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Posted Thursday morning
 Couple of more hours til I board a flight to Columbus for Rock on the Range 2013! To say this is probably their biggest and baddest to date is an understatement! Three days of solid rock the way we like it! Unfortunately for you, I won’t be bringing my computer, but if I can steal someone’s who not using it backstage, I may be able to do some updates, so check in frequently!…One band I wish was there is Five Finger Death Punch, who just released a lyric video for “Lift Me Up,” the first single from the band’s upcoming double album, The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell. (Check it out here.) The song arrived at radio stations and digital retailers earlier this week after the group performed it live at the Golden Gods Awards on May 2nd with guest vocalist Rob Halford of Judas Priest. Halford also appears on the studio version and Five Finger frontman Ivan Moody told us about the session: “I come in, and there’s the man, the myth himself, the metal god Rob Halford singing one of our tracks. And I sat there and talked to him for a good three hours, and as you know, he just played the Golden God Awards with us — I mean, the guy is just a fantastic human being, man, and it’s such an honor to have him be a part of this.” Cool stuff….Well, last night in Belle Vernon, PA, Korn played their first full show in 8 years with Head on board. To say this is a milestone is an understatement as well! Me? I am counting the hours til I see them tomorrow night!…. Well, that was fast: just a few months after being announced as part of the new Nine Inch Nails lineup constructed by Trent Reznor, bassist Eric Avery has pulled out of the band, writing on Facebook, “It’s been a tough call and I don’t know if it’s the right one. I really want to focus on my musical life here in L.A., on film work in particular.” Avery spent last year on tour with Garbage and said he was “overwhelmed” at the thought of going out again with NIN. He added, “I just got home from a year of heavy travel with Garbage, the idea of leaving town for another year and a half, and with all the intensity that Nails demands . . . fortunately my friend Trent understands all this and appreciated my pulling the plug now instead of deep into 2013 and ’14.” Avery was a founding member of Jane’s Addiction, although he left in 1991, rejoined in 2008, and departed again in 2010. (Thanks Pulse Content)….Happy 48th today to Krist Novoselic and Happy 39th to Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D.
Posted Wednesday afternoon
MAY 24 – 26
FRIDAY, MAY 24:
Retrospect Records Stage:
3:15 Fist of Rage
4:00 London’s Dungeon
5:10 Ruff Justice
6:35 Bai Bang
8:05 Hessler
9:45 The Last Vegas
Hard Rock Casino Stage:
3:15 Zero Crossing
4:00 Otherwise
5:10 The Sword
6:35 Escape the Fate
8:05 Clutch
9:45 Device
Main stage:
4:35 All That Remains
5:45 Ratt
7:10 Papa Roach
8:40 Bush
10:30 Guns n’ Roses
SATURDAY, MAY 25:
Retrospect Records Stage:
3:15 Emerald City
4:00 Sisters Doll
5:15 Big Trouble
6:45 Black Tora
8:15 London
9:45 Wildstreet
12:05 Golden state
12:45 Sunset Riot
1:25 Mystery
Hard Rock Casino Stage:
4:00 O’Brother
5:15 Bookroyal
6:45 We as Human
8:15 Young Guns
9:45 Asking Alexandria
12:05 Mindset Evolution
Main Stage:
4:35 Big Wreck
5:50 Halestorm
7:20 Skillet
8:50 Bullet For My Valentine
10:30 Alice in Chains
SUNDAY, MAY 26:
Retrospect Records Stage:
3:15 Wicked
4:00 Ragdoll
5:15 Station
6:40 Firstryke
8:05 Switchblade Scarlett
9:45 Lynum
12:05 Ryhme
12:45 Nasty Habit
1:25 The Glitter Boys
Hard Rock Casino Stage:
4:00 Scorpion Child
5:15 Heaven’s Basement
6:40 Red Line Chemistry
8:05 Thousand Foot Krutch
9:45 Motionless in White
12:05 American Fangs
Main Stage:
4:30 Dokken
5:50 Steel Panther
7:15 Hollywood Undead
8:40 Cheap Trick
10:30 Korn
Posted Wednesday morning
 I am sad about Wes Scantlin from Puddle of Mudd. What happened to him? Doesn’t he have anyone in his life who cares about him enough to do an intervention with him? I mean, less than a week after being arrested on warrants stemming from his 2012 cocaine possession case, he has been arrested again — this time on charges of domestic violence. According to TMZ, Scantlin became physically abusive with his ex-wife Jessica at a business in West Hollywood on Monday afternoon (May 13th), shaking her and trying to drag her by her shirt. Witnesses called the police and Scantlin was hauled off in custody. He was still behind bars at press time with bail set at $20,000. Scantlin was said to be extremely uncooperative during his arrest, with one source calling him “mouthy.” Where’s his bandmates? His manager? His lawyer? Someone who might care enough to sit him down and tell him he needs to stop this behavior before it lands him in jail for a long while. Just recently, Scantlin was stopped for speeding on May 7th and was booked by Hollywood police after they ran his information and found two outstanding warrants for his arrest — one for driving with a suspended license and the other related to his January 2012 cocaine possession bust. He was released on bail later that night. In February, his ex claimed he stole her car. It was returned hours later although Scantlin’s manager denied the singer took it. After pleading guilty last summer to the cocaine charge, Scantlin was ordered into a drug counseling program and told he would have the possession charge against him dropped if he completed the program within 18 months. He was also charged with public intoxication last year after being thrown off a Jet Blue flight from Boston to Los Angeles, although the judge in the case ruled that there was “insufficient evidence” to prosecute the singer. Wes, please. Wes has also had problems with back tax payments in addition to last year’s ugly divorce battle with Jessica. Dude, get help!