Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Reveals Album DetailsNovember 20, 2008
The new album, Lonely Road, streets on Feb. 3, 2009, and is preceded digitally by the current hit track, “You Better Pray,” as well as a fan’s only studio demo for “Pen & Paper,” available at the band’s RedJumpsuitAlliance.com website, and now on MySpace. To mark the release, RJA will embark on a headlining, international tour, starting Dec. 6 at the 97X Next Big Thing 8 in Tampa, FL, then heading to a number of South East Asian countries in late February and March including Australian dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. “We’re really psyched about these tracks and the new record and hope you are, too,” proclaims lead vocalist Ronnie Winter on the band’s MySpace page. “Just like Don’t You Fake It, you can be sure Lonely Road will tie together these and a bunch of other sounds in a classic, but new-and-improved RJA-sounding way.” Lonely Road tracklisting: 1. You Better Pray  Deftones Bassist Still In ComaNovember 20, 2008
Cheng’s mother has been posting at the Deftones’ studio blog but will now start her own to keep fans updated on her son’s progress, saying, “Deftones will continue to update you on Chi’s condition when there’s a significant change in his condition.” Green Label Sound Launches College Tour W/ Matt And Kim, The Cool KidsNovember 20, 2008
Spearheaded by Mountain Dew, Green Label Sound is a unique music program designed to help on-the-verge artists reach new heights. The partnership covers A to Z label and marketing support for all of the participating artists. Several more exclusive tracks are expected to come from Green Label Sound in the coming months. “Green Label Sound has been an amazing partner to work with so far,” said Matt Johnson of Matt And Kim. “First we were able to give our fans free music, and now we are traveling the country to play cheap shows. What else can you get for $5 these days?” Dates: Dec 09 Gainesville FL, Common Grounds (co-presented by WHHZ The Independent) Dec 10 Nashville TN, Exit In (co-presented by WMTS 88.3FM) Scott Weiland Gets Emotional, Hints At Retiring From TouringNovember 20, 2008
Weiland told us something similar as he neared the end of his recent six-month reunion tour with the STP: “I kind of want to stop that phase of my life, being on the road nonstop. It’s always tempting to make a lot of money, but there just comes a certain point where spending more time with your kids and also creating the kind of music you want to create outweighs those other things.” Weiland issues his second solo album, Happy in Galoshes, on November 25th. It follows up 1998’s 12 Bar Blues. The singer said that much of the album was inspired by his personal turmoil during the last year. His brother died in 2007, his mother recently battled cancer, he split with wife Mary Forsberg and he was dismissed by his previous group, Velvet Revolver. Weiland will perform on the November 21st edition of NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the November 26th episode of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. He’ll also play some scattered radio festivals in December before kicking off a U.S. tour in January. Kings Of Leon Announce January DatesNovember 20, 2008
The band has recently been touring to promote their fourth album Only By The Night, which was released on September 23rd. Following an intimate show at Webster Hall on its day of release, the band announced they will play Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 29. Dates: January 20 - Louisville, KY Palace Theatre Nikki Sixx Says Chinese Democracy “Isn’t A GN’R Record”November 19, 2008
Guns N’ Roses once opened for Motley Crue back in the late ’80s. Singer Axl Rose is the sole remaining original member of the classic Guns N’ Roses lineup. A revolving cast of musicians have performed on Chinese Democracy. Life Is Good For Joel MaddenNovember 19, 2008
Madden has quite his share of tattoos. But that doesn’t mean he wants his daughter getting inked when she grows up. Madden tells us he hopes she doesn’t follow suit: “That hopefully will never happen. Hopefully she will be so disgusted by my tattoos that she will never want one. If she’s embarrassed I’m going to wear tank tops and wife-beaters to pick her up from school and hopefully she will get just so sick of tattoos that she will never want one.” Good Charlotte will release a Greatest Remixes album on November 25th, featuring some new songs and the band’s favorite tracks with new interpretations and remixes by their favorite DJs and music artists, including Jay-Z, Bubba Sparxx and others. Ashes Divide Breaks Up?November 18, 2008
The group, which released its debut CD last spring, has been off the radar for unspecified reasons since pulling out of a fall tour with Puddle of Mudd. Revolt loses no sleep over this one, as we proclaimed our interview with Billy Howerdel as our “Worst Interview Ever” due to Howerdel’s one-word answers and flippant responses. Thursday Announces Album Title And Release DateNovember 18, 2008
