Ernie's new album "Starting Over" debuted on the top 25 of the iTunes rock charts earlier this month and with the physical CD hitting stores next week we asked Ernie to tell us a little bit about the songs. Here is Ernie with today's song:

Crazy Love: I also wrote this song for a girl. It's for that intoxication when people think you are crazy. I am half Cuban so I always make sure I have at least song one song on every album that has that Cuban rhythm. This rhythm reminds me of the Carnival. I have family in Cuba so when they hear that Cuban/Carnival rhythm I want them to know that it is for them.

OK, maybe 'offered' is a strong word. Chances are that it actually just stuck a pin in the internet, found the least appropriate possible candidate for a condom spokeswoman and bashed out a quick press release that mentioned Miley Cyrus a lot in the cynical hope that bored bloggers would pick up on it because it's a quiet news day.

AC/DC will travel to London in early August to shoot a video for the first single off their new album, "Bl4ck Ice".

Even sharks can't stomach Ryan Seacrest! Ol' Ryan was taking a swim in the ocean over the weekend when he was bitten by a shark, he said on his KIIS-FM radio show Monday. more details from people that hate him too

Amy Winehouse was released from a London hospital today (July 29) after an overnight stay to treat what her spokesman said was an adverse reaction to medication. [is that a new euphemism for overdose?] more

All 13 tracks from R. Kelly's forthcoming album, which has yet to get a release date, appeared on the Internet last night says nymag.com, and features tracks entitled 'Wanna Make A Baby', 'Hair Braider' and 'Relief'. more

Want the inside story on Pantera? Rock photographer Ross Halfin writes in a recent diary entry: "Phil [Anselmo] tells me he's writing a book about his time doing what he does and it'll include his time in Pantera. I'm looking forward to reading it." Read Ross' blow by blow of the recent Metallica / Down show in Istanbul

Fergie is the new happy hooker. Billboard reports: Fergie is excited about adding the role of a prostitute to her acting portfolio. The Grammy-winning singer has been cast as Saraghina in "Nine," a big-screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical. more

Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe spilled the beans that the band is heading into the studio in September to record the follow-up to Sacrament. He also mentioned that the band turned down a tour with Metallica to be able to finish recording this record. more

Cream's Jack Bruce says that he and Eric Clapton plan to attend an October 3rd ceremony at which Ginger Baker will be given a Drummers Achievement Award by cymbal maker Zildjian at the Royal Festival Hall in London. "I know there's a good chance we may play at that event... but I don't want to overstate it and make it into something it isn't." but there is hope for future Cream reunion shows

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon appeared on UK television last night (July 28) to strongly deny recent newspaper reports calling him racist. The star, appearing on BBC1's 'The One Show', also said he would take legal action against any publications that said otherwise more

Rush is one of the many high profile artists appearing on the Songs For Tibet - The Art Of Peace benefit album. The album will be released on iTunes August 5th more

It's shaping up to be a busy year for seminal Scottish rock act Mogwai. After reissuing its first album, "Young Team," last month, the group's latest effort, "The Hawk Is Howling," arrives Sept. 23 via Matador. more

Children Of Bodom have just announced the addition of US melodic death metal act The Black Dahlia Murder to it's tour. The Black Dahlia Murder will share support on the COB tour run with the previously-announced Between The Buried And Me. more

Sony Corp is in talks to buy the 50 percent stake it does not own in Sony BMG Music Entertainment from Germany's Bertelsmann for more than 100 billion yen ($931 million), more

New York City based I Scream Records and Lions Gate Music have inked a deal for the use of the Ramallah track "Days of Revenge" in the upcoming film, Punisher: War Zone, set for release in theaters nationwide late-2008. more

Disturbed have released the initial list of tour dates for their European trek this October. Tickets go on pre-sale at 10am on Wednesday 29th July. dates

Horse The Band have announced Daniel Pouliot (known for his work with Bleeding Kansas) as their new drummer. more

Swedish court authorities have sided with Gorgoroth copyright holders King and Gaahl to successfully stop Regain Records' distribution of the unauthorized 'Live In Grieghallen' album. Regain Records has been ordered to stop selling this album and is at risk of large fines if they do not cease doing so immediately. more

Alkaline Trio, Atmosphere, Flobots, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, the Kooks, Mickey Avalon, NOFX, Pennywise, Reverend Horton Heat, Rise Against and Thrice are all slated to perform at Queen Creek, AZ's Edgefest 2008. more

California metallers Static-X will release their first-ever concert DVD, "Cannibal Killers Live", on October 7. The disc was shot with six cameras on June 2, 2007 at the Big Easy in Spokane, Washingtonmore

Which 80s platinum rockers will have Los Angeles named for them for a day? Stay tuned for the answer... plus some news about their big new initiative.