….Metallica’s upcoming IMAX 3D movie, Metallica Through The Never, is heading to the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off this week in France. According to Blabbermouth, the movie will be screened and shopped for prospective buyers at the event by international sales company Exclusive Media. Drummer Lars Ulrich said, “After wading through multiple international distribution options for our film, we are excited to be partnering up with the folks at Exclusive Media, who we feel understand Metallica and understand our film better than anyone else . . . it feels like we’re off to a pretty rockin’ start.” (Thanks Pulse Content, where I also saw this…) Linkin Park will headline the 2013 edition of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, according to Loudwire. The Los Angeles-based band follows in the footsteps of previous headliners the Doors, Slash and Ozzy Osbourne. The festival will take place on August 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the many clubs that dot Hollywood’s famous Sunset Strip, including the Roxy, Whisky-A-Go-Go, Viper Room and House of Blues. The festival will turn into a street fair for its final day on Sunday, August 3rd. Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda said in a statement, “We played our first shows as a band in 1998, on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. When we were approached about an opportunity to play a special show on the Strip, we couldn’t say no . . . this will be the ONLY U.S. show for the rest of 2013.” Members of Linkin Park’s LP Underground fan club can purchase pre-sale tickets at lpunderground.com, while general public sales begin on today (May 15th) at 9:00 a.m. More acts will be announced in the weeks ahead….Just three days til I get to see Korn reunited with Head on stage! We’ll be interviewing the entire band and it’s reported the band has completed work on its 11th studio album, with frontman Jonathan Davis writing on Twitter, “(This is) by far the best album we have ever done. (I am) so excited!!!” (Spoke to their manager this week, and he said the same thing! Needless to say, I am not leaving the dressing room til I hear something!) The album is the first to feature founding guitarist Brian “Head” Welch since 2003′s Take A Look In The Mirror. Welch left the band in 2005 to pursue a solo career and devote more of his life to Christianity, but rejoined them for one gig last year and several more in 2013, leading to plans to record together again. Welch told Rolling Stone, “We knew we would have a blast playing together, because we love each other so much, but we really wanted to make sure the music felt right before we committed to making a whole album together. But since we got in the studio, everything just started pouring out, now I can’t wait until our fans hear this stuff!“ The new Korn set is due out in late summer and will follow up 2011′s The Path Of Totality, which found the group experimenting with dubstep. While fans expect a return to a more traditional Korn sound with Welch back in the band, Davis told us not long ago that Korn is never afraid to take risks: “We’re one of those bands that take the chance and we really just want to put out music that we like making. We don’t care if the people hate or if the people love it — we just want people to have open minds. I think it takes balls as a band to do something like that and to throw something out different, ’cause most bands are scared and they end up sounding the same every record.” The new record will feature four-fifths of the original Korn lineup, with only original drummer David Silveria not on board. Korn will kick off a world tour on Wednesday (May 15th) in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. This will be Welch’s first full run of dates with the band after playing one song with them last year at the Carolina Rebellion festival. And today, you can catch Head in an exclusive hardDrive interview video talking about his return to Korn and his own band, Love and Death. Find it here….Bush’s Gavin Rossdale is a brave man! The frontman got a more enthusiastic response than he bargained for when he ventured into the crowd during a gig at the Klipsch Music Center in Indianapolis on Saturday (May 11th). With his mic in hand singing lyrics to a tune, Rossdale hopped off the stage and ran down the aisles, past the seats and onto the lawn — where the trouble began. Fans on the lawn crowded too eagerly around Rossdale and he was soon admonishing the sea of people to take a step back before the things got out of hand. The band stopped playing so everyone could hear him on the mic, and eventually the crowd cleared and Gav made his way safely out of the potentially frightening situation. (Loudwire) Meanwhile, look for Gav in the upcoming Sofia Coppola film, The Bling Ring, and be listening closely to their sets, as the band have been performing two new tunes, “The House Is On Fire” and “Loneliness Is A Killer.” The band have been working on their next album in their spare time. I will sit down with the talented Mr Rossdale on Sunday. Find the band now on tour….And some lucky person or persons could win the 350 Million Dollar Powerball drawing tonight. Good luck!
