... summer tour. "I wanted to work with Peter because he is a master at creating a sonic landscape. We were hoping for a cinematic end result."Metal band Baroness was involved in a serious bus crash in England, with nine people injured in the accident. According to reports, the bus fell 30 feet off a viaduct, with all nine people on board going to the hospital. The band's label Relapse Records announced that Baroness have canceled the rest of their European tour. Quick Hits: Green Day, album sales, Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Theory Of A Deadman, Janelle Monae, Neil Young, The Doors, Trey Anastasio, Baroness ... [ read more ]

... When Theory of a Deadman frontman/lead guitarist Tyler Connolly leaves the music industry behind, he would like nothing more than to hear his songs on classic rock radio stations. "We're not one of those bands people come see because we have a cult following or because we wear a bunch of make up or something," Connolly told SoundSpike. "It's a song thing, which is great being a songwriter. I love the fact that my songs are on the radio and people sing along. It's great. It's something that when I'm retired, old and gray, they'll still be playing 'Bad Girlfriend' on classic rock or something. That'll be awesome. I love touring, but for me it's about writing songs." Theory of a Deadman's Tyler Connolly says it's about the songs ... [ read more ]

... Where else could the leader of the All Party Jazz Appreciation Group, Michael Connarty MP, address a panel of rock luminaries and shock them? Well he triggered a look of horror across several of the musicians faces as he urged them to look at the means used by the US government to cut off Wikileaks' funding as a model for their own battles against the online pirates. Rock'n'roll and parliament may have moved a step closer over lunch, but thankfully it's clear they remain odd bedfellows... Paul Stokes @Stokesie Column - The day Blink 182, Gallows, Rick Wakeman & Theory Of A Deadman went to Parliament... ... [ read more ]