Bill Ward Demands Ozzy Apologize Before Black Sabbath Reunion

The Record Connection in Niles, Ohio is hosting a Foos concert as both they and the group celebrate the annual event designed to promote over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.

The guitarist tells The Province: "The first thing we did was go into the studio and set up live. I know a lot of bands do it, but we haven't done it since 1996."

He continues, "There's a lot of talk before we make an album. With this album there wasn't as much talking but there is an awful lot of experimentalism that goes on with a Leppard record. Once we find our direction, we're very quick. Everybody brings something to the table."

He says some of the new material is comparable to their latest released track 'Lords Of Summer' but adds that a lot of the songs are "little bit more progressive" and similar to their last studio album "Death Magnetic" and "remotely similar" to "...And Justice For All," though he warns that it is not sonically like that classic album.

Hammett discussed the new material during an appearance on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal on Tuesday (April 14th). He told the show (via Blabbermouth, "I would say some of the stuff [we have written] is similar to 'Lords Of Summer'. 'Lords Of Summer' is pretty accessible, because I think it's one of the more accessible-sounding riffs and there's a really cool melody. A lot of the other material is a little bit more progressive - kind of along the lines of what 'Death Magnetic' turned out to be."

He elaborated, "I would say that there's some really, really hooky stuff coming through - really, really catchy stuff - and I'm really, really psyched on the direction of how things are sounding.

The guitarist was lined up to join Axl Rose and co when they were considering a double-lead approach. They decided against it, and he went on to found BLS three years later, between stints with Ozzy Osbourne.

Wylde tells That Metal Show via Blabbermouth,"We just had some ideas laying around and stuff like that, but nothing amounted to where Axl [Rose] sang on stuff and had lyrics written and everything like that.

"We just had riffs lying around and stuff like that, but� It was great hanging out. 'Cause all the guys were there, you know what I mean?! It was Slash, Axl, Duff [McKagan, bass], Dizzy [Reed, keyboards], Matt [Sorum, drums]; it was all the guys. We were all jamming and stuff like that. It was a good time.

"If we played together in the house for a couple of hours and if two people stopped by we considered that a gig," explains Cobain. "That was good enough, if we had an audience of two people; locals who hated our guts and thought it was terrible music."

Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean, served as executive producer on the project alongside director Brett Morgen as the pair worked on the definitive biography of the late Nirvana frontman.

"Montage Of Heck" will see its broadcast premiere on HBO on May 4, and an accompanying soundtrack album will feature unreleased material from Cobain's personal achives.

Brown explains why he decided to auction off the items, "I took a look at all of my old Pantera gear. I realized I had a ton of bass guitars, amps, cabinets, road cases and other great stuff just sitting in storage collecting dust.

"I felt they really should be in the hands of the fans who would love to own a piece of Pantera history. I have all my Pantera love and memories in my heart and soul.

"Of course, I am keeping the things that are important to me, but there are a lot of treasured items here and it's time for the next generation to care for them."

According to Backstage Auctions, who will be holding the auction from April 18th - 26th, the auction will include "stage worn shirts, picks, bass strings, posters, guitar straps, promo items, record awards, amps, cabinets, road cases and of course it wouldn't be complete without a breath taking selection of his bass guitars."

The cover and gatefold art has been updated for 2015 by Sean Evans, the creative director of Waters' 2010-2013 "The Wall Live" tour and movie. Inspired by Neil Postman's 1985 book "Amusing Ourselves To Death", Waters explored the concept of a society increasingly in thrall to its television screens.

"I'm remembering the record from [over] 20 years ago," says Waters, "that most of what I had to say then sadly still pertains today and is maybe even more relevant to our predicament as people in 2015 even than it was in 1992."

"Amused To Death" features guitar work by Jeff Beck and a lineup of guest vocalists that includes Don Henley ("It's a Miracle"), Rita Coolidge ("Amused to Death") and soul singer P.P. Arnold ("Perfect Sense" Parts I and II).

Brandon Muller and Archie Wilson's comedy clip, launched last May, was entitled The Greatest Hit Of Disturbed and parodied the frontman's trademark vocal style, while suggesting that tracks including Down With The Sickness and Liberate were all effectively the same song.

Draiman tells Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon via Blabbermouth "I remember the first time I saw it, I was literally laughing so hard, I was in tears. My favorite line from it� How does it go?... was� 'Never before has a band done so much with so little.' [Laughs] That was hysterical. [Laughs] So I enjoyed it. It was really funny."

He adds: "You know what, dude?! If you can't find humor and laugh at yourself, then there's something wrong with you. And for them to actually put all that effort into it and all that time that it took to actually make it, it's flattering. [Laughs]"

The Brooklyn-based multimedia content creation group feature the voices of the Stones in a story where members Mitch Lewis and Nik Kazoura lip sync Nik's mom and aunt's conversations.

The Rolling Stones are gearing up to launch a 15-date stadium tour of North America on May 24 at Petco Park in San Diego. The trek marks the first time the band have played North American stadiums since 2005-2007's A Bigger Bang Tour.

In sync with the live dates, the veteran band will reissue their classic 1971 album, "Sticky Fingers" on June 8 (June 9 in North America). The remastered project will be available on CD, 2CD, LP, 2LP, a Deluxe Edition Boxet, Super Deluxe Edition Boxset and via digital download.

