Kings Of Leon slam Qantas Airways

Kings Of Leon's Nathan Followill has slammed Qantas Airways after the carrier's flight cancellations 'fucked up' the band's tour plans.

Flights from the Australian airline have remained grounded for a second day today (October 30) after a row between management and three of its unions over proposed job cuts.

This has forced the Followills to take diverted flights to reach their rescheduled gigs Down Under next week, something that has rankled the drummer.

Writing on his Twitter page, Twitter.com/doctorfollowill, the drummer said:

Dear Qantas, u suck, thanks 4 fucking up my trip 2 Oz. Joberg-Dubai-Sydney. 24 hours in the air. That's how much I love Oz.

The band played in Johannesburg, South Africa last night (29) and are due to kick off their Australian dates next Friday (November 4) at Sydney's Acer Arena, with shows in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth also pencilled in. NME.com

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Watch Trivium New Music Video - Built To Fall

Trivium debuted new music video for Built To Fall on Germany's Rock Hard Magazine website.



"Built To Fall" comes off Trivium's latest album, "In Waves", which sold 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart — the highest U.S. chart entry of the band's career. The group's previous CD, "Shogun", opened with just under 24,000 units back in October 2008 to debut at No. 23. The effort followed up "The Crusade", which registered a first-week tally of 31,000 copies in October 2006 to enter the chart at No. 25.

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Watch Machine Head's Locust Music Video

Machine Head debuted its new music video for the song "Locust" on Metal Hammer.



The track is the third song on the band's new album 'Unto The Locust', which was formally released on Monday (October 24). The record is the band's seventh studio album of their career.

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Steven Tyler loses teeth after bathroom fall

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has reportedly broken two pearly whites from his iconic smile after falling in the shower. Tyler was forced to postpone a planned show in Paraguay while he went to the hospital and got stitches and emergency dental work.

So why did he fall in the bathtub? Some believed that Tyler was drugged up but the firm that organized the Paraguay gig says otherwise on Twitter. Tyler was apparently suffering from food poisoning, bad gastrointestinal problems, and dehydration. He reportedly slipped while taking a shower and his fall was extremely nasty.

“Thank you for all the love regarding my dad and his accident. He is recovering and doing much better. I will pass on all the well wishes,” his daughter Mia Tyler tweeted. “My dad takes a lickin but always keeps on tickin. Can't nothin bring down the Demon Of Screamin!”

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Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck Working on Heavy Side Project‎

Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck has revealed that he's currently working with a few other undisclosed musicians in another band that he describes as being much heavier than his main group and similar to Slipknot and Pantera.

He told Californian radio station 107.7 The Bone that his new band would contain four members and would be recording their debut album over the next few months. He also revealed the band already have demos recorded and have chosen a name.

Asked what the project would sound like, Tuck said it will sound less melodic and more brutally heavy. He described it as "stepping out of his comfort zone".

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U2 Revisit Achtung Baby

U2’s Achtung Baby is now acclaimed as U2’s finest achievement, but the 1991 album nearly didn’t get made. In fact, its beginnings nearly split the Irish band apart.

By the turn of the ’90s, U2 were at a crossroads. They were a major stadium act, but creatively they were faltering. The band had been stung by media criticism of their half studio/half live double album Rattle and Hum. That “toying” with Americana certainly delivered some hits (“Angel Of Harlem,” the Bo Diddley-esque “Desire,” the B.B. King duet “When Love Comes to Town”) but many found the album too much of a pastiche. U2 suddenly became the most loved/hated rock band on the planet. What to do? As Bono told a Dublin crowd in the late ’80s: “We have to go away and dream it all up again.”

As guitarist The Edge later reflected, the “traditionalism” of Rattle and Hum was the exception in the U2 canon. “My view,” he told this author in 1996 “is that Rattle and Hum, for all its traditionalism, is actually our “experimental” record. Achtung Baby got us back to our normality – making dark, very European music with experimental sounds.” Famously, U2 decided to impose new rules for Achtung Baby, the band’s rebirth.

Bono: “Buzzwords on this record were trashy, throwaway, dark, sexy and industrial (all good) and earnest, polite, sweet, righteous, rockist and linear (all bad).”

