The Day in Rock Digest for 10/19/10: Oh the irony. The Rolling Stone Magazine linked Crock Hall snubbed Ozzy Osbourne and his Black Sabbath bandmates for years until Ozzy went mainstream with an MTV reality show. Now the rag has hired Ozzy to offer health and diet tips and life lessons as a monthly columnist in the magazine. moreBW&BK had this big news for Led Zeppelin fans. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are guests on In The Studio - The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands - this week. They are discussing the 40th Anniversary of Led Zeppelin III with professional radio broadcaster and rock musician interviewer Redbeard. Check it out here
Metallica have released some behind-the-scenes videos of the band's "meet n' greet" before the October 14 show at the Vector Arena, as well as some pre-show, warm-up "jamming" in the tuning room. Check them out here
Red Hot Chili Peppers: 'We're halfway through our new album' Drummer Chad Smith also reveals the group already 'have festival dates booked for next year' more
Anvil are working with producer Bob Marlette on the record, which is to be titled Juggernaut Of Justice. more
Former Trans-Siberian Orchestra member Anna Phoebe Tweeted this bit of news: "WHOOP WHOOP!!! It's official! I am in a band with Jon Lord the Deep Purple Hammond Legend!... and I am VERY excited! Now we need a name!" more
MLB.com has added a new video to its playlist of David Wells talking with Kid Rock about growing up in Detroit and playing Little League. Watch it here
Living Sacrifice will team up with The Showdown, Becoming The Archetype, To Speak Of Wolves, and As They Sleep for the "Solid State Records: A Very Metal Christmas Tour. more
The Bouncing souls have announced their annual home for the Holidays four night stand at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Playing this year with them include Strike Anywhere, Fake Problems, Lemuria, The Swellers, Leftover crack, H20 among others. Details here
The Washington Post has more details about the beating death of a man outside the DC9 nightclub last week after an Agnostic Front show. According to the report, five men were charged with aggravated assault Saturday in the beating of Ali Ahmed Mohammed. All five men were released after a court proceeding Saturday and were placed in a high-intensity supervision program, which includes electronic monitoring. more
Duff McKagan says "ESPN and Major League Baseball are using a new Loaded song called 'We Win' off of our upcoming record for their coverage of the ALCS, NLCS and World Series game coverage." more
Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman has created and is now heading up the brand new record label, Gokukara Records. The label is a subsidiary of Japan's major label giant Avex. Friedman's solo releases will continue with Avex, and new artists that he works with will come out on Gokukara. more
Madball frontman Freddy Cricien issued a statement last month announcing that the band had fired drummer Jay Weinberg. Fast forward a month, and Weinberg has now come forward with his own version of events here
Loudness have announced a third memorial show to founding drummer Munetaka Higuchi, who passed away on November 30th, 2008 following a long battle with liver cancer. more
Quireboys are to release a CD/DVD titled Live In London next month. Out on November 8, this was recorded at The Marquee Club in 2004. more
As I Lay Dying will release a super deluxe fan box set version of their latest album, "The Powerless Rise", in November. more
On this day in 1997, American guitarist Glen Buxton died from pneumonia aged 49. A member of the Alice Cooper Band, Buxton co-wrote their hits "School's Out" and "Elected." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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