Today's Day in Rock Stories

Ex-Guns N' Roses, Journey and Dream Theater Stars In New Group

It's unknown at this point what the title refers to - be it a lead single or an album - as Plant has been working with the Sensational Space Shifters on a project over the past year while fans await a follow-up to 2014's "lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar."

That project debuted and peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard 200 upon its release. Plant's social media sites previously displayed an earlier teaser that said, "Any Time Now."

The track was the lead single of the group's self-titled record, commonly known as the "Black" album, the group's first to top the US charts on its way to sales of 16 million in the States and more than 30 million worldwide.

The San Diego stop marked one of the final dates on Metallica's summer stadium tour of North America in support of 2016's "Hardwired�To Self-Destruct." The run will wrap up in Edmonton, AB on August 16 before the group heads to Europe for a fall arena tour.

Hill discussed with Another FN Podcast (via TeamRock) the talks Bach's camp and the band had last year about possibly reuniting and said, "That door is closed. There was talk about it, the two camps went back and forth, and it was not to happen, so that door in now shut."

He was asked if he meant forever and responded, "Yeah, I believe so. Our singer, ZP Theart, he's a brother. He's a great singer, he's a great frontman, he's a guy I look forward to seeing and a guy I look forward to hanging out with.

"We trust him with the band that we've been in all this time - and that is precious to us." He then continued, "We appreciate fans - we're probably the most fan-friendly band you'll ever meet. We'll go out in the cold, we'll hang out with them, but what we won't do is put ourselves in a volatile situation and be unhappy and destroy what we have now."

"It's an honor," says Slash. "I've been working with Gibson since the early days of my professional career and playing Gibson guitars since before that. I'm proud of the creative relationship we've developed over the years."

Over the past three decades, the rocker has collaborated closely with Gibson and the company's CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz, on several projects including product development, marketing, live events and supporting charitable initiatives with the Gibson Foundation.

When you are creating music it comes through in various ways. It can be about something deep and profound, or something shallow and humorous. It's all in how you spin it as the writer, and how the listener interprets it. I've written songs about everything from drinking, to relationships, to witnessing a 30 second interaction between a man and a woman while stopped at a red light. I've even written a song about a broken DVD player!

The song 'Light' was spawned from deeply profound events that have occurred in my life. There was a point where I started to experience insane amounts of energy all around me. Let me try and explain it like this: Synchronicities were so abundant, it felt like I was in an Indiana Jones movie following a trail to a great treasure. By synchronicities I mean unmistakeable signs from the universe. We see about a fraction of the light spectrum with our naked eyed. After these events started to occur, I realized there is all of this unseen dimensional energy around us that we are unaware of unless we make an effort to connect to it. For me, I was able to open a lot of gaps through meditation, staying open, losing judgement, making an effort to become a more compassionate being all around. It's simply aligning to universal flow. Once you do this, its like flicking on a light switch in a giant warehouse. Things start to expose themselves to you.

The chorus lyric states 'So you open your eyes and let your heart beat heavy, cause the light was always shining on you.'

I think all of us have a tendency to become consumed in our day to day activities, what time is the work day done, what am I going to have for dinner, who's playing in the game tonight, etc, and we start to wonder what it's all about. I think if we leave ourselves open to possibilities, we give ourselves the opportunity to let the universe make us aware that there's something bigger going on. My goal with this song is to simply inspire people to stay open to find the path they are meant to be on."

That's why he's so passionate about supporting programs that encourage kids interested in music, and so angry at politicians that want to cut funding for music education. "It's child abuse," he said in a recent interview "It's just wrong."

Flea elaborated on how powerful music classes were in keeping him motivated to stay in school. "When I was a kid, I was heading for trouble," he told Rolling Stone. "I was running around in the street, I was robbing, I was breaking into houses, I was doing drugs. I was cutting class and smoking weed - just headed to trouble. And the one thing that kept me together and kept me straight was music. The only reason I even went to school was because I liked playing in the band."

On Tuesday (August 15), the band's frontman Jared Leto has reached out to fans for artwork ideas to represent the song better than just a handwritten note on a napkin.

Once again Graham Nash will be accompanied on guitar and vocals on this road trip by his longtime collaborator and This Path Tonight producer, Shane Fontayne.

The new track can be streamed here and follows "I Can Tell You About Pain" which was revealed late last month. The band had this to say about the new effort, "Upon first listen it's apparent that Converge has evolved exponentially over the years.

Alongside Alfie Boe and a full symphony and chorus, the shows present the new orchestral version of the band's 1973 concept album based around lead character Jimmy's search for an identity amongst the mods and rockers in mid-60s Brighton.

The tune was the lead single from the UK band's second album, "How Did We Get So Dark?" The duo of bassist/singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher recorded the set in Brussels, Belgium with producer Joylon Thomas and in London, UK with co-producer Tom Dalgety.

"How Did We Get So Dark?" also features the singles "Hook, Line & Sinker" and "I Only Lie When I Love You." Royal Blood will wrap up their current North American run in Los Angeles on August 16, before heading to Japan for a pair of festival appearances.

Frontman Michael Poulsen had the following to say about their latest studio effort, "The album is Volbeat, but there is progress, too, when it comes to songwriting with huge melodies.

"Ted Nugent recently said political correctness is keeping him out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame..do you agree?," inquired Twitter user Rooster Jones to the Crosby, Stills and Nash star.