Posted Tuesday morning
 The news reported today of a woman who was removed from a flight from LA to NYC for singing, non-stop, “I Will Always Love You,” off-key practically half way across the country. The plane landed in Kansas City where she was removed from the cabin. Times like these when your own headphones and some nice LOUD HARD MUSIC comes in extremely handy!…..Damn, wish I wasn’t so busy preparing to head off to Rock on the Range or I would definitely be checking this out tonight! 30 Seconds To Mars will perform a special show on Tuesday night (May 14th) at historic St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan’s Chelsea district, during which the band will preview songs from its upcoming album Love Lust Faith Dreams. The event will be filmed by online music and entertainment streaming service Vevo for a concert special that will be webcast at a later date. Love Lust Faith Dreams arrives one week later on May 21st and follows up 2009′s This Is War. The show will feature a mix of electric and acoustic numbers, according to a press release. St. Peter’s Church is located on West 20th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in the New York borough of Manhattan (I was at that church years ago for Liza Minelli‘s wedding to David Guest when Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor were in the wedding party! I know, so random!) The first single from the new album, “Up In The Air,” is currently Number Five on the Modern Rock radio chart and Number 22 on the Active Rock chart. Creating a webcast for Vevo is just one more notch in the belts of a band that has been an earlier adopter of online tech to reach its fans. Singer Jared Leto told us a while back about his interest in this field: “What’s interesting is using new technologies to enhance the idea of communication and to further community. I’m always interested in where the online meets the offline and, you know, we look forward to operating in that space a lot more in the future.” 30 Seconds To Mars will perform on the outdoor stage of ABC-TV’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 21st and on TNT’s Conan (O’Brien) on May 22nd….In stores today, the great new album from Pop Evil, Onyx. Produced and recorded in Chicago at Johnny K‘s GrooveMaster Studios, the band is on tour now and you can catch them this weekend at Rock on the Range! And Escape the Fate are back with Ungrateful…It’s So Easy And Other Lies, an autobiographical documentary about the life of former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, will be previewed this week at the Cannes Film Festival in France, where distributor Vision Films will be showing a teaser and clips from the film to prospective buyers. The film, based on McKagan’s best-selling memoir, features rare archival footage from the early days of Guns N’ Roses as well as interviews with colleagues like Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready and Nirvana‘s Krist Novoselic. The movie will also feature recent footage of McKagan performing with his bands Walking Papers and Loaded. Release plans are yet to be determined. (Blabbermouth)…Happy 47th today to Mike Inez of Alice In Chains! (Can’t wait to see them this weekend at Rock on the Range!)
Posted Monday morning
VOLBEAT, HIM, ALL THAT REMAINS, AIRBOURNE
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, MAY 17
AUG:
24: Twin Lakes, WI @ Shadow Hill Ranch Festival
31: Tulsa, OK @ Convention Center
SEP:
03: Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverick Centre
04: Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at the Hard Rock
06: Seattle, WA @ KISW Pain in the Grass
19: Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
22: Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
27: Boston, MA @ Tsongas Arena
28: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Waterfront
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