Stone Temple Pilots Settle With Scott Weiland

Thayer dresses in original lead guitarist Ace Frehley's makeup and stage outfits while Singer does the same with original drummer Peter Criss' gear, while each perform songs by their original counterparts.

"I don't see how people could accept this," Snider tells Eddie Trunk. "Tommy Thayer? I'm sorry. It's insulting. Not only did he play with a tribute band of Kiss, he's imitating Ace in his entire act!"

Snider takes particular exception to Thayer performing Frehley's track, "Shock Me", from 1977's "Love Gun." "Oh, my God, that's disgraceful," adds the singer. "When Kiss replaced Ace and Peter, and they brought in guys (drummer Eric Carr and guitarist Vinnie Vincent) who had their own makeup and their own thing, that was acceptable. That was awesome. They were their own characters."

The pair discussed the difference between longtime fans who care to differentiate between the men behind the makeup and those who simply want to see the KISS live experience regardless of which musicians are involved.

"My theory is, they forgave Kiss for 'I Was Made for Loving You,' and anything is acceptable after that," says Snider. "It was a disco song, people! It's not okay! It was never okay, and they're playing it live now. Unbelievable. They play 'I Was Made for Loving You,' a fricking disco song!"

"It's pretty hard to resist when somebody suggests an idea like Fight Club, but with clowns!," frontman Dexter Holland told Mashable of the video's inception. According to Holland, the concept was dreamed up by director Josh Forbes. "He was a very collaborative guy and we got to work on it together, but really, nearly all of it came out of his head."

And it's not just clowns fighting clowns. There are Juggalos fighting Juggalos, gallons of blood spilled, disembowelment, beheadings and shots fired--it's a whole lotta clown-on-clown crime.

An official statement says: "Andrew McLan Fraser passed away on Monday at his home in California. He leaves behind his daughters Hannah and Jasmine Fraser, and their mother Ri, his sister Gail, brothers Gavin and Alex, and many friends and associates in the industry.

The tour will be kicking off on August 19th at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston, MA and wrapping up on September 4th at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.

The tour will include seven stops in all in cities across the eastern U.S. with stops in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and North Carolina.

Gregg Allman had this to say about the tour, "I've loved The Doobie Brothers since I can remember. Those guys can play! And I love their songs -- so many classics. I'm honored to tour with my old pals. We always have a good ol' time."

The Doobie Brothers' Tom Johnston says, "We've played shows with Gregg and The Allman Brothers over the years, starting in 1974. It's always been something I've looked forward to and enjoyed for the high energy and soulful experience that it is!"

The band released the following, "At the end of October, upon completing our run of shows in Mexico, Chris decided that it was time to stay home and be with his wife and daughter. While losing a founding member might seem to be a bumpy transition to announce, we find ourselves terrifically proud and enthused to continue moving forward with touring and writing new material.

"The upcoming Space EP is a testament to what we're capable of and the always truthful fact that TDWP is a collective collaboration rather than any single member or component. We're happy to say that parting ways with Chris couldn't have been more amicable: we understand and wish him the very best at being with his family.

The clip, part of the latest episode of LPTV, shows Bennington on the ground, writing in pain. He explains: "I landed on the bottle. I was in full lay-up, I landed on the water bottle and my ankle turned."

The band say: "Condolences are sent from the entire Molly Hatchet organisation to the family of Bruce Crump. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time. God Bless."

Memphis-born Crump played on Molly Hatchet's biggest albums, including the self-titled 1978 debut and the following year's Flirtin' With Disaster. He had two spells with the group, first leaving in 1982 before returning from 1984 to 1990 when he left for the final time.

Moseley tells Little Punk People: "The music that I made with Phil Anselmo, we're gonna put out like a mini-CD. We did four songs in three days. That ought to be another cheerful, cheerful, addition to the music world."

It was recorded in 2006 and appears on Dub Side Of The Mule, a companion to recent titles Dark Side Of The Mule and Stoned Side Of The Mule, which saw them covering Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones tracks respectively.

