I had to watch this twice.....

Thursday Updates

In the news that should have been reported yesterday department:

• Jimmy Page appears to have finally given up on a Led Zeppelin reunion. He has mentioned getting a band together and doing a retrospective tour of his entire career. What the hell took so long!
• Malcolm Young's family has finally confirmed that he is indeed suffering from dementia. There is not much else to say at this point. 

And now On Through The Night:

• Scott Ian tells us exactly how Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica. This is pure genius on the part of Metallica.
• I have no doubt Metallica would have been just as great with Mustaine, and Kirk would have done fine with Exodus. But in the end it gave us two great bands with Dave going on to form Megadeth.
• In the what the flying fuck department Roger Waters has issued a statement that he is not part of the "new" Pink Floyd album. It is not even a new album people! It has been almost 30 years since Roger left Pink Floyd and I put their reunion chances on about the same level as Led Zeppelin, which as you can see from above ain't going to happen.
• In the awkardness department Jim Root was fired from Stone Sour by Corey Taylor - so he could concentrate on the upcoming Slipknot album, you know the band they are both members of.
• As previously mentioned in the Battle of the Dueling Bands, a judge has ruled that the lawsuit, brought forth by Bun E. Carlos against Cheap Trick, is legit enough to move forward. 

• More "official" reports are coming out concerning Malcolm Young. His dementia is apparently the result of a blood clot in his brain from a stroke suffered earlier this year. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's Disease - there is no cure for most types of dementia.
• Black Sabbath have announced they will do on final album, along with one final tour. The Kool-Aid never tasted so good......
• IF this is true - they skipped the Metroplex on their last tour for '13' so I would expect a local date and how about getting Bill Ward back on the kits?
• Phil Spector, once a musical genius - but a genuinely bad person, is not doing well in prison. He lost his voice nine months ago and is described as frail and is being housed in a prison health facility.

Friday Updates

• Bob Seger is set to tour and hit Big D at an undisclosed venue. I like a few of his songs but for me personally his concert would be a beating. I would have to leave the arena when "Turn the Page" came on.....
• Rumours are starting to circulate that Malcolm Young is in a specialized private care facility for dementia. The band has yet to release an official statement.

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Mid-Week Updates

• And the Yard of the Month award in Austin goes to King Coffey, drummer for the Butthole Surfers. Haven't heard much from them in a while but I think they are still technically together.
• Unfortunately it looks as if Malcolm Young has officially "retired" from AC/DC. This is obviously due to the illness he is fighting. In this day and age of electronic media it is hard to believe that exactly what he is fighting has been kept under wraps.
• When you listen to an AC/DC record/song just remember one thing - besides the "guitar solo" think about who's exact guitar you are hearing. The Highway to Hell intro is a great example.....
• L.A Guns has apparently booted bassist Scott Griffin from the band. Originally reported as a mutual decision, Scott disagrees.
• With that being said Scott has issued a few comments, among them the statement that he knows he wasn't an "original member" - Are you kidding me? Who really is from a band that spawned Guns N Roses, two different versions of the band itself, future members of Faster Pussycat, and has included members from a plethora of LA based bands.
• John Mellencamp will perform a 'intimate' live show on AXS TV this weekend if you are so inclined to view. I believe he performed the first concert He performed the second concert ever at AAC upon it's opening - I was in attendance of course.