Guns N' Roses Future Is 'Up In The Air' Says Guitarist

Hoppus made the revelation during an interview with Billboard where he was discussing his debut gig in movies, scoring his very first film with the new animated short "I'm Scared."

The music trade publication reported that Hoppus told them that the band "with Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba replacing guitarist Tom DeLonge, will head back into the studio in August."

The feud between Eddie and Sammy erupted after the guitarist made negative comments about Michael Anthony, downplaying the former Van Halen bass player and vocalist's contributions to the band.

Snider firsts defended Hagar, "You know, Sammy's the real deal. He's talented and he's a bad-ass. You know, he was a boxer before he was a singer, so he's fearless and he speaks his mind, and he has the success and the talent and the following to really back it up even more [than] the physical strength."

He then discussed Eddie Van Halen, "As far as Eddie goes, anybody who is really watching and paying attention, Eddie's out of his mind. I don't know, has anybody seen the thing where he just showed up and started jamming with some Mexican band at a restaurant and his boots were so destroyed that his toes were hanging out and his toenails?"

Snider asked the interviewer if they had seen the photos and when they answered no, he continued, "It's homeless s***. I first got wind of this back in the '90s when my son came home, who was about 8, and he said, 'Dad, do you know who Eddie Van Halen is?' And I'm like, 'Uh, yeah.' He goes, 'He was in my school today.' I was like, 'What? He was at your school?'

"This is on Long Island. Long story short, when he had the tongue cancer, his cancer specialist - one of them - was at Stony Brook University on Long Island, so he was flying in for treatment, [and] as a favor, because the teacher of this doctor's son was a Van Halen fan, he went to the school for a surprise visit to say hi to the teacher. But my son, he said that he looked like a homeless person. He looked like a bum, and I've heard that from so many people.

King's comments come after Mayhem Festival and Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman made headlines after saying in an interview that metal bands have become "gray, bald and fat."

The Slayer guitarist spoke with Metal Insider this past weekend and had the following to say about the organizers of the tour, "Do I know this tour wasn't booked correctly? Absolutely I know this tour wasn't booked correctly.

"Gary Holt made the comment that usually there's the Main Stage, a second stage, a third stage, and then that piece of sh*t record stage�now what they're calling a second stage is at best a fourth stage and they're wondering why people aren't showing up.

"I think they waited too long and think all the talent that could have been on this took gigs in Europe. Because there's nobody here touring. It's easy to fill these stages but I guess they wanted a different price point, take away the second and third stage which I think had a lot of value. To me a second stage headliner is Anthrax, Machine Head�Whoever booked this made a gigantic error."

King was then asked if he felt that Slayer is having to carry the tour this year and he said, "(Without the extra stages) It's basically a glorified Slayer show. Let me put it to you this way, last year Slayer, Suicidal (Tendencies), and Exodus played the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee and sold it out. Mayhem came through 10 days ago and didn't sell it out. That's what I'm going up against here."

The band will once again be performing the album in full at the shows on the tour and will be taking requests from fans to pick which songs from other parts of their career to perform during the encores.

Former Goldie drummer Tom Knowles paid tribute to Black via the Newcastle Chronicle: "Dave was a truly wonderful guitar player and was an inspiration to so many.

Now, White says the band will move forward at Squire's request. "It's certainly going to be hard without him, but he called me and asked me to keep everything going regardless of what happens," White tells Billboard.

"So absolutely we're moving ahead. I'm gonna do it for him. The fans are behind the band and want the band to keep moving forward here. It doesn't seem like anybody's kind of given up on the band, which is really encouraging and it'll help us move things forward.

After four U.S. albums, AC/DC had finally gained a foothold in America with the breakout album Highway to Hell. But just when success was within their grasp, lead singer and co-writer Bon Scott died after a hard night of drinking. For most bands, losing a singer and frontman is a fatal blow, but not for AC/DC.

Following Bon's funeral in Australia, Malcolm and Angus Young returned to the UK to work through their grief the only way they knew how, writing music. Angus Young tells InTheStudio host Redbeard just how serious the band took their situation.

