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PRPhotos.comAlice In Chains are back in the Billboard Top 10 with the 30th anniversary edition of their 1992 album, Dirt. The new, two-LP 12-inch black vinyl edition of the album has hit Number Nine — only three spots lower than it did during its first go around back in 1992. The new chart placement is…

Getty ImagesWest Coast Beach Boys fans take note for a special event happening tomorrow (Wednesday, October 12th) at UCLA’s Lani Hall. At 4 pm PST, noted writer/producer David Leaf — author of the newly expanded, God Only Knows: The Story Of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys And The California Myth — will be on hand…

Getty ImagesAs part of his monthly live archival series, Bruce Springsteen has just issued yet another classic show from the E Street Band’s famed tour behind his watershed fourth album, Darkness On The Edge Of Town. The new set, which was taped on October 1st, 1978 at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, comes from the night after…

PRPhotos.comCharlie Watts blamed Led Zeppelin for pushing the amount of time musicians were expected to play in concert. Billboard published excerpts from the new biography of the late-Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Life, The Times, And The Rolling Stones: The Authorized Biography Of Charlie Watts by Paul Sexton. Charlie Watts died of cancer…

Getty ImagesDespite initially being tapped by Alex Van Halen to handle guitar duties for a loosely proposed Eddie Van Halen tribute show — Joe Satriani now maintains he’s not the man for the job. During a chat with Ultimate Classic Rock, Satriani said, “When I saw Wolfgang (Van Halen) playing at the Taylor Hawkins benefit,…

Getty ImagesIt was 56 years ago today (October 10th, 1966) that the Beach Boys’ released their masterpiece, “Good Vibrations.” The song went on to top the chart for one week exactly two months later (December 10th to 16th, 1966). “Good Vibrations” was bandleader Brian Wilson’s first attempt at a “modular” recording approach, which pieced together…

Getty ImagesAlthough John Mellencamp is probably the least nostalgic rock star on the planet — he admits to knowing he struck creative gold during the sessions for his landmark Scarecrow collection. Set for release on November 4th is the deluxe reissue of the 1985 classic. The new box set includes two CD’s of newly remixed…

PRPhotos.comEddie Vedder surprised fans with his first-ever live rendition of the Cure’s 1987 classic “Just Like Heaven.” Spin reported that on Friday night (October 7th) during Vedder’s show-closing stand at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM with his side band the Earthlings, the Pearl Jam frontman performed the Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me…

Getty ImagesWith the feud between Steve Perry and Journey’s Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain once again rearing its head, Neal’s wife — Michaele Schon — took to social media to urge Perry to work things out with his former-bandmates. Last month, Perry filed a lawsuit against Schon and Cain “over the use of 20 of…