Today's Day in Rock Stories

Original Alice Cooper Band Reuniting For Special Show

The outing will be beginning in Big Flats, NY on June 23rd and the trash legends are embarking on the tour in support of their 2016 album release, "Dystopia."

The band has revealed the first three weeks of the summer trek, which will also see Megadeth perform at a series of festivals including Quebec's Amnesia Rockfest, Wisconsin's Rock USA and Rock Fest, and Chicago Open Air.

The group, which performs songs by blowing into beer bottles, recently released their unique cover of the "Thriller" classic complete with Eddie's iconic guitar solo.

The special show is scheduled for June 17th at the Cutting Room in New York City, following his participation in the Expo which will be running from June 9th and 11th.

The band will be kicking off the mainland portion of the tour on November 1st in Prague at the O2 Arena and will finish on November 17th in Kaunas, Lithuania at the Zalgiris Arena.

He was joined by recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nile Rodgers for a full version of Bowie's classic "Let's Dance" (which Rodgers produced).

Alan Robert had this to say about the song, "The message behind 'World Gone Mad' could not be more relevant to what's going on all over this planet right now. People are more divided than ever, and if we continue to ignore the fact that this world is busting at its seams and just continue to 'stick our heads underground,' like the lyrics suggest, we will see a madness in our lifetime like we've never experienced before.

The group also released a stream of a brand new song entitled "Springfield". The track comes from the band's upcoming studio album "The Optimist" which is set to hit stores on June 9th. Listen to the song here.

The band had this to say, "Roadsy has always loved rural Australia, his second passion being his family farm, and now he has decided to return to his roots to work alongside his father in the family business. We wish him well on his future endeavors.

Part of the media outlet's new Sunday Night Rocks series, the project captures the group in concert at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, MI on last summer's tour of North America.

"And There Will Be A Next Time" recently toppled The Beatles' "Eight Days A Week" to debut at No. 1 on the US Billboard Music Video Sales chart while also claiming top spot in Canada and France alongside Top 10 showings in the UK, Ireland, Germany Spain and Portugal.

Late Monday (April 17), the band began rolling out vague logos to its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profiles. The image itself seems to be in block lettering while the background is a light purple.

The tour is scheduled to kick off on June 16th in Baltimore, MD at the Ottobar and will wrap up on July 9th in Brooklyn, NY at the Knitting Factory. The band is launching the tour in support of their new album "The Great Collapse".

Captioning the new track, Reznor wrote, "Todd Rundgren is a hero of mine. His records (solo and Utopia!), his songwriting, his production and his musicianship' all played a huge role shaping me into who I am. I still listen to (and study) A Wizard, A True Star and Something / Anything regularly, and I suggest you do, too."

The first portion of the U.S. and Canadian leg will begin on June 2nd in Boston at the Paradise Rock Club followed by an appearance at this year's Governors Ball in New York and will conclude at the Bonnaroo festival on June 11th.

The album is set to be offered in various formats including vinyl, CD, cassette and digitally. We were sent the following details: Paul Collins' (from The Nerves, The Breakaways) two long lost EPs with his band The Beat from the early '80s make it to Lolipop Records as the first re-issue on all formats in over 30 years, from the "king of power pop" himself.

In the new clip, Rider does an acoustic performance of the song "Idle Blood" which was one of the tracks features on Katatonia's 2009 studio album "Night Is The New Day."

"Until I'm Dead" started while on our first Canadian tour. We were sound checking in London Ontario and I started plucking through a chord to see if my guitar was coming through the PA and I remember really liking what I was playing. I stopped soundcheck for a quick second, pulled out my iPhone, and voice memo'ed the melody I was humming. After the show I went to our RV and wrote a verse and a chorus.

It was inspired by a book I was reading called "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts. The main character is a very smart guy but wrestles with his own demons. He's a drug addict, a criminal and a philosopher all in one. He wants to change and live a normal life but he always finds himself in the same situations because that's all he knows. It's a life he can't really get away from as much as he wants to.

The song is about the never ending challenge of navigating your way through the unexpectedness of life. You're put into situations and you have to deal with them, making decisions of different proportions all the time. Sometimes they're the right ones and sometimes they aren't, but once you've made a choice you have to live with the outcome, there's no "rewind" button in this crazy life we live.

The line in the chorus, "This is life for me until I'm dead" - is referring to the idea that this concept never really ends. We'll always be faced with decisions and have to do our best to make what we think are the right ones. Quite a never ending challenge!

This is a song we're really proud of and hope you'll listen and dig it as well!