Warning: This may destroy your ideals about Eddie Van Halen.
This audio interview which was recorded and conducted by a US radio station includes a story - drunkenly related - about how sprinklers ruined his garage door, how many cars he has, what wine he likes, and a whole lot of other slightly hard to understand stuff. Enjoy. 

Aerosmith recruited retro-rocker Lenny Kravitz ( normally a headliner himself) for the opening slot of their fall tour, which kicks off Oct. 30 and will stretch into early December. Aerosmith is hitting the road supporting their forthcoming live Dual Disc which is scheduled to hit stores Oct. 25. The audio side will containing 11 tracks, and the DVD side features the entire album mixed in Enhanced PCM Stereo, as well as video footage of the band performing four songs. "We went back to the beginning of the band's career for some of these songs," said guitarist Joe Perry in a statement. "We had fun knocking the dust off them but it was also a little nerve-racking, because we hadn't played some of the songs in years".

U2 lead singer Bono is a leading candidate for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize due to his tireless work to convince political leaders to do everything possible to ease Third World poverty, including the simple act of canceling debts owed by poor nations. The interest on those loans make it impossible for leaders in poor countries to provide normal services to their countrymen. NBC Late Night host Conan O'Brien is turning over Thursday night's entire show to U2 in honor of these efforts and to make nice with a future Nobel Peace Prize winner. O'Brien has never before allowed one particular act to dominate his show. The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize should be announced sometime on Friday.

The Offspring have confirmed the inclusion of their cover version of the original Police song “Next To You" as an unlisted final track on their US Greatest Hits album. The band will also headline the closing-night concert at the BlizzCon computer/video game festival on October 29 at the Convention
Center in Anaheim, CA. BlizzCon Show Passes are sold out and concert tickets are not sold separately, however, a limited number of additional BlizzCon
Show Passes (US $120) may become available in October, check the official BlizzCon web site (http://www.blizzcon.com) if you’re interested in attending.

DANZIG's main man and namesake Glenn Danzig recently spoke about the band's current "Blackest of the Black" tour, which features a lineup handpicked by Glenn himself: CHIMAIRA, BEHEMOTH, HIMSA, MORTIIS and THE AGONY SCENE, with DANZIG headlining. Former MISFITS guitarist Doyle Von Frankenstein is joining him onstage each night for a special 30-minute set of MISFITS classics. The 22-date trek runs through October 29 in Los Angeles. "It's something I've been working on for a long time", said Danzig."But I don't want it to be like Ozzfest. It's for bands that get ignored by radio and television. It's just like when DANZIG and SLAYER came up. No one would play us, but we sold out venues and everyone was shocked. The Ozzfest is nothing but a corporate buy-on." Danzig also confirmed that "Blackest of the Black" will be his last tour. "I'm done. I don't want to tour anymore. I'm just burned out on it. I don't enjoy it anymore. I love being onstage. But the other 22 hours of the day, spent bouncing around on a bus — I don't know anymore. I'll still be doing music, because that's my first love."

During the last weekend approx. 500,000 Bon Jovi tickets were sold and the New Jersey rockers added more shows to meet the demand.
Additional shows have been tacked onto the band's itinerary in Boston; East Rutherford, NJ; Montreal; Toronto; and Auburn Hills, MI. Other sellouts were reported in Des Moines, IA; Minneapolis; Uncasville, CT; New York City; Philadelphia; and Washington, DC. The band is said to be booking stops in several other North American markets, including Dallas; Atlanta; Seattle; Portland, OR; Milwaukee; Nashville; Houston; San Jose, CA; Los Angeles; Phoenix; and Las Vegas, according to a press release. Bon Jovi takes to the road in early November through at least January. The group is embarking on their first tour since 2003 to support its new album, "Have a Nice Day," which hit stores in September. The quartet expects to remain on the road throughout 2006, and has already confirmed a run of European shows for next May and June.

The Darkness are BACK! The UK platinum selling band is currently gearing up to release their sophomore album, ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL... AND BACK, which will be in stores on November 29th. "The album is all about faith lost and restored, and about love lost and found", explains lead singer Justin Hawkins, "the stakes were high and we did what would have killed any lesser - the finest rock album of the past twenty years … our debut aside". You can listen to 'One Way Ticket' right now exclusively on Myspace! Head over to http://www.myspace.com/
the darkness

Korn's single "Twisted transistor" off their upcoming new album is now available for purchase on iTunes. Their greatest hits album will be in stores on October 5. The band just concluded the European part of their last tour and will take a few month off to rejuvenate and re-energize.

Motorhead frontman Lemmy received a Living Legend award at the inaugural Classic Rock 'n' Roll Of Honor awards. Lemmy's award coincided with his 60th birthday and Motorhead's 30th anniversary and a host of stars paid tribute. Deep Purple were honored with the Classic Album award for their seminal 1970 album Deep Purple In Rock. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page was also at the awards at London's Café De Paris.

Hinder, the rockers from Oklahoma City released their debut album last Tuesday. "Extreme Behavior" which was produced by Brian Howes (Closure, DDT) and engineered by Mike Fraser (Aerosmith, AC/DC) in Vancouver, BC’s Armoury Studios, is just about as straight-up as you can get! Sex, drugs, and rock n roll! You can listen to some sound bites at their official website http://www.hinderonline.com/. The album’s first single, “Get Stoned,” is already tallying up airplay at Rock radio 102.1 The Edge in Dallas/Fort Worth and CFOX Vancouver.

European Press is reporting that Jack Osbourne has been talking to NASA officials about joining them in their efforts to put another man on the moon in 2018. The motive of the 19-year-old is of purest intent; he wants to promote the Macmillan Cancer Relief and his mother's charity, the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program.

Direct TV is featuring an extraordinary concert of Audioslave performing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Havana, Cuba. Audioslave, who is fronted by Ex-Soundgardens Chris Cornell and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello perform tracks from their self-titled debut album, their upcoming new release "Out of Exile" and surprise cover versions of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" as well as Rage Against the Machine's "Sleep Now in the Fire." Audioslave is the first American rock band to play in Cuba. Shows are scheduled to be played during the month of October. Check your local Direct TV schedule for more details. The band also has a scheduled interview on The Edge 102.1 on October 6th. Check the stations website to listen live at http://www.edge.ca.com