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KISS’ Paul Stanley has fathered a new starchild. The 57 year old Stanley seems to have no plans of slowing down. With KISS planning their 35 year anniversary tour and his wife pumping out KISS Army soldiers, the Rock And Roll (is definitely not) Over.
The Ronnie James Dio-led version of Black Sabbath, now known as Heaven And Hell are set to release their first album under that moniker. “The Devil You Know” will mark the first studio effort from Dio, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Vinny Appice, since the Sabbath album, “Dehumanizer” from 1992. With song titles like, “Bible Black”, and “Eating the Cannibals”, it’s good to know that these metal gods are still leaning towards hell.
Rumors are a-swirling. Supposedly on Wednesday, there was a vendor convention held by Best Buy in Dallas and at this supposed convention Guns manager Andy Gould told the Best Buy employees that the 62 year in the making Chinese Democracy album will be released on November 25 and sold exclusively at Best Buy. Like we said about AC/DC we are getting sick of this exclusive shit, but enough of that for now. The Guns manager then played 3 tracks. He also confirmed that the track “If The World” would be in the new Leonardo Dicaprio and Russell Crowe movie Body Of Lies, it would close out the movie as the credits role. Now take this rumor with a grain of salt, actually make that a keg of salt. Who knows if it’s bullshit or not, but man that Dr. Pepper is gonna taste sweet. They’re saving me .75 cents. Man, what a great world.
AC/DC have scheduled the North American leg of their upcoming Black Ice world tour, the band’s first since 2001. How Angus still fits in his school boy outfit still amazes us and creeps us out. The “Rock N Roll Train” opens in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 28th and wraps up on December 18th in Charlotte, NC (more North American dates will be added soon). AC/DC will then take the train to South America, Asia and Europe before returning to the U.S. for a run through stadiums in the summer of 2009. Tickets go on sale September 20th. Click below to see all the dates.
Great White has reached a settlement with the families of victims and survivors of the 2003 Station nightclub fire that claimed 100 lives. The band agreed to pay a combined $1,000,000 to the more than 300 defendants. As part of the settlement, the band deny any wrong doing in the February 2003 fire. While band members were never charged with any crimes, Great White manager Daniel Biechele served half of a four-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter. The state of Rhode Island and town of Warwick also settled with defendants last month for $10 million.
A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” on his website was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000. Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N’ Roses songs on his site in June. The songs were later removed. In later posts, Cogill wrote that the FBI had questioned him and asked his readers if any of them knew a good attorney. He was represented Wednesday by a federal public defender. RockHeap knows a good lawyer, just call 1-800-your-a-fuckin-dumb-ass.
All star metal band Big Noize will rock the troops in Iraq and Kuwait in September. The tour includes a show on September 11 which will mark the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. The band is made up of Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple/Rainbow/Yngwie Malmsteen), Bassist Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne), Guitarist Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot), Drummer Simon Wright (ACDC, Dio) and Keyboardist Alex Bubenheim. They will play in Kuwait on Sept. 5 and in Iraq on Sept. 7, 8, 10 & 11.
AC/DC’s new album Black Ice will have three different collectible covers in yellow, red and white. This is being done to hide the puke which fans will hurl when they are forced to buy the album from Wal-Mart.
Lemmy and Co. are back on the scene with their new album, Motorizer. They have been going at it for 30 years now and they do not let up. Click below to check out a nice widget to preview the album and dive in to a whole bunch of Motorhead goodness.
Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic is scheduled to drop on September 12. We came across the video above of the band performing the first single, “The Day That Never Comes” at the Leeds festival in jolly old England. For more Death Magnetic news and previews, check out the below widget.
It’s been more than 25 years since the corporations have sucked the life-force out of rock music, but never in my wildest dreams did i ever expect AC/DC and the world’s largest retailer to jump into bed together, but apparently hell has frozen over. If you want the new AC/DC album the only place to get it is, Wal-Mart. If the thought of stepping into a Wal-Mart repels you, it can be pre-ordered starting today on walmart.com, samsclub.com and acdc.com. The album, titled “Black Ice”, is available for $11.88. The Brendan O’Brien-produced LP, the band’s first in eight years, isn’t due in Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores until October 20th, and the first single “Rock ‘N’ Roll Train” hits August 28th. Click thru for the album tracklist.
Metallica have completed mixing their new album, Death Magnetic, and announced the first leg of their North American tour, which starts October 21st in Glendale, Arizona and ends January 31st in Newark, New Jersey. Check out all the dates after the jump.