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(SRX) David Coverdale Celebrates His 60th Birthday On September 22nd "I've retired more times than Frank Sinatra but luckily I didnt tell many people," he laughs. more

Metallica and Lou Reed Ban

(hennemusic) There's no freedom of expression on the London Underground…or, at least when it comes to what ads the subway system will display.

The NME reports the London Underground have banned promo posters for Lou Reed & Metallica's forthcoming album, "Lulu," from being displayed in stations.

The site reports Transport For London bosses made the decision not to allow the image on tubes, or in stations, after an unnamed "spokesperson" claimed it looked too much like graffiti. The album cover features a photo of a limbless mannequin with a realistic expression, and the album name written across it. See it here

Tori Amos Issues Metal Band Challenge

(Gibson) In her own words, Tori Amos just laid the gauntlet down. In an interview with Spinner, the singing, songwriting piano player has challenged the world's metal bands to a throwdown.

"I don't think that just because I talk about emotional stuff that it's not motherf---er stuff. I'll stand next to the hardest f---ing heavy metal band on any stage in the world and take them down, alone, by myself," she said. "Gauntlet laid down, see who steps up. See who steps up!

"I'll take them down at 48. And they know I will. Because emotion has power that the metal guys know is just you can't touch it. Insanity can't touch the soul. It's going to win every f---ing time." more on this story

Avenged Sevenfold Buried Alive Tour

Avenged Sevenfold will return to the road this fall for their own headlining "Buried Alive" tour, which launches in Ft. Meyers, FL, on November 23rd.

Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, and Black Veil Brides are also on the bill, offering fans an incredible value with four of the hottest bands in rock today. Ticket prices range from $35-45 including special family four pack offers in particular markets.

The tour takes its name from "Buried Alive," the fourth single from the band's album Nightmare. more on this story

Arcade Fire Win 2011 Polaris Music Prize

(SC) Last night Arcade Fire's acclaim album, The Suburbs, was crowned winner of the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.

Arcade Fire took home the $30,000.00 prizeThe other nine short list nominees were awarded $2000.00.

The gala ceremony included performances by short list nominees Austra, Braids, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, Ron Sexsmith and Timber Timbre, with members of Arcade Fire (Win Butler, Jeremy Gara, Richard Reed Parry) on hand as well. more on this story

Two New Rush Releases Coming

Some big news for Rush fans, there are two new releases on the horizon. Here is the official word with all of the details:

Rush have announced details for the first offerings through their recently announced partnership with Roadrunner Records. On November 8, Anthem/Roadrunner will simultaneously release a two disc live album entitled "Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland" as well as "Moving Pictures: Live 2011" on vinyl and digital formats.

Captured in April at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena during the renowned trio's extensive Time Machine World Tour, "Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland" marks the band's first live album recorded at a U.S show, a deliberate nod of gratitude to the first city to support Rush on its radio airwaves. more on this story

Megadeth's Mustaine Discusses Prospect Of Losing Ellefson To Metallica

(Rock News Desk) Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has revealed his relief that bassist David Ellefson wasn't invited to join Metallica after the tragic death of Cliff Burton. But it's added to his determination that members of both bands should come together to record an album.

Burton died on tour in 1986 in a tour bus crash, three years after Mustaine had been kicked out of the band. He'd gone on to form Megadeth, and as his former colleagues looked for a new bassist their thoughts settled on Ellefson.

"When Cliff died there was a moment where Dave's name had come up and I was a little concerned," Mustaine tells CBS/ "I didn't want to lose my bassist and I certainly didn't want to have another reason to be upset. God knows I had my reasons, even though they weren't all real. A lot of them were caused by myself." more on this story

Mike Portnoy V Dream Theater Denied

(Rock News Desk) The most recent chapter in Mike Portnoy's split with Dream Theater is a non-event, says a lawyer representing the band.

Sources yesterday said the drummer had launched a lawsuit against his former bandmates after his surprise decision to quit the prog metal outfit in 2010.

Now Ronald Beinstock, representing Dream Theater, tells Blabbermouth: "On or around April 27, 2011, Mr Portnoy filed a 'Notice With Summons'. This document is not a formal complaint. Further, the document was never served on any of the named defendants, rendering it moot.

