During an interview with Billboard, Perry wasn't shy about his disappointment with current events in the Aerosmith camp and while he didn't name frontman Steven Tyler directly, fans can read between the lines and come up with Tyler's name in light of some other recent statements made by Perry.

Inspired by the heavy blues improv of Cream and Hendrix, legendary proto metal gods Blue Cheer roared forth from the San Francisco Bay area onto the national scene in a big way in early 1968 with their debut album 'Vincebus Eruptum'. Completely at odds with almost all of what was coming up from the hippie flower power underground, they were the antithesis of bands such as The Grateful Dead, as subtle as a jackhammer and louder than a 747.

Will Haven founding member and original singer Grady Avenell has now rejoined the band. Avenell departed the group in early-2007 to focus on his family. more

Kings Of Leon are to release a DVD of their London O2 Arena gigs, which took place in June this year. The band release 'Kings Of Leon: Live At The O2 London, England' on November 9, with a Blu-Ray version coming out on November 23. tracklisting

The Offspring have cancelled their planned Australian tour " Due to the cancellation of the Megaramage event in Melbourne." more

After nearly five years apart, Portland, Oregon hardcore/crust outfit From Ashes Rise has announced plans to play a reunion show in early-2010.more

Smashing Pumpkins have posted video of Billy Corgan in the recording studio. You can check it out here. Want to know what's been going on in the studio? Kerry Brown's latest blog has been posted here

Arch Enemy will headline a North American tour in early-2010 with support from Exodus, Arsis, and Mutiny Within. dates

Jello Biafra's new band, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, have announced a run of tour dates in the United States and Spain. The band's other members include Billy Gould (Faith No More), Kimo Ball (Freak Accident), Ralph Spight (Victims Family), and Jon Weiss. more

Mike Patton recently wrote a musical piece for a futurist noise series that will be performed by musicians and composers in both San Francisco and New York City. more

Fangoria's Trinity Of Terrors event is scheduled for October 30th - 31st at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Among the events planned for the weekend is a performance from Slipknot, on Halloween night, October 31st. Check a commercial for the event here

Brendan Mullen died in a Los Angeles hospital on October 12, 2009 from a stroke. He is best remembered for The Masque, the legendary Los Angeles punk club that he opened in 1977. more

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford sat down with Spin for a little Q&A about his new Christmas album and apparel line. Check it out here

Bleeding Through have dropped off the remainder of their tour with Satyricon because of " some personal/family business that must be attended to immediately." more

Long before Axl Rose trudged the troubled roads to Chinese Democracy, Lindsey Buckingham talked his Fleetwood Mac bandmates into following up their smash hit pop-rock masterpiece "Rumours" with the new wave experimental double album "Tusk". Rolling Stone is marking the effort's 30th anniversary with a little flashback here. Buckingham himself turned 60 earlier this month.

Billy Talent and Against Me! will be touring Canada together next spring. Billy Talent will be supporting their latest record, III, while Against Me! are currently holed up in a studio recording their next full-length dates

First up the game news: Tap Tap Revenge 3 is launching NOW with Social Distortion music! The all new Tap Tap Revenge 3 features enhanced game play, custom themes, and over 100 free songs! Challenge your friends, or anyone around the world through the online gaming arena with customizable avatars, integrated chat and even more new features.

A custom blend of songs handpicked by Keb' Mo' for the premiere release on his own label, Yolabelle International, the CD features six live performances harvested from pinnacle moments on the road and four new studio recordings, including the anthemic "A Brand New America," an inspirational band version of "Victims of Comfort," the deep funky groove of "Government Cheese" and the back-porch blues of "Hole in the Bucket." Live & Mo' will be available through Keb' Mo's recently redesigned web site www.kebmo.com, and via The Orchard for digital distribution through 600+ digital stores worldwide.

Here is what Alice had to say about it: "At home my family all gathers around an old spooky tree decorated with skulls and bones in the living room, and we exchange gifts. It's our holiday. We even all have matching black-and-orange Halloween sweaters! I wanted a theme song for people like me, and for us Halloween never ends. In the chorus I say, 'I'm keepin' Halloween alive, baby, 3�6�5'... and I mean it!" He adds, "We played it live as a band to capture the vibe. It was the easiest work I think any of us have ever done, not to mention a blast!" Check out the song and more here

We also hear from Dead By Sunrise guitarist Amir Derakh who tells us a little bit about the band's song "Crawl Back In": "The song itself is about the purity of who you are before you're born, and then when you get older, you want to get back to the same purity of youth. The video shoot was actually pretty easy. We all shot separately on the rocks. It's fairly easy for us � really cool location, and we just did our thing".

The Ltd. Ed. 12-inch LP maxi single showcases an incredible new cover painting rendered by Arthur Suydam (of Marvel Zombies fame) who has ferociously rendered the Misfits world famous "Fiend Skull" icon in homage to the zombie films of George A. Romero. The artwork is appropriately suited as both new songs ("Land of the Dead" and "Twilight of the Dead" written by Misfits founding member Jerry Only), were inspired by the acclaimed director's living dead series.

On August 8th, 1973, Frank Zappa was alerted by his road manager, Marty Perellis, that an incredible band with an extraordinary lead singer was performing downtown to a standing room only audien ce � and that it might be wise that he come and see this for himself. When Zappa went to the club and watched the show, he saw a young talent sin g, dance, play sax, flute and keyboards, in a manner that clearly made it appear that he was having more fun than even the other patrons in the club.After two hours of observing and listening to this young man and his very disciplined band of musicians, he introduced himself as Frank Zappa, and the young man introduced himself as Napoleon Murphy Brock. The next words out of Zappa's mouth were, "You are my new lead vocalist."

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