Original Guns N' Roses Members Record New Song

Barker tells Yahoo: "I'm in no way, shape, or form mad at him. If anything, I just wish he would own up to not wanting to be in the band and go do his other stuff.

"There's a sympathy card he's pulling right now. And that doesn't even really piss me off, it's just kind of childish. But if years down the line it makes sense, I'll never say never."

Due March 31, the 12-track set was produced by Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) and recorded at Weiland's Lavish Studios and the Sandbox in Los Angeles.

The band have previously debuted the video for "Modzilla" from the package, as well as previewed "White Lightning" and "Circles." Joining Weiland in The Wildabouts are guitarist Jeremy Brown, bassist Tommy Black and drummer Danny Thompson.

The tour will be kicking off on May 24th with an appearance at the Sasquatch! Festival in George, WA and will be concluding on June 17th in Philadelphia, PA at the Mann Center.

The tour will feature headline shows and festival appearances and five of the headline shows will feature support from the Pixies and four of the shows will be supported by JD McPherson four.

The Pixies will be opening the shows in Toronto, ONT on June 7th, Rochester Hills, MI on June 9th, Chicago, IL on June 10th, Raleigh, NC on June 15th and the final show in Philadelphia.

JD McPherson will be the opening act in Salt Lake City, UT on May 27th, Las Vegas on May 28th, Santa Barbara on May 31st and in Los Angeles on June 2nd.

A number of artists have been confirmed for the event which will pay tribute to the late Cream icon including his Cream bandmate Ginger Baker, Joss Stone, Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, Jethro Tull legend Ian Anderson, Living Colour's Vernon Reid, Level 42's Mark King, Liam Bailey, Fiona Bevan and Jack Bruce's Big Blues Band

The event's musical director Nitin Sawhney had the following to say, "Jack Bruce was one of my biggest heroes when I was growing up - a consummate musician, composer and all round rock genius with a killer voice and one of the most creative and versatile musical minds of his generation.

"Being asked to musically direct this show celebrating his life and work is a great honour and privilege and I look forward to working with an amazing line up of contemporary artists and rock legends."

A cause of death has not been revealed. In addition to the six-times platinum "Smash," Wilson also produced albums for T.S.O.L., Bouncing Souls, Iggy Pop, Dead Kennedys, The Aquabats, D.I., The Vandals, and more.

Epitaph CEO and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz had the following to say in a statement, "In '82 when I was just getting started Thom Wilson was a guy all the bands in the scene looked up to.

The album follows 2006's "Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead" and will be released in various formats including digitally, CD and vinyl LP on June 2nd in North America, June 1st in the UK and the various countries in the EU and May 29th in Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg), Finland, and Germany.

"Only The Ruthless Remain" was produced by Tom Case by the classic lineup of the band: vocalist Sherwood Webber, guitarist Noah Carpenter, bassist Joe Keyser, drummer Bob Beaulac, as well as guitarist Dave Matthews.

It was recorded at the Theatre Trianon on February 24, 2014, during BRMC's sold-out tour of Europe. As well as the concert DVD, the package will also include the documentary film 33.3% by Yana Amur and a 2CD audio version of the set. It will also be available in a DVD/2LP vinyl version.

Frontman Robert Levon Been says: "It was a little over a year ago while sitting in the back of a passenger van outside Tokyo, all of us covered in sweat and half-cocked grins trying to catch our breath after having just walked off stage, I remember someone uttering the idea that we might actually really want to think about filming one of these shows before it's all over.

Halford explained finding it and gives some background on the story to Classic Rock Revisited. "Until recently, I was searching my house in the UK to try to find it, and I actually found it. I found the actual book, the manuscript I put together.

"I wrote it out longhand and then I typed it. I haven't re-read it yet--I read the first few pages. It's very childlike, but I'm just pleased that I was able to find it. I don't know if anything will come of it. I am just relieved that having thought it was completely lost, I now have it.

"It's a pretty cool story. It's about this evil kind of guy who steals people's emotions by capturing their tears. He has this library and instead of books he has these little glass vials of humanity. He has a room full of these things and it is called The Library of Tears. I've now discovered it, and who knows what will happen to it. I am not sure."

The album was recorded as a follow-up to the band's acclaimed 1992 album "Revenge", featuring the same lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer but the album was shelved when the original lineup of the group reunited. It was later officially released in late 1997 after it was leaked.

The show sent over these excerpts from the interview: Recommended by producer Bob Ezrin, Wright remembers his initial meeting with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, which took place at A&M Studios: "They kinda put it in my ear why I was there. They wanted to follow a little hip trend going on at the time called Grunge music. The bottom line was, like all artists, they wanted to sell records. Y'know, they want to be on top of the pile. Gene has a big competitive personality so he's all about being on the top of the pile and whatever it takes to get there."

