Today's Day in Rock Stories

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The vocalist and guitarist settled his differences with James Hetfield and co in 2009 when the Big 4 first performed together, decades after he'd been fired from Metallica and gone on to form his own band.

Mustaine tells WRIF: "I think that Anthrax and Slayer, the three of us have played so much over the years that, for me, it's boring now. Not taking anything away from any of the bands, because I love Slayer and Anthrax - but I think that if we were going to do something again, it should either be the four of us, or give it a rest for a little while."

It was announced in June that the Eagles would receive recognition for their contribution to American culture through the arts at the event on December 4. But despite an online petition garnering more than 10,000 supporters, the trio won't attend the event.

Brandon Butler, who organized the public drive, says in a statement: "Unfortunately, it is with great disappointment that I inform everyone that the Kennedy Center will not include Don Felder, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner to be honored."

Their future was thrown into doubt after drummer Neil Peart described himself as retired, and they admitted their 2015 road trip was likely to be that last of its kind.

Speaking as Lifeson and frontman Geddy Lee attended the opening of a Toronto park named after them, the guitarist says: "It's been an adjustment, this past year. We've been following up on some other interests that we both have, and we've been learning to get used to the idea. It's taken a while.

"But I feel very confident about a lot of things, and music is definitely one of them. I'm sure we'll do something in the future. We can't just stop playing and writing music together."

Lee adds: "I play almost every day that I'm around the house. I've been travelling a lot with my wife. We're very big on taking advantage of this break in my career, whatever it may be.

Neil is accused of dragging an autograph seeker to the ground by her hair during a lunch with actor Nicolas Cage at the Aria Hotel. News3 Las Vegas reports Neil's attorney, Richard Schonfeld, recently reached an agreement with prosecutors to delay the trial and request a new date.

In May this year Worsnop said: "I ended up leaving because it lost the art to me - it lost its artistic integrity in my eyes. I was just selling out, and that's not what I do."

Bruce branded his comments "bullsh*t" and added: "He's an Englishman singing country music with an American accent. We've done what we've always loved to do from day one. We didn't change - he did."

The lineup features William DuVall of Alice In Chains, Brent Hinds of Mastodon and Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan, alongside Dethklok's Pete Griffin and former The Mars Volta member Thomas Prigden. Queens Of The Stone Age's John Theodore guests on two album tracks.

The label describe La Petit Mort as "an inspired body of work that marks a profound evolutionary leap" for the band, adding that the work focuses on the themes of violence and despair, and the "steady desensitisation of the human spirit under those conditions."

Frontman David Gunn told Metal Hammer in April: "In a sense, this is the first King record. People know our capabilities and where our heads are at, but I want to mix all the sh*t we did before together as one thing that stands alone.

But he says he'd welcome a run of interactive theatre shows to give the audience the ultimate creepy experience. Cooper tells the Chicago Tribune: "I'd like to have a residency in a theatre where you can control every sense, smell and touch.

The trio settled their differences last year and they've played two festival sets with former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo and guitarist Acey Slade. Only tells AltPress: "It's a unique experience. We're 40 years into the game and we're all at the peak of our game.

King Diamond, Zakk Wylde and Dave Mustaine appear in the video, as do members of Slayer, Disturbed, Machine Head, Behemoth and other. MMA fighter Shayna Baszler, Olympic swimmer Paul Biedermann, and NHL player Mike McKenna also star, alongside Orange Is The New Black's Jessica Pimentel.

Guitarist Bjorn Gelotte says: "The End is a fairly straightforward In Flames song. Having said that, it has a really positive vibe. It's not a slash-your-wrists kind of vibe - it makes you realise to just make sure you appreciate that moment."

Meanwhile, In Flames have confirmed Joe Rickard as their new drummer, replacing Daniel Svensson who left the group late last year. In Flames say: "From February to April of 2016 we recorded our newest album Battles with legendary producer, Howard Benson. Howard introduced us to one of his trusted and so talented studio drummers, Joe Rickard.

"Joe had such natural talent behind the kit - it seemed effortless. Once we witnessed him laying down drums to our own songs with parts we couldn't have imagined better ourselves - we knew we had to have him join In Flames.

Both coloring books are available for $15.99 each via Feral House, who describe the Lemmy book as being "about the recently deceased rock legend Lemmy Kilmister, famous for his hard metal and hard living.

"It features drawings from many of his fans as well as many personal stories of his life and work with the bands Hawkwind and Motorhead - and the litres of whiskey he consumed at West Hollywood's famous Rainbow Bar.

In an interview about his upcoming autobiography Born To Run, Springsteen tells CBS: "I was trying to make the greatest record you ever heard. A record that after you heard it, you didn't have to hear another record."

Springsteen also discusses his relationship with his late father Douglas and how the book is partly an attempt to shine a more accurate light on the dynamic between them.

And frontman Joel O'Keeffe credits producers Bob Marlette and Mike Fraser with helping them to achieve their goals on the follow-up to 2013's Black Dog Barking.

He exclusively tells Metal Hammer: "Sonically, we wanted to strip it back. The last record is great and we love it, but we just wanted to take a bit of the production out and get more of the playing in.

"The live show really is the energy of this band and we really wanted to capture as much of that energy as we could, which is why we decided to work with Bob Marlette and Mike Fraser.

Both bands are planning their own sets, but will also join forces with various collaborators for a mixture of iamthemorning, Bowness and No-Man material. "I'm really looking forward to combining what it is I do with what it is Iamthemorning do," Bowness told Prog. "I think we both share a certain sensitivity and melancholy, while being very different from each other stylistically. I'm hoping there'll be some interesting new takes on old songs."

And although filming of the second movie was recently completed and there's been no confirmation of a third installment, Gunn has responded to Tyler's request.

During a Facebook Q&A session (via The Wrap), Gunn says: "Yes, I did hear that Steven Tyler wants to be in Guardians Of The Galaxy. The answer is, Steven, yes I am listening. And I'm a big fan of Steven Tyler's.

"I had the pleasure of directing his daughter Liv in Super in 2010 in which she was fantastic, and I met him for a few seconds at a screening of that movie.

The band had this to say, "The Cadogan Hall performances will be the first full-band gigs since 2015, and will feature the full thirteen musician line-up including the five piece brass ensemble featured on The Underfall Yard, English Electric and Folklore albums."

"We have waited so long to be able to make this announcement," says mainman Adam Warne. "We are hugely excited for the release of Vox Humana and Cloudburst as we are especially proud of the work we have put into both releases - speaking from a musical, artistic and even business point of view. To say a lot of work has gone into this would be an understatement."

I was in my second year of college when I wrote this song. I had transferred to California Institute of the Arts, where I was studying Fine Art, and it was blowing my 19 year-old mind. And then there was a composer who played trumpet that I had started dating. It's hard to remember specifics from back then but here's something.

I decided to take a road trip after a mentally challenging week of college and after finding out Trumpet Man was heading home for summer.

I don't remember anything from that trip, just that I picked up my friend Stan, who thought he was on his way to class, and pieces from the drive home. We took the 101, Stan ran into a lake naked, I think we stopped for pistachios or strawberries or something, and then I also remember having a beer in an abandoned house somewhere off the highway near a gas station.

"The Happening" came right after this. I had been circling around two things that I needed to get away from and gain some perspective on.

1. was art school and figuring out the differences, if there were any, between the explanation and the object.

2. was about talking. Firstly, talking up in my relationships and not just assuming things will change -- actually speaking feelings, even little ones, out. And secondly, being aware of words versus action.

"It's not the way that you say these words, it's the way that they're happening".