I'll Be Around: It's interesting, there are a number of songs that sort of haunt me as I writing them. Maybe haunt is not the right word... it's more they just kind of continually loop in my head, mostly the melody, throughout a day or two and into the night long after I've turned out the light and try to go to sleep. I think it's a good thing, I've found that when that happens it's sort of indicates, to me anyway, that it's worth pursuing. Anyway, this was one of those. Maybe because it's a simple, straight forward kind of song, I don't know.

This is one of the ones on the record where I played everything myself. Which is something I've done over the years more as a just a practical way to realize a song as I'm recording at home alone. It's the only song where the drums that I recorded in my basement made it on the record. The others were either re-done or done from scratch at the studio (Kinsize, in Eagle Rock).

In "Watch You Bleed", Stephen Davis' new bio of the California rockers, Rose recalls, "There was a lot of indoor and outdoor sex . . . People would show up at all hours and we'd talk the girls into climbing into our loft, and somebody would hit the light and go, 'All right! . . . Get naked or leave!'

"This one girl, she [bleep]ed almost the whole band, friends of the band, and the band next door. Two days later, she comes back and goes, 'Axl, I'm having your child.'

Since Jason filled the seat once occupied by his late father John Bonham at the Led Zeppelin show in London last December, does this raise the likelihood of a full-fledged Led Zeppelin reunion?

AC/DC have released a 30-second sample of their new song 'Rock and Roll Train' at their MySpace site. The track comes from their forthcoming album Black Ice- www.myspace.com/acdc

Ozzy Osbourne will perform in Japan for the first time in seven years, promoters say. The British rocker will perform at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on October 27 more

Rap star Shawntae Harris, better known as Da Brat, has been sentenced to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall. more

Blink-182 and Morrissey producer Jerry Finn died last week (Aug. 21) at the age of 39. He had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage last month and was taken off life support on Aug. 9. more

Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness has announced dates for a short solo tour to kick off in December. Ness last released Cheating At Solitaire and Under the Influences both in 1999. Grab the dates

Paul McCartney is set to perform in Israel, 40 years after his legendary band, the Beatles, were banned from playing in the Holy Land. The rock star was scheduled to play earlier in the year, but the show was canceled. Israeli media reported McCartney would perform in Tel Aviv on September 25. more

A statue of late reggae legend Bob Marley has been unveiled in a small Serbian village during a rock festival as a token of peace in the Balkans. Musicians from Croatia and Serbia were joined by rock fans for the midnight ceremony in Banatski Sokolac. more

The new album from Dido, Safe Trip Home will be released by the RCA Label Group on November 4, 2008.

Want to know just how unhip Bill Gates and Microsoft are? They hired Jerry Seinfeld to give them an image makeover to make them more hip. We hear Vanilla Ice wanted more cash than the $10 million offered to Seinfeld. Seinfeld is reportedly set to appear in a series of TV ads along side Bill Gates. Perhaps the Microsoft answer to Apple's Mac and PC ads? Microsoft is in need of an image make over after dropping the software equivalent to "New Coke" on an unsuspecting public with the much maligned Vista. But is Seinfeld the man for the job? more.

Mower has been nominated for a 2008 San Diego Music Award in the category of "Best Hard Rock". The band is nominated alongside Arm the Angels, Earthless, Get Your Death On, Hostile Combover and Thieve & Liars.. The award will be given out on September 17th, 2008 at Viejas Concerts in the Park in San Diego with a performance by As I Lay Dying.

Avenged Sevenfold posted following update on their official MySpace page on Sunday: "We're very sorry to tell you that Avenged Sevenfold will not be performing at Reading today, August 24th. As many of you know, the band had to shorten their set at Leeds Friday due to vocal strain. Since then, Matt's doctors in the United Kingdom and Los Angeles have both advised him that he must rest his voice and cannot perform. more

Cattle Decapitation have announced a free 21+ show for Los Angeles, CA. They will play the Overcast Collective 3 Year Anniversary Party, which also features Captain Ahab, Crom and Moab on the bill, on Saturday, August 30th more
Because Janet Jackson is running out of fresh, innovative ideas, she has had to resort to past glories for a money spinning opportunity. Her lingerie line Pleasure Principle - named after a song that no-one really knows about from 1987 - apparently aims to make women feel feminine and sexy. At least she's not set out to make ladies look hairy, butch and transgender. Janet said: "People have come to me with other ideas, but lingerie is a passion for me, and just like music and acting, I can't do it unless I put 100% into it." No word yet if the line will include nipple mangling clamps. more
This question goes to anyone outside of Canada: Can you name two Canadian Idol winners? Ok, how about one? Oh well, the Canadian version of the Idol franchise is bringing in some star power for this season's finale. Jam reports that Mariah Carey will perform on the results episode which will crown this season's winner alongside five-time Grammy winner John Legend. more

