Today's Day in Rock Stories

AC/DC Member Dismisses Lineup Changes Criticism

The group announced that they will be playing their very first concert at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City on Thursday, Oct 27th where they will performing a set of new songs which will be part of the album that they are currently recording.

The project, which features Disturbed bassist John Moyer, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and twin brothers Jon and Vince Votta, recruited late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland to recording their debut self-titled album.

Sambora tells News.com.au: "There's not a lot of male/female duos going on in the world right now - especially two guitar players like us two. First of all the world doesn't know how good Ori sings and writes. The world knows how amazing a guitarist she is, but she's more amazing than people think.

Atreyu released sixth album Long Live in September 2015, following a four-year hiatus in which he believes the approach to vocals has changed for the worse.

Varkatzas tells Banger TV: "Since our break, the way it's evolved, it's got really whiny. The melodic vocals are super-f***ing whiny and annoying in a lot of bands.

"I think that's a sh*tty direction. I like a Killswitch Engage vocal, like Jesse or Howard. You can sing and have clean vocals, and make it really f***ing powerful."

He blames record labels for what he sees as a wrong turn. "The first Atreyu record was 100% aggression," he recalls. "On A Death-Grip On Yesterday I started to do a little bit of melody, but not really singing.

He believes businesses need to adjust their approach to what they do, rather than relying on traditional approaches, like the major labels did when they pursued music fans for illegal downloading at the turn of the century.

Dickinson tells Energy Voice: "People didn't want to be thieves - they were just enthusiastic about bands, and couldn't believe their luck. When record labels got turned over by digital, it didn't mean people stopped wanting music. It just meant people didn't want to pay for records any more.

"They still pay for music, only in different ways. They buy the t-shirt, the concert ticket, the merchandise - but the music itself they get pretty much for free."

Carmine, 69, is cited as an influence by Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain, Queen's Roger Taylor, and Motley Crue's Tommy Lee. He's worked with Stewart, Vanilla Fudge, Paul Stanley, Michael Schenker and PInk Floyd, among others.

Younger brother Vinny, 58, is known for his work with Sabbath, Dio, Big Noize, John Lennon, Kill Devil Hill, Last In Line and much more. The Appices say: "After decades in this crazy music business, we will sit down for the first time ever and write and record songs rogether.

Frontman DuVall recently said: "It has a lot of what people might expect - a lot of riffing, a lot of stuff going on. There's a feast for the senses.

"But as much of that heavy, progressive stuff is there, there are also more straightforward tunes. A couple of them you might be able to dance to as much as headbang to. We all have eclectic tastes and we wanted to represent all of that."

Gabriel says of the track: "As we become so visible in the digital world and leave an endless trail of data behind us, exactly who has our data and what they do with it becomes increasingly important.

The follow-up to 2008's Break The Concrete saw singer Chrissy Hynde working alongside Black Keys' Dan Auerbach at his Easy Eye Studio in Nashville.

Hynde tells The Beacon Journal: "I think he's probably the best producer in America. He's just amazing. First of all, he has a lot of fun, he doesn't waste any time, he's very hands-on.

Originally scheduled for a January release, the project moved to an April and then June timeline before being delayed to the fall as Bach expanded the material for the book.

"Pushing the book gives us the opportunity to really finish it properly," said the rocker months ago. "The publishers asked me for 30 pictures. I gave them 150. There are easy ways to do memoirs, simple ways to do biographies. What separates these books is the archival content. 18 And Life On Skid Row could also be called the Skid Row Archives. I am giving you my personal collection, photos, & documents none of you have ever seen. A lot of them."

Guitarist Ben Weinman said in August that there was little chance of a reunion once they've completed their last road trip in March, telling Noisey: "I think in some ways we wanted to pull a Seinfeld - we didn't want to get to the point where we're stopping because we have to, because we're old or people are kind of over it."

He added: "I feel way more empowered in making hard decisions. I don't like the idea of slowing down or doing it less often. I like to just dive in full-force and take things to the extreme because that's what this band has always been about."

