New Orleans - I think this one is everyone's personal favorite on the album. It is actually the first song we recorded with Phil and Kirk. When the song began I personally could not tell what direction it was heading but it worked out really well.

There are a lot of really cool layers in there too. Phil played accordion, Bobby is an amazing trumpet. We actually didn't even hear the trumpet in there for months after we recorded the song. There was an initial period when I was a little offset by it but that is just because I was too used to what the song was before. I now love the trumpet, it pretty much makes the song. Due to the second half of the record flowing together we did the outro which I also thinks works well and turned out great. We are all very happy with the song.

Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.

Total Request DeadStart the countdown clock on MTV's countdown era: "Total Request Live" will soon shut down after 10 years on the air. The "music video" show will conclude in a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon in November, Dave Sirulnick, executive producer of "TRL," said Monday. more

Do they need the cash? According to AeroforceOne Joey Kramer and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith are selling their cars through the Corvette Mike service online. We're not quite sure what the deal is here as the posting has very little info and there was no indication if these sales are for charity or just the members unloading their cars. Pretty nice low-mileage cars at that. Check it out here

Nelly will guest-star on two episodes of CBS's "CSI:NY," with the first appearance coming on Oct. 8. While details of his role are being kept under wraps, the episode takes place when an air marshal is found dead shortly after takeoff on a New York to D.C. flight. more hints are here

Best Buy Co. Inc said on Monday it plans to buy digital music service Napster Inc for $121 million in cash. more - random question: do you know anyone that uses the Napster service?

Disturbed will release a new live album, Live & Indestructible, on September 30 exclusively via iTunes.more

Los Angeles radio station KCRW has announced the cancellation of its annual A Sounds Eclectic Evening benefit concert, due to scheduling conflicts. The Duke Spirit and KD Lang were among the performers announced for the seventh annual event, which was to be held at Los Angeles' Gibson Amphitheatre on October 12. more

Are you ready to KISS your wallet goodbye to buy songs you already own yet again? If so, has KISS got a deal for you! Universal is issue yet another KISS box set. This one focused on the music of the individual members. (The real original members, not the guys wearing their makeup.) Sure you already own a dozen copies off all of these songs but you need to use that KISS visa to help the economy. Grab the details here.

The Killers have confirmed details of their highly-anticipated third album, called 'Day And Age,' they have set a UK release date of Nov 24th according to NME. More details here
Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett took part in a 23-minute press conference prior to the band's September 12, 2008 concert at O2 World in Berlin, Germany. Watch the question-and-answer session here

Dog Fashion Disco reunited for a one-off show on September 12, 2008 at the Ottobar in Baltimore. The performance celebrated the release of the group's "DFDVD II" and the rarities CD "Beating A Dead Horse To Death.... Again". Blabbermouth has footage from the show here

The 88 are confirmed for a live performance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic w/ Nic Harcourt this Halloween, Oct. 31. They'll be promoting their new CD Not Only... But Also which is set for release on October 28th.

Arch Enemy have been confirmed for next year's Dubai Desert Rock 2009, which will take place March 6th-7th at Dubai Festival City, United Arab Emirates. more

Idlewild are set to play all their albums live, in order. The band will perform five shows at Glasgow's King Tuts Wah Wah Hut this December, playing a different record each night. more

In celebration of Marc Broussard's brand new album, Marc will be performing (acoustic) at 12:15pm sharp @ J & R Music and Computer World on September 16th, followed by a cd signing. Please come out and join us before Marc headlines the Hiro Ballroom later on in the night! Marc's Acoustic In-Store Performance Tuesday, September 16th J&R Music
23 Park Row - New York, NY 10038 - (212) 238-9000 - 12:15pm sharp

Darkest Hour have confirmed that they have parted ways with guitarist Kris Norris. Replacing Norris in Darkest Hour is Houston's Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan. more

Jeff LaBar (Cinderella) will now take over lead guitar duties in Juan Croucier's Dirty Rats. The band also includes John Medina on drums (formerly of Bret Michaels' solo band). Juan Croucier, "I am extremely pleased to introduce Jeff LaBar as the new lead guitar player for the band! I have always greatly admired Jeff's guitar playing, as well as his exceptional stage presence." more