The band recently finished mixing the record according to their Twitter page after recording it with producer Dave Fridmann, who also tracked their last proper studio effort, 2006’s A City By The Light Divided on Island. The Vines Cancel Shows Due To Singer’s IllnessNovember 18, 2008
“Craig Nicholls’ mental condition has deteriorated extremely rapidly over the past month to the point where he requires immediate help over an extended period of time,” the band said in a statement on their website. The band formed in the late 1990s and found international success with their 2001 debut album Highly Evolved which made the top 10 in Australia and Britain. It was during the making of their second album, Winning Days, that Nicholls’ behavior became increasingly erratic and even violent. After a two-year gap, the band re-emerged onto the live stage in 2006 and have since released two more albums. “We are all absolutely devastated that we’ve been forced to cancel all upcoming shows as there’s nothing we love more than playing on stage before an enthusiastic audience. We ask for your understanding in this situation,” the band said. |
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Virgin Records Jacksonville, FL, platinum rockers the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have completed recording their sophomore album, Lonely Road, at the Valley Village, CA, studio of super-producer Howard Benson (Hoobastank, P.O.D., Less Than Jake, Daughtry, Seether, All-American Rejects), the follow-up to the Don’t You Fake It. 
Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has not shown any further signs of coming out of his coma, according to a new post by his mother, Jeanne. Cheng was gravely injured in a November 3rd car crash in northern California and remains unconscious and in the hospital. Although he showed 
Green Label Sound, a singles only music label designed to support emerging artists from a diverse array of genres, announced today that it will be kicking off a three date college tour with Green Label Sound recording artists Matt And Kim and hip-hop duo The Cool Kids. Both acts released exclusive singles on the label this year and the music is available for free download at GreenLabelSound.com. All shows are $5 and open to the public. The Green Label Sound tour will offer participating musicians the chance to introduce their music to new fans across the country. 
Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland spoke emotionally in a video interview on Tuesday (November 18th) about his desire to spend more time at home with his young children instead of on the road. Weiland said, “It pains me when I am gone for a month, even, and I come back and there’s differences — big positive amazing differences, beautiful differences — that I haven’t been a part of because I’ve been working…to make the money, out there on the road.” 
Kings Of Leon have announced another run of dates in the US, kicking off January 20 in Louisville, KY.
The new Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy, was leaked online in its entirety on Tuesday (November 18th), finally giving anyone with access to BitTorrent and RapidShare sites a chance to hear the record that has been 13 years in the making. The disc comes out legally on Sunday (November 23rd) exclusively through Best Buy. One person who’s curious to hear it is Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx, although he told us he has some reservations: “I don’t know if I believe it’s a Guns N’ Roses record, because it’s just Axl. I think it’s a phenomenal solo record, I’m sure, but as far as being a Guns N’ Roses record, you know, I’d love to hear Guns N’ Roses together because we believed in that band. You know, Axl’s the type of artist who will make sure it’s a great record, but it’s not a Guns N’ Roses record, it’s an Axl Rose record. We need to be careful with the brand name.”
Things are going well for Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden, particularly in his personal life. He’s enjoying his relationship with Nicole Richie and says they’ve been having a great time as parents to their 11-month old daughter, Harlow. Madden tells us that although life is busy, he gets a lot of support from his brother and bandmate Benji, as well as from his girlfriend’s father, singer Lionel Richie: “It’s a lot of work, you know. Balancing work and all the different things that me and Benji do because we work so much. And making sure my family gets as much time as they deserve is the tricky part. I have an awesome father-in-law whose done that very well and he’s always kind of giving me pointers. I’ve got a great girlfriend. She’s a wonderful mother. And she’s very understanding. And I have an awesome daughter. Everything is great, you know.”
Rumor has it that Ashes Divide, the band led by former A Perfect Circle guitarist and singer Billy Howerdel, has split up. 
Thursday has announced a title and release date for their forthcoming Epitaph debut. The record, titled Common Existence, is due out February 17, 2009. 
The Vines have canceled all their upcoming shows due to a deterioration in the mental condition of singer Craig Nicholls. Nicholls, 31, was diagnosed four years ago with Asperger’s Syndrome, a highly functioning form of autism, after his behavior became increasingly erratic.