Slash Explains Why The State Of Music 'Sucks'

The band had the following explanation on their Facebook page, "Unfortunately, due to a personal emergency beyond our control, we will not be able to play our upcoming west coast shows with our friends in Hawthorne Heights, Sleepwave, and Extinction AD, nor will [we] be doing the NYC date with Emery and Fashion Week. We apologize to everyone who was planning on coming out to see these shows. We'll be making up shows as soon as we can.

"Thank you all so much for your continued support, we are incredibly grateful to every one of you for sticking by us throughout the years. We'll keep you updated on when the make-up shows will be. As always, thanks for everything...we'll see you soon!"

In the first episode, drummer Mike Wengren says: "We are in the middle of the Nevada desert, a secret location right outside Area 51. You don't even know it's happening right now and you won't even see the footage until the record is done.

The band released the following statement, "After 20 years playing together in Mew, the band and Bo Madsen have decided to part ways for the time being."

"At present the rest of us will continue with Mew. We are happy to tell you that guitarist Mads Wegner will be joining us on our upcoming shows, and we look forward to seeing you all out there. Thank you for your understanding and support, Jonas, Johan and Silas."

And he says that now he's older, he no longer feels the need to sing aggressively - although he did at the start of his career. He tells VH1: "At one point, yes, but I'm 44 years old. I've been doing this band for 21 years. Now on the new record, there's some different stuff on there.

"There's one song where it's almost clean vocals and it's me doing it. That's the most fun I've had in the studio in a long time." Blythe also says there was never a question of the band standing in the way of Chris Adler who has teamed up with Dave Mustaine and co to record Megadeth's follow-up to 2013's Super Collider.

And asked why he decided to get back behind the kit with the band, Bostaph reports that Slayer is the only group that gives him the drive he needs to play at his best.

He tells Alibi.com: "Slayer appeals to me on a physical level, on a musical level. I crave the sweat. I wanna feel that when it's all done, there's nothing left in the tank. That's what Slayer is all about.

The singer was hospitalised in early 2014 after his liver and kidneys collapsed due to years of drinking. Whibley was put into an induced coma and later warned that even one more drink could kill him.

In April, the frontman updated fans on his recovery while revealing "I am dying to get onstage. That's the only thing that's been keeping me going - music is really the only focus I've had since being in the hospital."

Set to perform under the name Deryck Whibley And The Happiness Machines, the singer will be joined by My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way for the three-show run.

Wednesday night (July 1), Wilson's summer tour made a stop at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ and Jersey's Springsteen made a little unscheduled stop by the show. But when The Boss attends a concert he doesn't just show up. Springsteen joined Wilson on stage at the end of the show to perform two classic Beach Boys tunes: 'Barbara Ann" and 'Surfin' U.S.A."

The unmanned New Horizons spacecraft is on final approach to Pluto and its moons, just days away from a historic July 14 flyby that will return the first images of the mysterious dwarf planet.

STYX's Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitar), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), and Todd Sucherman (drums) were treated to a tour of New Horizons mission control from mission operations manager Alice Bowman.

The set features Aerosmith's headline performance on June 15, 2014 as they closed the final night of the Download Festival in Donington Park. Hamilton reveals the project was inspired by the success of 2013's "Rock For The Rising Sun", which captured the band on and off stage during a 2011 tour of Japan.

"We had a DVD we put out a few years ago and it was a big success with the fans - it came out really good," Hamilton tells The Digital Journal, "so we had our eyes open for these types of opportunities. Eagle Rock, we got together with them and said, 'Hey, we're gonna be doing some big festivals in Europe, do you want to do a DVD of one of them?' and it was a big enthusiastic yes.

"This festival at Donington, they call it Download now. It used to be called Monsters of Rock, but we always refer to it as 'Donington.' It's got a lot of history behind it and I always feel honoured to be in a band that's asked to headline that show."

"You really feel for the crowd there," he continues, "because you have the English weather and when we go on they've been there for three days and they've been drinking and eating and having hangovers�But dammit, they stay there, they stay through the rain, and they're still there when we go on, so it really makes you want to go and make it worth it for them."

The U.S. Saxon and Armored Saint tour is scheduled to kick off on August 20th in San Diego, Ca at Brick By Brick and conclude on September 20th in St Charles, IL at the Arcada Theater. Saxon also has a number of dates with Motorhead this summer.

Joey Vera had this to say about the tour, "We had such a great time playing these dates with Saxon last May, and now they've asked us to join them again in September? We're In! It's an honor sharing the stage with Saxon and we're super glad we get to bring this great package to other parts of the country. See you all soon."

Frontman John Bush adds, "What can we say? The first six shows with Saxon were so good, we added more! We're playing cities in the midwest that we haven't played in years: Cleveland, Detroit, D.C. among others. Plus, San Diego! It's been awhile, thanks for your patience! The guys in Saxon are extremely cool. We look forward to kicking ass throughout America with them. Let's do this. Win Hands Down!!!"

But the steadily growing reputation of his father generated millions of dollars for his estate, leading Claud Johnson -in 2006 with his son Michael - to try and reclaim some of his heritage.

The band was scheduled to perform a series of South American dates including Bogota, Colombia on July 25th, Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 29th and Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 1st.