But the sessions, in Berlin’s Hansa Studios, nearly collapsed completely. U2 had booked Hansa hoping to capture the “greatness” of two of their favorite albums: David Bowie’s Low and “Heroes” that were recorded there. But when they turned up, they couldn’t even write a song. “The greatness,” Bono laughs on the new U2 documentary From The Sky Down, “had left the building.” Gibson.com

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Coldplay - 'Mylo Xyloto' Review

It can’t be easy being Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin, with so many critics working overtime to justify their contempt, picking apart his band’s words not for enjoyment but in a search for the cheesiest mixed metaphors, listening to melodies not for pleasure but to uncover the most obvious borrowed musical idea — “U.F.O.” sounds way too much like Big Star’s “Try Again,” for example — scouring every Hallmark-ian reference to nature, time passing and the struggles of life in a never-ending search for a chink in his (elegantly casual) armor.

It’s not going to get any easier for Martin and the rest of Coldplay after “Mylo Xyloto,” Album No. 5, which sees the most appealingly unoriginal band of the ’00s continuing on its path of least resistance by offering vague, neutral opening lines such as “Once upon a time somebody ran away.” That’s the first lyric of “Princess of China,” a song about fading love with telegraphed rhymes (“Once upon a time we burned bright/ Now all we ever seem to do is fight”) that read bland on the page and are rendered tiny and inconsequential when coupled with the heavily produced beat that surrounds them.

“Life goes on, it gets so heavy/ The wheel breaks the butterfly,” Martins sings repeatedly on “Paradise,” never fully connecting the butterfly, the wheel, or how one broke the other, while the rest of the band delivers just enough variation on the Coldplay template to protect themselves from charges of self-plagiarism.

The only thing Coldplay could do at this point to shake away its platitudinal reputation — besides never again rhyming the words “pain” with “rain,” as Martin does on “Up With the Birds” — would be to risk everything by kicking its singer out of the band and hiring Peaches or somehow resurrecting punk nihilist GG Allin from the grave. Of course, that’s not the band’s charge. Coldplay is an expert at pleasure or at least poking into pockets of emotion without disturbing anything too much. Every touch of lyrical bitterness is followed by enough sugar to mask the taste, which might be good in the short term but isn’t a recipe for long-term health.

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Darkest Hour - Your Everyday Disaster Music Video

U.S. melodic death metal band Darkest Hour premiered its new video for the song "Your Everyday Disaster" on Metal Hammer Germany's website. The song appears on the band's latest effort "The Human Romance" released earlier this February.

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Listen Metallica and Lou Reed 'Lulu' Online

Metallica and Lou Reed are streaming their new collaboration album 'Lulu' online in full at their official website Loureedmetallica.com.

The album, which is based around German playwright Frank Wedekind's 1913 play about the life of an abused dancer, is due for formal release on October 31, with the North American release following a day later on November 1, but is now available to be heard in full.

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Coldplay‎'s Paradise Music Video Makes Me Very Sad

Coldplay have announced plans to stream one song a day in the build up to the release of their forthcoming album 'Mylo Xyloto'.

The week of free songs kicked off yesterday (October 18) on iTunes with their Rihanna collaboration 'Princess Of China', which first surfaced online two days ago (October 17). The official video for single 'Paradise' has also been posted up online.



This video makes me very, very sad. When did Coldplay lose their soul? I can't respect them anymore!

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Coldplay feat. Rihanna?? WTF!

Actually Coldplay is lucky enough to have Rihanna in their song, and I'm sure people gonna buy his single for rihanna and his album for this song only!!!

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Asking Alexandria - Not The American Average (Live Music Video) and Lyric

Asking Alexandria has posted a new live music video online for "Not The American Average," which was shot at Epicenter 2011 in Irvine, CA at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.



Lyrics to Asking Alexandria - Not The American Average :
(1,2,3,4)
All the things that you said was it all in my head?

Come on baby
Keep it down, honey hush your lips
Clothes trailing from the backdoor to the bedroom
And I don’t even know your name

(Woo) Give me all you’ve got
Make this night worth my time
Make this worth my time

Oh what I would give to live this night again
I knew when I first saw you
You’d fuck like a whore
You’d fuck like a whore
Hope they hear you screaming for more

Your thighs were made for cheeks to graze
My lips, your poison
They bring you down to your knees
Your thighs were made for cheeks to graze
My lips, your poison
They bring you down to your knees

(Oh, come on)

Girl get down
It’s almost over
Take it all the way (Oh!)