"There is no pending litigation between Dream Theater and Mr Portnoy." more on this story

Slipknot Clown's Maggot Bible Dreams

(RockAAA) Slipknot's Clown, Shawn Crahan, is collating artwork submitted by fans to create The Maggot Bible.

Crahan who coined the phrase 'maggots' for the band's fans because of the way that he saw them feed from the band's energy now wants them to connect with him through art and poetry :

"Okay, I am going to do the very best I can to describe this crazy dream I had about a book called the Maggot Bible," he begins in a two-page introduction on Maggotbible.com, "My connection with you on the Internet or in person has always been surrounded by these ideas of art and how art can help ease the pain of life." more on this story

Queen Star Auditioning Members for Queen Tribute Band

(Gibson) Aside from thinking about a one-off Queen show for next summer's Olympics, Queen drummer Roger Taylor is auditioning young musicians and singers for an official Queen tribute band, Queen Extravaganza.

According to the Guardian, the show will tour internationally with the band performing Queen hits along with archive footage and celebrity appearances.

Taylor told Rolling Stone magazine: "I'm quite convinced that there are tens of thousands of kids, of really talented people, in their bedrooms around the world playing drums, guitar, and singing. And I want to find some of those people." more on this story

Double Concept Album For Stone Sour?

(Banana 101.5) Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor says that the band's next project is not only starting to look like a concept album, but that it may be a double album as well. A concept double album?

Stone Sour looks to join the ranks of bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Coheed and Cambria as they gear up to release a two-disc concept album.

In a recent interview Corey Taylor told Artisan News about Stone Sour's upcoming record. Read what he has to say here

Lacuna Coil Set Dark Adrenaline Release Date

Century Media Records have set a January 24th, 2012 North American release date for Lacuna Coil's sixth studio album Dark Adrenaline.

Dark Adrenaline was produced by the acclaimed Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Bullet For My Valentine)

The first single from the new album, "Trip The Darkness" will impact at Active Rock radio next month on October 10th. Lacuna Coil will tour in North America in support of Dark Adrenaline around the album's release; look for a big tour announcement in the coming weeks. more on this story

Cream Blu-Ray Coming Next Month

(Kayos) Eagle Rock Entertainment has set an October 11th release date for Cream: Royal Albert Hall London 2005 on Blu-Ray.

These songs, recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1/DTS-HD Master Audio, taken from four nights' worth, prove Cream's unerring sense of timing and drama remained intact. It was so good, in fact, they did what nobody ever thought they'd do: reunite for a stateside tour. And it all started here.

This epic 19-song high-definition reunion concert of guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker—who hadn't played together in nearly 40 years—comes complete with an additional three bonus tracks: alternate versions of "Sleepy Time Time," "We're Going Wrong" and "Sunshine Of Your Love." Interviews with all three legends make up the remainder of this historic two-hour and 47-minute classic. more on this story

Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson Announces North American Tour For New Album

Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson has announced his first ever solo tour which hits North America in November.

Porcupine Tree and Blackfield star will be touring in support of his new solo album, Grace For Drowning, which will be released next Tuesday, September 27th via Kscope.

Grace For Drowning is the second album released under Wilson's own name, and builds on the artistic inroads he forged with 2009's exceptionally well-received Insurgentes. A double album ('two 40-45 minute albums in the same package') Wilson has described it as "my biggest project to date". more on this story

Skillet Have 20 Songs for Next Album

(Banana 101.5) Skillet's story isn't one of overnight success, in fact, their last album 'Awake' was the band's eighth full-length release in their 15-year long career. Despite their long trip to commercial success, frontman John Cooper says they're just getting started.

Skillet made the difficult jump from Christian rock to mainstream success with their 2009 album 'Awake' — selling over 800,000 copies. The band's current single, 'It's Not Me It's You', is the album's sixth and is currently sitting at #12 on the active rock charts.

Though 'Awake' is still doing well, it is a two-year old album. Artist Direct recently asked vocalist John Cooper if the band had begun writing for the follow-up yet: "I have. I've got a good handful of songs—probably 20 or so for the next project. We're starting to do demos for that. I'm moving towards that way. I'm assuming we'll enter the studio early next year sometime between January and May." More from John here

Winds Of Plague Announce Thrash & Burn Tour Details

Winds Of Plague have announced dates for this fall's North American Thrash & Burn Tour and they'll be bringing along a heavy lineup.

