonus EPs to be included with the new album reissues. Check em out here

Looking For An Answer will see the release of their new full-length Eterno Treblinka this June via Relapse Records. more

Pete Wentz says the debut album from his new band, Black Cards, will be out in late summer or early fall, and it will feature guest spots from Neon Trees singer Tyler Glenn and dancehall rapper Shaggy. more

On this day in 1965, In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards worked out the opening guitar riff of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box earlier that day.

On this day in 1984, Fictional group Spinal Tap played a gig at New York's CBGB.

On this day in 2002, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen was voted the U.K.'s favorite single of all time in a poll by the Guinness Hit Singles book. "Imagine" by John Lennon was voted #2, "Hey Jude" by The Beatles was #3, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA was #4 and Madonna's "Like a Prayer" was #5. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

Duff McKagan Talks It's So Easy and Other Lies

(Gibson) Duff McKagan has led a colorful life, playing integral roles in Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and now his own band, Loaded. But there has been a dark side, as well: a long-term battle with addiction that McKagan has chronicled in his new autobiography, It's So Easy and Other Lies.

McKagan told New Jersey's WDHA-FM radio (as reported on Music-News.com), "You get a cross-section of my life. I almost lost a battle to addiction and I kind of had to relive it, but in a conversation where you understand what's going on in my life. I could tell you how much I drank or how many drugs I took in a day, but a normal person would just not understand that. I don't even know if the book was even any good. It sounds lame, but it was just so many damn words and endless hours of writing."

Even with the autobiography out of the way, McKagan says he still has a lot of things to check off on his bucket list. "You know there's a hundred things I could think of I have left to do, but it's been great so far," he said. "I've never really sat there and thought about it; about what I've done so far, and how does it feel. I probably should do that one day, but it's not happening yet. Probably a good sign." more on this story

More High Def Rolling Stones

(PR) The latest installment of the high definition digital downloads of the Rolling Stones original catalog in FLAC formats has arrived. These Rolling Stones gems are offered in both 176.4kHz/24-bit and 88.2kHz/24-bit.

To date, nine ABKCO Rolling Stones albums have been released and made available exclusively from HDtracks.com online store at www.hdtracks.com. Fourteen more ABKCO Rolling Stones titles will subsequently be released. This campaign follows in the footsteps of the release last year by ABKCO Records/HDtracks of four classic Sam Cooke albums from ABKCO's catalog in 88.2kHz/24-bit.

The latest four Stones albums include Out Of Our Heads (UK) which features such classic Stones cuts as "Heart of Stone" and "I'm Free" and covers of songs originally recorded by some of the band's R&B and rock 'n' roll idols: "Good Times" (Sam Cooke), "Hitch Hike" (Marvin Gaye), "Mercy Mercy" (Don Covay & The Goodtimers), "Cry To Me' (Solomon Burke), "Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin')" (Barbara Lynn), "She Said Yeah" (Roddy Jackson), "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Chuck Berry), " and "That's How Strong My Love Is" (Otis Redding)." The album reached No.2 on the U.K album charts in 1965 and features guest musicians Ian Stewart, Jack Nitzsche and Phil Spector. The entire album is offered in mono, as originally recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood and at Chess Studios in Chicago. more on this story

Jimi Hendrix Park On The Way

(PR) Seattle's Jimi Hendrix Park is shaping up with this news: The Friends of Jimi Hendrix Park have selected a design team for the park at 24th Ave S and S Massachusetts St.

During the spring and summer, the team will conduct a series of public meetings. The first meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. May 17 at the Northwest African American Museum.

The park has already secured hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding, including $500,000 from the Parks and Green Space 2008 Levy Opportunity Fund, $70,000 from a Neighborhood Matching Fund and a $20,000 donation from Janie L. Hendrix. The estimated cost for the project is $2 million, according to their website

Singled Out Mother's Day Special: Scarlett Cherry's Angel

Today we celebrate Mother's Day this coming Sunday with Scarlett Cherry who tells us about "Angel" from her brand new album "Labor of Love". Here is the story:

Initially, our concept for Labor Of Love was to write songs that were love letters from Mothers to their babies...to explore and relate the beauty and power of Mother's love.

