The Day in Rock Digest for 10/7/10: Last week Courtney Love gave her Twitter followers a surprise (scare?) when she posting a link to a topless picture of herself writhing in a chair. morePantera/Down frontman Phil Anselmo's new band Arson Anthem are streaming their entire debut album, Insecurity Notoriety, here. The effort features Anselmo on guitar, Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod) on vocals, Hank Williams III (Superjoint Ritual, Assjack) on drums and Collin Yeo (Ponykiller) on bass.
Singer Davy Jones has announced plans to reform The Monkees, just a year after ruling out a reunion with his bandmates. However, the singer appears to have had a change of heart - the group is eyeing a string of concerts in 2011. more
Slash teamed up with Scout Productions to create Slasher Films, which aims to create horrors inspired by classic thrillers from the '70s and '80s, Digitalspy.com. The company's first picture is titled Nothing to Fear and tells the story of a small town family in Kansas tormented by an ancient demon with a ferocious blood lust. more
Sex Pistols star Steve Jones has landed another major radio gig at Los Angeles' leading rock station KROQ. The guitarist's acclaimed Jonesy's Jukebox show will return to the airwaves on Sunday, October 10 and will air weekly between 7 P.M. and 9 P.M. local time. more
KISS founder Gene Simmons answer to music piracy: "Be litigious. Sue everybody. Take their homes, their cars." more
Uriah Heep have announced a string of Aussie live dates for next March/April. It's been over 25 years since the band have played on Australian soil. more
Blood Stands Still, Murder Death Kill, Betrayal, Your Memorial, and Sovereign Strength will be touring together next month in the Midwest and West. more
The current lineup of New York hardcore pioneers Cro-Mags are aiming to release a new album next tear. more
Yesterday's Scorpions concert in Athens, Greece was postponed after frontman Klaus Meine was diagnosed with acute laryngitis more
Nils Lofgren is his own boss again -- for the time being. QMI reports that after 26 years with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, the guitarist is back in "solo mode," touring clubs and working on a CD while the hardworking group is on hiatus. more
Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant will be featured on NPR's World Cafe program with host David Dye on Friday, October 22nd. more
Mortiis returns to satiate fans' desire for new music this October 10th with Perfectly Defect, a completely free, full-length, downloadable album. more
Disembodied will play several shows in the Northeast later this month more
Weezer says 'We'll do the deluxe break-up for $20million' Drummer Patrick Wilson responds to the campaign who offered the band $10million to split up more
Knights Of The Abyss, Full Blown Chaos, and The Autumn Offering will team up for a handful of shows more
One Man Army And The Undead Quartet, the Swedish band featuring former The Crown vocalist Johan Lindstrand, has entered Black Lounge studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, Carnal Forge) to begin recording its fourth full-length album, "The Dark Epic", more
Just a week after offering a free making-of documentary about their Grammy-winning album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, French outfit Phoenix are offering one of its outtakes, "Love Like a Sunset Pt 3," as a free download in exchange for a Tweet. more
Mountains Among Us is currently writing material for a new EP titled "Long Live..." The EP will be recorded at The Lodge Studios in early-2011 and an April 2011 release is expected. more
On this day in 2007, Bruce Springsteen went to #1 on the U.S. and U.K. album chart with Magic, the star's 15th studio album and 8th U.S. #1 album (also his 7th in the U.K.). Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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