Mid Week Updates

• In an interview with Eddie Trunk Micheal Anthony details his split from the VH boys, who he hasn't spoke to in at least TEN YEARS. I don't think Micheal is to worried about it considering his continued success with Sammy, but he is disappointed in the situation. How long did they "hate" Diamond Dave before the (second) reunion??
• Told you so - Robert Plant would like to work with Jack White. He even has a song in mind.
• AND the Zeppelin camp have officially hired a lawyer to represent them in a lawsuit brought against them by the Spirit camp including the estate of Randy California, who passed in '97. Stairway was once a staple of FM rock radio but oh how things have changed since then.
• I have updated the list below and removed anything that has been resolved or not really applicable anymore. Sometimes you hear of the initial lawsuit but often don't hear anything concerning resolution for long periods of time. I will leave a couple of tongue in cheek ones on there however. And alas - Queensryche, the band who gave this list it's inspiration is being removed......

Dueling Band List

• Spirit vs. LED ZEPPELIN
• Glenn Danzig vs. The Misfits
• Wu-Tang Clan vs. Wu-Tang Clan
• Black Flag vs. Flag
• Oren Kaplan vs. Eugene Hutz (Gogol Bordello)
• The Turtles vs. SiriusXM
• Bun E. Carlos & David Frey vs. Cheap Trick
• Pandora/Spotify etc.  vs. Musicians
• Scott Weiland vs. STP
• Former Vandenburg members vs. Adrian Vandenberg
• J. Geils Band vs. John Geils/Francesa Records
• Live vs. Ed Kowalcyzk
• Kyuss & Kyuss Lives!
• Current version of Beach Boys vs. any former Beach Boy who is not in the current version
• John Fogerty vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival

Timewaste.....

I couldn't embed this so here is a link of the Abbey Rd. Crossing for viewing during a semi slow time in the music news world....

Abbey Rd. Live 

Friday Updates

• Metallica has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the only band to play all seven continents in one year with their performance in Antarctica in December of last year.
• There is a series of Johnny Winter tribute shows and memorial concert announced - and none of them are anywhere near Texas. WTF.
• IF Deep Purple happens to get elected to the RRHOF - they might just say forget it. And not to mention who gets inducted from which version?
• So James Evans of Kentucky posted the lyrics to the Exodus song "Class Dismissed" on his Facebook page - and got arrested for terroristic threatening. There are a couple of idiots in the comments section as well. How many lyric song pages have this same song listed on them? I hope Exodus doesn't have the lyrics in their CD case as well. 
• So Deadmau5 has kindly reminded Disney that they used his music on their website without proper licensing. Let's see we want to use your music without permission to represent our character, Mickey Mouse, but don't wear those ears!!?!??

And here is your video proof!

Grab you some tissues and skip to the 3:15 mark....

Officially Only One Queensryche Updates

• Legally there is now only one Queensryche. Geoff Tate performed his last show as "Queensryche" punctuating it by removing the TriRyche (which he can no longer use either) symbol from his belt buckle and bidding it adieu.
• I have a feeling it's not really over but the other camp seems to be content with the situation keeping a very low profile.
• I something I don't comment on very much - I think Kanye is completely delusional and is not in touch with the reality (ironic?) of the world around all of us. I know you can say this about a lot of famous (sic) individuals but he is off the deep end.
• I think Disney might have got caught sleeping.
• In news for two very underrated bands Faith No More have announced their first album in 18 years and Pepper Keenan is reuniting with Corrosion of Conformity.
• More updates tomorrow!