Angel was written with my dear friend, collaborator, and producer, Alisan Porter. in her words.." Angel is a love affair of melody and spirit. it came from a random voice note on my iPhone. I was inspired by the idea of how much love you could have for something, before you ever meet it."

Together with Eli Rise, and my husband, Lee Cherry..we discussed the feelings associated with first time Motherhood, and the gorgeous anticipation of our little "Angel".

We were writing and recording Labor Of Love during my last trimester. Pregnancy fueled my love and passion for this piece. That coupled with the enormous capacity of pure love in the writing process...gave this song Wings.

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

Slash To Receive Zoo Honor

(hennemusic) Slash's love of animals goes far beyond his well-publicized fascination with snakes: he's in it for the long haul. And, he's being recognized for his efforts.

The Los Angeles Times reports the rock icon is set to receive a leadership award from the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn. at its 41st Annual Beastly Ball on June 18 at the L.A. Zoo.

Slash will be given the inaugural Tom F. Mankiewicz Leadership Award, which recognizes his longtime contributions to establishing environmental welfare programs; he's also a trustee on GLAZA's board and has supported the L.A. Zoo and zoos around the world. more on this story

Daniel Lanois' Black Dub Hitting The Road

Daniel Lanois' new group Black Dub have announced a full tour of North America.

The trek will be kicking off in Anaheim on May 27th and concluding at the University of Illinois in Champaign on September 8th.

"We put a lot of energy into creating our debut release, and the music truly transforms when you hear it and see it performed live," said Lanois. "This summer, I can't wait to share this new music with more people in a live setting." more on this story

Howard Stern To Talk To The Man Who Elected Not To Stay In Nirvana

Dave Grohl recently appeared on Howard Stern and laid out the Nirvana timeline and Stern realized there had been a different drummer in Nirvana originally.

Howard said he'd like to speak with the person who elected not to stay in Nirvana. (Listen to that exchange at the link below)

Stern will get that chance on Monday when Dale Crover will be on-air with Howard to talk Nirvana as well as the Melvins and their forthcoming album "Sugar Daddy Live" (Comes out May 31st.) Grohl and Stern clip

Lindsay Lohan, Keira Knightley, David Beckham in the Eyes of Stone Roses' Squire

(Gibson) Ex-Stone Roses guitarist John Squire will launch a London art exhibition next month featuring his personal interpretations of modern celebrities.

NME.com reports that the exhibition, John Squire: Celebrity, focuses on Squire's use of traditional Islamic designs to depict famous people such as Woody Allen, Albert Einstein, Lindsay Lohan, Keira Knightley and David Beckham.

Squire's art career began with designing Stone Roses album covers. Since his first exhibition in 2004, Squire has shown his art all over the world, from Austria to Tokyo. more on this story

Lynette Skynyrd Featuring Fireball Ministry Star To Make Live Debut

(Submitted) Lynette Skynyrd the world's only all female tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd will make their live debut on Saturday.

Hailing from Southern California, the band features: Emily Burton from Fireball Ministry, SST Records guitar hero Sylvia Juncosa, Berklee Music grad Marika Tjelios, stoner rock entrepreneur Laurie Es, national touring drummer Antonia Scarpa and art-rocker Cherry Garcia.

From this varied group comes a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd that taps into those halcyon days when rock was to be experienced with all the senses. The music is captured from the pre-'77 archives and expressed with badass rock chick authority that stands the test of time. more on this story

Motorhead's HeadCat Walks The Walks

(Rock AAA) HeadCat is alive and well, thank you very much. The three-piece rockabilly supergroup – which features Motorhead's Lemmy, The Stray Cats' drummer Slim Jim Phantom and Lonesome Spur/Rockats/13 Cats guitarist Danny B Harvey – are set to issue their first new material in 11 years on July 5, with the release of their second album, "Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk."

The disc follows the "Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B" album in 2000, which was re-released as "Fool's Paradise" in 2006 after the group finalized their official name.

HeadCat was formed after recording the Elvis Presley tribute album "Swing Cats, A Special Tribute to Elvis" in 2000, to which all three contributed individually. The trio jammed some old rockabilly songs following the recording sessions and decided to pursue the idea further. more on this story

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros Frontman Announces Solo Dates

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros frontman Alexander Ebert has announced a handful of East Coast tour dates under the name Alexander and Fam.