Testament has lined up a series of headlining tour dates with more expected to be announced shortly. Joining them as support will be Soilent Green. dates

The Funeral Pyre welcome Lanny Perelman of Cerberus (Los Angeles) fame, to the band. They said in a statement, "Lanny has been a great friend for a while and we are more than excited to have him join and write a new record with us. So please, say thank you to Lanny when you see him. It's much appreciated." They also have an EP coming out, read all about it here

Gorgoroth has issued an update on their website stating that several upcoming shows have been canceled due to their recording schedule. Find the dates that still standhere

Cult 80s' hardcore-punk band Final Warning is going to reunite for two special Northwest shows in September. details

Dark Tranquillity, have issued the following update regarding the departure of bassist Michael Nicklasson: "D.T. has parted ways with longtime bass player Michael Nicklasson. All booked shows will go on as scheduled with a session bassist. We thank Michael for his time in the band and wish him the best of luck in future endeavours. What Michael had to say

Blabbermouth has the story: According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS), Staind's new album, "The Illusion of Progress", is poised to sell around 95,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to debut in the Top 3 of The Billboard 200 chart. Hollywood's teenpop heartthrobs Jonas Brothers will occupy the No. 1 in their second week on the chart.

The new Jonas Brothers album sold 525,000 copies in its first week, entering the chart on Wednesday (August 20) at No. 1. Even if they sell half that amount in their second week, Staind guitarist Mike Mushok said, "Half of that is more than what we'll sell, and it's good for those guys." Mushok added, "All I can say is, we've been here for 10 years, and this is our sixth record. I feel proud to be able to say that. If it's not No. 1, it's not No. 1 � what are you going to do?"

Sgt. Jeff Mackinnon of the Bancroft OPP told the Intelligencer, "At 12:30 PM a Cessna 206 was taking off from Baptiste Lake, lost airspeed and entered a wooded area west of the lake."

Death Magnetic is Metallica's first studio album since 2003's multi-platinum St. Anger, which hit No. 1 in 30 countries and has sold nearly six million copies worldwide.

The track-listing for Death Magnetic is as follows: "That Was Just Your Life," "The End of The Line," "Broken, Beat & Scarred," "The Day That Never Comes," "All Nightmare Long," "Cyanide," "The Unforgiven III," "The Judas Kiss," "Suicide & Redemption," and "My Apocalypse."

While Dropkick Murphys were playing their afternoon slot yesterday (August 22), a plan flew over the stage dangling a banner with "Slipknot UK tour tickets on sale."

The crowd, clearly not happy that the masked rockers had pulled out of the festival, began to boo at the banner advert.

The shows are a nod to his sell-out Wembley Stadium show, The Final, with Andrew Ridgeley in 1986 when he brought the curtain down on pop duo Wham!

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger are on the hook for more than $5 million after they were found by lower courts to have improperly invoked the Doors' name and images during a 2003 concert tour.

However, according to several online reports from fans who went to the Ford Amphitheatre expecting the band to play, the announcement of the cancellation wasn't made until approximately 10:15 p.m., infuriating the roughly 6,500 STP fans who were none to thrilled to hear this so very late into the evening.

Today's misheard lyric is to Bryan Adams' "Summer of 69" and the lines "Standing on your mother's porch / You told me that you'd wait forever. / Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now, or never. Those lyrics have been misheard as "Standing on your mother's corpse / You told me that you'd wait forever / Oh, and with the hammer in my hand / I knew that it was now or never." Inspired by the Manson Family murders from the summer of 69 perhaps?

We're told the other three cars in the entourage stopped as well. It's Sheriff Dept. policy to call for backup when other cars linger at a traffic stop. Backup arrived and the driver of the second car became "extremely uncooperative," to the point he had to be detained. At that point, Diddy and the remaining five or six members of the entourage got out of their cars and began walking toward the detained member of their posse.