Day in Rock Report for 12/21/2021
New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert shared the news with fans via social media that he is recovering after undergoing surgery to have a tumor removed from his adrenal glands.
Chad shared a photo of himself in his hospital bed and a long message to fans via Instagram on Monday (December 20th). He wrote, "For the last 14 days I've been living in the hospital having cancer removed." (read more)
Fans will have another chance to watch Metallica's 40th anniversary concerts this Christmas weekend, with special rebroadcasts online via The Coda Collection (U.S.) and Amazon Prime (Internationally).
The iconic band took the stage at the Chase Center in their adopted hometown of San Francisco last week to perform two special sets to celebrate their 40th anniversary, and both shows were livestreamed via Amazon Prime. (read more)
(hennemusic) Robert Plant and Alison Krauss performed the "Raise The Roof" track, "Searching For My Love", on the Friday, December 17 episode of NBC-TV's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon and video of the performance has been shared online.
The appearance follows last month release of the follow-up to the pair's Grammy Award-winning 2007 record, "Raising Sand"; produced by T-Bone Burnett, the project features twelve new recordings of songs by legends and unsung heroes including Merle Haggard, The Everly Brothers, Anne Briggs, Geeshie Wiley, Bert Jansch and more. (read more)
Wolfgang Van Halen spoke about some of the negative reaction that he faced when he took over for Michael Anthony in Van Halen when they reunited with David Lee Roth, earning a top 21 story from June 2021.
The multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and son of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen spoke with Spin about his solo album released under the name Mammoth WVH. (read more)
Former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade had a top 21 story from June 2021 after he shared in an interview how surprised he was at how well things went with Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose, when the vocalist took over lead vocals for Brian Johnson for this Rock Or Bust Tour.
Rose was called in to help the band complete the tour after Johnson was forced to exit the trek under medical advice that he faced permanent hearing loss if he continues. (read more)
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus was the subject of a top 21 story from June 2021 after he confirmed via social media that he was battling cancer and that he was in the middle of undergoing chemotherapy treatment for the illness.
He tweeted, "For the past three months I've been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. It sucks and I'm scared, and at the same time I'm blessed with incredible doctors and family and friends to get me through this. (read more)
Late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland had a top 21 story from June 2021 when it was learned that a film about his life of called "Paper Heart" is under development by Dark Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Weiland died at the age of 48 in 2015 and Dark Pictures and Orian Williams have acquired the book rights to Weiland's memoir "Not Dead & Not for Sale," (which was written by the vocalist with David Ritz), according to the report. (read more)
Sammy Hagar shared that he would change what he wrote about his former bandmate Eddie Van Halen if he were to have written his autobiography today, earning him a top 21 story from June 2021.
Hagar released the memoir, "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock", in 2011 and he reflects now that he included the late guitarist's "dark side" in the narrative and he would not do that if he were to write it now. (read more)
Tragedy are best known for their metal covers of The Bee Gees but they decided to look back at when they did a hard rocking makeover of a classic hit from another iconic music star, which gave them a top 21 story from June 2021.
The band have reshared their take on Neil Diamond's hit "Sweet Caroline" and their "Blair Witch Project" meets "True Blood" music video for the track as a preview to their forthcoming greatest hits collection "Disco Balls to the Wall", which was released on July 30th. (read more)
Korn bass player Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu had a top 21 story from June 2021 after he announced that he would not be taking part in the band's summer tour because is "some time off to heal" after falling back into some of his bad habits.
He had this to say, "To all Korn fans worldwide, the past 6 years I've been dealing with some personal issues that at times have caused me to fall back on some of my bad habits and has caused some tension with the people around me. (read more)