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• Pearl Jam side project!
• Tom Morello and hippos.
• New Aerosmith in the works!
• Gene Simmons is getting sued.
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Pearl Jam side project! 09/04/2008 Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is releasing his first solo album. "Tone" will hit stores September 16th. As of now, "Tone" will only be available on CD as part of a one-time-only pressing of 3,000 copies. Jeff said the material on "Tone" represents an accumulation of 10 years worth of songs he never solicited for potential inclusion on a Pearl Jam album. Jeff said he may eventually may play some solo gigs. Meanwhile, later this fall, Pearl Jam will reconvene to continue work on its ninth studio album. Jeff said: "We have five or six almost finished instrumental beds, and maybe 15 other things from which we could definitely get three or four songs out of. Hopefully sometime this winter we will knock a record out. The goal is to know the songs front to back before we actually record them, which we haven't always done."

Tom Morello and hippos. 09/04/2008 Tom Morello isn't much of an artist, but he can draw one thing: hippos. Morello says you can see his art work on his main electric guitar, the one that says "Arm the Homeless." He describes them as "cute little sort of cloud-like hippos." He says he can only draw them facing in one direction, "to the left, naturally."

New Aerosmith in the works! 09/04/2008 Aerosmith is expected to hit the studio at the end of the month to start working on a new studio album. Frontman Steven Tyler says you can expect "Just your usual Aerosmith. You can't tame it; rocking-out, in-your-face music." Once the new CD is done, Tyler said the band is already scheduled to hit the road. "The tour is booked for March or April. We [go through] the States although I think there are some outside gigs but not as much as last year."

Gene Simmons is getting sued. 09/04/2008 A Los Angeles man is suing Gene Simmons. He says Gene took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League. The guy says he helped broker the deal between Simmons and the IRL, but got cut out of the contract while he was on a personal vacation. No word on how much cash the guy wants. Gene Simmons hasn't made any comments about the lawsuit.

Coldplay behind the sccenes 09/04/2008 Coldplay are set to post behind-the-scenes footage from their gig at the Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon tonight (September 4). on their website. The footage will be available at Coldplay.com. Chris Martin and co. will be updating Coldplay.com throughout the afternoon and evening with images and updates as they happen. Meanwhile, Coldplay announced that they will release a brand new EP, 'Prospects March', in December.

Jimmy Page may play at the 2012 Olympics 09/04/2008 Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page has said he would be "honoured" to be asked to perform at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The guitarist told The Independent that he hadn't been asked about appearing yet, but strongly hinted that he would accept if offered the gig. Page played his band's Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' at the Olympic handover in London last month, alongside Leona Lewis.

Jimi Hendrix guitar to sell for 1 million! 09/04/2008 The first guitar torched on stage by Jimi Hendrix is to go on sale at an auction of rock memorabilia in London. It is thought the instrument could sell for as much as $1,000,000. The sale also includes such rarities as the Beatles' first management contract, signed in 1962 by all four members of the group and manager Brian Epstein. The document, which includes the names and signatures of Paul McCartney and George Harrison's fathers, is tipped to fetch up to $500,000. Drummer Ringo Starr signed the four-page contract under his own name, Richard Starkey. The items are being sold at The Fame Bureau's It's More Than Rock and Roll memorabilia auction.

New Nickelback. 09/04/2008 Nickelback are recording a new studio album in Vancouver, Canada, with renowned producer Mutt Lange that's set to hit stores Nov. 18. The as-yet-untitled effort is the follow-up to 2005's All the Right Reasons, which has moved 10 million copies worldwide. "If Today Was Your Last Day," the first single from the upcoming collection, will arrive at radio stations Sept. 30.

Velvet Revolver's search continues.... 09/04/2008 Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has said that band's search for a new singer is still ongoing because they don't want to find another Scott Weiland. A number of singers, including Spacehog's Royston Langdon and Lenny Kravitz, have been linked with the position since Weiland left the group acrimoniously in April. But Slash said that while he and the rest of the band had clicked with Langdon they agreed that his voice was too much like Weiland's to suit the group's new ambition. "I think Royston's fantastic, but he's more in the Scott Weiland range, which is great for that, but what we want to do is something aggressive and very hard rock,” he told EW. “Basically, what we originally planned to do the first time around that was sort of molded differently when Scott came into it." Slash added that the search "is still ongoing. Now that we have the choice, we're gonna make sure we get the right guy."

102 people arrested after a Rage show! 09/04/2008 102 people were arrested following a Rage Against The Machine concert in Minneapolis last night (September 3rd), police have said. The arrests came after a large portion of the crowd marched to the site of the Republican Nation Convention in nearby St Paul. Minnesota Public Radio reports that police lost control of the protesters after they took too long to leave the concert. Dan Kriske, who had attended the event, said he was originally placed under arrest but allowed to go by officials. He added that he saw police use pepper spray in an effort to control the crowds. Rage Against The Machine also triggered protests in Minnesota on Tuesday (September 2nd) when authorities prevented them from playing an impromptu concert. The band attempted to perform for fans on the State Capitol lawn in St Paul but were told they didn't have a proper permit. Check out some of the footage from Minneapolis below...

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