Today's Day in Rock Stories

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But it appears that it is his former band Metallica that is the hold out. Mustaine told Today Weekend, "I think the people in Slayer's camp and in Anthrax's camp have made it clear that we'd like to play (and that) we like our heritage.

Smith spoke to the Las Vegas Weekly ahead of the band's Sin City residency and was asked about what interaction he had with Perry during the Rock Hall event.

He responded, "Whatever you saw on stage was it! (Laughs.) I think some of the guys saw him backstage for a little bit, but I just saw him onstage. It was great to see him. It had been since 2005, when we got a star in Hollywood - that was the last time I saw him. So it was good to see him, and he was very gracious. I thought he gave a beautiful speech, thanking the band and the management and the fans."

"The Shape" was one of the tracks featured on the band's 2001 sophomore album "Iowa" but the band didn't perform the song live until their Knot Fest last year where they played the album in its entirety.

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar oversees a supernatural dunk contest in the clip directed by Isaac Rentz. "Good Goodbye" is the third tune issued in advance of the May 19 release of the band's seventh album, following the lead single, "Heavy" ft. Kiiara - currently No. 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 - and "Battle Symphony."

"A friend of yours revealed to me / That you'd loved me all the time. Kept it secret from your wives / You believed it was no crime. You called me once to ask me things I couldn't quite divine. Maybe that's why I have tried to dismiss you, tried to dismiss you," Simons sings in the lost verse.

The new song is named after his youngest daughter and the lyrics detail a conversation with her with lines like "She said 'What if I fall?'�and I said, 'What if you fly?'"

Michaels had this to say about the track, "This song is as raw and stripped down as it gets. This is a man sharing his trials and tribulations in such a way that he hopes to inspire his daughter to chase her dreams with no apologies, while keeping her feet planted firmly on the ground."

Szeliga was confirmed following a series of auditions with several players in Los Angeles last month; the two parties first crossed paths when the Irish rockers were touring North America as Thin Lizzy with Judas Priest in 2012 and Black Label Society were also on the bill.

"I'm delighted to welcome Chad Szeliga to the Black Star Riders family," says singer Ricky Warwick. "Chad is an amazing drummer, a great guy and will powerfully strengthen BSR's resolve going forward."

BuzzAngle Music reports that the best-selling Record Store Day vinyl album was the Grateful Dead set P.N.E. Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 7/29/66.

The song, which has '80s pop/new wave written all over its peppy rhythm, jagged guitars and slightly whiny (in that Duran Duran way) vocals, will be featured on the band's self-titled album, which comes out May 12.

In addition to the new drummer, the band features his brother ), John Jarvis also of Pig Destroyer, Derek Engemann of Cattle Decapitation and Chase Fraser (Continuum, Animosity, Decrepit Birth).

The cruise will be taking place from February 26th through March 2nd of 2018 and the lineup will be lead by Bonamassa's supergroup Black Country Communion, which also features Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian.

The initial lineup also includes Los Lobos, JJ Grey & Mofro, Ana Popovic, North Mississippi Allstars, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, The James Hunter Six, Matt Andersen, Kirk Fletcher & Josh Smith, Marcus King Band, Greyhounds, Toronzo Cannon, Larkin Poe, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, New Orleans Suspects, The Steepwater Band, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, Jack Broadbent, The Bros. Landreth, and Juzzie Smith, with additional artists still be announced.

The new live video was captured during a show at the Alexandra Palace in London during Easter Weekend, which was part of their just wrapped European tour. Watch the video here.

The new set will feature new artwork, rare photos and 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI from lacquers cut by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA and can be preordered here.

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth had this to say about the addition, "Overkill would like to announce its newest member, behind the kit and steering the ship, Jason 'Sticks' Bittner.

The vinyl reissues follow the CD versions which were released last week. We were sent the following details, and tracklisting for new editions of the band's second, third and fourth albums:

"Footprints on the Moon" started out as a scribble on the back of a grocery store receipt I borrowed from my mom at a Train/Maroon 5 concert. I'd just graduated high school, and my graduation present from my parents was concert tickets to see Train and Maroon 5.

Twice in a row. Because I'm a complete fangirl. Seriously though, Train and Maroon 5 in one concert? I couldn't miss it. But anyway. This was the second of the two shows, at the NY State Fair in Syracuse; the first was in Saratoga. Mom came with me (she's a pretty big Train fan herself).

It was a beautiful summer night, and we had awesome seats in about the tenth row. I remember looking up at Pat Monahan belting it out in his skinny-tie-and-vest getup and just thinking, "Man. I want to be up there." And all of the sudden these lyric lines started coming into my head. So I turned to Mom and asked her if she had anything I could use to jot something down. A grocery store receipt, a BIC pen, and a few seconds later, I was knelt down by my seat, scrambling to write down the idea in my head before I lost it.

And then the show was over, and we went home, and I stuck the receipt in the drawer of my bedside table with all my other random crumpled-up slips of song ideas and forgot about it. Fast forward to this winter, when we were writing for our new album "Go" and I found the scribbles while leafing through my pile of lyric notes looking for ideas. I turned it over, saw the words "footprints on the moon," remembered my Pat Monahan moment, and decided that this was an idea I shouldn't put back in the drawer. This one had to be written.

I took the pieces of words and melody I had to Chris, and he worked his magic and transformed them into this groovy jam. I think the kind of authentic, retro energy he infused it with really fits the song's message. Lyrically, this is a tune about going all-in for your dreams: you've got a plan, you can visualize it in your head, and there's no stopping you until you get there. It's a feeling I think anyone who's had a dream they want to make into reality can relate to. We've just gotta go for it, you know? And then when we took the song to our producer, David Bourgeois, he immediately had all these great production ideas that would really drive home that message. I think the cherry on the top was arranging for Danny Louis of Gov't Mule to play Hammond Organ on the track. That guy can slay. And slay he did; his organ work, combined with Chris's guitar playing, really takes the whole tune up a notch.

Fast forward again to last week, when we found out that "Footprints on the Moon" was the #5 Most Added Song on the Billboard Triple A Indicator Chart. Like, woah. I guess dreams really do come true.

Shoutout to Pat Monahan for making it happen.