Hulk Hogan Jams With Metallica.

Hulk Hogan reveals he almost joined Metallica

Wrestling star Hulk Hogan has revealed that he almost joined an early version of Metallica.

The grappler, who stars in his own reality TV series Hogan Knows Best, said that he used to be close mates with the metal titans' drummer Lars Ulrich during his days as a session musician.

He told The Sun: "I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler. I played bass guitar. I was big pals with Lars Ulrich and he asked me if I wanted to play bass with Metallica in their early days but it didn't work out."

Hogan also spoke about his love for The Stone Roses and said that the reunited Manchester band were once the soundtrack to his workout sessions. He said of this: "I love the Stone Roses. They're getting back together, right? That's cool man. I used to work out to some of their songs".

The wrestler also said he was aware that Kasabian often use his name as a pseudonym to check into hotel rooms under and joked that he wasn't happy about it.

Speaking about the Leicester four piece, Hogan said: "I heard about these guys. They have made a show about UK wrestling in the '80s, called 'Walk Like A Panther'. I know Rollerball Rocco, he's in it. He's my guy. I'll be his tag partner and sort them out for trashing hotel rooms under my name".

Oh..what might have been...

Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

Paul McCartney: 'Stevie Wonder is a genius'

Paul McCartney has spoken about working with Stevie Wonder on his new album 'Kisses On The Bottom', 30 years after the pair collaborated on the Number One song 'Ebony and Ivory'.

The pair join forces once again on new track, 'Only Our Hearts', which is one of only two new McCartney songs on the record. Of working with Wonder at Los Angeles' Capitol Studio, McCartney said:

Stevie came along to the studio in LA and he listened to the track for about ten minutes and he totally got it. He just went to the mic and within 20 minutes had nailed this dynamite solo. When you listen you just think, 'How do you come up with that?' But it's just because he is a genius, that's why.

Paul McCartney's new album, 'Kisses On The Bottom', is out on February 6. Eric Clapton features on the album's other new song 'My Valentine'.

'Kisses On The Bottom' is a collection of standards McCartney grew up listening to in his childhood as well as the two new McCartney compositions mentioned above. The album was produced by Grammy Award-winning Tommy LiPuma and also features Diana Krall and her band.

Check out the old school vid by Paul and Steve below!

Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World

Neil Young: 'The sound of music today makes me angry'

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Neil Young has hit out at the sound quality of 21st century recorded music, revealing that listening to it makes him "angry".

The Canadian singer songwriter, who released his 33rd studio album 'Le Noise' in 2010, has said that the sound quality of music is the "worst sound we've ever had".

He told MTV News: "I'm finding that I have a little bit of trouble with the quality of the sound of music today. I don't like it. It just makes me angry. Not the quality of the music, but we're in the 21st century and we have the worst sound that we've ever had. It's worse than a 78 [rpm record]. Where are our geniuses? What happened?"

Young went on to say that he believed people had changed their listening habits to cope with the worsening quality of recorded music.

He added: "I like to point that out to artists. That's why people listen to music differently today. It's all about the bottom and the beat driving everything, and that's because in the resolution of the music, there's nothing else you can really hear. The warmth and the depth at the high end is gone."

Young made sure to say that though he hated the way modern music was recorded, he did not hate the new bands who made it, and talked up Mumford and Sons and My Morning Jacket as two of his favourite new bands.

He said: "Mumford And Sons and My Morning Jacket are great bands. I love them both and I know them well. I feel good about saying that."

Etta James - At Last

R.I.P. Etta James

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the great soul and blues wailer Etta James died of complications from leukemia this morning in Riverside, California. She was 73.

As a teenager, James was discovered in 1950 by the bandleader Johnny Otis (who also died this week), and she scored her first minor hit, “Roll With Me, Henry,” in 1954. She toured with Little Richard and went on to sign with the great blues and early-rock label Chess, where she recorded for 18 years. Her best-known song, “At Last,” is one of the all-time classic first-dance wedding jams, but she had many, many other hits. She also overcame heroin addiction and continued to perform and record until very recently. Beyoncé, who played James in the 2008 movie Cadillac Records (and who James didn’t seem to like too much), sang “At Last” to President Obama at his Inaugural Ball.

Below, the classic:

De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 present First Serve -- 'Mrs. Whitter' [offi...

De La Soul to release concept album under the name First Serve

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De La Soul are set to release an old school hip hop, disco and funk inspired concept album under their new alter egos First Serve. Scroll down to hear the song 'Pushin' Aside, Pushin' Along' and to watch the skit Mrs. Whitter.

Plug 2/Dave and Plug 1/Pos from the hip hop band have stepped into character for the project, becoming Deen Whitter and Jacob 'Pop Life' Barrow to record the 'First Serve' album, which will be released on April 2.

Described as "the soundtrack to a movie that has yet to be made and a fable for our times", the album tells the story of Deen and Jacob, two childhood friends living in Queens, New York with dreams of making it big in the music world.

The album's story follows the pair as they go on to release a single and then become successful artists. In the skit Mrs. Whitter, we are shown the pair in their early years in Deen's mother's basement as they drink beer and smoke weed – watch it below.

The Beatles - A Day In The Life (VOODOO FARM DUBSTEP REMIX) by VOODOO FARM

The Beatles – A Day In The Life (VOODOO FARM Remix)

Jonathan Sawyer

Music

January 18, 2012

Sure dubstep is everywhere these days — remixing rock, rap, pop, and now the classics. Some will say this is like repainting the Mona Lisa. You just don't do it. While we're also positive that EDM heads will applaud this adventurous effort. Nonetheless, VOODOO FARM has decided to rework The Beatles' "A Day In The Life." Stream below and then let us know how you feel about the lively re-up in the comment section


The Beatles - A Day In The Life (VOODOO FARM DUBSTEP REMIX) by VOODOO FARM

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl collaborates with Slipknot's Corey Taylor (from NME)

 

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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has revealed to fans that he has recorded a song with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Taylor took to Twitter to say that he had just completed a song with Grohl and Nirvana producer Butch Vig. Posting at Twitter/CoreyTaylorRock, Taylor, who also performs with Stone Sour, wrote: "HUGE checks off the Bucket List today- did a song with Dave Grohl and Butch Vig. Do the words 'holy shit' say enough about it?!?"

It is not yet known if the song is for a Dave Grohl or a Corey Taylor project, however Dave Grohl recently collaborated with members of 1980s metal band, Ratt on a brand new song for a new Grohl project currently referred to simply as 'TBA'. This suggests that the Taylor and Grohl song is being headed up by the Foo Fighters man.

Foo Fighters recently confirmed they are planning to head into the studio to record a new album this year. The band only released their latest studio effort 'Wasting Light' in April 2011 but frontman Dave Grohl revealed on the band's official blog that he has already started compiling ideas for new songs.

He wrote: "We're not finished yet. There are still more shows to play, more songs to write, more albums to record, for years to come. I mean if you would have told me 17 years ago that in 2012 I would be writing songs for our eighth studio album... well."

Foo Fighters have been nominated for six gongs including Album Of The Year for 'Wasting Light' at the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which takes place on February 12 in Los Angeles.