Haynes recently said: "Each song on our 2013 album Shout! has its own personality - it sounds like Gov't Mule but doesn't sound like anything we'd ever done. These archive releases further that concept. They allow us to highlight some of our influences as well as how far we've come since the first album."

Reprise Records will be releasing "Forever Man" on April 28th in various formats including 3 disc CD package, a double CD package, a 2-LP vinyl set and digitally.

The 3-disc set will include 51 tracks and feature material from Clapton's years at Reprise that spans three decades including studio tracks on one disc, live tracks on a second disc and a special blues themed disc.

The 2-disc collection will feature studio track collection on one disc and the blues themed tracks on the second disc and the vinyl collection will feature the studio tracks.

Megadeth haven't yet confirmed who'll replace Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover, who quit last year. Several former members have been the subject of rumors, but the suggestions are that Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler and Angra guitarist Kiko Loureiro could be in the frame.

Ellefson tells Blood, Sweat And Metal: "Me and Marty Friedman were second row at the Kiss reunion in 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona. We were there as friends, as bandmates, watching our favourite band put the makeup back on.

"There's part of me that said, 'Lose yourself in the fantasy of being 14 years old all over again.' And I did. Then there's the other part of me that went, 'But they're all in their 40s and this is just a recreation.

"'There's nothing new being created here - this is just a recreation of past stuff.'" The bassist thinks the same might apply to Megadeth. The bassist thinks the same might apply to Megadeth. "We can other go back and create past glory days, which would probably sell a lot of tickets and make a lot of money," he reflects.

The follow-up to 2012's "All I Was" was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette (Alter Bridge, Slash). Tremonti hits the road for a spring US tour starting April 25 in Orlando, Florida.

One thing that seems to be a sticking point between the brothers: who came up with the tone in the Kinks classic "You Really Got Me." In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Ray mentioned the oft-told story that he stuck knitting needles into Dave's guitar amp, which he says helped to create the jagged tone on that song.

But in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, a letter from Dave was published in the "Correspondence: Love Letters and Advice" section. "I'd like to correct my brother Ray's statement about the guitar on 'You Really Got Me," he wrote. "I alone created the guitar sound for the song with my Elipco amp that I bought. I slashed the speaker with a razor blade, which resulted in the 'You Really Got Me' tone. There were no knitting needles used in making my guitar sound."

"Ozzy's legacy is well-known," said Frizell. "A lot of research went into creating the script. One misstep, and the fans will know! Jayfri and I wanted to respect that legend - and the fans - by giving them something both familiar and unexpected.

In May, they play headline shows in Glasgow, London and Manchester with support from Baby Godzilla. They are also set to appear at the Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds, Hatfield and Wolverhampton.

Desolation Sounds is named after an expanse of water in frontman Wade MacNeil's native Canada. It features 10 songs and runs for 36 minutes.

Guitarist Laurent Barnard says: "It's the record I've dreamt about making. I think the album sounds really fearless. It's the sound of a band that's comfortable with playing music together, rather than trying to fit into a certain scene or zeitgeist or any preconceived notion of what the band should be.

Brendon Small says via Twitter that the show - which was aired on the Adult Swim channel - would not return for a fifth season, which he intended to be the finale.

Guitarist and drummer Jamie Miller, the most recent addition to the Texan outfit's lineup, says: "'Lie Without a Liar is the first song I wrote and sang as a member of the band, and my brothers felt strong enough about it to release it as a single.

The focus on performance echoes recent comments by bandmate Munky, who suggested the possibility of delivering DJ-style sets featuring sections of songs instead of full ones.

Head tells Puregrain Audio: "We're talking at the moment about taking a couple of months off and going in straight away as it will probably take the rest of the year for us to do the album."

Asked whether revisiting their self-titled 1994 debut has affected their thinking on material, the guitarist replies: "I'm hoping. We won't go back and do that record again, obviously - but I was telling Jonathan Davis that I wanted to do some more faster-tempo stuff again.

