The mods’ll kill me if I made 10 individual posts so let’s do a roundup.
Tool to play first show in while this coming OctoberWith their legal headaches behind them and Maynard on the mend from total hip replacement surgery, Tool have announced
their first show since a brief tour in 2014. The band will play a one-day music festival called Monster Mash in Tempe, Arizona, which also features Primus and Coheed aAnd Cambria.
Lady Gaga joins The Dirty Pearls to perform Van Halen's "Panama"Well, performs is a relative term. Good Lord how wasted is she? Gaga namechecked the NYC band on her song "Heavy Metal Lover" and they played all official after-parties for Lady Gaga's 2013 tour.
Iron Maiden To Release 'Speed Of Light' Single In AugustThe kings of NWOBHM will release "Speed Of Light," the first single from their new album,
on August 14. The song was written by guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickinson and not main songwriter Steve Harris.
Dave Grohl's doctor says he may not walk normally for monthsAn orthopedic surgeon (who has not treated) Dave Grohl may not be able to walk normally
for months after breaking his leg in a fall from a stage in Sweden earlier this month. He's not going to be able to walk normally, without a brace, for at least six weeks. The break was at the lower leg-ankle join, a bad place to break it, andrequired a titanium plate and screws to hold the bone together. After that it will take a while for Dave to be able to run around the stage like he does.
Disturbed return; new single "The Vengeful One" out, new album in AugustThe hiatus is over. Disturbed quietly recorded a new album, titled "Immortalized," due out August 21. The first single and video is "The Vengeful One," and it sounds like you'd expect from Disturbed.
Off to Japan now...
Gacharic Spin single Armmy returns, quietly.Before Hana the Blue Haired Wonder Drummer emerged as Gacharic Spin's vocalist, the band had a blonde haired girl named Armmy who sang and played keys. She was known for having a rock hard, flat stomach to rival Britney in her prime, but it did her no good when she came down with an autoimmune disease that attacked her nervous system. She left Gacharic Spin in 2012, with Hana taking over vocals and Oreo Reona (no really) joining as keys and second vocal.
Well she has made a quiet comeback. She is performing under her real name,
Takae Ashitomi and has reteamed with GC's original guitarist Eita to form
Takaeita. yes, they ran their names together. No idea if she is fully recovered or not. They've done a few singles so far. I don't know who the bass player is but he or she is incredible.
Aldious release 2 videos, including the worst thing they've ever done.Aldious are preparing a maxi-single, 3 songs total, their first with new drummer Marina. The maxi comes out on July 8, and the band released two of the three as music videos. "
Believe Myself" is not bad and Marina shows she's a worthy replacement to Aruto. But "Die For You" is a steaming pile of shit, a third-rate Avril Lavigne cast-off and a downright stupid video. Singer Re:NO prances around and acts more juvenile than anything Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has done. I've given up on this band until they get their original singer back.
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(Modified to correct an error in the Grohl piece)