"The Temple Of The Dog recordings were made by members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam to honor our friend, Andy Wood, who died much too soon," says Cornell. "Temple Of The Dog recorded the album in a studio co-owned by Raj Parashar. A&M Records paid for the recordings and the use of the studio.

"For Parashar to pretend he has a right to keep the recordings makes no more sense than the owner of a laundromat claiming he owns the clothes you washed in his washing machine."

Speculation has increased that the band could be gearing up to work on the follow-up to 2005's Mesmerize and Hypnotize records. Last month Shavo Odadjian reported that some songs had been written and there was "a very good chance" of a studio return in the near future.

Thunder And Steel Down Under will be released on April 24 via Skol Records and includes contributions from Axel Rudi Pell, Crystal Viper, Alpha Tiger and Night Demon.

Only 1000 copies of the CD will be available, with proceeds going to Tony Reale - the father of late Riot guitarist and founder Mark Reale who died in 2012 from complications related to Crohn's disease.

Last month drummer Tomas Haake demonstrated how he took a rough rhythmic concept and developed it into a song. Now Hagstrom tells The Jasta Show (via Blabbermouth). : "We're early in the writing stage� We're writing right now, but we're really early still.

"And me personally, I'm really attracted by the idea of taking something that is really household in metal. 'Bleed' is a good example that Fredrik [Thordendal, guitar] wrote. You have like a triplet thing that is so f***ing generic metal that it can't possibly get any more generic. But you do something with it that makes it come into a new territory. Put a little bit of a different [spin]� Not astronomically just rewrite the whole f***ing thing, but just tweak it a little bit. And I'm really attracted to that.

Wyman says: "Initially I thought, 'I'm a bit old for this' - but then I thought, 'All the old blues musicians played till they dropped, so why don't I give it a go?'"

It tells the tale of frontman Tomi Putaansuu's childhood dreams of being a monster and how - as alter ego Mr Lordi - he led his band to unexpectedly win the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.

The frontman died on May 16, 2010, from gastric cancer and a series of events, including a celebrity bowling tournament and auction, have been lined up next month to pay tribute to the rock icon.

Artists so far confirmed for the weekend include Stone Sour's Christian Martucci and Roy Mayorga, Tenacious D's Jack Black and Kyle Gass, former Megadeth and current Act Of Defiance guitarist Chris Broderick, Eddie Money, Oni Logan, Sean McNabb, Bjorn Englen and John Payne.

The research found that 41% of those questioned were buying rock albums, while the biggest increase was in the 18-24 year old range, which showed a 14% jump since 2013.

The Inside Abbey Road website allows users to explore the three main studios and the main mastering suite at the London venue where the Beatles recorded much of their back catalogue and other artists including Pink Floyd, Oasis, Deep Purple and Kate Bush made records.

Giles Martin, a producer based at Abbey Road for artists like Paul McCartney, grew up at the studios where his father Sir George Martin produced the Beatles.

Recorded at Watford Town Hall on November 14, 1972, the newly released nine-track set features two extended improvisations. The label's notes on the release say:

Paying dues and playing the blues best sums up the early days of Stevie Ray Vaughan's career as he left his home in Dallas, Texas to follow his older brother Jimmie Vaughan down to Austin in the mid-'70s. InTheStudio takes a detailed look at the remarkable career of Stevie Ray Vaughan, cut short by a tragedy but not before practically single-handedly re-establishing the Blues commercially and critically with Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon.

In part one, you will hear firsthand accounts of Stevie's musical rise, the challenges he and the band faced getting a record deal, touring non-stop, and the substance abuse that nearly derailed them. InTheStudio host Redbeard will share his rare first interview with Stevie in 1984 in which listeners will hear a confident yet soft spoken man completely dedicated to his craft and his fellow Texas musicians.

In part two, musical greats Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, invaluable songwriter the late Doyle Bramhall, and SRV biographer Joe Nick Patoski each share their personal stories about Stevie and the significance he and Double Trouble played on the entire blues idiom in a tragically shortened but legendary career.

Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton shares with InTheStudio host Redbeard the essence of Stevie:

"In playing with him (Stevie), there was a thing about him that was very simple. If it felt good, then it WAS good. It was a very trust-your-instincts band. Spontaneous. Didn't matter if there were some minor performance mistakes. If the spirit was there, and there was fire and the feeling was good, it was happening." - Chris Layton Double Trouble

Love Amongst Ruin are fronted by former Placebo drummer Steve Hewitt and released their self-titled debut album in 2010. Perry Bamonte, formerly of The Cure, is the band's bass player.

On the second album's title, Hewitt says: "It's how you can find things you love at certain times of your life and pursue, and years down the line you'd actually rather murder it and hate it.

Brooklyn-based Sig Wilson, Brian Markham and Adam Bulgasem have a background steeped in blues and proto-punk. But the label adds: "Their music abandons traditional song structures and replaces recognizable tropes with progressive frameworks."

Guitarist Rory Friers explains: "The album is called Heirs as a tribute to a lot of new people who came into all our lives during the writing and recording of the album - lots of nephews, and Johnny Adger had a daughter. It seems like the songs soaked up all those feelings."