Then-guitarist Bruce Kulick was a large creative force during the making of the album. Wright shares his memories of Kulick's importance as well as a directive from him during pre-production meetings about how to get the most out of Simmons and Stanley for this very different album for KISS. "Bruce and I got really close during that whole record because he played most of the record. Without Bruce, this record wouldn't exist, ever. During those initial "nobody's around" conversations, I got inspiration from Bruce and instructions from Bruce that were like "You are gonna have to push the f*** out of these guys (Simmons & Stanley). Don't be afraid."

Other advice came from Ezrin who had worked with KISS on their previous album Revenge, "Bob's told me some stories about Gene. He's like "Watch out. One f***ing smell of weakness and he'll be all over you." I'll always remember that comment. So, I was like "Okay. I'm never gonna show any fear whatsoever that I'm in a room with one of my heroes. He'll never know that." He'll take advantage; big time. He'll smell fear in your eyes, it's over for you as far as having any kind of control over a situation; especially in a producer situation where I'm in the studio co-producing with he and Paul (Stanley) and it's the three of us "making decisions." Who has the last say? Depends on what the issue is. If it's something sonically, it's usually me. If it's something musical, it's usually them. It just depends on how the conversation was going and who was the bolder lion that day (laughs)."

Wright was tapped to produce Carnival of Souls, in part, due to his previous work with Alice in Chains. In this 2 part special, Wright details how he pushed the members of the band to attempt harmony vocal takes that mirrored the Seattle quartet's and how it, ultimately, would fall short in comparison, "It's just an effect that I use, harmony vocals. I hear all the harmonies in my head like Layne (Staley) did. I do that on a lot of records I produce�..Layne and Jerry (Cantrell), they had something special with it because they used notes that people don't use, typically speaking. �Layne and Jerry, they just did it. That was a part of their art just like Van Gogh picking up a f***ing paintbrush. That was their sound. With Gene and Paul, that's stuff that's songwriter-forced. There's more movement in what Layne and Jerry would've done instead of these guys (Simmons & Stanley).

While loved by a core group of KISS fans, the album overall was not embraced by the KISS Army stylistically. Wright remembers, "To be brought into a situation where I'm trying to make someone sound unlike themselves is difficult. I would have rather had this KISS album be entirely them and just do what you do; because that's what you do. I think a larger number of their fans would have embraced it instead of fighting about "that sucks" or "that's good."

While in production, the band were very excited about the prospects of this change in sound and, according Wright, putting a lot of eggs into the Grunge basket, "I was already slated to produce the next one �..It was in my contract. If this one had shipped platinum, I was to produce the next KISS album."

As many now know, everything came to a halt one day in the studio when Simmons and Stanley called a meeting with Wright and the rest of the band to make an announcement that would have a major impact on the album as well as two of the band members, "We were about done with the record. Gene got the call. Somebody offered him 100 million to put back on the makeup with all the original members. And that announcement in that room; holy sh*t�.We all knew right as the words came out of his mouth that we were done�."Paul didn't really look around much. Gene, he was Paul Revere. He was the messenger that should've gotten shot (laughs)."

Carnival of Souls would soon thereafter leak on the internet and become a widely distributed bootleg album, with KISS fans snatching it up online as well as at KISS conventions. Rumors swirled that a member of the band may have been responsible for leaking the album. In this 2 part discussion Wright reflects, "I do remember getting questioned, big time. Who knows who did it? I have great ideas on who did it. If it was a band member, I'd just say it was for his personal gain and I'm sure he made a lot of f***ing money."

The album would finally get a proper release in October of 1997 when it was issued by Mercury Records with very little fanfare. Wright remembers the experience being very bittersweet, "I was thinking that I'm working on another multiplatinum album, and it should've been, and then all of a sudden they shelve it. 2 years later, now they're releasing it and didn't put any marketing push behind it and it's like "Why did you bother?""

Asked if he ever gets irritated by his headgear, Clown says in a Live Nation Q&A: "Every night for the last 20 years. It has always been trying to kill me." He prefers the one worn by bandmate Chris Fehn, explaining: "I made it with my wife."

Slipknot haven't yet put their latest masks on sale, but he says that will happen after a gallery exhibition once their current tour is complete. On the subject of covers, Clown says: "We've kicked the idea around - but always pride ourselves on original music."

The band premiered the new Swing the Noose" video, which was directed by Kevin Custer, yesterday via Vevo's Metal Mondays. Watch the new video here.

The group has also announced a new string of North American headline tour dates which will take place this May and will feature support from Toothgrinder in addition to Sleepwave who will perform on select dates.