These are the first tour dates that Alexander has announced in the United States since his successful shows at SXSW earlier this year. The dates include a stop at New York City's Bowery Ballroom. The complete list of tour dates is below.

The shows are in support of Alexander's solo self-titled debut, which was released on March 1st through Community Music. more on this story

Mick Jagger's Daughter Poses Nude for Playboy

(hennemusic) The Rolling Stones continue to enjoy their time away from the spotlight, but their offspring are doing just fine making headlines of their own these days.

Keith Richards' daughter just worked her way out of trouble with a plea deal following an arrest in New York City on graffiti and drug charges back in March.

Now comes word that Mick Jagger's daughter, Elizabeth, is baring all for Playboy magazine. The Examiner reports Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jagger, the eldest child of Mick and supermodel/actress Jerry Hall, has posed nude for Playboy magazine — and she says that her parents have approved. more on this story

Fabolous Yellowcard Runner Runner for Hoppus on Music

Tonight's "Hoppus on Music," will feature an interview Mark conducted with rapper Fabolous.

The show is also set to feature an appearance Yellowcard and a performance by Runner Runner.

The episode airs tonight, Friday, 5/6, at 11pm/10c only on Fuse TV. Check out their Youtube channel here

Weird Owl Going Soph

(PR) Weird Owl will release their sophomore album Build Your Beast A Fire on July 26 via Tee Pee Records. T

he follow up to the band's 2009 debut Ever the Silver Chord be Loosed was recorded at Verdant Studio in Vermont with Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr., Witch, Sonic Youth) and The Drawing Room in Kingston, NY with Bishop Allen's Justin Rice.

"'Build Your Beast a Fire' represents Weird Owl in its most structured and melodic incarnation yet," commented vocalist / bassist Trevor Tyrrell. "The album is part magical, part scientific; part futuristic, part ancient; part muscular, part psychological; part heavenly and part terrestrial. It dwells perfectly in a universe of its own creation". more on this story

Nick Cave and Neko Case True Blood Zombies

(Gibson) Nick Cave and Neko Case have teamed up to cover The Zombies' "She's Not There." The haunting tune will be heard in the first episode of the new season of HBO's True Blood.

Cave and Case have performed on the same bill in the past, but this is their first recording together. The song will be heard over the closing credits of the episode, which also is titled "She's Not There," according to Billboard.com.

"You always want to serve the show, but in the back of my mind I'm always thinking about the soundtrack," True Blood music supervisor Gary Calamar said at the Musexpo in Hollywood. This cover replaces Santana's version of the Zombies classic, which was specified in the script. "The key to a good soundtrack is having fresh recordings." more on this story

Remembering Don't Be Cruel and Great Balls Of Fire Songwriter Otis Blackwell

On this day in 2002, American songwriter and producer Otis Blackwell died from a heart attack. He wrote the classic songs "All Shook Up," "Return to Sender," "Don't Be Cruel," "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Fever." Over the years, Blackwell's songs have sold more than 185 million copies. Gibson takes a look back: Although he might not be as well known as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Willie Dixon or Buddy Holly, Otis Blackwell should be considered alongside those greats as one of the architects of rock and roll. A remarkably talented songwriter, Blackwell penned many of the songs that shaped rock music – including "Don't Be Cruel," "Fever," "All Shook Up" and "Great Balls of Fire." Blackwell died on this day in 2002, but his songs will live on forever.

Otis was born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up playing piano and listening to R&B and country tunes on the radio. "When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano," Blackwell later remembered. "I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs."

At the age of 20, he won the famous "Amateur Night" contest at New York City's Apollo Theater. As a result, he landed a record contract, first with RCA and then Jay-Dee. His first single was a song he wrote, "Daddy Rolling Stone," which went on to become pretty popular in Jamaica, where it was covered by Derek Martin. A decade later, it would become a regular selection in The Who's early performances. more on this story

.... MorleyView: Linda Perry Flashback<

I've talked to a lot of people over the years but rarely were my knees knocking louder than when I spent an hour with Linda. To celebrate antiMusic's 13th anniversary we look back at one of my favorite Morleyviews. - Read the full MorleyView: Linda Perry Flashback MorleyView