The Day in Rock Digest for 7/27/10: ASB had this interesting item: The Cars are teasing fans about a possible reunion by posting a photo on their Facebook fan page featuring Ric Ocasek and David Robinson and an accompanying caption reads: "Anyone in the mood for a reunion by The Cars?". moreLambgoat reports that this year's Sound and Fury Festival in Santa Barbara, California apparently ended in a bit of chaos Sunday as day three of the festival was shut down following a small riot. What really happened isn't exactly clear, but according to Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department, a "large fight" erupted at roughly 6:20pm. The after party ran into a bit of trouble too. More including video here
If you had a look at the artwork to Iron Maiden's new album "The Final Frontier" and thought, "that doesn't really look like Eddie," you weren't seeing things. Melvyn Grant, the artist behind the artwork, says in an interview, "Derek Riggs and his style of artwork never appealed to me, so naturally I wanted to change it and do my version of Eddie. But that was stopped by Maiden, who didn't want me to stray too far from the original style, which obviously all of the band's fans like. You get so used to something that it becomes your 'thing,' and you fall in love with that version of Eddie. I did try to change him a bit, in a way that suited me and made me happier with it. The latest version on The Final Frontier is not Eddie, as such. I'm not going to say anything more on that, because I don't know what Iron Maiden have got planned, so I'm not going to tread on any toes or mess up any surprises. Okay, I'll tell you, he is actually an alien. The old Eddie might still come around." Read more here
Steven Adler says he holds out a degree of hope for the original Guns N' Roses to do something together again. "I know the four of us besides Axl would love to do it," he says in a recent interview. "I know besides millions and millions and hundreds of millions of dollars that would be involved, I think if we played for the whole world, it would be such a relief...like, 'God, they're finally playing!' It's what so many people really want, y'know?" more
As for another former member of GN'R, Slash announced a lineup change for his touring band. In a short statement Slash said, "for our upcoming Asia/Aus tour bassist [former Great White bassist] Tony Montana will be filling in for Todd Dammit who is recovering from eye surgery." more
Terry Gilliam will direct the live webcast of Arcade Fire's concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden. more
!!! have announced details of a tour of North America in support of new album 'Strange Weather, Isn't It?' Grab the details here
The original members of cult rock act Cathedral are reuniting for a one-night only show in London to mark their 20th anniversary. more
Nightwatcher had word of another reunion: on Sunday, for the first time onstage in almost 12 years, prog rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer -namely vocalist/bassist Greg Lake, keyboardist Keith Emerson and drummer Carl Palmer reunited for a one-off 40th anniversary concert, headlining the High Voltage Festival event in Victoria Park, London. Wanna see video? Go here
Molotov Solution apparently replaced three departed members earlier this summer, though no announcement had been made in the interim. Leaving the group were Jeremy Johnson (drums), Sims Collison (guitar), and Kevin Oakley (bass). more
A quick follow up to last week's story about "Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi," the new book from Bon Jovi's former road manager. We were informed that the book is now available via Amazon (though it's from a "just launched" reseller with no ratings, not Amazon.com themselves) but they are apparently planning to release a Kindle version soon. Meanwhile, Jam! reports that a rep for Jon Bon Jovi has slammed the singer's former tour manager for releasing a set of raunchy photos of the rocker in bed with topless women. more. Why the outrage? An 80s pop metal star in bed with naked women? That's a normal music video from the era. Now if it were....
Voivod has announced that they will be heading to the United Kingdom for a headlining tour next month, in support of their latest studio album, 'Infini.' They be joined on the outing by Nashville Pussy more
Ritchie Blackmore has become a dad again at 65 - the musician has welcomed a daughter with his singer/songwriter wife, Candice Night. more
Four songs recorded by Me, My Enemy in 2007 just prior to singer Dan Nelson's departure to join Anthrax have been posted online at Soundclick.com. more
White Wizzard has announced that they will be heading to the United Kingdom this November for a string of headlining shows. Joining them on the tour will be Primitai. more
Vocalist/guitarist Charly Stenhauer of Paradox has issued the following update: "Paradox is forced to cancel all live activities in the future." more
Gibson.com tells us that on this day in music history: 1958, fans of rock & roll music were warned that tuning into music on the car radio could cost you more money. Researchers from the Esso Gas company said the rhythm of rock & roll could cause the driver to be foot-heavy on the pedal, making them waste fuel. Plus in 1974, Wings started a seven-week run at #1 on the U.K. album chart with Band On The Run, featuring the title-track, "Jet" and the U.S. hit "Helen Wheels." The album sold over six million copies worldwide. Find out what else happened on this day here
This week's "Happenin" in Beverly Hills is indeed special: It's Harry's Sweet Sexteen Birthday party hosted by Kari Ann Peniche of vh1 & Playboy. It will be a night full of music with a lot of stars in attendance and capped off with the famous all-star jam. It all "happens" this Wednesday night, grab the latest details here -
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