'Losing Sleep' comes from the band's latest album "Die Knowing" and the video features footage from live appearances across the globe as well as studio footage with guest vocalist Poli Correia of Devil In Me. Watch the video here.

Comeback Kid frontman Andrew Neufeld had this to say about the new video, "This video is a compilation of the last two years of our life and 'Losing Sleep' is one of the hardest hitting songs we've ever wrote."

The band has revealed that they will be releasing a 10 inch colored vinyl entitled "Rain City Sessions +1" for this year's Record Store Day on April 18th.

In an early '70s soft rock musical scene, Lynyrd Skynyrd was a welcome dose of rowdy. The Lynyrd Skynyrd legend was made with the six albums they released between 1973 and 1977: Pronounced , Second Helping, Nuthin' Fancy, Gimme Back My Bullets, the live One More from the Road ,and Street Survivors all chronicled a band with humble roots slugging it out (literally in some cases) to get to the top.

But there's more to the story. There is the hilarious story by Gary Rossington of the formation of the band on a Jacksonville Florida baseball diamond; the hiring of Ed King after extracting him in a backstage fight from a rival bar band; the discovery that their roadie (soon to be band member) Billy Powell was a classically trained pianist; numerous brawls on both sides of the Atlantic; the notorious 1975 "Torture Tour"; multiple defections by original members; and like a Greek tragedy, the tragic plane crash that would put an abrupt stop to one of the most influential Southern Rock outfits of all time.

Ironically, the story doesn't end there. In part two, Gary Rossington and Ed King's revelation is Ronnie Van Zant's stated desire to stop performing with the band prior to the plane crash; and Van Zant's youngest brother Johnny describes filling his brother's shoes in 1987 in the story of Lynyrd Skynyrd's rebirth.

The 12-track title was boiled down from an eight-day writing session that resulted in a crop of 26 songs. Vocalist-bassist Steve Kilbey says: "The magic started on day one.

"Someone strummed a chord and we were off. We wrote and recorded like demons - it was inspiring to feel every member using all his resources in the service of this record."

After discovering the Canadian was a fan, the band invited him to Scotland to film for their first music video in more than eight years. Baruchel says: "Idlewild have been the soundtrack of my life since I first heard them in Bristol when I was 19. I was lucky enough to be near the radio when You Held The World In Your Arms came on and it was epic and anthemic and that was it.

However, a different tempo often changes a song's vibe completely and that's definitely the case here. The recently unearthed version, which we are proudly premiering here, has a more Stonesy swagger to it. If the take that originally appeared on the flip side to "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" felt like closing time at the pub, this one is more like the first one you hear when you step in the door for a long night and many pints of bitter.

This version was recorded at Island Studios in Basing Street by Richard Digby Smith; the rest of the album sessions were recorded by Ron Nevison (the band self-produced the album). According to our friends at Rhino Records (who administer the Bad Co. catalog), it was marked as a master, but unused until now.

"Whiskey Bottle" will be included on the deluxe reissue of Straight Shooter, which will be reissued April 7 as a Deluxe Edition, along with the band's 1974 self titled debut. Both will include a full disc of bonus tracks; Straight Shooter will include both versions of "Whiskey Bottle."

The cruise will see KISS perform their breakthrough album, 1975's "Alive!", in its entirety during the indoor show. "HELL YES we're going on @TheKISSKruise!!!," tweeted Steel Panther. "Is it October yet??"

Malcolm Brickhouse, 13, Jarad Dawkins, 12, and Alex Atkins, 13, were handed a six-album contract that meant they would be advanced $60,000 for their debut record. If that sold more than 250,000 copies, they were to be handed $350,000 for its follow-up.

But the efforts of photographer and doctor Charlie Chan paid off, and Johnson last year underwent a pioneering procedure that cured him of terminal cancer.

The story is told in upcoming documentary The Ecstasy Of Wilko Johnson, created by Julien Temple, who also made Feelgood movie Oil City Confidential.

Temple tells Fox: "He was living vividly in the moment. He accepted his fate in a very inspiring way and kept on playing. He didn't want to poison his last 10 months.

"After about 18 months a photographer in the pit at one of his concerts, who had a medical background, said, 'This guy's got too much energy - what's going on?'

As well as Paice's lessons for more experienced drummers, the store will also be giving introductory tips to new drummers between 10am and 5pm as part of the event.

Frontman Tim Elsenburg says: "When it came to making the record, all the songs started to form around the struggle against the cynical heart. I wanted to find a symbolic moment in our history, where it felt a little like innocence was lost and something ugly and hopeless started to creep in.

The Race For Space, which follows 2013 debut Inform - Educate - Entertain, was released last month via Test Card Recordings. A video for the original version of Go! was also launched last month.

