Bret Michaels Nude- Two Velvet Revolver Hopefuls- KISS Not Allowed To Rock All Night- Music TV Coming Back?- Ozzy's Cocaine Cure All- Metallica Anniversary- more was a top 10 story this week . Here is the recap: Bret Michaels appears nude on the cover of the newest issue of Billboard Magazine (October 2nd, 2010 edition) which includes a feature article on Bret called Maximum Exposure. Check out cover hereIn more series news, Michaels is scheduled to undergo more surgery come January, this time to close up a small hole in his heart. AOL Health has an in-depth article describing what exactly is wrong with the Poison frontman here
In a exclusive, ridiculously long and in-depth interview, Antiquiet catch up with A Perfect Circle, back from a five year hiatus here
There might actually be a TV channel that shows music videos again and we can thank MTV for it! Billboard reports that: the bad blood between online music video upstart Vevo and stalwart MTV may reach new levels, as Vevo reportedly is planning to launch a TV network for its content as well. more
Misery Signals guitar player Stu Ross, who has been with the group for most of their existence, has quit the band. Lambgoat contacted him for comment, check out what he had to say here
Linkin Park makes its customary No. 1 start on Billboard's European Albums chart, arriving at the top with "A Thousand Suns" (Warner Bros./Warner Music). more
Slash tells Classic Rock Revisited that he is "going back to L.A. next month and working with Duff [McKagan], Matt [Sorum] and Dave [Kushner] and working with a couple of new singers to see how they turn out. There is no effort being made to have Myles join Velvet Revolver." He also talks about considering having Axl sing on his solo album, read more here
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett says "We all have tons of music that is just lying around; there is never any shortage of ideas" more
Black Country Communion - the band featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa - has entered the official UK charts at #13. more
Robert Plant's new solo album, Band Of Joy - which entered the US Billboard charts at #5 this past week - will be released on double vinyl in the US and Canada on October 25th by Rounder/Universal Music. more
Following their run of dates with Swingin' Utters, Boston, MA's Have Nots will embark on a tour of their own that includes a handful of American gigs as well as a trip to Europe. more
Arsis will embark on a headlining tour in December! Support on "A Tour for the Sick" will come from Powerglove and Conducting From The Grave. more
Heather Locklear is wiping clean her marriage to Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora - she has filed court papers to revert back to her maiden name. more
Norma Jean will team up with Reckoner for a brief mid-November run more
Rufus Stone Limited Editions will release Ronnie James Dio - A Photographic Memoir on November 30th. more
In Ozzy Osbourne's health column for Britain's Sunday Times Magazine, he writes, "Funnily enough, in the 1980s I used to cure athlete's foot by pouring cocaine on my toes. They cut the stuff with so much foot powder back then, it was the best treatment you could find if you had an outbreak on the road. The only problem was the price, which was around $3,000 a toe." more
Soundgarden played a special "secret" show Monday night at Activision's exclusive launch event for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock at the Paramount Studios back-lot in Los Angeles, California. Wanna see video? Go here
Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell- Live at Wacken will be released on CD and DVD via Eagle Records in North America on November 16th. Columbia Music Entertainment Japan will release the set on CD on November 10th. more
Limp Bizkit's manager says that the band was forced to cancel last night's show in Oslo, Norway after the group's drummer, John Otto, was diagnosed with pneumonia. more
Metal Injection has an exclusive first-listen stream of Halford's new single, Undisputed, which comes off the Metal God's forthcoming release, Halford IV – Made Of Metal, out September 28th in the US. Listen here
In other Halford news, they have scheduled an in-store autograph session at Best Buy in Northridge, CA. Details here
Ozzy Osbourne said that alcohol, not politics, has stopped him from playing in Israel until now. Osbourne is in Israel this week as part of this year's international Ozzfest tour, along with Soulfly and Korn. Tuesday's performance will be his first ever in the Holy Land. more
Mastodon will appear on Adult Swim's Metalocalypse on Sunday, October 3rd. more
Sublime are set to hit the studio again to record their first album of new material in 13 years. Drummer Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson reformed the group last year and have since settled a name dispute with late singer Bradley Nowell's family. Now known as Sublime With Rome, the group has started work on a new album at the Radiostar studio in Weed, California. more
Metallica's James Hetfield says of the band's 30th anniversary in 2011: "We've gotta do something; there's no doubt about that. There are quite a few bands that have made it 30 years, but these days, I think it's getting a little harder to survive 30 years. The fact that we made it 30 years is pretty unbelievable." more
Indie pop act Tegan And Sara have posted a cover of Bad Religion's classic "Suffer" on their myspace profile. more
The Cult are turning to the UK for a major tour early next year. more
God Dethroned has revealed the tracklisting to it's forthcoming studio album. The album, titled "Under The Sign Of The Iron Cross," is set for release on November 23, 2010 through Metal Blade Records. more
Accept will embark on a European headlining tour in January and have also been confirmed for next year's edition of Hammerfest, set to take place March 17-19, 2011 in Prestatyn, North Wales.more -
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