Today's Day in Rock Stories

New Foo Fighters Album 'On The Books'

Now the singer had addressed fans in a series of tweets in which he explains his condition is not something he will ever fully recover from. Carlile says: "FYI you don't 'get better' with Marfans. You get by. I've had foot, ear, rib, head, hip, back and heart surgeries just so I can function and live.

The thrash veterans are currently working with producer Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Steel Panther, Stone Sour) on the new effort at a recording studio in Hollywood, California. The group also features drummer Jeff Friedl.

Ellefson had the following to say "What started out as simple bass ideas quickly developed into some really great songs together. Our fans would probably never suspect that a couple of metal bass players would have songs like these inside of us.

"It's exciting to write melody with diversity while still pushing the limits of lead-bass playing. Frank's singing, and both of us playing guitars and other instruments, gave us a whole new dimension for creative opportunities."

Alongside the title track, the performance is one of two songs on the reissue that were recorded during a series of 1976 shows at Toronto's Massey Hall that resulted in the band's first live album, "All The World's A Stage."

The Canadian rockers are marking the landmark studio album's anniversary with multiple editions of the project, including a 2CD/DVD set, 3LP vinyl and a Super Deluxe Edition that combines everything into one package.

The group features Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Billy Kreutzmann, as well as singer/guitarist John Mayer, RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers' bassist Oteil Burbridge.

The collection includes a 1941 Martin 000-45 Clapton purchased from Gruhn in 2005, up for $150,000. A two-tone sunburst finish 2014 Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster, one of his main guitars in 2014, is also available for $42,500.

McKeough's Riot Fest partner Michael Petryshyn says: "Sean was Riot Fest's pillar of strength. I loved him. I admired him. And to lose him is a lonely and barren feeling.

The band say Simon Lea will perform with the group at forthcoming acoustic shows, followed by The Graveltones' Mikey Sorbello behind the kit in Germany.

The Temperance Movement say: "It's with heavy hearts that we find ourselves having to bid farewell to our brother, collaborator and drummer, Damon Wilson. We've had a great five years together and accomplished so much together.

He says: "I'm not sure who keeps giving my phone number to the most talented musicians on the planet but, I couldn't be more thrilled. I used to wonder what a metal band would sound like with all the cheat codes unlocked and well, I don't wonder about that anymore.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, the renowned jazz pianist also worked with Duke Ellington, Jean-Luc Ponty, Cab Calloway, George Benson, James Morrisson and many more throughout his career. He also composed more than 30 movie and TV soundtracks - including 1989 movie Communion with Clapton.

The band appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to deliver a spoof version of their track in the lead-up to the launch of 10th album Hardwired� To Self-Destruct.

The frontman played a plastic clarinet, drummer Lars Ulrich used mini percussion, guitarist Kirk Hammett had a melodica or blow-organ and bassist Robert Trujillo had a toy guitar.

Hetfield tells Spotify: "We're literally afraid to jam with certain people, because we think we're not worthy enough. We're not great musicians. Even with those little flutes and stuff I was worried. Kirk was practicing the song on this little recording thing. It's like, 'Dude, stop practicing it - just go have fun. Go screw it up!'"

He adds: "You've got to laugh at yourselves. You've got to not take yourself so seriously all the time. The Jimmy Fallon thing showed up in our lap, they said, 'You want to do this?' We had a blast. Stuff like that is just fun. It lightens your heart and it humbles you as well."

Before premiering the new track, frontman Davey Havok spoke to BBC 1 radio host Daniel P Carter about the song's organic beginnings. "It was really one of the latest songs that was written for the record," Havok explains.

"I would guess we'd written forty of fifty songs. It was that late in the process. It has very simple beginning and very immediate results. It came together very quickly."

The reunited trio of Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan will perform at the World Arena in Kobe on January 22 and the Yokohama Arena on January 25, bringing the total of shows to five in the country.

When asked by Dead Rhetoric whether Ash would contribute to a possible seventh album by Carcass, Steer says: "At this stage, it's not clear whether he will actually be on the record, in all honesty. What he does live works in that environment. Recording is putting everything under a microscope.

It's the second Volbeat title to feature former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano and the first without bassist Anders Kjolholm. Speaking about the track, Caggiano previously told TeamRock: "We already had the album title before we wrote this song, and as is the case with all these songs they came together musically before we had any lyrics.

"But this song, to me, very much has the spirit of Motorhead in it. We were originally talking about covering a Motorhead song in tribute to Lemmy, but when Brandon from Teenage Bottlerocket passed away that kind of changed our plan.

It's the second time he's been awarded the accolade after taking the no.1 spot in 2015. Opeth say: "136,000 votes came in for Best Prog Drummer 2016 on MusicRadar's recent poll and for the second year in a row we're proud to announce that Axe has taken the top position. Thank you all who voted."

But despite the star-studded lineup, Bennington insists Kings Of Chaos can't be described as a supergroup. He tells Vegas Seven: "From my perspective, a supergroup is when members of two successful bands leave their bands and form something new.

"My generational examples of a supergroup would be Velvet Revolver and Audioslave. With the members of Kings Of Chaos, we're all in intact groups, so we have a large catalogue of songs from each of our bands that we can play live."

But Status Quo's manager Simon Porter has confirmed the group's live commitments will continue into next year - with further acoustic gigs also planned.

Also confirmed for 2017 alongside Muse are Architects - in a UK exclusive - At The Drive-In and While She Sleeps. Muse frontman Matt Bellamy says: "We're very excited to be playing Reading and Leeds again. More news about our plans for 2017 coming in the new year."

Festival organizer Melvin Benn adds: "I'm thrilled to be able to announce Muse as the first headliner. Their incredible live show promises to be unforgettable.

He tells Metal Forces Magazine: "I could do whatever I wanted in Motorhead, but I'd have to fight for it sometimes, big time. I wrote nearly all of the material for Motorhead since I joined with Lem and Mik. Lem did all of the lyrics and he came up with his own songs and his own riffs, but the bulk of it was mine. Most of the time I got my way in the end, but it might have taken three days of fighting for it."

The quartet - Eirik Sejersted Vognstolen (guitar/vocals), Jonas Saerston (keyboards), Ole-Andreas Jensen (bass) and Jard Hole (drums) - released their own EP, More, 2015, and will release their debut album Crystals on December 9.