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We recently reported that when asked what he plans to do next, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler said he wants to work on branding himself.  Well when Tyler’s bandmate, guitarist Joe Perry, found out about this, he turned to his Twitter page.  Joe wrote that he’s upset he learned about the news by reading it online, also disclosing that Steven hasn’t called him in months.  Perry stated, “A bit cold [to] forget us 4 guys,” then added, “What about fans?  The people that also love him and put him where he is after 40 years.”  Joe went on to reveal that the last time he called Steven, the singer hung up on him.  For the time being, Perry promises to put everything he can in all his upcoming Joe Perry Project shows.  Read more at Twitter.com/AdmiralPerry. 

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Slash has finished up working on his solo effort, Slash & Friends.  The former Guns N’ Roses guitarist wrote on Twitter that the final track, which features Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy, is “awesome” and that Kennedy did “an amazing job.”  The CD comes out early next year but you can stay up to date by following Slash at Twitter.com/SlashHudson

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Original Bachman-Turner Overdrive members Randy Bachman and Fred Turner were considering a reunion tour, but that news has upset fellow former bandmates Robin Bachman, Randy’s brother, and Blair Thornton.  According to The Canadian Press, Robin and Blair have even filed suit because when the band broke up in 1977, they got the rights to the group’s name and all variations of it.  Robin and Blair allege that Randy’s company registered several of BTO’s names with the patent office and that he’s spoken to concert promoters about touring as Bachman-Turner.  Robin and Blair are asking for damages for loss of market share, income and profit and they want to stop Randy and Fred from using any Bachman-Turner name. 

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Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler is not only a rocker, he’s an actor too.  Adler portrays “Stevie” in the upcoming action-comedy film Dahmer vs. Gacy.  The flick is about a battle between the two serial killers and you can see Steven in the preview for the flick.   The movie is due out in December, 2010.

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Today, AC/DC’s giant box set, Backtracks, came out.  The package boasts rarities and live tracks dating back to the ‘70s.  That means that late original singer Bon Scott is on some tunes while new frontman Brian Johnson is on the rest of the songs.  Guitarist Angus Young told us about the first time he and his brother, guitarist Malcolm Young, heard Brian sing. 

“He came down to our rehearsal room and we already had the ‘Back in Black,’ Malcolm had the bulk of that riff together, and when Brian came in and sung a few lines, and immediately I said to Mal, I said… cause we’d been fiddling about for a few days with adding in a solo piece to it and that’s when I said to Mal, ‘You know that guy can really – he’s got the range to really belt those chorus lines out.’  So that kind of inspired us to go, ‘This’ll be the guy.’”

Along with the songs, Backtracks also features a DVD with the band’s videos as well as some live performances.  Pick up your copy today or learn more at ACDCBacktracks.com. 

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Queen performed with Adam Lambert on the finale of American Idol, so would the band ever work with the up and coming singer again?  On Friday, drummer Roger Taylor told the BBC Breakfast show, yes.  The rocker said, “He is one of the most phenomenal singers and I think at some point in the future we’d love to…do something with him.”  Taylor goes on to say Adam “has one of the greatest voices [he’s] ever heard.” 

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Kinks singer Ray Davies has re-interpreted some of the band’s tunes and today released an album of the new adaptations.  It’s called The Kinks Choral Collection and each track on it features arrangements with the Crouch End Festival Chorus.  Davies is no stranger to choirs but it turns out that growing up, Ray actually got himself kicked out of his mandatory school choir so he could spend time with his pals.  He told us the whole story. 

 “Some of my renegade friends wanted to get off school to play soccer or whatever or play guitars and I managed to sing out of tune at one rehearsal and somebody snitched on me.  It’s really difficult when you’re naturally an in-tune singer to sing out of tune, but I did it.  In fact I impressed the headmaster so much he threw me out of the choir.  He said, ‘You’re banished,’ but then I could with my friends.  But I still love the music the choir was singing, it’s just I wanted some time off.”

You can love the music Ray does with his choir by picking up The Kinks Choral Collection.  The CD features hits like “You Really Got Me” and “All Day And All of the Night” and it hit shelves today. 

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Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers has revealed that the band already has new material for their upcoming 15th studio album.  The rocker spoke to BBC News adding that the group is headed to Paris for three weeks to work on some new stuff.  Gers went on to say, “The most important thing for a band is to create new music, otherwise you’re not valid – you become a parody.”  Maiden’s last album was 2006’s A Matter of Life and Death.

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Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is talking more about Steven Tyler’s recent announcement that the singer plans to focus more on branding himself.  Perry told the Las Vegas Sun that Steven has “quit as far as I can tell.”  Joe goes on to say that he knows as much about Tyler’s plans as the fans do and he’s tried getting in touch with the singer but Steven doesn’t return his calls.  Joe also says the band might find a new singer not to replace Tyler rather to “move the Aerosmith vibe up a notch.”  Read more at LasVegasSun.com. 

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