The Kettle Black - No one can tell me that I wrote bad lyrics on this one. I've had a few people tell me that the lyrics are cheesy but I didn't write 95% of them, my great-grandfather did.

The words are almost all taken from letters that he wrote his wife while serving in WWII. I was reading the letters and was thinking that a lot of the problems that he had in his life in the 40's, I'm having in my life today. Not with women necessarily. More with a desire for constant change and always being on edge.

While the band only have one U.S. appearance set for this year (Lollapalooza,) Tom Morello said in an interview "There is the possibility that we will be playing at the demonstrations surrounding the Presidential conventions. The Democrats are in Denver, the Republicans are in Minneapolis. But we're still looking into that."

The fast food chain has challenged the rapper to change his name from 50--to 79, 89, or 99 Cent in connection with its new "Why Pay More" value menu for one day this summer.

Staind has set an August 19 release date for its next Atlantic album, "The Illusion of Progress". "It's a departure from the last record," Staind frontman Aaron Lewis tells Billboard. "There's a lot more effect-y experimentation and a lot more textures with vintage instruments and vintage amps." more

The Story Of... Motley Crue premiers Tuesday, June 24th at 9 PM & midnight (ET) on MuchMoreMusic to coincide with the release of Saints Of Los Angeles more

On the heels of Lil Wayne's 1 million-plus debut sales week with "Tha Carter III," Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" (Capitol) will post similarly lofty numbers and bow at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 next week. The set leads Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart, released today (June 18), with un-weighted first-day sales of 316,000 copies more

It's official, RUSH will be getting their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Thanks to efforts of their fans, spearheaded by none other than Donna Halper (the woman who is credited with discovering Rush while working at WMMS-FM in Cleveland back in 1974), Rush will be one of 25 recipients chosen by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce's Walk of Fame Committee to be enshrined in 2009. more

Oasis has expanded its partnership with Sony BMG by signing a new three-album deal with the company. The profit-sharing agreement will find Oasis continuing to release music on its own Big Brother imprint more

The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made three changes to the rules for the Original Song category; starting with the Oscar ceremony that will be held in 2009, only two songs from any given film can now be nominated. Poor babies. On a side note, they'll call just about anything a science these days.more

Singer Derek Rydquist recently rejoined Los Angeles, California metal group The Faceless. As you may recall, Rydquist quit the band in January to pursue a college degree. more

Northern California's Apiary has changed its name to Early Graves. The group's new album, titled "We: The Guillotine", will be released on August 19 via Ironclad Recordings. more

We're told Jamie Lynn was extremely nervous before the birth, but our spies tell us big sister Brit "made a big difference" and helped a ton -- giving her advice and support.

He joins alt-rock kings Stone Temple Pilots for selected dates. His latest release, a mini-album titled Svn Fngrs is available now on Cooking Vinyl.

Each album will be released in physical and digital formats; as a standard single disc, a deluxe double version including a disc of b-sides, live tracks and rarities, and an LP version pressed on 180gm virgin vinyl

Working with producer Tim Patalan (Sponge, Lovedrug), the band penned more than fifty songs for the album, twelve of which were recorded in a converted barn just a few minutes down the road from vocalist/guitarist Stephen Richards' home.

A couple of these would-be stars even claim that they've got the inside track for the job, although none of them have apparently been officially contacted by anyone in the VELVET REVOLVER camp.

�C�mo Te Llama? is Albert's second album with bandmates Matt Romano, Marc Eskenazi and Josh Lattanzi, and features the single "GfC".

In addition to the CD and digital release, a limited-edition run of double vinyl featuring two bonus tracks: "In Love Again" and a cover of the Stooges "I Got a Right" will be released.

Several times each performance Umphrey's McGee delves into the "Jimmy Stewart" creation process. They aim to generate melody-rich, spontaneous compositions, utilizing a Zappa-inspired language of body gestures and hand-signals which allow the band to create structure on-the-fly.