Winds Of Plague will be joined on the trek by Chelsea Grin, As Blood Runs Black, For The Fallen Dreams, Upon A Burning Body, In The Midst Of Lions, Like Moths To Flames, and Volumes.

In regards to this upcoming trek, Winds Of Plague's Johnny Plague (vocals) comments: "We are very excited that our first US headlining tour in support of our new record 'Against The World' will carry the Thrash & Burn brand. more on this story

Mastodon Says They Aren't Cashing In On Fans

(Rock News Desk) Mastodon's Troy Sanders says his band aren't trying to cash in on fans' faith by releasing limited-edition versions of their albums.

He explains: "We always to a limited deluxe because we do have a handful of people who want to have everything. A lot of people think the deluxe stuff is only a cash-grab, but in our opinion that's not the case. I only buy the $50 version of things from bands that I truly love and I really want to own.

"That's why we only make a small run of those things, for those who wish to have that. If you just want to hear the fourteenth song you can simply buy that digitally for a dollar." more on this story

Iwrestledabearonce Announce Film Premiere

(AMM) Iwrestledabearonce will premiere their feature film A Beary Scary Movie at the Rock And Shock Film Festival at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA on October 16.

A Beary Scary Movie will be featured as the headlining film of the day at this convention that exhibits the best independent horror films from around the world and boasts New England's largest gathering of horror and heavy metal fans.

The edgy horror film stars IWABO's Steven Bradley, Krysta Cameron, Mikey Montgomery, Michael "Rickshaw" Martin and John Ganey, along with actors Larry Parks, John Dillion, Phillip Wright, Jim Babel, Charlie Huffman and Kelly Keodara, with a special appearance by Jake Busey. more on this story

Placebo DVD and Blu-Ray Set For Release

(Kayos) Eagle Rock Entertainment has set a November 1 release date for the Placebo DVD and Blu-Ray, We Come In Pieces.

This concert was filmed at London's Brixton Academy in September 2010 at the culmination of their world tour in support of the Battle For The Sun album released the previous year. The band played 143 shows to over 2.5 million fans in 44 countries.

A Deluxe DVD will also be available, as a limited edition import and includes a second disc containing the hour-long documentary "Coming Up For Air" which follows Placebo around the world on their "Battle For The Sun" tour, and also includes the short film "Trigger Happy Hands." We Come In Pieces comes off the back of their hit album Battle For The Sun which reached #1 in 10 countries and was Top 10 in England. The live concert "Battle For Brixton" features many of their hit tracks including "The Bitter End," "Nancy Boy," "Every You Every Me," "For What It's Worth," "Infra-Red," "Taste In Men" and many more. more on this story

Neil Young Plans Autobiography

(Gibson) Following the recent successes of memoirs by Keith Richards and Sammy Hagar (both #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list), rock legend Neil Young has announced he's writing an autobiography.

The book is titled Waging Heavy Peace and is due out in the fall of 2012, according to Rolling Stone.

"I felt like writing books fit me like a glove," Young said in a statement. "I started and I just kept going. That's the way my Daddy used to do it on his old Underwood up in the attic. He said, 'Just keep writing, you never know what will turn up.'" more on this story

Covers Helped Puddle of Mudd Find A New Dynamic

(Banana 101.5) Puddle of Mudd guitarist Paul Phillips says that recording their latest album, a collection of classic rock covers titled 'Re:(disc)overed', helped the band find a new groove.

Puddle of Mudd initially began the path to their latest album with the intentions of it being a Puddle of Mudd album. As guitarist Paul Phillips told Billboard previously, it didn't quite work out like that.

Now that the experience is behind them and the album is in stores, Puddle of Mudd is hitting the road for the next few months. Phillips recently told Artist Direct that treading through the material of others helped the band find a new dynamic within themselves. Read what he had to say here

Aborted Finish New Album

Aborted have just finished work on their upcoming seventh studio album, Global Flatline! which will hit stores next year.

