According to this news report in New York Times, Ozzy Osbourne is suing founder-guitarist of the Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi. "With regret." This is because Ozzy feels Tony is being unfair in claiming sole ownership for the name Black Sabbath (nevermind the fact that Tony is the only one who has been a constant in the band throughout).
Metallica has confirmed on its website that they are shooting for a potential DVD. They say, "There's been a little chatter here and there about us filming a few shows this summer for potential release on DVD and among the countless Internet rumors, these ones are actually true! We thought it would be cool to document a few shows that are unique and sure to be extra memorable for us, and hopefully for you too..." Woohoo!
In the meanwhile, watch this video for "Broken, Beat & Scarred".
Just stumbled upon this video on YouTube of two great masters jamming. Especially watch out for the part after about 4:30, where they get into this jugalbandi/trade-off/call-and-response. Absolutely brilliant stuff.
Junkyard Groove, one of the best young bands in India today, had released their debut album, 11:11 [Bootleg] last month. And now they have released this video for one of their singles.
Chris Cornell, who has been getting a whole lot of brickbats (unfairly so, in my opinion) for his new album, Scream, has come up with a rock remix of 'Long Gone.' Now, it sounds like a rock ballad that would have found place on Euphoria Morning.
Delhi band Them Clones are launching their debut album, Love.Hate.Heroes. in a big way. And innovatively too. On May 1, the band put up 17 tracks for streaming on their website and are asking fans to vote for the ten songs that make it to the finished album. Also up online is this very cool video for their first single, 'My Life.'
Coldplay's been in the news after being accused by guitarist Joe Satriani of stealing a tune, for their Grammy-winning 'Viva La Vida.' In case you missed out on the news, go here and here and here.
The latest salvo comes from singer Cat Stevens, who is now known as Yusuf Islam. The Sunreports that the singer has said that 'Viva La Vida' has been ripped from his tune, 'Foreigner Suite.'
When searching for this on YouTube (I knew you would), look specifically for 'Foreigner Suite, Part II' and then go to about 5.15. The similarity's there if you look hard enough for it, let's put it that way.
