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Talk about having friends in high places!!!

Guitar legend Carlos Santana, took his friend music mogul Clive Davis' advice and recently recorded an album of cover songs! They are not just any cover songs either... They are all ROCK CLASSICS, recorded with current rock superstars!

This album sounds like it is going to be AWESOME!

Included in the line up are...

Rob Thomas on Cream's Sunshine of Your Love, Joe Cocker on Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing, Scott Weiland on the Rolling Stones' Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Chris Daughtry on Def Leppard's Photograph, Chris Cornell on Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love, Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix on Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water and Nas on AC/DC's Back in Black.

Which one do you think is going to be the best?

The album is due out in September and Santana said  " I was like, 'No, I don't know if I want to do this one, Clive. This one's a little challenging.' And he would stay on the phone for at least 45 minutes to an hour, three times in one year, and I was like, 'Oh, lord…' But then I started realizing that someone with that intense passion of commitment couldn't be wrong, so I had to trust him. And it was incredible"

He added "What I brought to the table is my heart, knowing that I complement, I don't compete. I brought my heart, trusting that there's enough in me of purity and innocence and genuineness that I couldn't possible, excuse the expression, fuck it up. I know Eric (Clapton). I know Jeff Beck. I know Jimmy Page. And they know me. I have supreme certainty and confidence that they're going to say, 'Hey man, I love what you did with my song."

These songs are going to be PERFECT for Under the Covers which airs on  WAAF every weeknight at 10pm!

If you have a request for Under the Covers send it to us here!

We've been playing their classic songs for years!!! You still request them and obviously still love them, so why wouldn't the band want to get back together and make a new album?!?

Like many other bands of their era like Candlebox, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and STP... Bush have reunited and are releasing a new album titled  'Everything Always Now' in October! They'll be playing their first show together in 8 years in California in September!

Be listening for new music and a Boston concert date soon on WAAF!

What do you think? Are you excited about Bush getting back together?

It may not seem like much, in the grand scheme of things... But at least the guys from Korn are doing what they can. Check out the press release that I got today about their summer tour.

Have you done the same thing? Are you boycotting BP? Will you buy gas from there now, or ever again after the situation in the Gulf?

Let me know what you think!

For Immediate Release June 9, 2010

 KORN

 BOYCOTT USE OF BP OIL ON BUSES/VEHICLES

DURING SUMMER TOURING SEASON

New York, NY:  Motivated by the BP disaster and its devastating effects, heavy rock outfit KORN, who have sold more than 30 million records worldwide, take a stand by launching a boycott against using the company’s gasoline while on tour this summer.  The band has formally announced that it will not be fueling any of its touring vehicles with BP products and is strongly encouraging other touring artists to do the same. 

“The daily images are hard to watch,” says Korn frontman Jonathan Davis. “We need to do our part to let BP know there are consequences for causing something like this. We want to send a message to corporations like BP so that they will take more preventative measures in the future.  The more costly their punishment, the more money they will spend to make sure disasters like this don’t happen again. It’s plain and simple capitalism.” 

In a timely coincidence of life imitating art, Korn’s new album artwork, photography and stage set imagery reference the band’s hometown area near Bakersfield, CA and its bleak landscape littered with oil rigs. The video for the first single “Oildale (Leave Me Alone)” reveals a poverty-stricken area situated among the rich oil fields and tells a story of a young boy’s desire to escape.  The video story echoes the band’s own struggle out of Bakersfield.  Davis adds, “It was one thing for us to grow up near such poverty. But the situation in the Gulf takes things to a whole new level where people’s lives and livelihoods are affected forever.” 

Korn will spend their summer as a headliner on the third annual Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival playing in 14,000 to 30,000 seat amphitheaters. “We urge the other acts on Mayhem and anyone on tour this year to be with us on this,” Davis also said.

Korn is touring to support their upcoming album, due out July 13, 2010.  The title, Korn III – Remember Who You Are, is a reference to the band’s past and is a nod to their roots.

