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Yesterday, April 23, Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose received the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to him by his friend, actor Nicolas Cage. Watch the presentation below (which also features Andrew Dice Clay), and let us know what you think in the comments!
Yesterday, April 23, Guns N' Roses—joined by original bassist Duff McKagan—closed out the sixth annual Revolver Golden Gods with an epic set, which included their classic "Paradise City." Watch the performance below and let us know what you think in the comments.
From Banger Films, the creators of Iron Maiden: Flight 666 and Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage, comes Super Duper Alice Cooper, the story of Vincent Furnier, the preacher's son who struck fear into the hearts of parents everywhere as Alice Cooper, the most outrageous rock star of his generation.
This unique "doc opera," is a dizzying blend of documentary archive footage, animation and rock opera goes from the early days of Alice as the front man for a cutting edge rock band in the sixties, through the hazy decadence of global celebrity in the seventies, and on to his winking comeback as the glam metal godfather in the eighties. This is the tale of Alice and Vincent battling for souls. Super Duper Alice Cooper combines audio interviews with a wealth of archive Alice Cooper footage covering concerts, TV appearances, movie cameos, dramatic headlines and magazine spreads. All the highlights of his career are covered aided by contributions from some of the biggest music icons of all time including Iggy Pop, Elton John, John Lydon, Bernie Taupin, Dee Snider, and of course Alice Cooper himself. This is the definitive, extraordinary story of the man and the myth that is uniquely Alice Cooper.
In anticipation of the documentary, Eagle Rock Entertainment has teamed up with Revolver to premiere a never-before-seen trailer for the film. Check it out below.
For more on Super Duper Alice Cooper, visit their website and store.
Converge has premiered a new music video for "Precipice / All We Love We Leave Behind." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
To coincide with this release, Converge is offering an apparel design featuring visuals from the video. The design is available through the Converge online store and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, Massachusetts.
The songs are from Converge's 2012 full-length All We Love We Leave Behind.
As we've reported, all four original members of Kiss were on hand last night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
But that was only one of the highlights of the action-packed night.
At midnight, rocker Joan Jett took the stage with the surviving members of Nirvana, and the quartet dived head first into "Smells Like Teen Spirit." The Nirvana gang — Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic — hadn't performed a Kurt Cobain-written song together since their troubled frontman killed himself in 1994.
But there was more: After Jett's performance, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon joined the band for "Aneurysm" and Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) sang "Lithium." The Nirvana segment of the show closed with Lorde's emotional version of "All Apologies."
You can check out a video of Jett and the Nirvana members above.
Last night, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello inducted Kiss into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Be sure to check out the 13-minute-long video above, which shows the band's entire induction speech.
The clip shows a slightly jarring sight — former Kiss members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley sharing the stage (once again) with current members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons.
"To Ace Frehley, his iconic guitar playing has been imitated but never equaled by generations of guitar players around the world," Simmons said to the crowd at a packed Barclays Center. "To Peter Criss ... well, there's not a guy out there who beats the sticks like Peter. Nobody's got that swing and that style." He added that there was no one better to have on your team than Paul Stanley, saying, "We wouldn't be here today without the original fantastic four."
"When I was 13 years old and I picked up my first guitar, I always sensed I was going to be into something big," Frehley told the crowd. "Little did I know a few years later, there it was."
Perhaps Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley summed it up best when he thanked the band's fans, who made the induction happen. He also garnered the biggest applause when he bashed the critics who had been bashing the band for decades:
"I believe the spirit of rock and roll is that you follow your own path regardless of your critics and regardless of your peers. And I think we've done that for 40 years. Here we are tonight basically being inducted for the same things that we were kept out from." He added, "The people pay for tickets. The people buy albums. The people who nominate, do not."
As promised, Kiss did not perform last night, despite very audible pleading from fans.
Earlier today, Led Zeppelin's official YouTube channel posted a one-minute clip that contains snippets of the band's October 10, 1969, show at the L'Olympia in Paris.
You can check out the clip — which contains bits of the "Good Times Bad Times" / "Communication Breakdown" medley — above. Tell us what you think in the comments below or on Facebook!
The live disc makes up the bonus material that will be included with the deluxe reissue of Led Zeppelin, the band's self-titled debut album from early 1969, which will be released June 3 by Atlantic/Swan Song. The album — and every Led Zeppelin album — has been remastered by Jimmy Page.
Here's the complete track listing from the deluxe version of Led Zeppelin:
Led Zeppelin track listing:
01. Good Times Bad Times
02. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
03. You Shook Me
04. Dazed And Confused
05. Your Time Is Gonna Come
06. Black Mountain Side
07. Communication Breakdown
08. I Can't Quit You Baby
09. How Many More Times
Companion Audio Disc: Live At The Olympia - Paris, France October 10, 1969:
01. Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown
02. I Can't Quit You Baby
03. Heartbreaker
04. Dazed And Confused
05. White Summer/Black Mountain Side
06. You Shook Me
07. Moby Dick
08. How Many More Times
Steel Panther have released a new music video for "Gloryhole." The track comes off their upcoming release, All You Can Eat, which is out now. Check out the video below and let us know what you think in the comments!
New York metallic hardcore band Sylar will release their new album, To Whom it May Concern, on May 13 via Razor & Tie. In anticipation, the band teamed up with Revolver to premiere the music video for "Prescription Meditation." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
To pre-order To Whom it May Concern, visit iTunes or the band's merch site. For more on Sylar, visit their Facebook and Twitter.
Queens of the Stone Age have released a new music video for "Smooth Sailing." Check it out below.
The tracks is from last year's ...Like Clockwork.