The Day in Rock Digest for 10/25/10: It looks like Ratt are not presently going round and round. Robbie Crane told Metal Sludge, "As far as I'm concerned there is no Ratt to be 'fired' from, as Ratt is on an indefinite hiatus as we've finished the Infestation tour in Japan last week. Warren has dates with his and Dee Snider's Christmas band, Stephen has 4 to 6 months of solo dates, Carlos is working with Rudy and Vinny on an awesome new project and I'm touring with Lynch Mob over the next couple of months." moreJam! reports that Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page's limited edition photo biography has sold out prior to its official release, despite carrying a price tag of $740. more
Kings of Leon rule over the UK album chart after their latest offering becomes the biggest-selling first week album of the year so far. more
Steven Adler's mother Deanna Adler will put out her book, Sweet Child Of Mine, next year. more
Jay Jay Winter, the lead singer and bassist of the U.K.-based metal band Asomvel, was killed in a car crash this past Monday, October 18. He was 43 years old. more
Nine Inch Nails' debut album Pretty Hate Machine will be getting an official re-issue on November 22. more
Moonspell will embark on the "Sombra" (English translation: Shadow) tour of Portugal in October-December. The band will perform acoustic and semi-acoustic versions of its best-known songs while backed by the Crystal Mountain Singers female choir and the Opus Diabolicum quintet composed of four cellists and a percussionist. more
Chrissy Amphlett, the former frontwoman of the Divinyls, has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. "My family knows so I thought I might as well come out with it," said Amphlett. "It was going to come out sooner or later. I'll get over it - I've got songs to sing, I've got stages to perform on. I'm a keep-on-going sort of girl." more
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has confirmed he plans to continue working with the band while filming TV talent show American Idol, insisting he is prepared to "juggle" his two jobs. more
Tombs will release a fourteen-track collection of early material, tracks from their split with Planks, and previously unreleased demos this November via Relapse Records more
Danzig addressed the possibility of working with Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Hank III in a new interview. He says, "Actually, Jerry and I have talked about doing a blues record, maybe something acoustic. But with our schedules, it's probably never going to happen. We've worked together before (on Danzig's 1996 Blackacidevil). As far as the Hank thing, we did a show together, and he had sent me a song that he had wanted me to sing on. People heard about it." more
Former Happy Mondays member Bez loses his appeal against an assault conviction - and is warned about his behavior in court. more
A number of Finnish metal musicians will take part in the seventh annual Dimebag Beyond Forever Tour, which will kick off in late November. more
Godflesh will perform their debut album, 1989's "Streetcleaner", in its entirety at the 2011 edition of the Roadburn festival on Thursday, April 14 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. more
The Gaslight Anthem will be participating in Record Store Day again this year. The band will be releasing an exclusive 7-inch on November 26, 2010. The A-side features a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice" more
ABACABB will embark upon a final tour this winter. The trek will also feature Legend, Wretched, and Monsters. more
Eddie Spaghetti of The Supersuckers is filling in for Karen Cuda of Nashville Pussy on the road as Cuda deals with a family emergency more
Hallows Eve have announced the addition of drummer Patrick "Scooch" Pascucci (Shank 456, J.F.K.F.C., Dick Delicious, Superjak) to the group's ranks. more
On this day in 1964, The Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York. A riot broke out in the studio and Sullivan was quoted as saying, "I promise you they'll never be back on our show again." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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