The band released the following statement about the cancelations, "W.A.S.P. are sorry to announce that we have been forced to cancel our planned performances in South America due to lack of communication and payments by the shows promoter in Brazil, which prohibit us from getting our necessary visas for the performances.

"Due to the visa problems, we will not be able to play Colombia either. We have done everything possible to play for our fans in Brazil, Argentina and Colombia but unfortunately we now cannot. We will again try in the near future when our record titled Golgotha is released."

The band is still planning to head to Europe next week to kick off appearances as a number of leading summer music festivals in Germany, Finland, Sweden and Spain.

Last year Billy hinted that the album could be out in early 2015 and that they were aiming for a sound similar to that on their 1999 effort The Gathering. But a 2015 release now seems optimistic.

As he looks forward to sharing a stage with Slayer and King Diamond on the Mayhem Festival, he tells California Rock News: "Slayer is one of those bands - heavy metal music kind of saved my life.

"There were so many times when I didn't fit in, as a kid, being a metalhead, and not understanding why. And you hear heavy metal, and you're, like, 'Oh, I'm just hanging out with the wrong people.'

"Slayer is one of those bands that I just gravitated toward. When I was really young, Show No Mercy, Haunting The Chapel, Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven those records changed my life.

The 13-year-old - who was only 12 when the audition was filmed - will spend a day with Iommi before a live performance at London's 100 Club, where the Rock Heat winner will be crowned.

Proud dad Andy says: "Alfie was up against some really talented technical guitarists but I think the thing that makes him stand out is his charisma and communication with the audience. He just believes he will get them onside - and he does.

"He is dyslexic and art and music is what he really loves. His goal is certainly to become a progressively better musician and to play in bigger and better places with his band Skinny Lizard.

The brief tour is scheduled to kick off on August 27th in Baltimore, MD at Club Orpheus and will be concluding on September 9th in Vienna, VA at Jammin Java.

"This guitar sounds like I want it to sound on stage," says Iommi. "I play it at home in the studio as well. It uses my signature pickups, which we worked on for quite a while over the years. It's got a great fretboard with a really nice feel. And, it's just a really classy looking guitar."

The classic-styled SG body is made from Mahogany and the model features a 24-fret Ebony fingerboard - with pearloid "Cross" inlays designed by Iommi - and an Ebony gloss color finish.

As well as all of the band's early tracks from the late 70s and early 80s, the record will include a number of new songs. Mythra won critical acclaim for their debut EP, Death And Destiny, released in 1979. Death And Destiny was later expanded into a full album, which was shelved before it was released. A version of the album was eventually issued without the band's knowledge or consent on CD in 1998 and vinyl in 2013.

Vocalist Vince High tells TeamRock: "This is an important release in the history of the band for several reasons, not least of which is the fact that the previous CD release back in 1998 was done without any input from the band whatsoever.

He tells Artisan News: "I love the imagery, I just hate the f***ing music. I like them, they've been on many tours with us. I just - I can't. And I tried. I wanna like 'em, and I can't.

"I got their CD from Brian Slagel from Metal Blade. It was when Gary Holt first started playing with us, and I picked up Gary. And I'm, like, 'Brian said this is awesome, man.' So we put it on, going to practice. It wasn't awesome. It wasn't awesome for me.

The tour will be kicking off on July 11th in Grants Pass OR at Fruitdale Grange and they will be concluding the trek on July 27th in Seattle WA at Studio Steven.

Singer and guitarist Ken Sorceron had this to say about the outing, "After a year off from touring and working on our new record, we are looking forward to getting in the van again. We will be playing lots of new material from the upcoming release as well as our favorites from the past."

Due July 24, the guitarist co-produced his 15th album with John Cuniberti and recorded the project late last year at Skywalker Sound in Lucas Valley, CA, with keyboardist and guitarist Mike Keneally, drummer Marco Minnemann and bassist Bryan Beller.

After years of turmoil and lineup changes, the band say they are stronger than ever ahead of the album launch. As well as revealing the album artwork and tracklist, Buried In Verona have also issued a video for the track Can't Be Unsaid.

Vocalist Brett Anderson remains the only original member of the band. He's joined by guitarists Richie Newman and Mick Harris, bassist Brandon Martel and drummer James Swanson.

Vocalist and guitarist Joe Grimshaw and drummer Max Palmier have been on the road throughout the year, including a support slot with Eagles Of Death Metal and an appearance at last month's Download.

It was produced by North Mississippi Allstars singer and guitarist Luther Dickinson, who also guests on the album. And Fish reveals it was an honor to record with the musician as it was his band that got her into the genre in the first place.

She tells her record label: "That's my favorite kind of blues music - that's the kind of blues that got me into this whole genre. I love other types of music but when I first heard that really heavy guitar-driven groove I fell in love with it."

The double-headlining tour with Hasse Froberg & Musical Companion is in support of 2014's The Great Divide, Enchant's comeback album following a 10-year hiatus.

Guitarist Doug Ott says: "We are super excited to be headed back to Europe to play for our fans. It's been way too long and we're looking forward to being back on the road performing again, playing old favorites and a bunch of new material from The Great Divide.