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AC/DC Guitarist On Young Family's Musical Heritage

The decision comes a week after a California court ruled that Led Zeppelin did not breach the copyright of Spirit track Taurus when they wrote Stairway To Heaven - a position that Malofiy had argued against. He was subject to several admonishments during those proceedings, while Judge Gary Klausner also upheld more than 100 objections against him.

In 2014 a judge ordered him to pay $28,000 in costs after he was found to have misled a co-defendant into signing a document without appropriate advice. Additional concerns had been raised over Malofiy's "unprofessional" and "uncivil" conduct during the trial.

The third stop on the summer stadium run across North America delivered a 26-song set of classics and fan favorites from the band's catalog, especially 1987's "Appetite For Destruction" - the biggest-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold worldwide.

Led by the trio of Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, Guns N' Roses also performed covers of tunes by Wings, The Stooges, Derek And The Dominos, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan and The Who.

In April, Sixx described their one record with Corabi as "very unfocused" and "painful," describing the vocalist as lacking "fire." Asked about the comments, Corabi - who'd previously said he didn't care - tells Sleaze Roxx: "For the life of me, I have no idea.

"I was hanging out with Vince. We did a festival together and we were talking. I was like, 'Vince, what the f*** is up Nikki's ass right now? 22 years later he decides it's a very unfocused record, there's no choruses, John Corabi couldn't write and he had to do everything? Where does that come from, Vince?' He laughed - I think he wanted to say something, but he came back with, 'Dude, you know Nikki. Whatever. F*** it!'"

But he says he's found it difficult to keep up with the physical demands of touring and often needs 15 hours of sleep between shows. He tells New York Times: "Showbiz doesn't hold any interest for me. None. It's an act of courage to let go. I am going to see what happens if I let go.

"Then I'm going to see, who am I? Or am I just this person that was defined by what I did? And if that's gone, if you have to make up yourself, who are you?"

The video, directed by award winning acclaimed cinematographer Noaz Deshe was filmed just outside Chisanau, the capital of the eastern European country Moldova.

Guitarist Corey Beauileu recently said of the track: "The main riff of the song has always really grabbed people's attention when they hear it. So I think it's going to be one of those fan-favourite tracks."

"Ain't that bad a place/ I was born that way/ I bite my fingernails/ Still got bills to pay/ You sure know what to say/ I'll put you in your place/ Land of the free/ I'm on my way," Rivers Cuomo sings in the opening verse.

The chorus builds into anthemic praise of the United States. "I love the USA/ I love USA/ F- yeah, this place is great/ I love the USA," he sings. It's a pretty straightforward cheer.

"We are beyond thrilled to have been invited to be the face of Italian luxury menswear powerhouse Brioni as they kick off their first creative campaign under the direction of newly appointed creative director, �ber cool style star Justin O'Shea," says the band.

The album features 13 tracks - 12 original songs along with a cover of Alfred Baggs and Don Robey's blues classic Share Your Love With Me, which has previously been recorded by artists including Aretha Franklin and Kenny Rogers.

According to 9to5Mac, the technology has the potential to block an iPhone from recording video or taking a photograph via an infrared signal within a certain range - such as at a concert or in a cinema.

For the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' 1966 Tokyo concerts, Genesis Publications announces a book of rare photos of the trip. Taken by Japanese photographer Shimpei Asai, these pictures have never before been published outside Japan.

In 1966 The Beatles embarked on their last tour, playing concerts in seven cities over the course of four months, beginning in London and ending in San Francisco. Millions of fans in England, Germany, Japan, the Philippines and America flocked to see the band.

On June 29th 1966, The Beatles arrived in Tokyo to play five shows to sold-out crowds at the legendary Nippon Budokan. Built to commemorate the lives of Japan's lost soldiers and a hallowed centre of Japanese culture, the venue had previously been reserved for traditional Japanese entertainment including sumo wrestling.

As the first rock act to perform at the Budokan The Beatles faced controversy and protest - as well as causing excitement - with many objecting to a concert at the traditional venue. Following the success of The Beatles' Tokyo concerts, however, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Led Zepplin and others also visited the Budokan, which is now an internationally recognized music venue.

A few days after taking to the stage to play their first concert in Tokyo, The Beatles are said to have sent a telegram to EMI with their new LP title: Revolver. This album would come to mark a shift of focus away from touring and towards more complex recording work - an important time of change for the band.

