"Oroborus": This song is about the immortality of the soul. I thought it was interesting to start an album about death with a song about eternal life. The "Oroborus" or "Oroboros" is also called "The Tail Devourer," a serpent or dragon devouring his own tail, a mystical animal from ancient mythology.

The first riff is a weird thing, asymmetric and dissonant, there's an impression of cycle motion that fits with the idea of circle of lives. It's the first song we composed and it's the opening song for the album.

The bass player, whose real name was Brad Stewart, played in Manson's band from 1989 until 1993, when he was fired and replaced by Twiggy Ramirez.

But the two are writing the score for the upcoming Broadway production of Spiderman: The Musical.

"Like the doctors said from the beginning, its [sic] been a slow recovery process. I am coming up on the 7th of my surgeries Monday," the former Blink-182 drummer wrote Saturday.

Publicist Kirt Webster says Meat Loaf was admitted to a private hospital in central London on Monday, immediately after winning Q Magazine's "Classic Song" award for his rock epic "Bat Out of Hell."

The truth was that the engagement was something of a "stealth" booking, an experiment to determine if audiences would accept Neil's music in its most elemental form. Having performed previously in the context of a band, he was unsure if he could deliver his music as convincingly alone. The Canterbury House experience erased all doubts and set the stage for the succession of Neil Young solo albums that continues to this day.

The night of November 9, 1968 (and the night following), he performed his music and told stories between the songs to a rapt audience. The performances were recorded those evenings on a TEAC 2 track tape recorder, the tapes kept in storage over the intervening years.

Lars Ulrich, songwriter and drummer for the heavy-metal band Metallica, is selling a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting from his art collection that could set a new auction record for the artist, Christie's said Friday. more

Albert Hammond Jr's Lillywhite Session on World Caf� will be broadcast on this coming Wednesday - October 15th, 2008. National Public Radio's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. You can find your local station here

Former Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins comes yodeling back with his new band Hot Legs. Yeah, that's what he's calling it. Billboard has more info on it here.

Oasis have shot straight to the top of the UK album chart with their seventh studio collection, Dig Out Your Soul. more

Killing Joke played their first US show in 20 years at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles last week (October 9) for a star-studded crowd that included Morrissey and members of Guns N Roses, Sex Pistols and The Cult. more.

On October 13th, Famous Stars And Straps will release the "Chris & Che" tee, available in Mens, Womens, and Juniors sizes at www.famoussas.com and The Fast Life store in Los Angeles. 100% of the proceeds will go to the families of both Chris Baker and Charles Still, whose lives were lost in the fatal Blink-182/DJ AM South Carolina plane crash on September 20, 2008. To purchase, please visit www.famoussas.com for details.

T.I. broke his own recently set record for the largest leap to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on Thursday, as "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna leaped 79 places. The track sold 335,000 downloads in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, besting Mariah Carey's prior digital debut week high-water mark of 286,000 with "Touch My Body." more

Slash is slated to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute concert for guitar hero Les Paul. The lineup of guitar virtuosos for the November 15th concert also includes Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, former Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, The Ventures, Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi and more

William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the Grammy Awards, has died. He was 80. Claxton died Saturday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications stemming from congestive heart failure more

Lisa Marie Presley is a mom again. A publicist says the 40-year-old singer gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were not released. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and the other came in at 5 pounds and 2 ounces. more

Lollapalooza has announced its dates for 2009. The annual festival, founded by Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell, is set to take place August 7-9, 2009 at Chicago's Grant Park. more

Reggae star Alton Ellis, known as "the Godfather of rocksteady", has died at the age of 70. The Jamaican-born singer, who moved to Britain in the 1970s, achieved fame with a number of hits, including I'm Still in Love and I'm Just a Guy. more

Suicidal Tendencies have brought on Eric Moore to fill their vacant drummer chair. According to a statement by the band Moore is not a temp, but rather their official new skins man. more

The DVD contains videos for "Happiness," "A&E" and "Caravan Girl," televised performances of "Clowns" and "Road to Somewhere," a variety of live tracks from Goldfrapp's June 21 performance at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-sea, as well as exclusive backstage footage from the show. Released earlier this year on Mute Records, Seventh Tree went Gold its first week of release in the U.K. and has received immense praise from the likes of People, The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, Details, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and more.

Hadouken! took the UK with storm earlier this year when they released their debut album 'Music For An Accelerated Culture' in May and it landed into the official UK album charts at an impressive number 7.

'You're My Star' is a song I wrote in a hotel room in Chelsea, London. I wrote it quite quickly, although the recording of it took longer and in many directions. It's a song about how amazing and inspired someone can make you feel and how much you want to be around them every day."