The Day in Rock Digest for 12/23/10: BraveWords asked Velvet Revolver Drummer Matt Sorum "Are you guaranteeing new Velvet Revolver in 2011? Be that a tour, album or both?" He responded"I would like to say 'yes' as a guarantee and the only reason I'm saying that is because if it doesn't happen by 2011 were definitely going to pack it up. But it will happen because that's our goal. We've known each other over twenty years and it's like a gentlemen's agreement. It's like 'ok, let's do this'." Check out the lengthy interview here.Billboard reports that in a new interview with UsMagazine, the Ozzy Osbourne takes aim at Lady Gaga for being "too overexposed" when asked if he has any advice for current musicians. "I do think Lady Gaga should take a break for a little while," Osbourne says. "She's getting to be too much, and she doesn't watch the exposure of her clothes." more
Deck your own goddamned halls - Antiquiet are burning down the Christmas tree and breathing new life into our Severely Metal Christmas Mixtape. Come pick a fight with Santa here
Two years ago Coldplay's Chris Martin stood at his piano and played for CBS News' 60 Minutes the beginnings of a song he'd written the night before. It was an early glimpse of the newly released "Christmas Lights." CBS published it on 60 Minutes Overtime, a webshow that begins where the television broadcast ends. Check it out here
Agnostic Front have just finished recording their new album, the effort was mastered by Alan Douches (Nile, Mastodon) and will be released in Europe of March 4, 2011 and in North America on March 22, 2011. more
Antiquiet are giving away tickets to see Ozzy & Slash. Raise your hand if you're in Los Angeles or Dallas. more.
Klaxons are to release a free five-track EP on Christmas Day featuring unreleased material the band recorded during early sessions for second album 'Surfing The Void'. more
Channel Zero will enter a Los Angeels-area studio on January 17, 2011 to begin recording their new album with producer Logan Mader (Machine Head, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Devildriver, Gojira). A tentative May release is expected. more
Gorillaz play live for the 'last time' together in Australia. Damon Albarn hails bandmates as 'Plastic Beach' tour climaxes. NME has video here
On Friday, January 7th, MTV UK will broadcast Slipknot live in concert as part of the channel's flagship MTV World Stage series. more
Back in December of 2008 Aerosmith's Joe Perry covered "Run Rudolph Run." This year you can listen to a remix of that recording. more
Although they "don't feel Jim [Morrison] needs to be pardoned for anything," the remaining members of the Doors have responded to Florida's recent pardoning of Jim Morrison some 40 years after an alleged incident more
Unreleased Death, Red Fang, Abysmal Dawn, Noisear tracks part of new Relapse free download sampler more
Now home following their tour with Job For A Cowboy, Skeletonwitch will spend this winter finalizing material for their next full-length. The group tentatively plans to enter the studio next spring. more
Scorpions guitarist Rudolph Schenker says "many fans are asking for a Schenker Brothers Album; that's a possibility..." more
Alter Bridge are to put out their first live release on January 17.Called Live From Amsterdam, it was filmed and recorded during the band's 2008 tour. more
Judas Priest have added two shows in Norway to their upcoming farewell tour. more
Roger Waters has just completed a triumphant tour of The Wall Live across North America. Look for the tour to start up again in Portugal in March 2011 as it heads across Europe. RogerWaters.com is making available a very special download of free "The Wall" paper for your desktop, mobile phone and iPad here
Bon Jovi have added a fourth date to their 2011 summer tour. more
Krokus wanted to give back something to the less fortunate and the ones that need our support the most: The children of the world! more
Tides Of Man has announced the departure of singer Tilian Pearson more
No Trigger has announced plans to release a new album next summer through No Sleep Records. more
Nikki Sixx has turned Santa for young cancer patients in North Carolina after stepping in to replace videogame systems stolen from a hospice. more
On this day in 1959, Chuck Berry was arrested after taking 14-year-old Janice Norine (who, unbeknownst to Berry, was working as a prostitute) across a state line. He was sentenced to five years in jail, but after racist comments by the judge were made public Berry was freed.
On this day in 1985, Judas Priest fans Raymond Belknap and James Vance shot themselves after listening to the Judas Priest album Stained Class. The two had drunk beer, smoked marijuana and then listened to hours of the album. Afterwards, they took a shotgun to a nearby school playground where Belknap shot and killed himself. Vance shot himself as well, but lived for more than three years before dying of effects of the shooting. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here