21st Century Time Bomb- The idea for this song was actually taken from a magazine review that said my band was a "21st Century Time Bomb". We just used that statement as a template for the song itself. Choosing the tempo was easy; a ticking time bomb runs (obviously) at sixty beats per minute. We doubled that (120 BPM), and got a great marching/dance tempo that made it easy to mix marching samples and ticking clocks together under a lot of the back beat. The intro sounds a lot like war banter just from the percussion and the chord choices.

Since we wanted to capture the impending sound of World War III, the lyrics are sort of set as the voice of the people lit to pop in the face of oppression; the sound of the truest democratic vote- a revolution. It's the perfect opener for an album called "Manifesto".

It's come to our attention that one of the tracks off our new album has leaked out on the net. Honestly, we hate it when this ---- happens, because we want our FANS to have any new songs first.

The Detroit News reports Miad Jarbou of Royal Oak filed the lawsuit Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court seeking more than $25,000 in damages.

Whenever that's said, you know if would be amusing for someone to stand up and say something - be it someone screaming: "I'm pregnant with his child!" or: "he's a wife beater!" or even the ever-popular: "he gave me some kind of incurable VD on his stag night, and he's quite possibly a vampire!"

But some bands have resisted the call of the new medium. Led Zeppelin's thundering riffs are among the most sought after by music game makers, but the group's guitarist, Jimmy Page, and his bandmates have repeatedly turned down offers from both Activision and MTV, says Peter Mensch, a partner at Q Prime Management, which manages Mr. Page, along with Metallica and other acts.

McGee, who was also the boss of Creation and Poptones Records spoke to XFM saying: "I'd recommend a band not to go to any record label, I think they're all f**king rubbish.

Warrant had recently reunited with a sober Lane and had scheduled a string of live dates.

Brad states that, "not only did Jani Lane fall off the wagon, he smashed the damn thing into a brick ----ing wall and summed up his career in a shaken, drunken, word forgetting debacle that was just embarrassing.".

Highway to Hell, with lyrics including "Going down, party time", is among a number rock classics, including Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven, that are replacing traditional hymns in Adelaide.

He recently remixed an original John Matthias score for Cortical Songs, a Classical album that also features contributions from Simon Tong (The Verve, Blur, Gorillaz) and John Maclean (Beta Band). Classical kin Gabriel Prokofiev calls Yorke's track "adventurous and avant garde."

Morrissey performed a number of new songs alongside classic Smiths tracks at the second night of London's O2 Wireless Festival Friday night (July 4). The singer played a handful of songs from his forthcoming album 'Years Of Refusal', including the well-received 'Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed', at the event in Hyde Park.more

Elton John, Tony Bennett, Lou Reed and former U.S. President Bill Clinton will be among the heavy hitters appearing on Elvis Costello's new variety show. The show, called "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...," has taped four one-hour episodes of a planned 13-program run. The series is being co-produced by CTV in Canada and Channel 4 in the U.K., as well as the Sundance Channel in the U.S. more

Christmas came early in Sheryl Crow's world this year because of an as-yet-untitled holiday album she's recorded with producer Bill Bottrell for Hallmark's annual series, following releases by James Taylor, Barry Manilow and George Strait. It'll drop into Hallmark Gold Crown stores in September, and Crow gave Billboard an exclusive sneak peek before stashing it away until then that is here

Christmas also came early to the world as Swedish supergroup Abba will "never" perform on stage again, two of the band's members have said. Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson told The Sunday Telegraph there was "simply no motivation to regroup".

Longstanding English punk act The Damned are in the studio recording a new full length. The group, as of 2007, featured a line-up of that included Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible backed by keyboardist Monty Oxy Moron, drummer Pinch, and bassist Stu West.

MasterCard this week launched a campaign with an extensive music component. As part of a new campaign dubbed "Roots of Rock" from New York ad agency McCann-Erickson the credit card maker is offering MasterCard holders free downloads from the entire Universal Music Group catalog from priceless.com. more

Texas rock trio ZZ Top has signed to producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint, hoping for a commercial and critical revitalization along the lines of prior Rubin clients Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond. more

At the mid-point of 2008, U.S. album sales stand at an 11% decline when compared to the same period a year ago. Though not as precipitous a drop as the one recorded in the first half of 2007 (15.1%), this year's first half tally is 204.6 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's compared to 229.8 million units scanned in the first six months of 2007. Before you click over to read more, ask yourself "were there more CDs you were interested in this year than last year?" The answer from many may be sobering for the suits at the labels.more

Concert promoter Live Nation has added another artist to their Artist Nation division roster today. International Pop star Shakira has signed a 10 year deal with Live Nation that will encompass tours, recordings, merchandise and sponsorship. more

On the group's sixth studio release, "Pine/Cross Dover," Goss wanted to approach his songwriting from a different angle. The set is tentatively due Aug. 28 via Brownhouse/Mascot Records.

"It's really rhythmic-oriented. I called [drummer] John Leamy, and said, 'Get ready to play, because the drums are going to lead the way on this one'," Goss tells Billboard.com. "And they did. It's almost a jazzier, funkier Masters Of Reality. There's no acoustic guitars, there's not much 'Beatles' on this one. Which I'm proud of -- because I'm kinda tired of it!"

But if they thought they were going to relive a piece 1970s music history - they were in for a surprise.