"We sat down and we said, 'This has got to be good. It HAS to be good'... If it had been the last thing we had done as a band, it had to be something." - Angus Young

Something, it was. At the time no one, not even the band could have imagined the heights to which AC/DC Back In Black would climb, going on to sell over 48 million records worldwide, the Mt. Everest of Rock (second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller ). Back in Black became an album full of Rock and Roll anthems like "Hells Bells", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "What Do You Do For Money Honey", "Shoot To Thrill", "Have A Drink On Me", "Rock'N'Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", and of course the title cut "Back In Black".

InTheStudio host Redbeard speaks candidly with Angus Young and Brian Johnson about the Back In Black period, including the death of Bon Scott, the hiring of Brian Johnson, the adventures of recording in the Bahamas, to their first gig ever with Brian in Belgium.

The AC/DC story would not be complete without a tribute to band patriarch Malcolm Young, who is on medical leave but continues to inspire.

"He's a sort of heart and soul behind the band. He lives and breathes it, and he's so important to all of us as a father figure. I can't say too much about the guy." - Brian Johnson

The group's debut album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 is due on July 31 via Rise Records, and the project is the brainchild of Corrosion Of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin, My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy and producer John 'Lou' Lousteau.

The lineup features more than 30 members, including Reed's COC bandmates Mike Dean and Woody Weatherman, Foo Fighters Dave Grohl and Pat Smear, Corey Taylor, Nick Oliveri and many others.

Mullin previously told TeamRock: "There's some pretty big names. But pretty much everybody on the list, I've known forever. It kind of reminds me of the old days when I used to put on punk rock shows in Raleigh, and I'd get my friends from Richmond or DC to come and play a show.

He tells Revolver: "Finding Kiko was really a mind-blower. It was the first time since Marty Friedman joined the band that I was really intimidated as a player. He's such an amazing talent, and he's been coming in with all of these fresh ideas."

Once Human, Before The Mourning, The Bloodline will be the support acts for the tour which will be kicking off on August 23rd in Flagstaff AZ and wrapping up on September 16th in Gallup, NM.

Guitarist Dino Cazares had the following to say about the new tour dates, "We are pumped to playing our first U.S. headline dates in support of our new album Genexus.

"We feel these shows will be a great blend of our new songs, along with tons of material from our classics! We are also proud to bring 3 fresh new bands as support acts; each offering something different."

Sykes explained that the album has a loose concept behind it, "It's a celebration of depression. A way of making light of it. 'That's The Spirit' - it's quite a depressing phrase when you think about it - the sort of thing you only ever use when you know there's no positive answer to the situation." Read the full feature here.

"From The Setting Sun� (In Wacken)" sees the group captured in concert at Germany's Wacken Open Air Festival in 2013, while "�To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo)" presents the group live at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April of 2014.

Tickets go on sale on Monday, July 27 at 10 AM local time in each market via the usual outlets. Every ticket purchased online will include a "Rattle That Lock" CD.

Due September 18, "Rattle That Lock" sees Gilmour working alongside wife and lyricist Polly Samson and co-producer Phil Manzanera on the project. "Rattle That Lock" will be available in a CD edition with clothbound, foil-blocked cover, including a 22-page booklet, and also on heavyweight vinyl, digital download and a deluxe box edition, which includes 4 Barn Jam films, 4 non-album audio tracks, 4 documentaries, and 2 promo clips.

The former Rainbow, Alcatrazz and Michael Schenker Group singer said earlier this year that he hoped to release a follow-up to his last solo album, 1999's The Day I Went Mad.

Moebius was born in Switzerland in 1944 and studied art in Brussels and Berlin in the 60s. There, he met Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Tangerine Dream's Conrad Schnitzler and together they formed Kluster in 1969.

Glockler says: "We've been wanting to work together for years and we finally decided to make it happen. I've asked my friend Al Barrow of Magnum to work with us.

Guy tells Rolling Stone: "Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon walked straight in my studio while I was singing, with a bunch of white guys who lined up against the wall while I was singing.

"I got pissed off: 'Who in the hell are these guys?' I had never seen a white man with hair that long and high-heeled boots before." But he adds: "When they came to America, they recognized some of the greatest musicians I'd admired - Ike and Tina Turner, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf - and let America know who we were. They let white America know what the blues is. We owe those guys all the thanks in the world."