He said of the follow-up to 2013's One Of Us Is The Killer: "We're all finally in a place where we can be individuals as part of a whole. That level of co-dependency isn't an issue with Dillinger.

"We do this because we want to, and we like to, and that's a good place to be. That's true maturity - I think that's a big part of this album and this whole kind of celebration of us."

The record is Kansas' first since 2000's Somewhere To Elsewhere - and their first since Ronnie Platt replaced longtime singer Steve Walsh in 2014. Drummer Phil Ehart says that their guitarist Zak Rizvi had written Visibility Zero two years ago, starting with "a melody that he played on a guitar."

He tells Rolling Stone: "The next thing was, I had come up with a title, Visibility Zero. The crux of what that meant was, 'It's amazing how people sometimes cannot see things that are right in front of their eyes.'

"When it was done, we all just stood back and said, 'Whoa, this is strong in a lot of different ways.' So that's where it started from, lyrically. I just kind of threw the seed out there - he's the one who did all the work and made it grow."

Speaking of their first album in 16 years, Ehart adds: "I've had so many people say, 'No offence, but when guys your age put out an album, they're always kind of pitiful, and this is not a pitiful album - you guys did a great job.'

Running September 16 through February 28, 2017, "Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones And The Birth Of Punk" will explore the band's legacy in the context of music history and pop culture while featuring items from more than 50 public and private collection across the world.

Speaking about the follow-up to 2014's The Grand Experiment, Morse says: "The Similitude Of A Dream is loosely and sometimes directly based on the book Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan which was originally published in 1678.

"The book chronicles the spiritual journey of a man from the City Of Destruction to a place of Deliverance. Someone had suggested to me that I do a concept album based on this book - but I forgot about it. Then when I began writing new songs last December, the suggestion came to my mind.

"I had never read the book, so I searched the story outline and began to write some little song bits and instrumentals based on what I had read. Those bits combined with the ideas that the other guys brought to the table then miraculously exploded into this double concept album."

The song features a guest appearance from Anathema's Vincent Cavanagh, with frontman Giancarlo Erra explaining the meaning behind the track. He says: In Celebration Of Life was probably among the first tracks written for Scintilla. It was inspired by an artist and well known member of the fellow prog community, Alec Wildey.

"Those who knew Alec know what happened - and I'm not going to delve into details, but it really was a tragedy that shook everyone. In the past Alec contacted me to see if we could work together, but I was always too busy. This time I felt particularly hit by the situation, for personal and musical reasons, so I wrote the track and recorded it all quickly in my studio as I wanted Alec to be able to hear it.

"His lyrics fitted perfectly the music and the message we wanted to send. His reaction to the song was, and I suspect will always be the highest point in my personal career, with my music I felt part of something bigger and beyond me."

The British outfit debuted the track live at the Reading and Leeds festivals last month. The band have been working on the follow-up to 2014's Cavalier Youth since last summer, with guitarist Max Helyer saying in 2015:

"We've got ideas but we're very different people now and I think it's going to show the next progression of our band. We've done 10 years, but what's going to be the next 10 years for You Me At Six and what are we going to bring?"

When he was chosen to run, he put up posters featuring photographs of him holding his cat, along with the caption 'Please Don't Vote For Me' - but his campaign backfired.

He tells Clryvnt: "I'm in the local papers because I got voted in as a politician - involuntarily, I might add. So, I've got some support, I guess. But Kolbotn is a tiny place, maybe 9,000 people.

Filth says: "Everybody in Devilment is very excited about the prospect of releasing our latest album, The Mephisto Waltzes, which we have worked extremely hard on.

The series, which also incorporates a web community, is described as being "dedicated to those who wish to stay abreast of the latest firearm-related products, news, events, and anything gun-related."

The tour, which will feature support from Armored Dawn and an as-yet-announced band, will be kicking off on January 24th in Hamburg and concluding on February 12th in Athens.

Frontman Ray Adler had the following to say about the trek, "Hello all! We are happy to finally announce the tour dates for the first leg of our world tour for 'Theories Of Flight'!