It's the end of the week, why not start off with something fun? This caught our eye: With the long awaited Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) follow up to 1984 due out next year (and one would expect a world tour) Metal Underground took a look at the classic David Lee Roth vs. Sammy Hagar debate with a closing thought on how the pending album may affect this age old discussion. Check it out hereAP reports that Kenny Edwards, an original member of the Stone Poneys country-rock band and longtime collaborator with singer-songwriters Linda Ronstadt and Karla Bonoff, has died in California at age 64. more
Next week, Jack White and late-night hero Conan O'Brien are putting out two pieces of vinyl from their Conan O'Brien Live at Third Man session. more
Stereolab announce new album title, tracklisting and release date 'Not Music' is due out on November 15th in the UK more
Korn will be on LopezTonight Tues 8/24. Gonna be in LA? See them perform LIVE. Get Free Tix @ lopeztonight.com/audience, promo code 'korn'.
"We were just in Los Angeles and came up with 10 ideas that we're working on that are very strong contenders [with producer Julien Raymond]," Cheap Trick bassist Tom Petersson tells Billboard.com. "That's how it works now. We just do it as it happens, when opportunities come up, just putting together ideas. And once you get 10 or 12 strong things it's like, 'Wow, we have the record!' " more
Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo tells Consequence Of Sound that the band initially received resistance from its record company when the group made the choice to self-produce its latest album. "Our label [Atlantic Records] refused to let us produce it," DeLeo says, adding Atlantic told Stp, "'We want a big-name producer.' You know what we told them? F**k off." more
Australian Rock Radio Station Triple M reports that last weekend Slash went acoustic for an ultra-rare show in Sydney, filmed exclusively for Foxtel's Max Sessions. Slash and Myles Kennedy performed a stripped-back seven-song acoustic set more
The Vandals will play a benefit show at the Glass House in Pomona, CA on Friday, September 10 to fund their legal defense against the Daily Variety, whom have recently restarted litigation against the band over the cover to their 2004 album, Hollywood Potato Chip. more
Ryan Adams to release previously archived albums this autumn The singer-songwriter is also readying a 'super cool sounding solo album which will be ready next year' more
Marshall Law have lost their voice. Frontman Andy Pyke has left the group to "for a new challenge/band/project." Have something in mind for him? Go here
Sebastian Bach has dismissed any notion of a reunion with Skid Row. Blabbermouth report that the frontman said: "Let me answer it as honestly as I can. You're talking about
When Skid Row was last good
We broke up in '96, but I don't even count that. I would say '91 was when we were last really a good band. I just don't live in 1991 in 2010, and I'm talking about four other guys that I haven't seen in 15 years." more
Spin.com has an exclusive preview The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers's new solo album here
The Ocean are currently in the process of mixing their upcoming album Anthropocentric at Studio Mecanique in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the same place where Heliocentric was recorded and mixed. The album will be mastered on August 25th by Svante Forsbδck in Helsinki. more
Tangents is not what most will expect musically from drummer Derek Kerswill (Unearth, Seemless) and Dave Witham (Of The Hour, Flat-12). Tangents debut album, "One Little Light Year" is set for North American release on October 26th. What can you expect? Find out here
Whitesnake have finally found a new bassist. He's Michael Devin, who's previously worked with The Lynch Mob, alongside current Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy. more
Mike Portnoy And S.A. Adams 1986 Recording 'Unearthed' EMA-Polydisc has acquired the rights to release all past and future recordings of S.A. Adams; debuting with "Unearthed" more
Brokencyde have announced plans to release their sophomore album this fall. The band, who are loved and hated in equal measure, have titled the album, Will Never Die more
Wretched will headline the "Beyond The Gate Tour" with openers Havok and Armed For Apocalypse. more
Born on this day: 1934, 'Sneaky' Pete Kleinow, US country-rock steel guitar player. 1948, Robert Plant, singer, Led Zeppelin, solo, Band Of Joy. 1949, Phil Lynott Irish singer, songwriter, bass player, Thin Lizzy. 1952, Doug Fieger, The Knack 1966, Dimebag Darrell, guitarist, Pantera 1971, Fred Durst, vocals, Limp Bizkit Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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