Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) is filming a video today (Friday, August 27) for the song "Beautiful Dangerous" with guest singer Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson). Slash says, "[The] concept is twisted; Fergie's idea."
"Beautiful Dangerous" comes off Slash's all-star collaborations album, simply titled "Slash", which scored the highest new entry on The Billboard 200 chart in early April, with first-week U.S. sales of around 60,000 copies. TheCD, which was released in North America on April 6 via EMI Label Services, features an all-star roster of guest musicians, including Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Rocco DeLuca, Fergie, Dave Grohl, Myles Kennedy, Kid Rock, Lemmy Kilmister, Adam Levine, Duff McKagan, M. Shadows of AVENGED SEVENFOLD, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, and Andrew Stockdale of WOLFMOTHER.
Slash will perform with Fergie and Myles Kennedy — two of the vocalists on "Slash" — at the third annual Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF), which is being held August 26-28.
Mike Sulivan of ExploreMusic recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. You can now watch the chat in two parts above and at the end of the article.
STONE SOUR will celebrate the release of its new album, "Audio Secrecy", with an intimate album release party featuring a full band performance at The Studio at Webster Hall in New York City on Monday, August 30 and they are inviting their fans to join them for free!
Space is limited, so make sure to get there early! Fans will be allowed into the show on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors open at 7 p.m.
The Studio at Webster Hall:
125 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
You must be 18 years or older to enter the club, 21 or older to drink.
STONE SOUR will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Monday, September 20 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with STONE SOUR by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).
According to NME.com, GUNS N' ROSES' appearance at the Reading festival earlier tonight (Friday, August 27) was cut short after the organizers pulled the plug on the band's performance due to curfew issues.
GUNS N' ROSES kicked off the show at 10:30 p.m. — over an hour later than scheduled — and managed to play the majority of its set until roughly midnight despite earlier warnings from festival organizer Melvin Benn that he would not tolerate the band playing past 11:30 p.m.
GUNS N' ROSES walked offstage after playing "Nighttrain" and tried to return for an encore, at which point the band's sound was cut. According to NME.com, the group "still tried to launch into 'Paradise City', though only the drums could be heard as all other instruments had been switched off. As the crowd started to sing the track, [singer Axl] Rose tried to greet members of the audience while singing through a megaphone." This went on for roughly five minutes, before the GN'R bandmembers came together on the stage for a final bow and walked off.
Elliot Levin of the New York Hard Rock Examiner conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY bassist John "J.D." DeServio prior to the band's August 21, 2010 performance at the Hartford, Connecticut stop of this year's Ozzfest. Watch the chat below. A review of the show can be found at this location.
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new album, "Order Of The Black", sold around 33,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 4.
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's previous album, "Shot to Hell", opened with 32,000 units to land at No. 21. This was less than the 45,000 copies shifted by BLS's "Mafia" (Artemis) back in March 2005 to debut at No. 15.
"Order Of The Black" was released in North America via E1 Music. The CD features four unique covers designed by Zakk Wylde himself — one for each territory: North America, Europe, Asia and Australia/New Zealand.
An e-card for "Order Of The Black" is available at this location.
As previously reported, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will headline the "Black Label Berzerkus" tour this fall. The two-month North American trek will feature CLUTCH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and 2CENTS, with the first two bands sharing the main support slot.
Russell "Evil G." Johnson of BareBonesMusic.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Jordan Buckley of Buffalo, New York's EVERY TIME I DIE. You can now watch the chat below.
EVERY TIME I DIE's latest album, "New Junk Aesthetic", sold around 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 46 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released on September 15, 2009 via Epitaph Records.
"'New Junk Aesthetic' is not the next logical step in the progression of EVERY TIME I DIE," vocalist Keith Buckley previously stated about the effort. "It is an evolutionary leap. It's as if we have morphed from a single-celled bacteria straight to the guy with the dirt bike that will let you watch his older sister suntan if you steal him a smoke from your parents. Certainly you may acknowledge similarities, but on a grand scale, they stand light years apart."