You stupid fucking whore

And after all of all my dreaming being only you
You’re standing there baby
Oh the things that I could do
Back to the wall with a drink in my hand
Back it up, baby; ride, ride, ride

One step too late
And I never told you (never told you)
That I can't take another disappointment
Breathing and grasping
All leads to another messy ending
Breathing and grasping
All leads to another messy ending

With your back against the wall
With your face buried in the pillow
I see you cold, I feel you heartless

Bitch, you stupid fucking bitch
You stupid fucking bitch

Fucking bitch

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Anthrax Guitarist Talks About Branding And Social Media

Tim Clark of Forbes.com recently conducted an interview with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Forbes.com: Like it or not, Anthrax is a brand. How do you protect and nurture it?

Scott: Branding is such a huge part of what we do which means protecting the brand at all costs. You could also say this is a baby we all have to take care of. That includes five guys in the band, management, our agent and the head of our record label. If one person misses a feeding a lot of shit will go wrong. If we do our job and write good songs then people are still going to want to be involved with us. We've played some of the biggest shows in our career, in the last two years, in places we've never been before. That really shows us how many people all over the world want to be involved in this brand.

Forbes.com: Does Anthrax use social media to stay in touch with fans?

Scott: I'd say social media is one of the few positives that the Internet has given the music business. Certainly Twitter is something I have embraced since I got into it a year ago. To be able to talk to people without a middle man… it's a great way for me to express myself. I think you get to know people a little bit better through Twitter. It's a really cool window into the world and a really great tool to market your band. I have about 60,000 followers on Twitter and ANTHRAX has about the same. It would be really interesting to know how many people found out about the new record because of us tweeting about it. I bet it's a pretty big percentage. You're able to motivate people directly. It doesn't take weeks for budgets to be approved, ads placed in magazines. Just go online and there's 60,000 people that want to hear what you have to say. View full post on Forbes.com

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Fans of Motley Crue Scammed By Fake Concert Promoters in Indonesia

Fans of the rock band Motley Crue have allegedly been scammed out of $60,000 (£37,900) by a fake concert promoter.

News site Tempo Interactive are reporting that more than 1,500 tickets were purchased for a non-existent show that had been billed as the band’s first ever gig in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Jakarta Globe newspaper had reported on September 21 that Motley Crue would be coming to Indonesia on October 8, causing fans to purchase tickets for $40 (£25) from music promoter MLive, until members of the band discredited the story.

MLive chief executive Astri Darmawanti has pledged that the company will refund all of the tickets sold, and that 100 customers have already been reimbursed. Astri, who also claimed that the show had been scheduled before the band cancelled the date, added: "I am now destroyed. This has turned into an attack against me personally.

Even those who didn’t buy the tickets are saying bad things. Astri said her company would return ticket buyers’ money in stages adding that all would be compensated by the end of October. Central Jakarta district police chief Lt. Col. Angesta Romano Yoyol said that some angry fans had already reported MLive management to the police for fraud. An investigation is ongoing but no suspects have been named.

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Limp Bizkit Singer Fred Durst To Star In New Sitcom, "Douchebag"

Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst has been confirmed to star in a new sitcom which will air on CBS, tentatively entitled, "Douchebag."

The singer has signed a deal with CBS TV Studios to star in and produce the sitcom, which will be written by Matthew Carlson, who has penned episodes of Malcolm In The Middle, The Wonder Years and most recently Mr. Sunshine.

According to Deadline, the sitcom's plot will centre around a rock legend who is trying and struggling to find the right balance between his high profile lifestyle and trying to raise a family. It is set to hit screens in the US sometime in 2012.

According to NME, Durst and his bandmates in Limp Bizkit are currently on a break after their summer tour in support of comeback album 'Gold Cobra', which was released earlier this year. I hope this series does well and allows him to retire comfortably.

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Dave Grohl Drums For Cage The Elephant - Shake Me Down

Foo Fighters rocker Dave Grohl has temporarily joined Cage The Elephant to cover for their sick drummer. The band, who are currently supporting the Foo Fighters on their U.S. tour, were left without a sticksman when Jared Champion's appendix burst on Monday evening.

Cage The Elephant's guitarist Lincoln Parrish tells Spin, "He (Champion) had an ulcer for a couple days, then at 1am it was just unbearable, so he went to the emergency room. He was rushed straight into surgery.



Awesome, too bad the crowd is boring.

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Why Blink 182 New Album Took So Long to Make?

