Steve's contribution will be an elaborate acoustic rendition of the song, putting a fresh new spin on the 25-year-old classic. A 30-second sample of the song is now available at the SplitScreen Entertainment website. Steve Brown currently fronts the modern rock act Stereo Fallout and is expected to reunite with his Trixter bandmates for select live dates in 2008, including the massive Rocklahoma festival in July.

"This band started as a side project back in 2006 and we wound up with a collection of tunes we were all really stoked on," comments Connell. "We've had this tracked for a while now, and we're glad to have it done and for people to hear it."

With nods to the seminal art rockers Velvet Underground and more recent British counterparts Radiohead, Anonymous is a collection of densely-layered musical instrumentation, alternately complex and refined rock for the progressive listener.

Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as Guns N' Roses, Kiss, Machine Head, Nightwish, Megadeth, Scorpions, Testament, Arch Enemy, King Diamond, Sepultura, Dio, Twisted Sister, Kamelot and Down.

Following two friends-only warm-up shows, Billie Joe Armstrong - who introduced himself as the "Reverend Strychnine Twitch" � declared the show the "official kick-off" of the Foxboro Hot Tubs' tour.

That's just part of the humor found in the Foo Fighters tour rider, which The Smoking Gun leaked last week. In the rider we learn that on most days Rolling Stone, Spin and People are strictly verboten because they want promoters to show that they have a brain and fantastic interests. They also demand 75 pounds of ice and advise that "if you have McDonalds, Best Buy and porno, then you gotta have ice." They even offer a handy recipe for making ice. As if that was enough, they tell promoters to feel free to shoplift some cool Ikea furniture for the dressing room.

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda will hold an art show at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles from July 12 to August 3. Commented Mike: "Thanks to all of you that have supported my art and asked when I'll be doing another art show... I'm proud to announce the opening of a new solo exhibition.more

Metal legends Slayer have postponed their scheduled June 25th show in Moscow, Russia due to "production reasons." Russian metalheads, dont worry, Slayer has announced a make-up show set for November 29 more

Tickbastard is getting ready to cut out the paper part of tickets entirely�at least the sort of paper that you bring with you to the show, i.e. the same sort that can get lost, or resold by "secondary market" types who aren't part of the Ticketmaster-approved secondary market TicketExchange. The idea behind TicketMaster's new plan, which it's debuting at Tom Waits' galaxy-mapped tour this summer. more details How long before they start charging you for the "convenience" of not having paper tickets?

The Offspring have announced that they will reissue two of their classic albums next month. The California punk rockers will put out digitally remastered versions of 1992's 'Ignition' and 1994's 'Smash' via Epitaph on June 17 to coincide with the US release of their new forthcoming album 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace'. more

Slipknot will be returning to the UK, Austria and Germany this August. The band will be appearing at this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals alongside none other than TENACIOUS D and METALLICA. more

It's official Iced Earth will return to the home of their most frenzied fanbase in Europe and the world - Greece - on July 20, 2008 at the Lycabettus Theater in Athens. more

Janet Jackson's tour opens in Vancouver, British Columbia on September 10 and includes dates in New York and Washington, and is Jackson's first in seven years. While only a few dates have been announced for the tour, Jackson expects to take the "Misnamed Genre for Illiterates" aka "Rock Witchu" tour worldwide. Jam! advises that the lame tour name came from a song on her new album, not for her brother Michael's famous hit. To which we have to ask, didn't she steal the song title from Michael? What she had to say about finally returning to the road

After issuing his recent work on Rhino and Nonesuch, Beach Boys principal Brian Wilson has returned to Capitol Records for the release of his next album, "That Lucky Old Sun." The set is due Sept. 2. more

Leng Tch'e singer Boris Cornelissen has decided to leave the band. Cornelissen has issued the following: "After four of the coolest and craziest years of my life, I've decided to quit my activities in Leng Tch'e. A difficult decision, considering the fact that I really loved the shows/touring and hanging out with these guys. However, I came to a point in my life where other things start to matter. more

Topanga Days Fair announces final line up for the Memorial Day Weekend. Marc Ford, Jordan Zevon were just added to the lineup which also features Chevy Metal (Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins TIM EASTON, Johnathan Rice, Shurman, Gary Louris, Chris Laterzo & Buffalo Robe The Living Sisters (feat. Inara George, Eleni Mandell and Becky Stark), Spindrift, Everest and Many Others

Finland's biggest heavy metal band. 'Ter�sbetoni', will represent Finland at this year's Eurovision at Belgrade, Serbia on 24th May. This is the second time since 2006 since a heavy metal band has represented Finland at Eurovision ('Lordi' won Eurovision for Finland in 2006). Ter�sbetoni will perform the hit single 'Miss� Miehet Ratsastaa' (aka 'Where All The Men Ride Forth'), taken from their No.1 best-selling album 'Myrskyntuoja'. more

A judge on Monday denied a new trial for a Santa Monica-based air charter service that was ordered to pay $20.25 million for secretly videotaping Michael Jackson and his lawyers as they flew to the pop star's surrender on molestation charges in 2003.

"It's coming along," he said. "People are sending stuff in. The first time we were looking for a singer it was a little tougher, 'cause people didn't really know what we were doing musically, I guess. So this time it's gotten out of control, especially with the Internet and things like that, we've got just thousands and thousands of people coming at us with, you know, auditions."

The new Web-based music store will have digital songs from all major music labels as well as thousands of independent labels.