He tells MusicFrenzy: "I know there is a contingency of people out there that say, 'Ah, Phil can't do this and that anymore.' And you're damn right - there's no way I'd be able to sing Cemetery Gates or something like that again. Not that I'd want to.

"I purposely moved on from that style of vocal, because I felt that style had been beaten to death. And I know there's a contingency of people who prefer the singing voice over extreme vocals - because I can do both.

Marillion, Anathema, Bigelf, Caravan, Spock's Beard, Lifesigns and others line up alongside the host band aboard the Norwegian Pearl in the Caribbean from November 15 to 19.

"We are really happy to be partnering up once again with HardDrive for our upcoming tour," says Mark Tremonti. "We are equally as excited to tour with an awesome band as co-headliner. Our friends in Trivium!"

The album is set to hit stores on August 21st and the band will kick off the special series of shows the night before (August 20) in Los Angeles at the Mayan.

"We've scanned the original film shot in 1992," says Waters, "and have made a new video." Due July 24, the updated version of Waters third solo record will include a new 5.1 surround remix of the album on high-definition Blu-ray audio and a new remastered stereo mix completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer James Guthrie.

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").

"Tuesday's Gone" originally appeared on the group's 1973 debut, "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'n�rd 'Skin-'n�rd)." The album peaked at No. 27 on the US Billboard 200 on its way to sales of more than 2 million copies in the States alone.

Allman was just one of several guests to perform at the "One More For The Fans" event, which saw performances by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Trace Adkins, Alabama, Blackberry Smoke, Charlie Daniels, Gov't Mule, Warren Haynes, John Hiatt and many more.

Entitled "London 81", the album features a recording of The Greg Lake Band's concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on November 5, 1981. A digital version of the album entitled "Live In London '81" was released in 2012.

Glass Onyon sent over the following details about the new CD and vinyl releases: The concert recording features ELP and King Crimson classic tracks such as "Lucky Man", "Karn Evil 9", "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "In The Court of The Crimson King", as well as songs from his critically acclaimed first solo album from 1981. As a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake has been a major force in music for over 40 years. He has long been considered a legendary voice and musical powerhouse whose impact changed the landscape of rock and roll. Many simply refer to him as "The Voice".

The Greg Lake Band made its live debut on one of the biggest stages available to it, the annual Reading Festival in England in August 1981. Much of the set was new to the audience - Greg's first solo album would not be released for another month. But the band received a wild reception regardless, and there were enough old favorites on display to ensure the fans remained happy�including the show opener "Fanfare for the Common Man," truly one of the most effective showstoppers ever to have opened a concert.

The band's full tour kicked off in October. Purposefully, Lake demanded smaller venues, the theaters and universities that truly represented a refreshing change from the monster domes he'd visited the last time he hit the road in 1977 with ELP. The string of shows launched in Wales, at Aberystwyth University, then moved onto Cardiff University, Dunstable Queensway Hall, Norwich University, Liverpool Royal Court Theatre, Newcastle Mayfair, Glasgow University, Edinburgh Playhouse, Sheffield Lyceum, University of Kent Canterbury, Birmingham Odeon, Leicester Polytechnic, Bournemouth Winter Gardens, Exeter University, St Austell Cornwall Coliseum, Crawley Leisure Centre and, finally, London's Hammersmith Odeon.

It was not an extravagant performance - no lasers, no levitating keyboards, no priceless Persian carpets. The myths and legends that surrounded ELP when they toured were all firmly locked away. The Greg Lake Band toured like a band, and on stage they simply took up their positions and played. Brilliantly.

The new two-minute long teaser video features a sample of their song "Human (Like the Rest of Us)" and video footage of the band in the studio performing the track. Watch the video here.

The tour follows their The Bridge run of UK shows, nominated for a Progressive Music Award this year. Band founded Robert John Godfrey last year won the Visionary Prog Award while frontman Joe Payne was named Best Male Vocalist.

Dust will be directed by illusionist Simon Drake, who works on Kate Bush's Tour Of Life and is also known for Channel 4's Secret Cabaret. Payne tells Prog: "We're incredibly lucky to have Simon's support. The work he has done is really something to be admired, and it's incredibly flattering to feel like that wants to work with us as much as we want to work with him.

