Day in Rock Report for 10/04/2021

(hennemusic) David Bowie's lost 2001 album, "Toy", will finally see the light of day as part of the release of a pair of box sets in the coming months and a song from the record is being streamed online.

Following a legendary 2000 performance at the Glastonbury Festival, Bowie took his live band into the studio to capture new interpretations of songs he'd first recorded from 1964-1971. (read more)

Bullet For My Valentine have released a music video for latest single "Rainbow Veins." The song comes from their forthcoming set-titled album that is hitting stores on November 5th.

According to the announcement, the "new music video completes a collection of visceral and instinctive clips honed by creative director, Fiona Garden. Garden and singer/guitarist Matt Tuck have worked closely and intensely across all accompanying imagery around Bullet For My Valentine's upcoming seventh studio album, marking a distinct visual era for the band." (read more)

(hennemusic) Metallica are streaming pro-shot video of their 1984 classic, "Ride The Lightning", from a September 24 appearance at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, KY.

The title track from the group's second album, was featured on the group's opening night headline set, which also saw them close out the weekend event two night later with a performance of their self-titled 1991 record - aka The Black Album - in its entirety. (read more)

(hennemusic) Sixx:A.M. have released a video for "The First 21", a new song that is featured on the band's forthcoming compilation, "Hits", which will surface on October 22nd.

The tune was inspired by the book, "The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx" - the latest memoir from the Motley Crue bassist - which arrives on October 19 via Hachette Books n sync with the new audio collection. (read more)

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's "Night Moves" album is being celebrated by the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands.

Host Redbeard had this to say: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's Night Moves in October 1976 was such a major album, not just for the "eight year overnight success" that the mainstream media discovered in the Detroit journeyman singer/ songwriter, either. Along with Steve Miller's Fly Like an Eagle , Hotel California late that year from the Eagles, and Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton, Night Moves and its songs "Rock and Roll Never Forgets", "Main Street", "The Fire Down Below", "Come to Poppa", and the timeless "Night Moves" vaulted FM rock radio over the AM dial Top 40 colossus that had totally dominated American listenership for a generation. Everybody's all-American Bob Seger is my guest here In the Studio for the forty-fifth anniversary of the all-important Night Moves. (read more)

Wolves In The Throne Room have announced that that they are postponing their European tour until October and November of next year to support their new album "Primordial Arcana".

The tour is not set to kick off on October 12th in Copenhagen, Denmark at Pumpehuset and will conclude on November 12th in Wiesbaden, Germany at Kesselhaus. (read more)

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan is once again teaming up with long time musical partner Soulsavers (Rich Machin) and they will be releasing a new album next month.

The new record will be entitled "Imposter" and it set to hit stores on November 12th. According to the announcement, the album will feature Dave taking "listeners on a personal journey of 12 meticulously chosen reimagined songs from across genres and time periods, including selections from Neil Young, Bob Dylan, PJ Harvey, Charlie Chaplin, Cat Power and Mark Lanegan, amongst others." (read more)

Circle Jerks have added over two dozen new dates to their first North American tour in over 15 years that they will be launching with the first run of dates later this month.

The band's current live lineup includes vocalist Keith Morris, guitarist Greg Hetson (Bad Religion, Redd Kross), bassist Zander Schloss (The Weirdos, Joe Strummer) and drummer Joey Castillo (The Bronx, QOTSA, Danzig, BL'AST!, Wasted Youth). (read more)

EPL (singer, songwriter and guitarist Erinn Peet Lukes) just released her new single "Catalyst" (from her forthcoming EP) and to celebrate we asked her to tell us about the track. Here is the story:

"Catalyst" is a song that comes from an idea that's been brewing for a while. One of my most serious relationships ended a few years back, and the person who helped me realize that I needed to get out of it was my "catalyst." It made me think about how we all come into each other's lives and affect each other, like the butterfly effect. Some people become your best friend, some become your worst enemy, but I think more often people just help you realize and learn something about yourself. I've been led to believe that every relationship I have should be super meaningful, but sometimes the meaning comes from what they helped me realize about my life and what I want out of it. (continue)

Chase Rice has announced that he will be releasing his brand new single "If I Were Rock & Roll", this Friday, October 8th to digital retailers and will be sending it to radio next Monday, October 18.

The song is the first of new music that produced by Jay Joyce, and marks the first major release written completely independently by Rice and serves as the initial sampling of an album's worth of new music to come. (read more)

(hennemusic) Billy Idol has announced dates for a series of 2022 shows in the UK and Europe. The rocker will launch a UK trek in Glasgow on June 11 that will includes six shows in the region, before heading to Germany and Austria for another eight dates in late June and early July.

Tickets for the UK shows are already on sale, while presales for the European dates will begin Tuesday, October 5 at 10am CET (passcode: theroadside22), with general public seats going on sale Sunday, October 10 at 10am CET. (read more)

(hennemusic) Whitesnake have issued a 2021 HD video version of the title track to the forthcoming expanded 25th anniversary reissues of their 1997 album, "Restless Heart."

Due October 29, the reissues are led by a 4CD/DVD Super Deluxe Edition, which features newly-remastered and remixed versions of the original album, along with unreleased demos and studio outtakes. The DVD includes music videos and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album with new interviews from Coverdale, while the set comes with a hardbound book filled with rare and unseen photos from the era. (read more)

OPUS, drummer of Dead By Wednesday, Hail the Horns, Ellefson, and Earth re-released his solo acoustic EP Best Creation via his own label Mindsnap Music, a subsidiary of Von Artist and distributed by The Orchard/Sony.

Mindsnap Music put out the successful new sleaze hard rock band Bomber Alley (featuring members of Dee Snider's solo band) recently with more great releases coming soon, including brand new Dead By Wednesday, Howland's Hyatt (Drummer of Metal Church), Joey Concepcion, Soldiers of Solace, and more. (read more)

Jameson Rodgers has scored his second consecutive No. 1 single with "Cold Beer Calling My Name" featuring Luke Combs after the track topped this week's Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts.

Rodgers had this to say, "The only thing better than writing a No. 1 song is writing a No. 1 song with your friends [he co-wrote the track with Hunter Phelps, Brett Tyler, and Alysa Vanderheym]. I can't believe we get to do this for a living. I'm proud of this song and this team." (read more)

Vader have announced the release that they will be releasing their live package, entitled "Blitzkrieg in Texas: Live 2005", in various formats on October 21st.

The band had this to say, "VADERMANIAX!! Good news for all of You today \m/ Following the idea of releasing Vader live recordings from the past, we proudly announce "Blitzkrieg in Texas: Live 2005"!! In cooperation with our official store we try to give You something more, than all those non-official bootlegs." (read more)

Attraction To Tragedy just released a video for the title track to their forthcoming album, "Reinventing Romance" and to celebrate we asked Brandon Burke to tell us about the song. Here is the story:

So, here we have the title track of Reinventing Romance. I think it's very indicative of what we sound like and portrays all of the elements brought forth throughout the record. (continue)