The track was taken from their forthcoming trio of concept albums, The Trilogy: Dawn, for which the band are set to released via a Pledgemusic campaign on April 3rd.

The British and Dutch outfits will play Winchester, Bolton, Glasgow and Bristol, after having shared stages together in the Netherlands in 2009 and 2012.

The shows, which include both bands' Scottish debuts, will be Also Eden's last with drummer Lee Nicholas, who will bow out following a three-year stint with the band, during which he appeared on their albums Think Of The Children! and [Redacted].

The album remains a fusion classic, although Beck managed to blend more than jazz and rock, with Blow By Blow's reggae-infused take on the Beatles "She's a Woman," the funky "Constipated Duck" and his tribute to Roy Buchanan in the epic blues excursion "'Cause We've Ended As Lovers."

By 1974, when Blow By Blow was recorded at London's AIR Studios, Beck had already been a member of the Yardbirds and made two classic blues-rock albums with his Jeff Beck Group: 1968's Truth, featuring Rod Stewart on vocals, and 1972's The Jeff Beck Group. While recording the latter in Memphis, Beck wandered into a guitar shop and found a 1954 Gibson Les Paul that had been built as a Gold Top with a trapeze tailpiece, but had been modded with replacement tuners, bigger frets and humbuckers, and refinished in an oxblood shade.

That Les Paul became one of Beck's primary stage instruments from 1972 to 1977. And it played an important role in The Jeff Beck Group, which featured Beck's ferocious version of Don Nix's "Going Down," as well as Beck, Bogert & Appice, the debut album by the short-lived super group that also included bassist and singer Tim Bogert of the Vanilla Fudge and �ber drummer Carmine Appice. The guitar also appears in the portrait of Beck on the front cover of Blow by Blow and provides the gorgeous tones on 1977's Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live. The Gibson Custom Shop immortalized this singular guitar in 2009 as the Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood.

Clearly Beck used a variety of guitars to record Blow By Blow, given the album's wide array of six-string tones perfectly captured by Beatles producer George Martin. And Beck was a perfectionist while crafting the tracks, often returning to re-cut solos and add overdubs to tunes that seemed completed. One legendary tale involves Beck phone up Martin a few months after the sessions to tell him he'd like to recut a solo, and Martin replying, "Sorry, Jeff, but the record is in the shops."

Rock spoke to the New York Times about the inspiration behind the title track from his new album First Kiss, a song romanticizing those adolescent years when the world was still at your feet:

"I'm always complaining about where rock music has gone, with this new metal feel. You can hear the kick and the snare and everything shaved perfectly. But that classic feel of good blues-based rock and roll - we dig for inspiration by listening to music, and then we go, 'Let's write one.' We know how to write songs. I've been doing this long enough."

Kid Rock is a huge fan of Hank Williams Jr., and over the years the two have become great friends. Here ' s what Williams had to say about Rock in an interview with MLive:

"Well, Bobby and I are really close. He and his family are just like family to me. It all started years ago when my manager Merle Kilgore got a call about Bobby coming to one of our shows. When we met on the bus, I was shocked at how many songs of mine that he knew. Then we ended up doing a 'CMT Crossroads' special and our friendship became stronger and stronger. We now both own several hundred acres across the road from each other in Alabama, and we both have places down in Florida."

With his $20 ticket tour Kid Rock has proved that you don ' t have to charge outrageous ticket prices in order to make a profit. In an interview with Fox News Rock explains how it is that he ' s still able to make money without charging the promoter up front:

It's a terrible thing to choose a single when you come from the gothic metal genre as we do. Some of the singles around do not just represent the album and they lead people to jump to conclusions. It's like the avante garde expedition crew you send in few numbers to face a much larger army.

We really do prefer people to get into all songs off the album, as we treat them as finely individually for them to stand out in themselves but naturally they belong to a certain groove. Like if you just stopped to watch a beautiful little bay at a river and forte to go down the stream. It's that contrast that makes it work.

So we do release a couple of songs before the whole album hits the street. This time around we got a first premiere on Portuguese national radio with the song "The Last Of Us" and we were met with a good response when it leaked on-line. It's a straight goth-rock song, catchy and dark.

Then we released the title track "Extinct." It is a more powerful tune, with heavy guitar metal riffing and a strong chorus that breaks it into a more melodic thing which sounds great to us, that contrast. Our fans really digged that one, always a killer feeling.

Finally, we will release the album-opener "Breathe (Until We Are No More)" which really sums up the album in a way, it's a song with many moods and we added a Turkish orchestra section into it which really made the song bigger and more exuberant.

All in all, I do have a problem in putting out a single and people spoiling it as a favorite child or scald it as a bastard. Fortunately our fans are album people and so are we. After all if the album is good enough it's like listening to a longer single. That can make it special for all.