September 01, 2010 1st MTV Reality Show- Van Halen in 1984
Van Halen News Desk has a very special treat for Van Halen fans. They have posted a 1984 MTV special, "Lost Weekend With Van Halen," that includes everything that aired on the network as well as previously unaired footage.
VHND dubs the special MTV's first reality show and had this background info: When MTV announced it's Lost Weekend With Van Halen contest, the network received over a million postcard entries for a chance to spend three days with the band during their 1984 tour. The lottery couldn't have found a more perfect average Joe than twenty-year-old Kurt Jefferis, a department store loading dock employee from Phoenixville, Pennsyvania.
Kurt's catch was the American boyhood dream, 1984-style. A couple days spent tasting the life of Van Halen! Kurt's hometown newspaper ran the headline, "Would You Let Your Son Spend A Weekend With These Guys?" His mother quipped she wished her son had won a lost weekend with Perry Como instead. Watch it here.
August 31, 2010 Previously Unreleased Pantera
We told you last week that Pantera were going to post a previously unreleased song, "The Will To Survive" from upcoming 20th Anniversary Edition of Cowboys From Hell, on their Facebook. The day has arrived, check it out here.
We were also sent a listening party link for the album that you can check out here.
Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland fell off the stage at a concert on Wednesday night. As if that isn't bad enough, fan filmed video of the incident has caused some to speculate that Weiland might be lip synching in concert.
Skwerl from Antiquiet posted the video and had these comments about it: "At last night's show at the PNC Pavilion in Cincinnati, Scott Weiland took a really hard spill into a hole during Crackerman. Like, a really bad one. Skip to 1:25 in the video to see (and hear) for yourself.
"He's down there for awhile as the crew tries to help him out. And yet, the vocal performance doesn't falter in the slightest, and continues on sounding exactly like my copy of Core the entire time, as if not a breeze had swayed the frontman." Click here to watch the video.
August 26, 2010 Ozzy's Singing Lesson!
TMD unearths a true gem for OZZY OSBOURNE fans: The Prince of Darkness taking a singing lesson! It’s not known when this audio was recorded but the listener will be treated to the legendary rocker doing ‘Va Va Vi Vi’ vocal exercises, which is amazingly funny to hear, for sometimes the legendary madman of rock has trouble hitting the right notes for his teacher. Listen below...
August 12, 2010 The New Slash Video
Check out the latest music video from Slash for the song "Back From Cali". Click here to watch.
August 11, 2010 Smile Empty Soul in studio with Igor!
Check out Sean Danielsen from Smile Empty Soul performing "Silhouettes" as drummer Jake rocks out on the air drums in the back!
August 09, 2010 New (old) Soundgarden
Black Rain was recorded during the Badmotorfinger sessions, but never released. Until now.
Black Rain will appear on a forthcoming greatest hits album called Telephantasm: A Retrospective, out September 28th. The song will also be available on the new Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock game, out on the same day. You can score a free copy of Telephantasm by pre-ordering Warriors Of Rock.
Here is the link to hear the song and to learn more: Click Here.
July 29, 2010 A Mean But GREAT Prank!
A Pilot pretends to pass out and the plane starts losing altitude, and his friend (the guy with the camera) starts freaking out and screaming. But then the pilot sits back up in his seat and SMILES.
July 28, 2010 Robert Plant/Band Of Joy
Robert Plant's Band Of Joy Album Has A Release Date
ROBERT PLANT'S latest NON-LED ZEPPELIN venture, THE BAND OF JOY, will release their debut, self-titled album on September 14th.
The band also includes singer Patty Griffin, multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott, guitarist Buddy Miller, drummer Marco Giovino and bassist Byron House.
"The Band of Joy" was the name of the group Plant and drummer JOHN BONHAM were in before they both joined Zeppelin. Its still not clear why Plant is using the "Band of Joy" name...None of the musicians he's working with were in the original band.
The debut album by BAND OF JOY won't hit stores until September 14th, but a cut from the album has been released online.It's a cover of the LOS LOBOS song, "Angel Dance". Check it out, here.
July 28, 2010 New Linkin Park Preview
Linkin Park will headline the in-game soundtrack for Electronic Arts Inc's Medal of Honor with a song from their new album A Thousand Suns (releasing on September 14).
The song, entitled "The Catalyst," will be featured in an exclusive trailer directed by the band's Joe Hahn. The trailer is a unique first-of-its-kind mix of live footage and intense modern military action from the Medal of Honor game and will be released exclusively on August 1 at www.medalofhonor.com/linkinpark , one day before the song is released to radio, iTunes and other media. Check out a preview of the song today here .