This fleeting stay in Tokyo, with its controversy, Beatlemania, and creativity, is captured in a new book of photographs taken by Japanese photographer Shimpei Asai, and published by Genesis Publications, entitled Hello Goodbye: The Beatles in Tokyo, 1966.

Asai is the only Japanese photographer to have been given official access to The Beatles in Tokyo, and his photos have remained unknown to most outside Japan. They offer an intimate portrait of The Beatles in their first trip to the country, capturing their time on and off stage: performing, painting and experimenting with traditional Japanese instruments.

The show will air at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (DIRECTV Ch 239/U-verse Ch 1114). We were sent the following details: The celebrated guitar player and co-songwriter for the platinum-selling rock group The Cult is interviewed for the documentary series.

In the episode, Duffy covers a wide variety of from his early goals, why he considers "finding your own sound" to be the most important pursuit as well as the transformational effect The Sex Pistols had on him after seeing the legendary group perform in Manchester, U.K. and much more.

The tour will begin in Tempe, AZ on July 29th and hit 22 cities before coming to an end in Salt Lake City, UT on August 26th. See below for a full listing of tour dates.

Vocalist Connor Garritty had the following tosay, "We are very excited to be back on the road doing what we love. It's been a while but we want to thank all our fans for being so patient. You will not be disappointed!

Between 1980 and 1986, the British trio Genesis released a series of four consecutive hit albums, each more successful than its predecessor by as many as five times! Because drummer, singer, songwriter Phil Collins had a parallel solo career take off during that time, revisiting the critical reviews from many respected music writers in this period assumed that Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks unwittingly (if not unwillingly) were somehow led by Collins in a more mainstream pop direction. But as you will hear in this radio program, that was not necessarily the case.

InTheStudio producer and host Redbeard gets the final word from all three members about this remarkable period in Genesis band history that produced hits "Abacab", "No Reply at All", "Man on the Corner", "Throwing It All Away", "Land Of Confusion", "Invisible Touch", "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" and "In Too Deep".

"What we used to do was actually a wonderful cop out...because you do these long songs, and it means you take a small piece of music, one or two minutes. If you're doing a long piece, you just play it for one or two minutes and then segue to something else. You haven't got to develop it into a song, which is actually much harder." - Mike Rutherford

"You're always going to lose fans, because they like the surreal sci-fi approach we used to have. But as we change and the audience changes, you hope you take people with you. Maybe we were never a progressive rock group." - Phil Collins

"I've always found it difficult to express a genuine feeling through a song. And I tended to always hide through the third person." - Tony Banks

The band previously said the track New Kings looked at "the ravening beast that capitalism seems to have evolved into," El Dorado "examined the notion of political entitlement," and The Leavers, which "examines the impact of life on the road for those constantly waving goodbye."

Ealier this month, frontman Steve Hogarth explained the thinking behind the album title, saying they're not trying to offend people needlessly. He said: "We've used 'FEAR' as a title with some relish, but only as it shows we haven't shied away.

Wolfmother are on the road in support of their latest album, "Victorious." Produced by Brendan O'Brien, the project sees sole original member vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale record the band's fourth record and follow-up to 2014's "New Crown."

He later posted a picture on Facebook showing him surrounded by dozens of pigeons in the city. The band released their latest album The Getaway earlier this month.

Lombardo has been playing with the band since February. Suicidal Tendencies shared a clip of Lombardo tracking drums in the studio last month. Muir tells Clarin: "Dave has recorded with us, the album is called The World Gone Mad."

Lombardo recently told Metal Wani: "I think it's very typical and very traditional Suicidal Tendencies. Our frontman Mike Muir has a very special style in which he writes his music and his lyrics and his structures. And I love it.

Mr Know It All says: "As long as you keep your kid from seeing the Houses Of The Holy cover art, her brain will be just fine. There's exactly zero evidence that one kind of music helps cognitive development more than any other.

"Plus, the supposed benefits of music come from learning to play an instrument - not just kicking back and admiring John Bonham's drum solo in Moby Dick.

He says that toddler-specific music works because of easy-to-learn lyrics and catchy melodies - which can lead to a deeper appreciation for music as the child grows older.

He adds: "If your tyke digs the Kitty Pap more than Physical Graffiti - suck it up. A little Wiggles now may pain your ears, but it could mean a Whole Lotta Love for the better stuff down the line.