Today's Day in Rock Stories

Guns N' Roses Mom Releasing 'Tell All' Book

The band recruited the former DragonForce singer at the end of 2015 to replace Tony Harnell (TNT), who was in the band briefly following the departure of longtime frontman Johnny Solinger.

Footage from a recent concert in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has surfaced online where Bolan made the following comments to fans, "I wanna make this announcement finally formal. He's been with us for a year, our new lead singer, ZP Theart.

The two new tracks that made their first appearance in the band's live set during their first show of 2017. "'Halo On Fire', there's a juxtaposition in all of us, good, evil, and when does that come out, when does it show itself?," explained James Hetfield to the band's fan-club magazine So What! "Some people portray themselves as real saints, and the more their darkness is, the more they have to portray themselves as saints. So you're basically getting away from the real 'you,' like you're making up for all of this stuff that you think is really bad.

The special run of shows will include nine 'Reelin' In The Chips' concerts beginning on April 12th and wrapping up on the 29th with American Express presale beginning today, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. PT through Jan. 19 at 10 p.m. PT. General public tickets will be available on Jan. 20 at 10 a.m.

In the space of three weeks the ex-Slipknot drummer, currently playing with Vimic and Sinsaenum, went from flu symptoms to being unable to walk and paralysis from the waist down.

But now Jordison says following extensive physical therapy and continued gym sessions he is in the best shape of his life. Speaking to Neomedia Group he said: "What happened was toward the end of my Slipknot touring cycle, I became very ill - like, very sick. And like I've said before, we all know when you have a cold, we all know when you have the flu, we all know these symptoms. I suffered from asthma when I was a kid.

"There was a pain and a weirdness that I'd never felt before. And next thing I know, my legs just started failing on me. And next thing I know, my playing was going downhill, and then next thing I know, I was unable to walk. And then next thing I know, I was paralysed from the waist down. It literally happened within the span of, like, three weeks. So I instantly, of course, checked myself into the hospital and went into intensive care.

The new clip was directed by Wylde's long-time collaborator Justin Reich and follows the promo clip for "Sleeping Dogs", which featured Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor. Watch the new visual here.

The song appears on the group's forthcoming album "I'm Only Dreaming" which is set to be released on February 17th and was produced by Will Yip (Circa Survive, Balance & Composure, Lauryn Hill). Listen to it here.

Eisley's Sherri DuPree-Bemis had this to say about the new track,
"This song started out as a bit of a dark love song to my daughters. I struggle with sleep anxiety and it's been a dark spot in my life for years. I wrote it to them, wanting them to know they could always sleep tight because I'd always be awake, watching over them, keeping the darkness away. ('Because I'm louder than a lion, my hands wipe out the ghosts. I'm brighter than a diamond my light will shine the most').

The large format (370x290mm portrait) book will be entitled "Mr Rotten's Songbook" and 1000 copies will be published. Fans can now preorder the book here.

In addition to being a bassist who toured and recorded with Ronnie Earl for all those years, Mouradian was an internationally known luthier, who crafted basses for a number of legendary bassist, including Chris Squire of Yes.

The album is set to hit stores on March 3rd and will include the following tracks: "You Asked for It", "Shinjuku Masterlord," "Smokey," "Natural Born Killer," "Flag of the Beast," "Ice Man Confessions," "Russian Hotel," "Aftermath," "Call Me Ninib," "Major Key Alert," "Turtle in a Hare Machine," "Torch," "Derelict," and "Gucci Prison." Watch the teaser here.

The album is set to hit stores on February 17th and the new clip was filmed with director Blake Judd at Jack Brown's Joint, which is said to be Danny's favorite burger bar and watering hole. Watch it here.

The digital release following the 2DVD and 2Blu-ray sets which are scheduled to hit stores on January 27th. Both are available for preorder here. We were sent the following synopsis for the new home video:

The special benefit event will be spread over three dates (Feb 3rd, 4th and 5th) in Williams' hometown of New Orleans at the local music venues Siberia and Poor Boys.

The album is set to be released digitally this Friday, January 20th, and coincides with the "She Rocks Awards" the same day in Anaheim, CA during the annual NAMM Convention.

Chester had the following to say, "I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and jamming at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. I'm excited for the opportunity to share my music and passion with other musicians and fans of what I do."

Austin Dickinson had this to say about the new track, "Bury My Dead is a song about leaving your past behind you. It's very close to my chest because, in starting As Lions and beginning this new adventure, there were a lot of things that I had to leave behind, both as a musician and as a person. I think the same can be said for all people, in all walks of life.

Frontman Kyle Morris had this to say, "Bed Of Liars is the first time the band truly defined itself in sound. It also marks the departure from observations on humanity to introspections on being human.

"The messiness, contradictions, and compromises of love are unraveled between life's tangled sheets of grey, as the band's focus shifts from the head to the heart."

Chaplin had this to say about the new effort, "I wanted there to be no wall between the truth of my experiences and the listener. I felt that was the place to be. No holds barred. It is not a concept album but there is a narrative arc, from the depths of despair to a kind of resolution."

The trek will feature Mayhem performing the entire 1994 album "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" in full, and will launch on Friday (Jan 20th) at Club Solda in Montreal and is set to conclude on February 19th at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City.

To mark the anniversary, Adam Wiener--the EVP/GM of CBS Local Digital Media and publisher of Radio.com--and Paul Witcover, a Brooklyn-based novelist whose most recent book is The Watchman of Eternity, got together for a lengthy conversation about the album. Below is an edited version of that discussion.

Paul Witcover: I was a freshman in college when Low came out. I played it non-stop, much to the annoyance of my father, who hated it. He berated Bowie's voice, comparing it to Anthony Newley's [an English actor, singer and songwriter], who I didn't know at the time, but now I realize that Bowie was influenced by him.

Adam Wiener: I was 11 years old in 6th grade and owned both [1974's] Diamond Dogs and [1974's] David Live, which I discovered thanks to my older brother. Around March of 1977, I took my allowance to the record store, and there was the display for Low. I was immediately drawn to it because Bowie had the same orange hair as he did on the David Live album and I assumed the music was going to be more of the same. At this point any other person might say 'Imagine my disappointment when I heard it� " but that's not what happened. It was like nothing I'd ever heard.

AW: To mark the end of grammar school that June, my teacher threw a party and asked people to bring in albums. Other boys brought in KISS, either Destroyer or Rock and Roll Over. When it was my turn I played 'Always Crashing In The Same Car." Well, I tried to, at least. Despite being a very short song, it didn't make it all the way through before they insisted I take it off so they could again play one of the KISS songs that we'd already heard ten times. The ironic part is none of them really understood that KISS probably wouldn't have existed without Bowie's Ziggy Stardust character.

PW: Prior to that point in my life I had been listening to prog rock bands, electronic acts like Tangerine Dream, and Brian Eno's solo albums. My friends and I had talked about how incredible it would be to have Eno and Bowie collaborate. I heard about Low before it came out, and I knew that Eno was involved. But even then, the album was weirder than I had imagined it could be. I was used to weird soundscapes from these other groups. Low had them, too, but the mix is disjointed, fractured. However, the more you listen, you realize there is a pattern.

PW: After Bowie died, Eno was asked to describe something unique about Bowie that he hadn't yet discussed. He said he never met a singer who would prepare more for a vocal than David, trying countless intonations until he got the exact persona he wanted to convey. 'Be My Wife," complete with an accent on certain words, is a good example of that.