Young & Old - I remember the melody for this song first rattling in my head when walking the street of Athens, GA. It was just that at first, a melody, along with the first line of the song. I didn't really develop it for a while, but was glad that I'd noted the melody on the little voice record of my cell phone.

And strangely enough, I added parts here and there kinda doing the same thing... thinking of lines or parts and jotting them down on my phone. I remember a good part of it I put down the caverness sounding bathroom at The Orange Peel in Asheville. Needless to say, we were on tour at the time. But what finally came of this song reflects a lot my own thirty-something kind of experience.

This isn't music related but we couldn't resist The Sex Files headline. David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction. In a statement released Thursday by his lawyer, Stanton Stein, the actor said he did so voluntarily, adding: "I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family." more

Next week's FMQB Productions broadcast special, Metallica: The World Premiere Of Death Magnetic will be hosted by Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and drummer Taylor Hawkins. The pair will sit down with Metallica for a live broadcast from 'Tallica HQ on Thursday more

Not many habitual criminals can get away with using the F word when talking to a judge but if your DMX you get special justice. The rapper was sentenced to time served Thursday in Miami after pleading not guilty to attempted marijuana and cocaine possession, a deal that will allow him to avoid jail time�in the Sunshine State, at least. He was also ordered to pay a $483 court fine and return for a follow-up hearing Oct. 3. To which DMX could be heard replying to the judge, "I ain't coming back on f--king Oct. 3." The judge's reaction can be found here

The Smiths will be the subject of yet another compilation this fall in the form of "Hang the DJ: The Very Best of the Smiths." The set is due Oct. 7 via Rhino in both single- and double-disc versions. more

Marion "Suge" Knight has been released from the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas. The founder of bankrupt Death Row Records posted $19,000 bail yesterday (Aug. 28) and promised to appear in court on felony assault and drug charges more

Hawthorne Heights are to perform current hit single "Rescue Me" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday 18th October, 2008

BW&BK has learned from inside the KISS camp that the band are planning an East Coast leg of their Alive/35 anniversary tour. more

And for today's "utterly useless tabloid crap you can't use"� we turn to pseudo-tabloid Fox News: "Project Runway" fashionista Tim Gunn says Miley Cyrus' style is "just a little too tarty." (Miley Cyrus) is just a little too tarty, forgive me. I don't want her to look like she's going into a convent school, but it's just a little too much for a 15-year-old. If I didn't know better, I'd swear she was 25," Gunn told OK! magazine. Not enough? You can read Gunn's frivolous opinion about other people as well. Drop some IQ points and click here for that.

Zimmers Hole have issued the following update: "It is with deep regret and totally un-metal sorrow that we must cancel our upcoming US tour with Sigh." why?

The Rotted are pleased to announce their new bassist as none other than The Reverend Trudgill, former frontman of eccentric British metal loons Screamin' Daemon. more

Dark Tranquillity have issued the following update: "With the recent departure of Michael Nicklasson, we're searching for a new bass player. First and foremost we need someone to fill in on the upcoming Europan tour in October/November, and in the longer perspective we want a steady member that can participate in the songwriting for the next studio album. [spelling skills are not required.] More info here

On Aug. 27, U.S. District Judge Howard Lloyd ruled that online video-sharing service Veoh isn't liable for copyright infringement for material uploaded to its Web site by users, dismissing a lawsuit brought by adult entertainment production company Io Group. more

Paria has finished tracking their new album, titled "The Barnical Cordious." more

Too Pure To Die is currently in the studio recording a new album. Titled "Confess," the effort is being co-produced by Zeuss (Shadows Fall) and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta. more

Bloodshot will release their third full-length effort, "Murder The World", on October 20 via Scarlet Records. more

Jane's Addiction's "Nothing's Shocking" and Megadeth's "Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?" are among the full-length albums will be added to Rock Band's extensively stocked catalogue of downloadable more

Has Metallica really returned to their roots?"If you could timewarp back to 1983 with a copy of 'Death Magentic' in your hands and play it to the spotty, longhaired brats who'd just finished recording 'Kill 'Em All', they would have no problem at all recognizing themselves in its epic song structures, jaw-dropping guitar work (all buzzsaw guitars and face-melting solos) and sheer whiplash-inducing energy. In fact, they'd probably be impressed. That's right kids, for once, you can believe the hype: 'Your' Metallica are back and they've brought their balls with them this time. So says this review

What about the leaker? Blabbermouth had this about what Kevin Cogill (a.k.a. Skwerl) faces as well as a statement from the GNR camp: He faces up to three years in prison and $250,000 in fines. On Wednesday he became the first Californian charged under a 3-year-old federal anti-piracy law that makes it a felony to distribute a copyrighted work on computer networks before its release.

Singer Greg Cavanagh was held for four hours, then refused entry to the US because of suspicion of "rampant drug use, voluminous encounters with prostitutes and satanism" after the border agents reviewed the band's MySpace page.

Black Ice, the band's first studio album in eight years, will be released on October 20th. Black Ice features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien.

Heatherette designer and friend of Kelly's, Richie Rich told a reporter that Axl was "leering" at Osbourne at a recent party in Hollywood to launch a new laundry detergent. [what? The reclusive Axl Rose showed up for a product party?]

Tickets cannot be purchased through normal outlets. Instead fans must register with the band's official web site to be eligible for a chance to purchase up to two tickets . Visit Oasisinet.com for more details.

A crucial element of LORDI's appeal has always been the band's monster characters. As is customary for LORDI, the look of each character has been redesigned for the new album. The new costumes, designed by Mr. Lordi will make their in-person debut when LORDI headlines Popkomm in Berlin this October.

Our Bright Future is the eighth studio album from the multi-platinum, four-time Grammy-winner and her first since 2005's acclaimed Where You Live. Beginning with the 1988 release of her eponymous debut, Tracy has created a body of work that has been as consistently compelling as it is honest and uncompromising, eloquently telling stories with perennial appeal that are at once personal and universal.

Applying his homespun hip-hop sensibility to real instruments, Mike comes up with sing-a-long musings on such unconventional subjects as religion ("Alleged Legends"), evolution ("The Way of the Dodo"), biological destiny ("On the Edge of a Cliff"), and male friendship ("The Sherry End").

Today's misheard lyric is to Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" and the line "Word to your mother." That lyric has been misheard as "Weird Chicken Mother."

"Love is Dead"...when I first heard the music I thought, "Thanks a lot Steve (F5's guitarist). This is screwed�what can I write over this riff?!" But, after I actually digested the arrangement I found it easy to write to. The premise is very straight forward. "Love is Dead to me...I am numb like you expected me to be."

I hate judgmental people. When you beat me down with your own insecurities, I will become the very thing you detest. Leave me the ---- alone and maybe I won't let you down.

Now here is David Ellefson: This is one of the last tracks written for the album in the 11th hour before we commenced the recording session. Our guitarists John Davis and Steve Conley literally wrote the riffs in the studio and then laid them down to a click track just hours before Jimmy DeGrasso walked in to play drums to them!

As a result the song has a more complex arrangement with tempo shifts, probably because we couldn't streamline it by rehearsing it to death in a band room for months on end. It has a very old-school, metal vibe about it which is made clear by the opening and middle section guitar riffs. It's one of my favorite tracks on the album!