Iron Man 2 just got another layer of metal slapped onto its shiny red and gold exterior – Tom Morello, who made his name as the blisteringly phenomenal guitarist for Rage Against the Machine only to then attempt to murder rock ‘n roll completely with the horrible, horrible Audioslave, will be contributing to John Debney’s score for the upcoming superhero flick, according to Metal Insider. Continue Reading
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Hard rock legends AC/DC and new super group Them Crooked Vultures are among the first acts announced to play this year’s Download Festival, which takes place at Donington Park between June 11-13. The festival, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, will also see performances from Stone Temple Pilots, Megadeth, Motorhead, Deftones, Bullet For My Valentine, Wolfmother and Volbeat.
The eighth Download festival marks the 30th anniversary of rock festivals at Donington Park, dating back to the first Monsters Of Rock in 1980.
AC/DC are bringing the rock n’ roll thunder to the upcoming Iron Man 2. The soundtrack to the film, set for release April 30, features 15 songs from the band’s catalog. In addition, Columbia Records will release the album AC/DC: Iron Man 2 on April 19, which offers 15, classic AC/DC songs selected from ten of the band’s studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008.
The complete track listing can be found below.
Amid rampant rumors that Brit-rockers The Darkness will reform in 2009 with their original line up, lead singer/guitarist Justin Hawkins has announced the rise of a new Spinal Tap – inspired group, Hot Leg.
Hot Leg will unleash its brand of new-age classic rock on the world with its debut album, “Red Light Fever,” in January.
With his flawless falsetto, which he refers to as the “Truth Larynx,” Hawkins will lead the new band with help from guitarist Pete Rinaldi, bassist Samuel SJ Stokes and drummer Darby Todd.
This week, Twilight beat out legendary rock group AC/DC for the top spot in album sales. I have to admit, I bought the album. After all, it was only $3.99 on Amazon.com! I think the reason many albums sell so well is because prices are reduced and people who would normally not purchase the album ultimately do. Here are your top 10 albums of the week!
Top 10 Albums (sales totals in parentheses)
1. Twilight soundtrack (165,000) | Preview and Buy
2. AC/DC, Black Ice (160,000) | Preview and Buy
3. High School Musical 3: Senior Year soundtrack (110,000) | Preview and Buy
4. Hinder, Take It To The Limit (81,000) | Preview and Buy
5. Pink, Funhouse (73,000) | Preview and Buy
6. John Legend, Evolver (72,000) | Preview and Buy Continue Reading
Well, the Wal Mart exclusive release model has worked again. AC/DC released their new album Black Ice last week and in its first week, moved over 784,000 copies.
It seems that the Wal Mart strategy works because AC/DC hasn’t moved that many albums in a long time. The Eagles were the first band to go Wal Mart exclusive with their album and to date, it’s moved over 7 million copies.
Apparently you just can’t keep a good thing a secret for too later. Apparently their attempts to keep the new AC/DC record a secret have been thwarted.
Sometime last night AC/DC’s “Black Ice” was leaked on one of the BitTorrent sites as well as uploaded to YouTube. This thing is going to spread faster than herpes on prom night, check it out quickly because I’m sure that SonyBMG/Columbia Records are probably freaking out right now and trying to get control over the “situation”. Someone is soooo fired. The album is still two weeks sky of it’s official release date October 20th.