In a blog on the Paramore website, Williams She says, "I've had enough free time since Monumentour to work on a couple of other projects, One being an entire business that I'm starting from the ground up - my own hair dye line.

"As soon as I know with 100% certainty that it's okay to talk about publicly in detail, then you can bet I'll be screaming it from the top of internet mountain.

The honor recognizes outstanding Canadian artists whose contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada. Bassist Geddy Lee was on hand to accept the honor on the band's behalf.

"We are sincerely grateful to be recognized as this year's recipients of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award," said the band. "We are proud, honoured and humbled to be in the company of all Canadians who find it within their hearts to help those in need."

Over the course of their 40-year career, the members of Rush have supported a wide variety of causes - the Toronto Food Bank, United Way, amFAR, Doctors Without Border, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Kidney Foundation Of Canada, Little Kids Rock, Grapes For Humanity Canada, the Chilean Red Cross and Alberta Flood Relief, among others.

The private collection of items owned by friends and former employees of the band will go under the hammer at Donley Auction Services in Union, Illinois, on April 11 and 12.

It is without hyperbole one of the Top 10 greatest rock albums of all time that shows a band playing at its absolute peak in both artistry and craft. Jailbreak is deceptively simple, wholly personal, and of course, full of melodies from those twin-lead guitars.

Before he would go on to front one of the largest bands of the '80s, before Jailbreak even came out, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott was a scrappy kid from Sheffield, England, who was excited at the possibility that lay in Lizzy's first hit, "Whiskey in the Jar." It seemed to be a sign of something big on the horizon.

Elliott, and the rest of the world, would have to wait another three years before hearing anything from Lizzy again. But after that, Elliott formed a bond with the band--specifically guitarist Scott Gorham--and since has became intrinsically tied to them.
In 2011, Elliott and Gorham set about to remix Jailbreak, and two other Lizzy albums, 1976's Johnny The Fox and 1978's double live LP, Live and Dangerous, hardening the production to give it bit more edge. They even found an unheard verse from the late Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott on "The Boys Are Back In Town" and reformatted the song.

This is all to say: Elliott and Lizzy are extremely close. In honor of the most famous rock band in Irish history, we spoke to Joe Elliott about his relationship with Thin Lizzy, his favorite song, his favorite album and how Phil Lynott blamed Def Leppard for splitting up the band.

Radio.com: What was your first memory of Thin Lizzy?

Joe Elliott: My first memory of Lizzy was "Whiskey in the Jar," which was kind of a minor hit in the UK back in '73. I remember buying the single on Decca records, and thinking, "Jimi Hendrix look-a-like, nice songs, we'll see where he goes from there" sort of thing because everybody gets excited when they're kids at new music. A band comes along whether it's Bowie or T-Rex or whatever and you're just wondering what's going to happen next. Is it going to be a sustained attack or something? Is it just going to be this one hit? And after that there wasn't anything else for three years, and you kind of forgot all about them. This was me in Sheffield, of course. You talk to somebody in Dublin and they'll be like, "Oh no no no we heard them all the time."

But the next time I heard them was when the next time everybody heard it, which was when "The Boys Are Back In Town" became a huge hit. And a huge hit for a rock band was Top 20 because you were fighting "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" and the likes of. And anything from "Radar Love" by Golden Earring, Thin Lizzy, Argent, "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You" infiltrated Top 40. But with Lizzy, it's almost like the singles are accidental. I don't think they ever set out to be a pop band, it was just something they just drifted into being one. By then I was 16 and I was starting to go to gigs so I saw the classic lineup, not on that particular tour, because I didn't see them until the Johnny The Fox album which would've been '77.

Radio.com: When you formed your own band, did you carry anything over from Lizzy? A sound you liked?

