Now Wil tells us about the infectious first single from the album: "MisSunderstood" was the first song written out of all the songs on the record, and it came just after coming off the road in support of our 2nd album 'Two'.

It came to me very easily and was originally a song about myself being frustrated and feeling like I had given and done everything I could for something yet still ended up left with nothing. I knew a girl that was a good friend of mine that felt the same, and in me trying to help council her the chorus of the song lyrically was inspired. THIS SONG ROCKS.

(The Phil Lewis version of) L.A. Guns were performing at the venue when shots were fired. Singer/guitarist Phil Lewis sent BW&BK the following note regarding the show:

Now on today's news: Wondering how that new Metallica CD sounds? Does it really take the listener back to the band's glory days? You no longer have to guess as Chinamart� has 30 second samples of all of the songs from "Death Magnetic". You can check that out here. The disc will hit stores next week.

In related Metallica news, Blabbermouth an interesting tidbit that the Beatallica concept might actually come true with the metal heavy weights jamming with Beatle legend Paul McCartney. At least that's the way the UK press report they cited makes it sound, but further reading puts that in doubt. It vaguely looks like both are set to appear on a BBC TV show along with French first lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy. read the report

The reunited Verve delivered a No. 1 U.K. album for Parlophone/EMI yesterday (Aug. 31) as "Forth" debuted at the top. In a double for EMI labels, Virgin's Katy Perry started a fourth week at the singles chart summit with "I Kissed a Girl." more

The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman has denied online rumours that drummer Gil Sharone has quit the band. "He didn't leave and we didn't kick him out," Weinman tells Kerrang!. more

Slipknot have entered the Australian album charts at number one with their latest record, "All Hope Is Gone." more

Will the second time be the charm for Nikki Sixx's vanity project Sixx:A.M.? Following lukewarm sales of the project's debut, Sixx apparently is going back into the studio to give it another try. more

If we are to believe Barack Obama's press agents over at NBC News, the senator walks on water. But now they may be able to honestly claim that Obama resurrected The Dead... The Grateful Dead that is. At this point the reports originate out of the UK music press, so we're not sure how much stock to put into them since the reports we have read contain absolutely no sources (as usual) but Hippies can read more here from a UK source that honestly reports this as a rumor. In the interest of equal time: will McCain now try and arrange for an Abba reunion?

Queen + Paul Rodgers have confirmed a new live date at Dubai Festival City in Dubai on November 14. more

Madman bassist Rev Jones, who is mostly known for his work with the Michael Schenker Group and Steelheart, has been recruited as the new bassist for the legendary heavy rock band Mountain. The group is about to hit the road on a USA/Canada tour more

Elvis Presley's fingerprints are among a host of memorabilia up for auction in London this month. Appearing on Presley's application for a concealed gun permit, the prints are thought to be the only set from the icon in existence. more

Hollywood Undead's new album Swan Songs can now be heard, in its entirety, exclusively on the band's official MySpace page.

Polish portal Interia.pl reports that drummer Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski and guitarist Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz have left the veteran Polish death metal band Vader. more

The Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina will be selling the KISS Hotter Than Hell ketchup (see photo at the link) at the Kiss Coffeehouse's second-anniversary party, which will be held on Saturday, September 6. more

Jason Lamar Harris, 25, said nothing when he was sentenced in San Bernardino County Superior Court for the late-night stabbing of Terry Ray Taylor, 21, on May 23, 2003.

The Kid has famously kept his music off iTunes, which is partly attributed as the reason for the album's sales success.

Five of the Australian act's albums returned to the local chart this week. They were 1975's "TNT" at No. 47, 1979's "Highway To Hell" at No. 61, 1976's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" at No. 62, 1986's "Who Made Who" at No. 74 and 1990's "Razor's Edge" at No. 92.

Durability is often the key to a band's longevity, and where Massachusetts's metalcore high rollers Bury Your Dead is concerned, there's no exception. Speculation surrounding the longstanding hiatus of guitarist Eric Ellis has been accumulating since winter and topped out once longtime friend and (for some) former bandmate, Chris Towning, began appearing in Ellis' place at shows in late March. Soon after, the reformed lineup quickly established a positive working atmosphere and are now fully acknowledging Ellis's removal from his duties due to "medical reasons and personality differences."

The 24-year-old, whose battle against drug addiction has overshadowed her recording successes, had been due to appear at the Rock En Seine festival in Paris.

Hagar took the opposite approach and seems pleased that his the lyrics are still relevant today. A thought which is echoed in new his song, which he co-wrote with an Iraqi musician. Hagar said in a statement: "When I wrote the lyrics to 'Right Now', I intended them to inspire people to not sit around and wait for something they believed in but to go out and get it, to make a change however they needed to. Whether it was McCain who used the song or if Obama had chosen to use the song, with the current political climate, the lyrics still have the same meaning, and we all need to do something to make a difference, every action counts.

"In fact, I still feel so strongly about this that I wrote a new song 'Cosmic Universal Fashion' with a young Iraqi musician in an attempt to motivate a new generation to the same affect. I am pleased to be associated with the lyrics to my original song and the new one in hopes that both will make people move to make a difference."

As previously reported, the band will release a new album, 'A Hundred Million Suns', this autumn.

Today's misheard lyric is to Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face" and the line "Eyes without a face...such a human waste." That lyric has been misheard as "Flies in outer space... touchin' human waste."