Today's Day in Rock Stories

AC/DC's Phil Rudd Plans Sidelined By Heart Attack Recovery

Back in June Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow took the stage for one concert in the UK and two shows in Germany and the German shows were recorded and will be the basis for the "Memories In Rock - Live In Germany" live package.

Road crew are then seen helping him back onstage. And although he seems to be in some discomfort, he carries on with the track. Shawn Pooley, who caught the moment on camera, reports that a chair was eventually brought out for O'Keeffe to finish the set.

Ulrich says that he thinks of his friend most days, but anniversaries are more painful than other days. The drummer tells Metal Hammer: "He's continuously a part of our legacy. There are days when I still think about him. Today is a, I hate the word 'anniversary', but today is a more relevant Cliff Day because of the date.

The album is billed as a "collection of studio recordings" that includes Turner's take on a number of classic songs ranging from AC/DC's "Back In Black," to The Doors' "Riders On The Storm" to Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls."

The new video was animated by John Howe and is actually the prequel to the band's ongoing 'Robot With Human Hair' story line, which the band began with their 2007 debut EP. Watch the video here.

The projection was debuted during the Dio Disciples' set at Wacken in Germany last month, and widow Wendy Dio later said it had reduced her to tears. A full tour is planned for next year. Ronnie James Dio died of cancer in 2010.

Wright tells Mitch Lafon: "In a way it helped that I couldn't see it and I could just see the light. It was pretty nerve-racking. I wanted to get it right and we wanted it to be good. I'm sure as we do more shows it'll get easier. I didn't have time for any emotion. I did see things afterwards and I thought it turned out brilliantly."

The follow-up to 2013's Whales And Leeches was produced by Ross Robinson and mixed by Joe Baressi, with bassist Aaron Beam previously revealing that Robinson's input encouraged the US output to experiment a little more in the studio.

He said: "He really digs into the meaning behind the songs so that when you're recording, you're doing it with conviction and purpose. It's less about the little technical things.

The band say in a statement: "It is with heavy hearts, much sadness, sorrow and regret that we announce the passing of our very dear friend and original founder band member Mike 'Taffy' Taylor. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies and condolences go out to his family and to all who were lucky enough to have met and known him."

Guitarist Danny Marino revealed these details about the new video, "When Chris told us he had a really cool location to shoot The Hunt video even he didn't think it would be that epic.

"We got a lot of help from mother nature: fierce winds, rain, and unexpected freezing temperature at 6 am. It was not the most comfortable shoot but in the end it was all worth the chaos it created.

The second part of his wide-ranging interview with Noisey, this episode finds Richards discussing the blues, his musical philosophy, and the power of music with host Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Zwan).

Richards kicks off the conversation discussing how he decided to start playing the blues in the first place, drawing inspiration from mother's love of black music legends like Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Billy Eckstine. From there, Richards describes the biggest influences on his playing style, including the distinctive blues licks of Scotty Moore to Fats Domino's own proto-rock 'n' roll.

Richards also talks at length about The Rolling Stones' songwriting process, discussing how songs like "Under My Thumb" and "Sympathy for the Devil" morphed and changed as everyone in the rest band contributed their ideas and altered the songs' original ideas.

The album, the veteran thrash band's 12th studio release, it set to hit stores on October 28th and guitarist Eric Peterson has previously discussed the musical direction of the new title. He said, "It's very diverse, but it's very epic. There's nothing on there that breeds commercial. And I think for thirty years of recording music and trying different formulas and stuff, I think we've found a formula that is very metal. I think for the metal fan that is looking for something for the nook and crannies not just your normal, 'Oh, it's got a thrash beat and a riff.' There's a lot going on here."

He expanded in another interview, "It's different. This one is more thrash. I mean, this has got some of the fastest stuff that we have ever played. Usually, we have one or two thrash songs, and then we have some mid-tempo, and then we have a slow, heavy one, and then up-tempo kind of stuff. Half of the new record is thrash, which we've never done before."

The tour will be in support of the new album, "Walking In The Shadows", which is set to be released on October 14th and is the group's first new release since their 1987 album "Rock You To Hell."

Mainman Justin Greaves had the following to say about the track: "Some songs depart from my mind into reality without consent. Winning A Losing Battle is one of those.

"The track just barged itself into the world. It is also one of the musically unconventional Crippled Black Phoenix style of songs that keep appearing on our albums.

Gimme Danger, which is titled after the band's 1973 song by the same name, blends archival footage, live performances and interviews to present a new visual history of the band. Jarmusch captured original interviews from frontman Iggy Pop, drummer Scott Asheton and more. Iggy reportedly asked Jarmusch to spearhead the documentary, which he's been working on for several years.

Hart says recording the album gave her an emotional release following the bitter-sweet sessions for previous effort Better Than Home."We were still in the mixing stages for that album and I knew I had to make another record," she says.

When we went into the writing and recording for Curtain Call, we knew we wanted to write a song that was more than just a rock song. We wanted to tell a story as well as captivate the listener to see aspects of themselves in the story/song.

The song, along with the video, is our tale of one's feelings of having to deal with regret, and having to try to internalize the decision. It's like trying to find yourself lost in the dark.

This was my first time co-writing with anyone before and put me into a new element. But along side with our good friend and producer BJ Perry, we worked to try and refine, almost steadily guide the lyrics to give it a much more personal/intimate message for the listener.

Shawn, Matt (guitars) and BJ worked out the guitar tracks rather quickly. Corey (bass) put down the bass tracks in less than an hour. Mike(drums) worked along side BJ as well and the music started to take shape.

It was an absolute amazing experience to put together a creation of awesome power and beauty from nothing. I personally enjoyed this whole process because it was a labor of love. We wanted you to feel like at any point in the song you say to yourself, " I get it, now turn it up! "

And I truly feel like we captured that in this song.