Joe Elliott: Other than the first song we ever learned to play was "Suffragette City," the next song we learned to play was "Rosalie." In front of an audience we regularly did 'Rosalie' and 'Jailbreak' and 'Emerald.' We played those songs with a passion and quite often. It was a big deal for us. I'll never forget the first time [former Def Leppard guitarists] Pete Willis and Steve Clark actually nailed the middle section of 'Emerald' and got it right. It was a big moment, that's when I realized we were actually a good band.

Lizzy were a big influence, listen to our first album you can hear elements of their music in what we were writing. There's a song on our first one called "It Don't Matter" which is Thin Lizzy through and through. The beginning bit of "Lady Strange." The twin-harmony guitars is certainly more Lizzy than it was Wishbone Ash or Allman Brothers. It wasn't just the twin-guitar thing, it was the simplicity of their songs. I mean, God knows what the chord sequence is for 'The Boys Are Back In Town' it's certainly not simple, but "Jailbreak" is moronically simple. I mean that as a compliment. How come nobody had ever written that before, it was staring everybody in the face.

Radio.com: The opening lyric is almost famously bad, too: "Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak/ Somewhere in this town." I would bet that the jailbreak would be at the jail.

Joe Elliott: Yeah, if you're gonna find them, they'd be at the jail. Yeah, that's been knocked out in a lot of sarcastic English magazines over the years. But that's the thing about rock 'n' roll, we don't all have to be Bob Dylan. The thing about Lynott was, he was a bit of a poet. If he was from the phonetic point of view to get the point across: "Tonight there's going to to be a jailbreak somewhere in this town," it just sounds good. If he's doing that with a kind of an Irish brogue sense of humor, I'll follow it.

Radio.com: When did you first hook up with Scott to remix Jailbreak?

Joe Elliott: I first hooked up with Scott in 1980 when we signed to Polygram, through the obvious, "Hey can you get us on the guest list" type situation. And when we got on the guest list their tour manager said, 'Oh there's this young band called Def Leppard' obviously they must've been "Oh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh I heard about those guys bring them back let's say hi" kind of thing. We met them at the hotel and Scott was the one guy out of the four of them who was like, "Hey you wanna drink? Come on over here, baby!" one of those kind of guys.

The band, fronted by former Asking Alexandria vocalist Danny Worsnop and featuring former Sebastian Bach guitarist Jeff George, have previously released two singles: last year's Denial, and Dancing On Nails, which came out in January.

"Never Turn Back was yet another song that started in that original batch of songs that myself, Danny and Bruno worked on back in 2011 when we lived together," says George. "Originally it was called Rainmaker.

"We all love guitar driven rock songs and that's definitely where this one resides. The driving rhythm and that four on the floor bass drum feel is of course a rock n roll staple.

"And we knew we wanted to incorporate some type of live call and response feel to the lyrics so that live we could engage the audience more, and you hear that in the 'Get back-Get Back' segments. This song was definitely created to be a big song live, but once we started recording it, it soon became one of everyone's album favourites as it kicked just as much in the recording."

It's taken from their album The Diary, which includes a set of tracks recorded twice in "gentle" and "storm" variants. Lucassen said last week in a Prog video premiere:

"I asked the fans on Facebook, 'What would you guys want to hear from me next?'" That led to the concept: "Why don't I split it up - do 10 songs in two completely different versions?"

In addition to their previously-announced appearances they'll play second shows in Salford, Birmingham and Edinburgh. Crimson recently released Live At The Orpheum, recorded during their comeback US tour last year. Fripp confirmed in November that they were working on at least three new studio tracks.

He and Judy Belushi - widow of co-star John - want to nurture new talent with their project, to be distributed by Blue Note Records. Aykroyd tells Billboard:

"The recorded music industry today presents huge challenges, but also great opportunities. We're excited to partner with the master-ear for talent, Don Was, in fulfilling the true 'Mission From God' - to find end develop emerging blues performers.

Bailey says the show's subject is "the gap between how we imagine our lives to be and how they really are." It includes stories about his travels around the world, including a disastrous trip to Norway to see the Northern Lights and other experiences that demonstrate how the world "doesn't match up to our expectations."