Rock Report September 1st 2010
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Linkin Park will perform their new single "The Catalyst" on the MTV Video Music Awards. The show airs September 12th. Singer Chester Bennington said: "After two years of working on our new album, we're looking forward to sharing our first live performance of new music with our fans."
Green Day was performing in Denver, Colorado when they debuted a brand new song called "Cigarettes And Valentines." "Cigarettes And Valentines" isn't exactly new, but you may have never heard it before. In 2003, the band recorded 20 songs for a follow-up LP to their "Shenanigans" album that they were going to call "Cigarettes And Valentines". That never happened because the master recordings were mysteriously stolen from the studio. Instead of starting from scratch, Green Day made "American Idiot" instead. So this tune is kind of like a holdover. Green Day also announced they were recorded a new live album at their concert in Denver this past Saturday.
SEE IT HERE:
Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant admitted that he feels disconnected from heavy rock, saying his music tastes changed in recent years compared to Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, who plays with Them Crooked Vultures. Plant talked about recently watching Them Crooked Vultures and how his ears "bled for two days". He said: "I feel so far away from heavy rock now. It's quite odd, how mine and John's paths seem to have crossed over. We've sort of gone into each others' worlds a bit."
(beware some possible NSFW language in the following. I didn’t hear any when I watched it, but it’s possible some could have slipped in there…)
SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson spoke to Billboard.com about his new solo project, SID, which has completed work on a full-length album for a tentative fall release. He also talked about the death of bassist Paul Gray. He said the band hasn't spoken much about their future, saying "Before the incident everyone was getting ready to take a break from Slipknot and go work on their side projects for a little bit. Now we're trying to move forward and keep with the plans that we had prior to the incident. When the time comes, forces will bring us back together again. But as of now I can't even predict when that will happen. It's a magical thing, and you can't predict magic."
A new two-minute teaser for "Blood Into Wine", the award-winning documentary about Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan’s winery.The film will be loaded with bonus features when it arrives in stores on Sept. 7. See it here.
Audio samples of all 10 tracks that appear on "Avalon", the long-in-the-works debut solo album from GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The CD is scheduled for release on September 14.
Artisan News Service spoke with IRON MAIDEN's founding bassist Steve Harris and singer Bruce Dickinson about the success of the band's latest album, The Final Frontier and will it be the last? "I think not,' says Harris. "I think everyone knew when we put this album out people were going to be wondering about the title, if it was the beginning of the end or the end itself. Hopefully not. I would definitely like to make another album."
MusicRadar.com recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. Read it here
