Anthrax Star And Wife Charged With Domestic Battery In Front Of A Child

They were released from Elkhart County Jail last night (Saturday) but no other details have been made available. The musician, 49, has been forced to miss the current leg of his band's US tour due to a hand injury. He's been replaced by Jason Bittner of Shadows Fall. more on this story

Stabbing Ends Tenacious D Show

(Classic Rock) Tenacious D were forced to end a Las Vegas show early on Saturday night after a member of the audience was stabbed in a brutal assault.

Police shut down Mandalay Bay's House of Blues as a result of the incident, meaning Steel Panther, who were due to perform later in the evening, didn't get to play.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department say one person was arrested after a man was stabbed in the leg when a fight broke out in the crowd. The victim received medical attention at a nearby hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. No further arrests are due to be made in the investigation. more on this story

Bret Michaels: The Movie

(hennemusic) Poison frontman Bret Michaels spoke with The Columbus Dispatch about a project he's planning: a movie about his life.

"I want to tell the story," he says. "Mostly, when you see rock movies, it has to be this over-the-top thing. I want to give people a Bret Michaels movie where they see that my life is a comedy of errors.

"I also want to show my fans how to get through the kind of troubles that would leave most people flat on the floor." more on this story

Ministry's Al Jourgensen Rushed To The Hospital

(Classic Rock) Ministry mainman Al Jourgensen was rushed to the hospital seconds after finishing a concert in Paris at the weekend.

The industrial metal icon was seen to stagger off stage near the end of his show, and was later diagnosed with a "full system collapse." But his management say the incident was not connected to his celebrated over-indulgence of drink and drugs.

The incident was believed to have been cause by "extreme dehydration and heat exhaustion, intensified by the lock of ventilation on stage at the venue." more on this story

Bruce Springsteen Expands Fall Tour

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have extended their upcoming North American tour leg with the addition of sixteen new dates and have shared a special video clip from a recent landmark performance.

The fall leg of the 'Wrecking Ball' World Tour will kick off August 14 at Boston's Fenway Park and wrap up on December 6th in Glendale, Az.

Springsteen also had some additional exciting news on his site over the weekend: "The July 27 and 28 shows in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium mark the biggest concert event ever in the history of Northern Europe, with attendance passing 130,000 people. more on this story

New Metallica Not Coming Soon

(Gibson) Metallica's Lars Ulrich has told Canada radio station 99.3 The Fox not to expect any new music soon.

When asked how close Metallica fans are to seeing a new studio album from the band, Ulrich said, "I wouldn't use the word 'close.' I mean, obviously, in the context of, say, the age of planet Earth, we're pretty close. But in the context of, say, other things, there may be one or two football seasons, or one or two baseball seasons, or one or two hockey seasons… We've gotta do this movie, and we're gonna get back to writing when we've done this movie. I would say late '13 or early '14.

"It's difficult to imagine… I think even late '13 may be a bit optimistic. I would say hopefully we can realistically get a record out probably about a year and half from now, so maybe early '14."

But Metallica are filming a 3D movie soon. Predators director Nimród Antal will film the band's August 24-25 concerts at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, for a movie. "The rest of the film will be shot the next two or three weeks after the shows in Vancouver, into the middle to the third week of September," Ulrich said. more on this story

Slipknot Will Always Be Only Nine

(Classic Rock) Slipknot percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan isn't sure whether they'll ever replace tragic bassist Paul Gray, although he knows their time of mourning him is coming to an end.

Gray died of an accidental drug overdose in 2010. His number in the band, two, has not been re-assigned although they toured with former member Donnie Steel playing from offstage. Crahan says there will be no number ten.

He tells CityBeat "There always be only nine. I don't know if there will ever be another person on stage – there probably could be another bass player behind us. I don't know, and I don't have to think about it because it's a long way off." more on this story

Hawkwind Member Has Emergency Surgery

(Classic Rock) Hawkwind theremin player Tim Blake underwent emergency surgery last week after breaking his wrist when he fell off a ladder while gardening at home in France.

Doctors inserted three pins in the wound. He aims to be back in action for the band's appearance at Rockin' The Park in Nottinghamshire, UK, next month.

Blake says: "When the medical team saw a video of me playing with Hawkwind, they said, 'Okay, we'll get you playing for the 17th – but this will hurt!'" Classic Rock is giving away three pairs of tickets and more to Rockin' The Park.

Down Plan First New Music Release in 5 Years and Touring

Big news for fans of Down, the group have set a September 18th release date for Down IV Part I - The Purple EP, their first body of new material in five years. And that's only the beginning!

