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The City Council in Aberdeen, Wash., voted 10-1 against a resolution to rename a bridge after the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.

Eight citizens and several council members spoke against renaming the bridge, which is unofficially named after pioneer Alexander Young.

KXRO reports the vote against the Cobain rename drew applause from the audience at Wednesday’s council meeting. Some people were concerned about memorializing the grunge rock musician because of his drug use, suicide and negative comments about his hometown.

The council did vote to name a small body of land on the Wishkah River the Cobain Landing.

Twentieth anniversary celebrations for classic Nirvana album Nevermind have been dealt a blow after Facebook decided to remove the cover art from its pages because of its anti-nudity rules.
The famous work shows a naked baby swimming in a pool, which the social media company says violates its terms of use, explaining: “Facebook does not allow photos that attack an individual or group, or that contain nudity, drug use or violence.
But plan for a special edition of the album will go ahead including four CDs and a DVD, of which only 40,000 will ever be made. It’s due for release in September.
Faith No More remain resolved to stay away from the recording studio, but will continue to play a number of live shows, says frontman Mike Patton. He explains: “We’re just taking it slow, as it comes. Reunions can be done very distastefully. We were all very worried about that. It’s a tired old script: band splits up, gets hard up, goes on tour and records a shit record. We don’t want to be part of that. But I think we’re all very surprised with how good it’s felt.”
Weezer drummer Pat Wilson says he has three bad habits as a musician. “Slouching, playing whatever I want when I want, and not listening to anyone else when I play,” he lists. “But when I’m on stage I get to orient my cymbals just so – so I can only see the crowd and not the band.”
Matt Sorum has revealed it was his idea to invite Corey Taylor to try out as Velvet Revolver‘s singer. “We had ten songs and we liked it – we could put the album out tomorrow,” he reports. “But Slash wasn’t feeling it, and it we’re not all feeling it together, we can’t do it.”
Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix admits becoming a father has changed his approach to songwriting: “It’s made me more aware of how cruel the world can be, but also how beautiful it can be. It’s made me realise there’s a dynamic between the two. I want my kids to know, ‘Take warning and protect your neck, but also don’t be afraid to experience the beauty.’” He says his new outlook will be reflected in the band’s next album.
Black Country Communion keyboardist Derek Sherinian says the band wanted to go out on tour earlier than this year – but their management wouldn’t let them. He explains: “They felt it would be stronger if we had two albums of material to put together a set out of, and it would be a little bit stronger.” Now they’re established he says: “I think you can count on us coming out every year with a new album and then doing two or three months of touring.”

A day out to a police shooting range for Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and Poison singer Bret Michaels could result in a felony charge for one or both musicians, after a TV news channel showed photos of the visit to sheriff and local police chiefs.

The pair took time out from their US tour while they were in North Carolina to play the state’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Charlotte on July 12. They were accompanied to the shooting range by law enforcement officers from Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, and their visit is believed to have been arranged by a former policeman who now works with bands.

But Lee and Michaels could have broken state law if they have criminal records which prohibit them from using guns. North Carolina’s Felony Firearms Act says it is an offence “for any person who has been convicted of a felony to purchase, own, possess, or have in his custody, care, or control any firearm.” [We couldn’t find reports of Michaels having a felony conviction; however Lee did plea no contest to felony abuse charge in 1998 according to the LA Times

The Cars – Move Like This

by Dan MacIntosh

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Something happened to our love for The Cars in the ’80s. Maybe all the MTV videos made us so tired of lead singer Ric Ocasek’s ugly mug. Whatever it was, the band wore out its welcome. However, as much as we were all so ready send them packing we’re now just as excited about their reunited return.

Move Like This has all the right The Cars moves. “Blue Tip,” with its clipped electric guitar part, and especially because of its cool mid-song spoken word part, just rejuvenates mad Cars love. When the pretty ballad “Soon” plays, it brings back fond memories of “Drive,” without question the best Cars ballad. The synth washes during “Take Another Look” also puts “Drive” to mind. In addition, other places similarly trigger specific memories. The handclap beat of “Sad Song” is a “Candy-O” Pavlovian moment, for sure, while the synth solo during “Free” feels drawn straight from the band’s self-titled album debut.

