What a morning! Up at the crack of dawn! Writing Dirt, going to vote in the NYC Mayoral Primary, Alter Bridge in the studio then off to Long Island to interview Stone Temple Pilots and Filter. I love my job!….Speaking of STP, their 5-song EP is called High Rise and it drops Oct 8th. The second single after “Out Of Time” will be “Black Heart.”…..Five Finger Death Punch has set Nov 19th as the release date for The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Volume 2, the second half of the Las Vegas band’s two -album set. Pre-orders for the new disc will start on Tuesday (September 10th), while the first single from the CD, “Battle Born,” has just arrived at rock radio stations. The song’s official video will arrive next week….Yesterday, you probably read the item going around from Robert Flynn of Machine Head saying mean things about Avenged Sevenfold’s new album, referring to it as a covers album and things like Metallica want their songs back. Haters. The guy’s just jealous. Although some of his one liners are pretty damn funny…..A Perfect Circle announced a huge and fabulous box set due Nov 26th called A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo. It’s jammed back with not only a live CD and DVD of their Red Rocks performance from 2011, but it also has the band’s previous 3 albums, signed lithos by Maynard Keenan and Billy Howerdel, a beautiful frame, bonus tracks, rare stuff, guitar picks, and more. Hit this to pre-order. In my last interview with Billy, he did tell me he’s always writing for APC and has to wait in line for Maynard, who is preoccupied with his wine harvesting and another band, I think they are called Tool…..You know they work hard, and now they can’t talk! Two of Carnival of Madness’ bands, headliners Shinedown and support Papa Roach both have lead singers who are on complete vocal rest. We know Jacoby Shaddix has been saddled with vocal problems of late, and now Brent Smith. Wishing those guys the best and yes, the doctor orders complete rest. So shut up!…..This is interesting. Noisecreep reports Incubus drummer Jose Pasillas II has teamed with ex-Incubus bassist Dirk Lance on a new track called “Picture Perfect Phantasy” from the Ubisoft video game Rayman Legends. This marks the first time the pair have recorded together since the 2001 Incubus album Morning View. “Picture Perfect Phantasy” is available as a free download on the Rayman Legends official Facebook page. 100 copies of the song on vinyl will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to Incubus’ Make Yourself Foundation. Rayman Legends is currently available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PS Vita, PC and Wii U systems.….Happy 63rd today to Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Happy 48th to Robin Goodridge of Bush!