The six song EP is the first in a series of four EP's planned for release over the next year. Down, which includes Philip Anselmo (Pantera) on vocals, Pepper Keenan (C.O.C.) on lead guitars, Kirk Windstein (Crowbar) on guitar, Jimmy Bowery (Eye Hate God) on drums, and Pat Brudners (Crowbar), the newest addition to the line-up, on bass, will kick off a string of tour dates on release day, beginning in Fort Worth, TX, and ending October 2 in Charlotte, NC.

Self-produced and recorded at Nodfertu's Lair, located at Anselmo's New Orleans home, Down IV Part I - The Purple EP is undeniably the product of the iconic collective that is Down, whose members origins span from Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, and Eyehategod. Staggering riffs, thunderous drums, and Anselmo's inimitable delivery crush and captivate over the course of the collection's six songs. It's dark. It's dangerous. It's decisive. It's Down at their best. more on this story

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group Mapping Out Tour

The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In's Omar Rodriguez Lopez will be taking his namesake group out on the road for North American and European tour dates. His camp sent over these details:

Teresa Suarez aka Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes will be lead vocalist for all of these shows. The U.S. leg concludes with a performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX in November.

More shows will soon be announced in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia and on the East Coast in the USA. more on this story

Misery Index Plan Headline Tour Dates

Misery Index will be hitting the road next month for a late summer run of headlining dates.

The trek is set to begin on August 14th in York, PA and runs though August 19th in Baltimore.

The band issued the following statement: "Due to the recent cancellation of the Shockwave Tour, we were left high and dry with massive amounts of incredibly cool merch, wasted ambition and a rented van. Since this is obviously NOT a game, we are ready to go out and rage anyway, have a good time and spread our metal demon seeds in these cities! Come out and support us in anyway possible, and you shall be the next contestant chosen to win two tickets to death metal paradise." more on this story

Dream Theater Top Rush and Pink Floyd

(Classic Rock) Dream Theater have come top in a poll of Rolling Stone readers to identify the best prog rock albums of all time – leading home a list including Rush, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes and King Crimson.

The publication admits it received "a ridiculous amount of votes" for 1999 album Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory – the first to feature Dream Theater's most successful lineup to date of singer James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, drummer Mike Portnoy and keyboardist Jordan Rudess.

Rush's 2112 came second, followed by Close to the Edge by Yes and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. The winning record was also the most recent release, with the rest of the list made up of seven from the 1970s and one each from the 1960s and 1980s. Check out the Top 10 here.

8th Annual Johnny Ramone Tribute Details

(OP) The 8th Annual Johnny Ramone Tribute will be held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Sunday August 19th, 2012.

The event will be hosted by Johnny's wife Linda Ramone with appearances by very special guest Priscilla Presley, Steve Jones of Jonesy's Jukebox, Henry Rollins, actress Rose McGowan, guitarist Billy Zoom of X, actress PJ Soles (Riff Randell of "R'n'R High School"), and Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats.

The event will be even more special this year, as it will include a book signing of Commando, Johnny's autobiography that was released earlier this year. more on this story

Former Black Sabbath Singer Surprised By Iommi Revelation

(Classic Rock) Former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin believes the band don't have the guts to face up to internal disputes. He's revealed the first time he knew about Tony Iommi's criticisms of his near ten-year stint with the metal pioneers was when he was told about comments the guitarist made in his book.

But he remains proud of his time as replacement for Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio – and remembers how his 1987 audition came as a surprise to him.

In his biography Iron Man, Iommi slates Martin for being "unprofessional" and having "no stage presence." The singer tells Uber Rock: "They never said anything to me. We could have fixed it. I said to them endlessly that if there was anything they wanted changed, done differently, just to say – and we could fix it.

"They didn't. They hadn't got the guts to, obviously." more on this story

Muse Compares Dubsteb To Heavy Metal

(Classic Rock) Muse recorded a dubsteb track - and maybe two - for upcoming album The 2nd Law after seeing leading light Skrillex perform a live show. And they say the experience proved to them that dubsteb is the new heavy metal.

Skrillex previously turned Korn onto the possibilities of the genre, resulting in their album The Path of Totality and Muse have followed them down the experimental path, which they'll reveal in The 2nd Law: Unsustainable, the penultimate track on their next record.