Vocalist Ben Barlow says: "As soon as you click play, you're gonna be hit in the face with a riff. We wanted this to be a fun song. We wanted to make people move, to mosh, jump around and scream the lyrics.

"And in the lyrics I really just wanted to shed some positivity on a somewhat pessimistic scene. I don't want our fans to be cutting themselves listening to our music - I wanted people to know that life's not out to get you."

The video for Gold Steps is directed by Kyle Thrash. Barlow says: "We wanted the video to be as fun as the song. Kyle absolutely killed it. It's basically us driving through some Pennsylvania back roads on a flat bed truck with a mini skate ramp on it, and we're playing on the ramp before ending up at a lake where we played in front of a massive firework display.

But she'll continue to face bouts of schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder - which have left her in a suicidal state on a number of occasions over the years.

Janus tells Revolver: "During the process of writing and recording our third album Static, I began to feel like something bad was growing within me. When we were on tour with Amon Amarth, I started to bleed heavily between my periods. I had a procedure, and my doctor found early stages of cancer in my uterus."

But she says: "I know I'll survive - I've survived much worse." That includes schizoaffective disorder, diagnosed when she was 20, after she'd been showing symptoms for several years.

Soord says: "I'm really looking forward to touring the UK with Sweet Billy Pilgrim this September. I've not yet decided exactly how I am going to translate my solo work to the stage but it will definitely involve some other performers. Maybe real, maybe virtual. We'll see!"

It will be available on 12-inch 180 gram vinyl on September 4 via Manhaton Records - and it's now available to pre-order. The band's third album has been remastered by Ray Staff, who's previously worked with artists including Led Zeppelin and Genesis.

Foster says: "Like most musicians, I never stop writing music and over the years some would stick with me as ideas for my second solo album. Those ideas are now developing into something truly wonderful and I'm really proud of what I've composed for Dreamless.

The film - directed by Paul Feig and starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones - is filming a metal concert scene in Boston, MA, from July 28 to 30.

Dege is perhaps best known for Too Old To Die Young, a track taken from his first album, Folk Songs Of The American Longhair, which featured on Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained soundtrack. "Frankly, every track on the Brother Dege CD could have been in the movie," says Tarantino. "It works and has a badass score sound to it. Almost every song could be a theme song. It's like a greatest hits album."

Scorched Earth Policy was first released last year as a digital mixtape containing a selection of studio songs, demos, covers and field recordings, but has now been turned into a studio album featuring four new studio tracks. Dege says the album turns his "Delta, sonic-slide sound into the psyouthern, psych swamposphere."

"Scorched Earth Policy (Deluxe) is like a party record for misanthropes," says Dege. "Or a comedown for the unicorn crowd. It's a continuation of the psyouthern mutation - double droning slide guitars, tribal drums, low end - where we pull southern rock further away from the flashy guitar lick thing as well as the cultural trappings of the past...and more toward the rural psychedelic landscape we grew up around.

"This is album is more about future sonic exploration, and not so much care taking any folk roots traditions. It's about not getting stuck doing the same thing you've been doing. I like to keep moving. Forward and backward at the same time. It's like getting in a time machine and grinding the gears...just to see where the songs take you. People are really down on the south right now, because of the Confederate flag stuff...but what they don't realise is...there's so many of us down here that are WAY past that...and even further along the multicultural highway of love and equality than our brethren to the north.

"With Cobras And Fire I wanted to present these songs in a much stranger and dirtier atmosphere," says frontman Dave Wyndorf. "Less 'classic rock' and more... well, I'd guess I'd call it a deranged fusion of garage-psych, fuzz punk and movie soundtrack music.

"It's almost completely re-recorded (with the bulk of the guitar and bass playing by co-producer Phil Caivano) and as in Milking The Stars I've added organ, piano, sitars and more to flesh out a completely new sound for these tunes.

Kobametal got the trio - Su-Metal, Yuimetal and Moametal - together and turned them from a pop idol group into a global phenomenon. But as a metalhead himself, he admits he wouldn't have been a fan if they hit the scene a decade ago.