The new dates expand on the current Cardinals itinerary, which commences August 23 at the Fillmore in San Francisco and includes a run of Canadian shows supporting Oasis as well as an additional headline date at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion.

Available in multiple formats, Tell Tale Signs features previously unreleased recordings and alternate versions of tracks from sessions which generated some of Bob Dylan's most acclaimed and commercially successful albums from the last two decades, including Time Out Of Mind, "Love And Theft", Modern Times and Oh Mercy.

For a limited time, bobdylan.com will feature a free download of "Dreamin' Of You," one of Tell Tale Signs many previously unreleased gems. "Dreamin' Of You" is a fully-produced recording from Dylan's 1997 sessions with producer Daniel Lanois, which spawned Time Out Of Mind, the 1998 Grammy Award-winning Album Of The Year.

The song, "Another Way To Die," will be the first duet in Bond soundtrack history.
White wrote and produced the song, and also will play drums.

This was done because The Berzerker has fulfilled its contract with Earache Records and left the label to be "truly" independent. The new album is not even available in ANY retail stores.

Mainman Luke Kenny had this to say: "I'm f**king sick to death of fans NOT knowing where there money is going when they buy a CD, Steve (Albini) has the right idea, to expose this ---- once and for all. I mean, a percentage of your money is going to the f**king retarded bitch sitting behind the counter at the HMV/Tower, [or] wherever she is, on the phone painting her f**king nails and couldn't even tell you where the 'metal section' is if you asked her. So what if we sell less records being totally independent? At least NOW with Berzerker Industries, if people want to support us by NOT downloading our music, they can."

Several song excerpts recently surfaced online and indicate a very different style for the vocalist. Cornell recorded the disc with famed urban pop producer Timbaland, and says the results surprised him.

The band also said that they have "amazing new songs" and are "poised and ready to move forward," presumably after securing a new frontman.

He told UK 'newspaper' The Daily Star: "I plan to get back to looking ripped again. I know I have let it all go, but watch me fly this year."

The band will join hard-rockers Shinedown to support co-headliners Avenged Sevenfold and Buckcherry on the road in a series running from mid-September to the first week of October

Cyrus' last album, the half soundtrack, half studio set "Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus" (Hollywood/Walt Disney), started at No. 1 last summer with 326,000. The first "Hanna Montana" soundtrack, which launched her recording career, also bowed at No. 1 in 2006, with first-week sales of 281,000. It went on to be the best seller of that year's fourth quarter with less than three months of shelf life.

Ludo finally has a bus! After hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of shows, we finally get to do a tour in a bus! Unbelievable. With our new tour manager, Randy, and our new merch guy, Byron, we left St. Louis late on the night of the 20th, slept as we rode through the night to Columbus, got up, saw The Dark Knight, slept as we rode through the night again to Bay Shore, New York, got up, toured the merchdirect facilities (where all our merch is made), had dinner with Steve Davis, and then slept as we rode through the night all the way to Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Our first day on Warped! Got our set time, Byron and Randy loaded in and set up merch, we did some radio interviews, then loaded in. We're on the Hurley.com Stage. In Mansfield, it was apparently one of two stages under the pavilion. Right before we played it began to pour rain, and probably 10,000 people piled into the shed to hide from the rain. Where they helplessly had to watch a Ludo show! Ha! Our sick plan worked. We played six songs as the pit flooded and kids down there went nutso. I immediately hopped offstage after the show, and cut straight to our merch tent, where we then hung out for the rest of the evening, meeting peoples and signing stuffs. Loaded out. Broke down merch. A few of us grabbed showers. They were freezing cold. We nestled snugly into our bunks and as we slumbered, we rolled toward Buffalo, New York.