Drummer Dom Howard reports: "We went to see Skrillex and we went, 'F**k, it's so heavy!' It was like a full metal gig – they had circles of death. People were moshing. I hadn't seen a reaction like that to electronic music before. We took inspiration and came up with The 2nd Law: Unsustainable." more on this story

Devin Townsend Previews Epicloud

Devin Townsend is giving fans a taste of the next Devin Townsend Project's release Epicloud.

Epicloud is due out September 18th in North America and September 24th in Europe via InsideOut Music.

Epicloud is billed as "13 light-hearted, hook laden tracks" and features guest vocal appearances by Anneke van Giersbergen.

For the first taste of Epicloud, featuring the album's intro, "Effervescent!," click here

Mick Fleetwood Overcame His Musical Insecurity

(Classic Rock) Mick Fleetwood admits it took him years to stop feeling insecure about his approach to playing music.

But now he's learned to live with it, he believes his "back to front" attitude is the only way he could ever perform his percussion duties.

I approach my own work in a very emotional, personal way, and so I have to rely on one thing – the essence of feel, The Fleetwood Mac icon tells Music Radar. "I didn't always understand what it was and I used to be insecure about that. But now I truly know that I feel most comfortable when I'm emotionally involved." more on this story

B Sides

Anchor & Brail Singled Out Week: Find Me

This week Anberlin's lead singer Stephen Christian's releases the new Anchor & Brail album "Quiet Life." To celebrate, we asked Stephen to tell us about some of his favorite songs from the album. Today he tells us about the song "Find Me":

This song was written on the top floor of a double-decker bus in England. It was raining that night and I didn't feel like going out that night. I was away from my friends and family and the whole idea of being separated from everything I loved was weighing on me. Being a traveling salesman it seems the only stability in life is instability. I wanted to turn off my mind and focus on how incredible my life truly was, I didn't want to wallow in the shallow pool of self-pity so I began to write, I mean after all I was in the UK, exploring places people only dream about.

I think of all the lyrics on this record these came out the most concise and introspective. Since I did write it in the UK I think I was influenced by the surrounding sounds… doves, radiohead, travis, etc. It was the first song I had written for the record and feel it's the foundational piece that all the other songs were tailored to.

Lyrical intentions: 'I've been waiting for all my life for a drug called peace of mind', but I don't think that I am any closer to finding it then when I first started out. Perhaps part of me never wants to find it, the uncertainty of it all is intoxicating, it makes for an exciting yet erratic tomorrow.

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

Black Sabbath Release Paranoid Reunion Jam

(hennemusic) On May 19, a mostly-reunited Black Sabbath rocked their hometown of Birmingham and now they have released pro-shot footage of "Paranoid" from the concert.

The event marked the first time the band had played the city in more than a dozen years, and acted as a warmup show to the group's headline appearance at Download the following month.

Original Sabbath members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler were joined by Ozzy's drummer Tommy Clufetos for the show as Bill Ward released a statement declining to participate in the reunion based on his dissatisfaction with a current contract offer. Watch the video here.

James Durbin Debuts New Song During Concert

(hennemusic) James Durbin has spent the first half of the summer on the road touring to support the release of his debut album, "Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster."

Friday night, James played Ridgefest Reloaded in Chicago Ridge, IL on the second night of the four-day event, which also sees Bret Michaels headlining on Saturday.

At Ridgefest, Durbin debuted a new song in his set, "In The Name Of Love." James performed the track as a solo, acoustic number while seated at center stage. Watch it here.

Video Of Private KISS Show Posted Online

(hennemusic) KISS and Motley Crue kicked off their summer co-headlining tour of North America recently in Virginia. At the tour's third date, in Raleigh, NC, KISS changed their daily schedule to accommodate the staging issues by skipping soundcheck to allow the road crew sufficient time to prepare the event; instead, the band played a private set during the pre-show meet & greet.

The reaction from the fans, crew and the band themselves was so positive that this experience has been made a permanent part of the Meet & Greet for the summer tour. KISS will perform a "private" set each evening for fans instead of a soundcheck, and they did it again on Friday in West Palm Beach, Florida before their show at the Cruzan Amphitheatre.

KISS rocked a five-song set, including "Calling Dr. Love," "Hard Luck Woman," "Goin' Blind," "Hotter Than Hell" and "Nothin' To Lose." Watch it here.

Get Your Autographed Ted Nugent Arrows

(hennemusic) Ted Nugent has added a new item for sale to fans via his website, autographed zebra-striped arrows.

Billed as a collector's item, each signature Gold Tip arrow is hand-signed by Ted.

A limited number of arrows will be made available in this series. Nugent hosts a hunting show, "Spirit Of The Wild," on the Outdoor Channel. more on this story