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What to expect from Anthrax's new album

I gave up trying to figure out who’s singing in Anthrax now and even if I knew, it could change at any second anyways so I’m just going with the flow.

This week’s vocalist, apparently Joey Belladonna, talks Anthrax’s new album. You know, the one recorded with a different singer that they’re now redoing? Got a headache yet?

“There are new lyrics being done right now and just the overall vocals are going to be brand new. Music-wise, there might not be a lot of recording. Who knows?! Again, it’s open to anything at this point, because you get a whole other shot at everything. But they are really happy with what they have, so there is not a lot of finagling going on”

Read full interview here.

So Joey doesn’t sound too sure, either. We’re guessing the band is just using the “rock paper scissors” technique to make decisions, which explains all the uncertainty.

Phil is honest

Phil Anselmo’s been in a million bands, but he will always be associated mainly with Pantera, and he knows that, so he talks about them all the time.

But fair is fair, at least he’s admitting his own mistakes, unlike my ex-girlfriend who still denies doing German scheisse porn even though her (literally) shitty antics are captured on HD video and streamed on the internet. “It’s fake. It’s CGI” she said when I questioned her. “Yeah right, if by CGI you mean Cock Gagging Interaction” was my quirky answer that got me slapped in the face. I still love her though.

“I said some ridiculous things in the press back in the day. I admit it. But I put myself in that position, so I’m not gonna blame anyone else. I know that everything I did yesterday is etched in stone, but it doesn’t faze me. All I can do is the right thing today.“ mumbled Phil.

Read more about it here.

If I can be serious for a second, Phil is not the only frontman to say a lot of ‘ridiculous things’ in the press, but he’s one of the few who will own up to it. I respect that. I wish other redheaded frontmen would stop blaming the press and start being honest.

Helloween stream

It’s almost Halloween and what better way to prepare yourself for it than by listening to Helloween? Cause, you know, they’re named “HELLoween” (see what they did there? replaced the ‘a’ with ‘e’ to play with both the words ‘hell’ and ‘halloween’  and it’s just genius)

So yeah, their whole new album is available for streaming on their MySpace page. ALL of it. WOWSA! It’s called “7 Sinners” and it will be released in North America on the 9th of November, but who will buy it if it’s free on the interwebs? Time will tell.

Bret Michaels is modest

Bret Michaels is humble, modest and doesn’t really like being in the spotlight. So in this next interview, he’s not just talking on and on and on about himself and about how big his ratings were on all the reality series he’s been on. Nope, not one bit. Not once. Never…

View the video after the jump and witness modesty at its finest. They show his nude cover picture again so consider yourself forewarned.

P.S. = A cool drinking game you can do, if you want to get wasted. Drink a shot every time he says “awesome.”

Steven Tyler likes balls

You know by now that Steven Tyler is the new American Idol judge. Also, $20 says American Idol will have the lowest ratings ever this upcoming season… Anyway, you know from now on a lot of questions like “OMG HOW WILL YOU FIND TIME TO BE A ROCKSTAR NOW THAT YOU ARE ONTV??” will keep being asked, so might as well get used to it.

But check out how Steven answers this question in a recent interview. Is it just me, or is he being a bit more “male friendly” than usual?

“I’m married to four men. I mean, you think women are bad. Did I say that? So it’s a marriage, and there’s a lot of ups and downs, and we went through a period there — a slow period — where everybody was not feeling so good. […] So it just is what it is. It’s good, because it afforded us a down period, and we got a chance to look at each other. […] I can juggle a lot of balls, so it’s all looking good.”

Listen to the full interview here.

Now, I’m not a homophobe. I like Wham! as much as the next man. But don’t those quote just feel a bit off to you? I was waiting for something like “And this one time, at band practice…” to come next.