The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by the renowned Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Pestilence, Hatesphere) at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark, and the artwork was once again created by the grotesquely-talented Justin Osbourn from Slasher Design.

Century Media will release a digital single of the title track, "Global Flatline", on October 15th. more on this story

Black Cobra Added To Kyuss Lives! Tour

Black Cobra have announced that they will be hitting the road this fall supporting Kyuss Lives! on their North American Tour.

The second leg of Kyuss Lives! dates will kick off mid-November, and in addition to Black Cobra, will feature The Sword as direct support.

YOB will also join in the festivities on the Portland and Seattle dates of the excursion. At press time there are 14 shows confirmed, but several more are being added to the routing and will be disbursed to the public in the days ahead. more on this story

Toxic Holocaust Split For Relief

Toxic Holocaust are releasing a split 7" with Midnight which will benefit the victims of the Japanese tsunami disaster.

The 7" is limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies on Japanese-flag colored heavy-weight vinyl, and features tracks from both bands ("A.T.O.M.I.C." by Toxic Holocaust, "Destroy Tsunami's Power" by Midnight) exclusive to this release.

The split also features exclusive artwork by Daniel "Sawblade" Shaw (Toxic Holocaust, Insect Warfare, Coffins). All proceeds will go to the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster. The 7" can be ordered here.

Additionally, Toxic Holocaust heads to Europe for a five-week winter tour alongside Kvelertak, Trap Them and Wolves Like Us more on this story

Kaura Unleash That Which Defines Us

(Sub) Kaura released their new album, That Which Defines Us, digitally at iTunes and physically at IndieMerchStore.com.

Produced by singer Malcolm Guess, That Which Defines Us is a testament of dedication, taking over two years to record with the assistance of rock luminaries such as Sylvia Massey (Tool, System of a Down, Danzig), Ken Andrews (Failure, A Perfect Circle) and Michael Romanowski (Dredg).

Central to the album's sound were instruments that the band collected on their travels to India, Thailand, Bali, Cambodia, Laos, and Nepal. more on this story

Black Tusk Announce Fall Tour Plans

(Sub) Black Tusk has announced an Eastern US headlining tour in support of their forthcoming new record "Set the Dial".

The tour starts Nov. 2nd in Charlotte, and runs through mid-November, and includes a stop as part of the Metal Suckfest. Support on this run comes from Thou and Monstro on select dates.

Additionally, Black Tusk has confirmed a string of regional record release shows. Among them Savannah and Atlanta stops as well as two Texas dates supporting Mastodon. more on this story

JD Malone & The Experts Encourage Fans To Do What You Can Do

(Glass Onyon) JD Malone has a plan unlike anything else ever attempted by a relatively unknown artist - an innovative way to address the fallen spirit of average Americans who just don't feel connected and don't think their voices can ever be heard.

The Do What You Can Do Project, inspired by a song of the same name from his acclaimed new CD/DVD 'Avalon' (ItsAboutMusic.com), is the Philadelphia roots rocker's great attempt to resolve this problem, by delivering a potent message allowing anyone to change his or her life by "doing what they can do" to make a difference in their lives and those of others.

Malone and his band, the Experts, are delivering the message through a groundbreaking touring concept – the 'Do What You Can Do' U.S. Tour launching this fall. more on this story

Anberlin Singled Out Week: Depraved

Anberlin kick off a coheadlining tour with Switchfoot this week and to celebrate we asked frontman Stephen Christian to tell us about some of the songs from their latest album "Dark Is A Way Light Is A Place". Today he tells us about "Depraved" :

I once heard that Eddie Vedder went into a vocal booth drunk and recorded what would become one of the biggest single on their record Vs. He just sang whatever came to mind.

When Nathan, our drummer, sent me a song he had been working on to see what I thought. Just for fun, I thought I would write a few melody lines and lyrics for him and basically adopted the same Vedder style. I just sang whatever came to mind. When I sent it back, Nathan was so excited he sent it to the rest of the guys. It was never supposed to go on the record because it was just something Nate and I were doing for fun. Turned out everyone was way into it and the label wanted us to put it on the record!

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album and grab the tour dates where you can see them live right here!

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