Today's Day in Rock Stories

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He was well-known in the blues community for his other work with Bonnie Raitt, The Vaughan Brothers, Duke Robillard, Etta James, Professor Longhair and The Blues Brothers.

Hubbard suffered a long battle with drug and alcohol addiction in the years since his exit from The Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1995, though he later adopted a cleaner lifestyle.

They announced Wednesday that they wouldn't be on the road with Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Amon Amarth and Metal Church as previously announced, after falling out with Mustaine's son Justis, who'd been looking after their affairs.

Havok said: "The reasons for our absence are directly related to a contract negotiation insisted upon by Mustaine Management. We were offered an unacceptable management contract, which we declined."

In reply to online comments, Dave Mustaine confirmed last night that it had been his decision to drop Havok. He tweeted: "They didn't pay Justis what he's owed, or sign the standard contract. I took care of 'em. Sad."

Daisley this month launched a claim for $2m in unpaid royalties connected with Ozzy's first two albums, Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman, recorded in 1980, which featured the bassist's songwriting and bass playing.

Representatives of the Osbournes responded by saying that previous legal action had failed and that multiple audits of Blizzard Music Limited had resulted in no discoveries of non-payment, adding: "after 36 years, this is tantamount to harassment."

Daisley has responded that he'd succeeded with legal action on several occasions, until a lawsuit in 1998, when he alleged that Blizzard had been receiving royalties without passing them on.

He tells JoelGausten.com: "The late 90s was when we found out where those royalties were going, so we took action. There are reasons I believe that case was unsuccessful, but they're too complex to get into now."

He says his new action is based on performance royalties rather than songwriting royalties. He believes he's owed money for sales of tracks featuring his bass playing, and that the amounts that have got to him are lower than they should be.

"The Osbournes have been taking 25% rather than the 10% I agreed to," he says. "It's been mentioned that this case is about Crazy Train - but there are other songs as well. Mr. Crowley, Over The Mountain, Flying High Again."

Way says in a statement: "I must thank the staff at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital who treated me with such kindness - from the porters and paramedics to the nurses and doctors and all the staff at Ward 22.

"Nothing was too much trouble and they all had a cheery smile for me. I couldn't have asked for better care anywhere in the world. I would also like to thank my wife Jenny who has been my rock and, like the cancer, I'm sure I wouldn't have beaten it without her and, of course, you guys.

But the follow-up is still up to two years away, even if his concerns about frontman Tom Araya's potential plans to retire prove to be unfounded. King tells Jagermeister: "We've got lots of leftover material from the last album because we wrote so much stuff, and we recorded a bunch of it too. If the lyrics don't change the songs musically, those songs are done."

The band's fifth studio album, 1970's "Atom Heart Mother", went on to become the group's first UK No.1 record; 1971's "Meddle" was an experimental effort highlighted by the epic 23-minute track "Echoes"; and, 1972's "Obscured By Clouds" was originally recorded as the soundtrack to the French film "La Vall�e" but issued as a stand alone release.

Pink Floyd launched the vinyl reissues in June with the release of the band's first four albums: 1967's "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", 1968's "A Saucerful Of Secrets", the soundtrack from the 1969 film "More", and the 1969 2-LP set "Ummagumma."

Erna had this to say about the track, "Honestly, this is one of my favorite songs on the album. I had the pleasure of writing this track with songwriter/producer Zac Maloy (Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood)"

"I love the melodies and the chorus because of the vulnerability. It's one of those things, when we're in pain, we don't think anyone can understand how bad we hurt, how deep it goes.

The band's song "Way Down We Go," which comes from their studio album A/B (Elektra/Atlantic), has hit No. 1 on the alternative radio chart. Fans can request tickets for the Kimmel performance here.

More American fans will be able to catch the band live with the announcement that more dates have been added to The Handprint Tour, which will also feature Bishop Briggs and The Wind + The Wave.

The tour will be kicking off on September 26th in Atlanta, GA at Center Stage and will wrap up on November 11th in Austin, TX at Emo's. They will also be appearing at several music festivals this fall.

The project was recorded at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, New Jersey, and was Thy Art Is Murder's CJ McMahon's last work with the band, before he quit suddenly last year.

It was produced, engineered and mixed by Will Putney who says: "We were all at the studio jamming one day and it was like, 'We should just do a split - we should all do a song.'

"We bounced ideas back and forth for a year. It's easy as I work with all the bands on a producer level, so I was able to figure out a timeline where it could all work, so we were able to create a window where it worked for everyone."

Asked if he thought it was strange hearing McMahon's vocals on the EP, Thy Art Is Murder guitarist Andy Marsh told Metal Hammer: "Not at all. His performance is amazing - it was done as that iteration of the band, and the conversation came up about recording the vocals with someone else, but it would be disingenuous."

Singer Taylor Momsen told TeamRock last year that she'd written 60 songs for the follow-up to 2014's Going To Hell. She said: "I'm always jotting down ideas but it's hard because it takes some time. It's hard for me, at least, because I require isolation and to be alone with my thoughts.

The full transcript has been published by Rolling Stone and follows earlier publications of testimonies from vocalist Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page.

The evidence quashed the long-held narrative that Plant and Page had came home from Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in the Welsh mountains with the opening sequence to Stairway To Heaven written to show the rest of the band in 1970.

But the legal argument centred on the suggestion that the chord sequence in question had been in use for three centuries. That, and other points, led to the case being found in Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's favour - though they lost their bid to recoup almost $800,000 in legal fees after they were cleared.

A compilation from his solo career, "All The Way" includes Justin's solo songs, a recording with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, solo live performances and unique versions of classic Moody Blues tracks and the brand new song "The Wind Of Heaven."

Justin Hayward is the possessor of one of the finest and most distinctive voices in melodic rock. Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Moody Blues since 1966, Justin continues to perform with the group, and alongside his work for The Moody Blues, he has developed an acclaimed and successful solo career.

The trek will feature support from Carnifex and Oceano and is scheduled to launch on September 28th in Portland, OR at the Hawthorne Theatre and will conclude on October 22nd in Las Vegas at Vinyl at Hard Rock.

Despised Icon is also set to join the trek for a handful of dates including stops in Cleveland, New York City, Pennsylvania (Lancaster), and Connecticut (Webster).

He says: "In late September last year my wife, Sarah, was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer at the age of 33, totally out of the blue. She has now completed her treatment and we're hopeful for the best possible outcome, so as a band we really wanted to try to do something positive to help promote the great work Bowel Cancer UK do for patients and their families."

Filth tells TeamRock: "We literally finished it at the weekend. We did mastering then - it was a very lengthy night. It's all done and we're in the process of putting the artwork and the lyrics all together for delivery by next week."

"We've learned so much from the incredible artists we've toured with and even the fans who have been by our sides along the way," says singer Luke McChesney.

"We've really grasped the importance of doing what feels right to us," Luke adds. "We're writing songs that make us feel good and I think that's the most important thing you can do."

"The album feels much more cohesive, it feels more progressive and it's a work that we are more proud of than anything we have released in the past," says Kane.