Today's Day in Rock Stories

AC/DC Legend Announces His Retirement

Musician and Nirvana fan Damien Curry ran in to the Foo Fighters main man in Los Angeles over the weekend. "Not a bad way to start the day. I don't ever really care too much for "famous" musicians, but my close friends know how gangster I am about Nirvana and this guy," wrote Curry on Instagram. "Talked about our kids, his new record, producing...man...what a kool kat," Curry continued.

It was the last song to be completed for the follow-up to 2008's Death Magnetic, and the band went on to perform it live just five days after they'd played it together in rehearsals for the first time.

Trujillo tells WJRR: "It was a bit stealth. I didn't know when Hardwired was going to come out officially. It was a surprise to me - that's how it is sometimes, even with the band members.

"We'd done the video on a Tuesday in a basketball gym around the corner from our studio. I remember sitting in a lounge on the Wednesday asking, 'When's this video going to be reelased?' Usually it would take a few weeks.

Yes have been eligible for more than 20 years but have still to be given the nod, despite their name being included on two previous ballots. But Anderson says he's confident he won't have to wait too long until the Hall opens its doors.

He tells Rolling Stone: "It's gotten happen at some point. Rick Wakeman used to joke that we'd all come out in wheelchairs. My mantra always is, 'It'll happen when it happens.' You can't presuppose that you're supposed to be in the Hall Of Fame. It's not something that I lose any sleep about."

While he admits the shows have been "enormously emotional," Dan Searle says Architects made the right decision to get back to work. He says: "We're 4/7ths of our way through our first tour since Tom passed away and we're slowly adjusting to the new reality and finding our feet more with each passing day.

"There's been some enormously emotional moments for us on this tour, both on and off stage, but we're glad to be here and we can honestly say that coming to Australia was the right thing to do.

Heavy features Red Hot Chili Peppers man Chad Smith on drums and he also appears in the promo. Hughes is joined on Resonate by his live bandmates, guitarist Soren Andersen, drummer Pontus Engborg and keyboard player Lachy Doley. Smith drums on two tracks.

Hughes previously said of Resonate: "This is my first solo album in almost eight years as I've been busy doing other projects. This album is definitely rock - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums - all organic vintage instruments - the most grounded rock album I've made to date.

"This could be the album I think my fans have been waiting for. I've put every single piece of love and soul and heart into this record."

Smith, who has been friends with Hughes for years, added: "We know each other so well and it's always fun because playing with Glenn, like any real artist, is always trying to grow and change and do new things.

But King says he wasn't impressed with the thrash band getting in to bed with a rap group - even though his own band Slayer would go on to work with Ice-T on the track Disorder from 1993's Judgement Night soundtrack.

Asked about the Anthrax/Public Enemy collaboration, King tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Oh, I hated it. And they know it. It's not a secret, or I wouldn't tell you.

A female bassist was part of the lineup, and now the internet is full of rumors as to who this mystery bassist is. The most high profile one being Sean Yseult of White Zombie.

Hellyeah released their fifth album Undeniable in June this year, and last month issued a lyric video for Startariot. The album also includes a cover of the Phil Collins track I Don't Care Anymore, which features an archive guitar track by Vinne Paul's late brother Dimebag Darrell Abbot.

Speaking to Metal Hammer at this summer's Bloodstock festival, Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier said the band had considered releasing an EP of material that was recorded for Magma but didn't make it on to the record.

He said: "We wrote a lot of songs for Magma that didn't make it on to the record so we have that material still spinning in our heads. We did consider putting some of it out on an EP but we will see what happens.

"We talk about new material often because we don't want to wait too long before we put out the next record. We want to keep going with new songs and be progressive.

Ice-T recalls: "I don't eat before shows - I had a bad experience one time I was at Lollapalooza back in the day and a lady served us gumbo during lunch. I went on stage in front of 20,000 people with full-blown diarrhoea.

Guitarist Jon Hudson reported in June that he was working on new material, saying: "I'll probably take stock and see what comes of it sooner rather than later, so we'll see.

"I'm sure that I was the first to state in the press last year that I didn't bring any songs to the table. By the time I became involved in the process, there was already plenty to work with.

The song is taken from the band's upcoming EP Illuminate, available on iTunes now. Speaking to Hammer about the song, in a somewhat cryptic fashion, frontman Stephen MacConville says:

Due September 27 via Simon & Schuster, the book sees the singer recount growing up in Freehold, NJ, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band.

The group's second album, "Extreme II: Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale)", featured two hit singles, "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted" - both acoustic-based numbers - while most of the album was a mix of hard rock and funk.

The project peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard 200 on its way to US sales of more than 2 million copies.

Directed by Brian Lockwood, the "Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown" package includes a Blu-ray, DVD and audio CD of the complete concert that was filmed on May 30, 2015 as part of an event headlined by Twisted Sister - who issued the first DVD set in the Metal Meltdown series earlier this tear.

"It was a great thrill to perform Pornograffitti in its entirety," says singer Gary Cherone. "Some of these songs were never played live before so we had to go back and relearn them for the tour. The album was a watershed moment in the bands career�it's when we came in to our own and it will always be special."

Speaking about the new track, vocalist Chris Fronzak says: "Lets be real - I'm not sorry about sh*t. The only thing I'm sorry for is the fact that the entire world has turned into a bunch of supersoft crybaby bitches.

"As the rest of the world changes and adapts to our new 'sensitive generation' just understand that Attila will always stay the same. We're here to f*** sh*t up, are you with us?"

Jansen broke the news to TeamRock at the weekend that she and Sabaton drummer Van Dahl are expecting a baby. And as fans rushed to congratulate the couple, Jansen, 35, says via Instagram: "Thank you for all the sweet well-wishes Hannes and I received from all over the world regarding our pregnancy!

"We are happy and healthy and I can't wait to have a nice big belly."

The idea for Hurricane Season started in Echo Zoo Studio, a place we love to record right on the coast near Brighton. We were recording drums, guitar & bass for other tracks from the album & there was a great energy in the room. Our drummer is a fanatic when it comes to tuning his drums, so whilst waiting around, I, Oliver (lead singer), was messing about with a riff, which the guys loved.

Driving home from the studio I couldn't get it out of my head and the melody and lyrics came together whilst driving. It seemed the mood and energy of the song suited the theme of obsession. It's about being attracted to someone who's elusive, mysterious and who uses these things to completely do your head in! It kinda explores the tendency to become obsessed by people who seem out of your reach and how this can bite you on the ass -as you often build up an impression in your mind that's not real!

We worked with director Paul Cheung for the video. He pitched the idea of making a video where there are two converging stories in reverse -as two girls are caught driving a car discarded by a mysterious man with a shady past. He came to us saying he had an enduring image of the girls (Miriam & Dorry) driving around in a powerful convertible car. They were like, 'Hell, yeah! Not done that before..when do we start!!' We had a lot of fun, it was shot quickly over one weekend and the band played all the parts. It meant 48 hours filming straight, most of which we spent driving a vintage convertible BMW we borrowed - it seemed quite a good trade-off for the lack of sleep!