"Toxic Garbage Island": There is a location in the central North Pacific Ocean described by scientists as "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch" or "The Eastern Garbage Patch". It's an area characterized by high concentrations of suspended plastic debris.

Last year I was walking by the sea near my home town in France and I saw a plastic bag floating under the surface of water between the waves. I first thought it was some kind of medusa struggling, but then, I understood what it was. It made me sick to think that the world's oceans are full of plastic and fuel. I'm a big supporter of Greenpeace because they do their best to fight all types of pollution. The vision of this plastic bag in the sea was stuck in my mind and a few days later I started to write the lyrics. The working title for this song was "A Plastic Bag In The Sea".

The album was leaked onto YouTube and BitTorrent on October 7. While Sony's legal eagles quickly swooped in and succesfully pulled the record from YouTube, the files have remained on BitTorrent - where they've racked up 400,000 downloads.

"Six months ago we thought it would be a fun idea to release our album on election day but this is not the election to be cute," the band says.

The former Nirvana drummer is the subject of a successful petition to get Markey Alley in his hometown of Warren, Ohio changed to Dave Grohl Alley.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told NME.COM that a 39 year-old man was arrested at 4:20pm (BST) in a caf�/bar on suspicion of possession of Class A drugs thought to be crack cocaine.

Visitors will be able to listen to Chris Cornell's upcoming album Scream, meet the artists, and have a chance to receive tickets to Cornell's show that night.

In a video posted on his website, Starr says he has "too much to do" and warns he'll throw any fanmail in the bin after October 20. Why he's chosen this date is unclear.

The law creates an intellectual property czar who will report directly to the president on how to better protect copyrights both domestically and internationally. The Justice Department had argued that the creation of this position would undermine its authority.

The law also toughens criminal laws against piracy and counterfeiting, although critics have argued that the measure goes too far and risks punishing people who have not infringed.

Spawning from The Desert Sessions' Volumes 3 & 4, Eagles of Death Metal eventually evolved into a full-fledged band, leading into two well-received full-length LPs, Peace, Love and Death Metal (2004), Death By Sexy (2006), and acclaimed tours alongside The Strokes as well as The Distillers. Their riff-filled songs have appeared in films, trailers, tv shows and commercials, while their rollicking live show has become highly revered.

Clark was found dead at his home in 1991, with autopsy reports indicating he'd fallen victim to a lethal mixture of anti-depressants, painkillers and alcohol.

"Most of this album was made just by Scott and I hanging out and experimenting in our studio," Grean reveals.

The new album is the follow-up to 2006's "Every Man for Himself," which has sold 216,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The special version of the Icelandic band's fifth album, which translates as 'With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly', will include a 200-page hardback book of band photos by photographer Eva Vermandel.

Fan-filmed video footage of The Hellacopters' September 24, 2008 concert at the Backstage Werk in Munich, Germany can be viewed at the full story link (clip uploaded by "eblinternational").

"Vultures" started out as a completely improvisational jam that Liam and Charlie were doing. Liam was playing drums and Charlie was messing around with his old Moog synth with some sort of trigger effect, as well as working his theremin through some delay, and playing his bass. It was sounding really percussive and cool. As soon as they got into it, they stopped after about 60 seconds, and I breathlessly exclaimed, "PLEASE don't stop!" They looked at me silently, and started the jam up again.

As I listened, I drifted away in my mind. I sat alone in the studio for days afterwards composing the keyboard and vocal parts. I began thinking of the mental illnesses that strike humanity, and the false labels we use to divide ourselves from one another, and to distinguish ourselves above others.

I think of a "vulture" as a person who takes advantage of others and sucks them dry, in the belief that we live in a world of "eat or be eaten." Often these individuals suffered massive amounts of abuse as a child; however, rather than learning to grow and evolve as a human being, they continue the cycle of negativity by perpetuating abuse upon other humans as they grow older. A "vulture" is often a narcissist. A narcissist believes that all actions taken by others relate to the narcissist. Narcissists are often paranoid in a delusional manner, because in their mind, everything, absolutely everything, relates to THEM. Therefore, the first line I say, "I've been cast away� and it's off the records now� when they're trying to get you" embodies the past hurts and present paranoia of these narcissistic vultures. They are "trying to catch you" and hurt you, like they themselves were hurt, long ago, and they will stop at nothing, for they cannot stop.

Conversely, it is arrogance to separate ourselves and to distinguish ourselves from the rest of humanity in assuming that "people with mental illnesses are inferior to 'us.'" It is the same arrogance that guides the United States, for example, to believe, arrogantly, childishly, and destructively, that perpetuating violence upon another culture is okay, because "our ideals are better than theirs," and, "the only reason that they are attacking us is because they are jealous of our culture or freedom." Therefore, the chorus of "Someday, we'll change our ways," states that as human beings, we are all the same�. And if one of us is a vulture, then ALL of us are, in some way. Also, it's a sarcastic comment. "Someday we'll change our ways," but right now, we're too lazy to care, or to take action, or to contribute to positive change. Instead, we'll sit back, and do nothing.