Post by Jesse on Mar 31, 2009 10:45:09 GMT -5
I won't be around tomorrow so I thought I'd post these headlines early:
-Lynyrd Skynyrd is putting the finishing touches on it's latest album. As of yet, it is untitled, but will be their first studio album since 2003's "Vicious Cycle". The band plans an extensive European and American tour in support despite guitarist Gary Rossington being the only original member and only Rossington, his wife, Dale and Johnny Van Zant are left from the original 1987 reunion line up. This flies in the face of the initial pact to never tour as Lynyrd Skynyrd without at least 3 original members. A spokesman for controlling owners Judy Van Zant Jeness, Larkin Collins and Gary Rossington issued the following statement:" KA-CHING!" while making a motion with his right arm as if pulling a slot machine lever.
-Van Halen reportedly fired frontman David Lee Roth and are replacing him with a cousin to Eddie and Alex Van Halen. Eddie reportedly said, "This is truely Van Halen now. David, Micheal (Anthony) and Sammy (Hagar) were never true Van Halens"
-Kiss, known for marketing, well, everything, now has their own brand of Kiss toilet paper. This toilet paper only features the likenesses of Ace Frehley and Peter Criss on it's sheets. Gene and Paul filmed a commercial for it last week using the slogan, "Now you too can shit on Ace and Peter".
-At a recent REO Speedwagon concert, frontman Kevin Cronin announced that they will never again release a full album of new material. The crowd responded with a 15 minute standing ovation.
-Aerosmith, in an effort to get back to their 1990's hit-making roots, has announced it's first line up change in nearly 25 years by replacing guitarist Brad Whitford with songwriter Diane Warren as a keyboardist. Steven Tyler noted that too many people were realizing that Whitford could play circles around the rest of the band and Warren had written most of the material for their new album anyway so, "it just made sense".
-In an interview last week, Def Leppard's Joe Elliot, apparently in an effort to prove his band's relevance, issued a challenge to critics to name one song from the 1980's better than "Pour Some Sugar On Me". The official Def Leppard website has been flooded with emails ever since.
-Styx is in the studio working on a new album of cover songs. Guitarist Tommy Shaw says they are doing another covers album because he "hasn't been able to write a hit song in years". Guitarist James Young simply can't write a hit song period.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, let me be the first one to say APRIL FOOLS!
-Lynyrd Skynyrd is putting the finishing touches on it's latest album. As of yet, it is untitled, but will be their first studio album since 2003's "Vicious Cycle". The band plans an extensive European and American tour in support despite guitarist Gary Rossington being the only original member and only Rossington, his wife, Dale and Johnny Van Zant are left from the original 1987 reunion line up. This flies in the face of the initial pact to never tour as Lynyrd Skynyrd without at least 3 original members. A spokesman for controlling owners Judy Van Zant Jeness, Larkin Collins and Gary Rossington issued the following statement:" KA-CHING!" while making a motion with his right arm as if pulling a slot machine lever.
-Van Halen reportedly fired frontman David Lee Roth and are replacing him with a cousin to Eddie and Alex Van Halen. Eddie reportedly said, "This is truely Van Halen now. David, Micheal (Anthony) and Sammy (Hagar) were never true Van Halens"
-Kiss, known for marketing, well, everything, now has their own brand of Kiss toilet paper. This toilet paper only features the likenesses of Ace Frehley and Peter Criss on it's sheets. Gene and Paul filmed a commercial for it last week using the slogan, "Now you too can shit on Ace and Peter".
-At a recent REO Speedwagon concert, frontman Kevin Cronin announced that they will never again release a full album of new material. The crowd responded with a 15 minute standing ovation.
-Aerosmith, in an effort to get back to their 1990's hit-making roots, has announced it's first line up change in nearly 25 years by replacing guitarist Brad Whitford with songwriter Diane Warren as a keyboardist. Steven Tyler noted that too many people were realizing that Whitford could play circles around the rest of the band and Warren had written most of the material for their new album anyway so, "it just made sense".
-In an interview last week, Def Leppard's Joe Elliot, apparently in an effort to prove his band's relevance, issued a challenge to critics to name one song from the 1980's better than "Pour Some Sugar On Me". The official Def Leppard website has been flooded with emails ever since.
-Styx is in the studio working on a new album of cover songs. Guitarist Tommy Shaw says they are doing another covers album because he "hasn't been able to write a hit song in years". Guitarist James Young simply can't write a hit song period.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, let me be the first one to say APRIL FOOLS!
