Aerosmith Drummer Joey Kramer appeared on The Danny Bonaduce Show on WYSP in Philly Monday morning to talk about his new autobiography and Bonaduce got the straight answer about the gig killing injury.

-October 1, 2009: Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center (tickets on sale starting Sat., July 18)

-November 6, 2009: Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center (tickets on sale starting Sat., August 1)

The band has also announced two more summer tour dates in Denver, CO on September 11th at The Fillmore and in San Antonio, TX at Sunset Station on September 20th for their recently announced first major North American tour.

According to the bearded one's wife, Barbaranne Wylde, maybe there still is "No Rest for the Wicked"!

Oasis have announced a one-off show next month. The band, who finished their three night run at Wembley stadium last night (July 12), will play Bridlington Spa on August 20. Support will come from Detroit Social Club. more

Arctic Monkeys have added several dates to their extensive tour of North America this summer and autumn in support of their forthcoming third album, 'Humbug' . details

J.R. Richards' new music video for "A Beautiful End" is now up on his website. Check it out here

Rehasher, the side project from Less Than Jake's Roger Manganelli and members of Army Of Ponch and Bullets to Broadway, have announced their sophomore album. The record is titled High Speed Access to my Brain and is due out August 18, 2009.more

Hate, has confirmed a 10-date tour in Mexico this fall. This will be in promotion of the latest album "Morphosis" released on Listenable in 2008.more

Those damn downloaders! Celtic Legacy, has announced that the band is to be put on hold indefinitely with immediate effect. The band comments on their decision with the following statement, "We had already begun the process of following up 'Guardian Of Eternity', but financial woes have put paid to the prospect of a new album. The band is in heavy debt following the recording of the previous CD. It was hoped that sales of the last release would finance new recordings but subsequent heavy downloading massively outstripped actual album sales." more

Carrie Underwood will headline the Salute to the Troops concert on August 14 for the soldiers and families of Fort Campbell, KY, whose 101st Airborne Division is returning from their service in the Middle East.more

Clutch debuted their video for "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" this weekend on Headbanger's Ball. Did you miss it? Well you are in luck. Watch it here

Recorded in Seattle, Washington with producer Terry Date (Deftones, Slipknot, Smashing Pumpkins), the band's 12-song follow- up to their 2007 breakthrough Manipulator, The Fall of Troy has expanded its progressive punk sound to craft the band's most focused and fully realized album to date. In The Unlikely Event is also the band's first album to feature new bassist Frank Ene who now joins guitarist/vocalist Thomas Erak and drummer Andrew Forsman.

On Wednesday the 15th, in addition to the All-In $29.99 lawn ticket, fans can now also choose from select $49.99 All-In reserved seats for hundreds of concerts across the country. These All-In prices include a ticket, parking, all fees, a hot dog and a soda. [sorry no $12 beers] The special offer, which is good at Live Nation ticketed amphitheaters, runs for 24 hours beginning on Wednesday, July 15 only at LiveNation.com.

In celebration of the album, Yep Roc will a limited edition innovative deluxe version of the album through it's web shop which will include custom metal speedometer packaging designed by Gamil Design, a bonus CD of some of your favorite artists covering The RHH songs and a commemorative shot glass.

JB Brubaker The first riff of "Existence" came to be from me modifying a slow sludgy riff Dustin had written. We'd jam on it for fun and one day I was like "hey, this would be cool if we played it higher and sped it up like 70 BPM." It went through a few more tweaks as I was fitting all the parts together, and I really like how it turned out. We haven't really done a whole lot of repeating parts in the past, but the opening riff made perfect sense to come back in the middle of the song and tie everything together.

"Existence" is the first time I've ever written in any sort of pentatonic guitar solo. I was definitely a little nervous when presenting the idea to the rest of the guys, though I thought it was pretty awesome. Dustin always thought the solo sounded too "80's metal" but everyone else liked it so, to my great satisfaction, we left it in there.

I think "Existence" is one of the most complete metal songs we've ever written. It has a lot of different parts but they all tie together nicely. It has a sweet guitar solo towards the end and a heavy powerful ending. We think this will probably be a song we'll eventually shoot a music video for but we're a fickle bunch so who knows.

Matt Greiner I worked for a local landscaper for 5 years, prior to quitting college and pursuing August Burns Red as a fulltime gig. The lyrics for Existence came to me as I was mowing yards in a local, ritzy development called Stonehenge. To own a house in the development meant you had to be (or at least appear to be) rich. From their nice cars to their private tennis courts to their obnoxious dogs (treated more like humans then pets), these places looked like they were straight out of the movie Chum Scrubbers. And, like the movie, these people faked happiness; they lived life like it was a game. They had all that money could buy but would hide their insecurity under their glitz and glamour. They were financially secure, personally insecure people that depended on their own accomplishments to provide happiness.

The song ends with one of the most dramatic and one of my favorite vocal parts where Jake screams, "You're hurt, you're broken, that's alright, that makes us who we are."

We decided that the 'flammy, Foo Fighters inspired' drum fill after the first breakdown would work well in transitioning from Thirty and Seven into Existence. I think it helps tie tracks 1 and 2 together quite nicely, and helps make Existence one of our most cohesive songs to date.

I had jaw surgery in mid-2008 and was bedridden for about 3 weeks. During this time I had the idea for the polyrhythm near the end of Existence. The rhythm is in 13/4 and repeats 4 whole measures before the 6/8 lead comes in for 8 measures. I'm really happy with how this part translates; especially with Jake's vocals and JB's lead complementing the rhythm's odd time signature. This polyrhythm is definitely the hardest part of the song for me and took me forever to get tight in practice. Naturally my ear wants to follow JB's lead in 6/8 and it's a constant struggle to zone it out and focus only on the rhythm.