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker blamed tour burnout, saying: "You're playing shows every day and you're doing tour after tour like we were 10 years ago, and there's no communication. Everyone's burnt. The air was so thick around us back in the day you could cut it with a knife. It was so bad right before we broke up."

The drummer also said that, after Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge came to visit him in the days after his 2008 plane crash, they reconnected instantly, despite having not spoken for some time.

He added: When we look back now, after my crash when Tom and Mark finally came to my house, about 30 seconds went by and Tom and Mark are telling dick jokes. It's like, 'Look, you dickheads didn't talk to each other for six years and now everything's completely fine.' You realise how petty some of the shit was we were all fighting over.

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Paramore to Release Three Tracks Online

Paramore have announced that they will be releasing three new singles over the next three months. “As most of you already know, when we went into the studio at the beginning of the year to record ‘Monster’ we also recorded a few other songs,” the band noted on their official site.

It begins with new single 'Renegade'. It will be followed by new track 'Hello Cold World', which will come out on November 7 and finally 'In The Mourning', which will come out on December 5.

This is Paramore's studio version of Renegade. Is it cool?

All the 3 tracks will only be available for purchase from the band's official website Paramore.net and will not be sold via iTunes or in stores.

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Radiohead had no desire to promote The King Of Limbs?

Radiohead have spoken about the reasons behind their decision to release The King Of Limbs without any promotional interviews, gigs or fanfare of any kind. In an interview with NPR, Radiohead's frontman Thom Yorke said they “didn't want to explain it”, while guitarist Ed O'Brien added: “We didn't feel like it.”

The band also spoke about the way in which they recorded the album and have compared it to editing a film. They are so funny LOLOL. Radiohead release their new remix album 'TKOL 1234567' today (October 10). They celebrate its release at London's Corsica Studios tomorrow (October 11) with a launch evening.

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Paul McCartney Marries Nancy Shevell

As you know, Paul McCartney married Nancy Shevell in a civil ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall, London on 9 October 2011. They had been dating since November 2007. I've found this cool video on YouTube.

Watch Paul McCartney Marries Nancy Shevell Video


According to CNN, Ringo Starr was there, as was iconic U.S. television host Barbara Walters, who reportedly played a role in introducing McCartney and Shevell, an American trucking heiress. Congratulations to Sir Paul McCartney & Nancy Shevell.

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Check Out Aiden New Track "Broken Bones" With Lyric

It has been announced that Aiden will release a new album entitled "Some Kind of Hate" on October 25. Today the band are streaming the new lyric video "Broken Bones". Is it good? Just play it and feel their fresh song!

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Ex-Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh Dies Aged 40

Mikey Welsh, 40, was found dead in a Chicago hotel room. He was found unresponsive on his hotel room floor at after failing to check out of his hotel room at 1 p.m. on Saturday, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.

Hotel staff checked the room and found him, Kubiak said. He was staying at the Raffaello Hotel on the 200 block of East Delaware Place. A spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said Welsh was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:50 p.m.

"As many of you may have heard, Mikey Welsh has passed away," read a note posted to the group's "Weezerpedia" page. "The news was announced via his official Facebook page earlier in the evening. Understanding that many here are grieving, Weezerpedia has created a digital eulogy page for Mikey Welsh where fans can post stories, pictures, or thoughts. R.I.P. Mikey."

Welsh was born April 20, 1971 in Syracuse, New York. He started off as a Boston-area musician, playing in bands such as Heretix, Chevy Heston, Jocobono, Left Nut, and Slower. He was also Juliana Hatfield's touring bassist. In 1997 he joined the first incarnation of The Rivers Cuomo Band, the side-project of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo.

He joined Weezer following the departure of Matt Sharp in 1998. During Weezer's hiatus he played with Verbena and the first incarnation of Patrick Wilson's band The Special Goodness. He wrote a large number of bass lines in this period, recorded them and sent them to Rivers Cuomo for writing inspiration., although Cuomo never used any of them. Instead, he contributed four of these to Juliana Hatfield's 2000 album Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure. Welsh was given a co-writing credit for four songs.

Mikey Welsh left Weezer in 2001 for reasons that were left unclear to the public for several years after it happened. It was eventually revealed that he did in fact have a nervous breakdown due to drug use, undiagnosed mental conditions, and the constant wear of touring. The combination of these factors ultimately led Welsh to attempt suicide via drug overdose. He was checked in to a psychiatric hospital sometime during August 2001. Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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