 

 

According to online sources, this Pearl Jam song is a leftover track from Riot Act. PJ's manager Kelly Curtis, sent it out through a 'guy named Pete'. It all sounds a little weird, but the PJ guys are always doing something out of the ordinary. Good thing for us, because we get to hear this song. It's called Better Days. Enjoy!

Click here to listen to Better Days

Everyone is still healing after the death of Slipknot's bass player Paul Gray, so I'm sure it's going to be a little tough for Corey and Jim to get back out on the road with Stone Sour. I got this press release today about the upcoming album and tour!

STONE SOUR ANNOUNCE SEPTEMBER 7 RELEASE DATE FOR AUDIO SECRECY 

  BAND OFFERS FANS SNEAK PREVIEW WITH NEW SONG “MISSION STATEMENT”

 

STONE SOUR TOURING U.S. THIS SUMMER WITH UPROAR FESTIVAL

New York, NY:  Three-time Grammy nominees STONE SOUR have announced a September 7^th release date for their much-buzzed-about new album Audio Secrecy.  “It's probably the best thing I've done in a long time," lead singer Corey Taylor recently told MTV News. "We recorded 18 songs — and knowing that every tune not only has its own identity but is damn good, I'm very, very proud of that." 

The band is giving fans a sneak preview of the album by offering a limited-time download of a new song titled “Mission Statement.” Says Taylor, "In this day and age, it's important to be strong enough to know who you are. This song is not only a rallying cry for us, but it says everything about what this album means to us. This is just the beginning."

“Mission Statement” will be available for 48 hours only beginning this Thursday, June 10^th at 11am EST. The track can be downloaded at www.stonesour.com.

The album’s first commercial single will be “Say You’ll Haunt Me,” which ships to modern rock and rock radio on Tuesday, July 6^th.

 

Stone Sour (Taylor, guitarists James Root and Josh Rand, bassist Shawn Economaki and drummer Roy Mayorga) and producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Deftones) recorded Audio Secrecy at Blackbird Studios in Nashville during the destructive storms and devastating floods that hit the historic heart of Music City.

 

“Recording during the flood was crazy,” says Taylor. “Luckily the studio and the band weren't affected too greatly. The studio was untouched and the neighborhood we were living in just missed being flooded. But a lot of the areas around us were decimated. Whole houses were submerged and for a week, the roads in and out of Old Hickory were completely covered with water. I've been getting the word out to people to contact Nashville Flood Relief if they would like to donate money to help the people of Nashville. Also, they can contact the Gibson Foundation (www.gibsonfoundation.org) to do the same. We were lucky, but so many people were not. I hope can pull together and do what we can for Nashville.”

 

While making the album, Stone Sour has been taping webisodes covering the recording process and answering fan questions. They can be viewed at www.stonesour.com.

 

The quintet will be previewing select songs from the album during this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival. The 36-date tour launches August 17 in Minneapolis, MN and will visit arenas and amphitheatres across North America before wrapping October 4 in Madison, WI.  Tickets are available via www.RockstarUproar.com and www.livenation.com.

 

Audio Secrecy is the follow-up to the gold-certified Come What(ever) May, which was also produced by Raskulinecz and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and spawned three radio hits, including the No. 1 smash hit single, "Through Glass,” “Sillyworld” and “Made of Scars.” Billboard hailed the record as “an intense, taut piece of work,” Alternative Press called the group “masters of ass-kicking,” adding, ”In a better America, Stone Sour would be the face of American rock” and Revolver magazine gave the disc four stars and praised the quintet for “demonstrating a dynamic range equaled by few of their peers.” Stone Sour's self-titled debut, also certified gold, spawned the band's first breakthrough hit "Bother," which was spotlighted on Spider-Man soundtrack. 

It seems like Green Day is everywhere right now, and for good reason. They are everywhere! From Broadway to your livingroom. Check out the upcoming Rock Band GREEN DAY!

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