Reunited '80s hard rockers EXTREME surprised members of the audience at the METAL SKOOL concert on Monday (April 9) when they climbed up on stage and performed a cover of LED ZEPPELIN's "Communication Breakdown" in Hollywood, California.
DREAM THEATER "SYSTEMATIC CHAOS" SPECIAL EDITION DVD DETAILS
DREAM THEATER's new album, "Systematic Chaos", will be released on Tuesday, June 5 (date may vary in different countries) through Roadrunner and will be available in two formats: regular-edition CD and a special-edition CD and DVD.
The special-edition DVD will include:
* The entire album mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound
* "Chaos in Progress - The Making of Systematic Chaos" (a 90-minute documentary directed by Mike Portnoy)
The CD track listing for both editions is:
01. In The Presence of Enemies Pt. 1 (9:00)
02. Forsaken (5:36)
03. Constant Motion (6:55)
04. The Dark Eternal Night (8:51)
05. Repentance (10:43)
06. Prophets Of War (6:01)
07. The Ministry of Lost Souls (14:57)
08. In The Presence of Enemies Pt. 2 (16:38)
The band will shoot a video next week for the first single off the album, "Constant Motion".
SLASH: GUNS N' ROSES ORIGINAL LINEUP FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWS IS A "GOOD IDEA"
Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash was recently asked by Brazilian MTV about a possible reunion of the original GN'R lineup.
"It's been 12 years now… 11 years… and it just doesn't seem like one of those things that any of us are really thinking about doing," Slash said. "And I'm not saying never. I would say it would be a good idea to get, just for a couple of shows, to get the original STP [STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, former band of VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland] and the original GUNS N' ROSES just to do a couple of shows for the fun of it."
MTV Brazil: Have you listened to "Chinese Democracy" [GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album]?
Slash: "I haven't heard it. It hasn't come out yet."
Watch a short video clip of Slash's interview with MTV Brazil at YouTube.
GUNS N' ROSES' "Greatest Hits" collection, which was originally issued in March of 2004, was certified triple-platinum on April 11, 2006 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of three million copies. The CD sold 11,000 copies in the United States last week alone (week ending April 9), bringing the total number of copies sold since its release to 3.54 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