The Police are set to release a new live album and DVD. 'The Police: Certifiable' is out November 24 (UK), and was recorded at the Riverplate Stadium in Buenos Aires during the band's reunion tour last summer. more

Killwhitneydead is currently in the process of putting together a DVD release. The group has issued the following: "We are calling on you, our fans, to help contribute your video(s) of any performance over the last three years of us touring this country and meeting all of you. We are especially looking for shows outside North Carolina." more

"If you listen closely to [former KORN guitarist] Brian 'Head' Welch's first song ['L.O.V.E.'] on his solo record ['Save Me From Myself'], you will hear weird sounds where he seems to say a few sentences backwards.

The group's second album, Bone Palace Ballet--originally released in September of 2007--debuted at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. The new version--which the group headed back into the studio with producer Casey Bates to complete--features four new songs as well as two acoustic versions of "I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was A Wizard" and "A Letter From Janelle," that have never been released to the public.

In a rare public appearance, Jourgensen, along with the stars of "Wicked Lake," will sign advance copies of the DVD on Thursday, September 25 at the Virgin Megastore in Hollywood beginning at 7:00PM.

On Forever More, the band keeps their gritty brand of guitar-rock coming around every turn, with energized anthems like "I Wanna Live" to somber-toned tracks such as "Fallin' Apart".

Today's misheard lyric is to the song "Fade To Black" and the line "Emptiness is filling me, missing one inside of me." That lyric has been misheard as " Emptiness is filling me, missing one in sodomy."

Third Eye Blind has partnered with Indaba Music to launch an innovative new web program, "Studio Access," in support of the band's upcoming album URSA MAJOR, scheduled for release in early 2009. Designed to provide Third Eye Blind fans and other musicians with unprecedented access to the band's creative process, "Studio Access" invites fans into to the band's San Francisco studio to witness the recording of URSA MAJOR.

This timely song connects with people young and old on musical and rhythmic levels, and in the simple truth of it's message. Treat all people - your loved ones, friends and everyone alike - with more respect and dignity. Give more of yourself. And take much better care of the world we live in. WALK MORE SOFTLY ON THE EARTH.

In early 2008, Signal Hill Transmission won a contest put on by Clear Channel radio station 98.7FM. The win earned them a recording contract with ATO, and from that very moment the band was off and running with the creation of "Starting Gun."

Andy Yorke: Andy Yorke may be a familiar name and for good reason � he's the former frontman of Unbelievable Truth, author of amazing songs like "Stone," "Almost Here" and "Higher Than Reason." He's also brother of the Radiohead guy, but don't let that bias your opinions � Andy more than stands on his own merits. His debut solo album, Simple, retains much of the same emotional and thematic richness found in the UT recordings, but with an intimacy of self awareness. Simple will be available for digital download on September 30 and on CD November 18.

The story behind "For Every Drop" is that it is a song that came from multiple collaborations. My friend Erin Mckewin, a great singer songwriter, came over one day to hang out and play music. We played each other bits of songs, and when I played her a bit of what is now "For Every Drop" she liked it and suggested we finish it. The song at that point wasn't about anything in particular and we decided it'd be fun to write a song about your quintessential self-involved person who believes "for every drop that falls from above you say this is a sign of what I'm thinking of."

So, the song evolved and was thought to be finished, when I got together with my friend Mike Daly, another great writer and played the song for him. He told me the song needed a chorus� I thought we already had a pretty good one, but off we went and wrote ourselves a chorus. I was able to collaborate so openly on this song, which is unusual for me, since I wrote everything else on the album on my own, because I was un-attached to the song itself, and it was just a passing idea I had� not a message I had to get across or an inner emotion I had to work through.

I got to the studio and when I was sorting through the songs with producer Malcolm Burn, he picked that one out as one he thought we should record, and we further mixed and mashed up the form of the song. And so, the final result is a product of many people, their ideas, and an awful lot of cooks in the kitchen�. And honestly, it's one of my favorite songs on the record. So, I guess it just goes to show, it doesn't hurt to play with the other kids in the sandbox.