Don’t look for any heavy meaning in Cars songs because this group was always more of a sports car than a functional vehicle. Ah, but what flash! Whatever petered out toward the end of The Cars’ journey seems to have been regained once again in full. The album simply feels good with the aural equivalent of new car smell.

Ocasek has never been a great singer. Nevertheless, there is character in his voice that never fails to strike a resonating nerve. He’s like a weird guy that always has something interesting to say. It’s hard to look him in the eye when he speaks, but if you can look down at your shoes for even a few minutes, you’re bound to come away with a few memorable conversational morsels.

For some of us, The Cars’ return is purely nostalgic. Think of us as those guys that still drive the muscle cars of our youth. Nevertheless, to our credit, they just don’t make cars like they used to. The same can be said about rock bands.

Pete Best, original drummer for The Beatles, is to have two roads named after him in Liverpool, one of which will also honour his mother, Mona Best.

The news came after a Facebook campaign was supported by over 10,000 people seeking recognition for the drummer. Talking to the BBC, Best said:

I feel very humbled, very flattered and very honoured that the city of Liverpool, council members and the people of Liverpool have thought to honour me in such a fantastic way.

The roads will be named Pete Best Drive and Casbah Close.

His mother, Mona Best, will be remembered with the latter, as a tribute to her work with The Casbah Club. Pete explained how the venue, set up by Mona, was instrumental in The Beatles’ success.

The Casbah Coffee Club was the catalyst for the Merseybeat sound. It was the original birthplace of The Beatles on August 29, 1959. I just wish that she was still here to receive the honour herself because she was the mother of merseybeat.

Pete Best played drums for The Beatles from 1960 to 1962, before he was replaced by Ringo Starr. He now performs with his own band, The Pete Best Band.

ZZ Top’s new album is now finished, being mixed, and will be released in the fall of 2011. Billy Gibbons tells Mojo magazine, “It sounds and feels like Tres Hombres, with a few elements of the Eliminator period thrown in. A pretty wide range, from basic blues to slightly more fancy stuff.

Songs recorded include “Flyin’ High,” “More Slower Blues.” “Chartreuse” and “Have A Little Mercy.” The latter is, says Gibbons, inspired by early B.B. King cuts.

The sessions have been executive-produced by Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Metallica, etc). Gibbons adds, “The thing about Rick is he pushes the artists to spend more time reaching down deeper than they normally would.”

ZZ top recorded at the famous Shangri La Studios in Malibu with engineeer Dave Sardy (Oasis, Jet). The trio then moved back to Texas, to Foam Box Recordings in Houston, with long-time engineer Joe Hardy. “It was the Sardy and Hardy party,” said Gibbons.

A version of “Flyin’ High,” which is not confirmed for the album, has already debuted: played en-route to the International Space Station on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. “We figured it’d be the perfect song to pass along to the astronauts,” said Gibbons.

Not every song will be as as radio-friendly as “Flyin’ High”, insists Billy. “More Slower Blues” is “simply one chord, that never stops.”

ZZ Top have yet to reveal the album’s title and its final tracklisting.

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx spent Tuesday night on the streets of Denver, Colorado, photographing the homeless. According to the Daily Express, the rocker and respected photographer (he’s giving a presentation called “Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx” in California in August) was overwhelmed by the kindness of those he met on the streets.

Sixx tweeted: “Everybody I photographed tonight was homeless. They were all kind and humble.

“I asked them simple questions mostly about how long they had been out here… None asked for anything in return. I did my best to help them through the night, but the problem is bigger than tonight isn’t it?”

Sixx also uploaded six of his Denver photographs to his Twitter page.

The Australian government is funding a biopic of late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. According to the NME, the movie is being produced by Lizzie Atkins with Eddie Martin directing.

Screen Australia, the government’s film fund, is backing the project. Scott was with the famed Australian rock band from 1974 to 1980, when he died from alcohol poisoning.

Scott’s life was also turned into a play in Australia earlier this year.

Detroit rock and roller Ted Nugent is on the road with a variety of names this summer — everyone from ZZ Top to Derek St. Holmes — playing casinos, amphitheaters and the Chicago House of Blues. In the midst of all the touring, the 62-year-old musician has revealed he’s actually a big fan of Motörhead.

“Love the Lem! Love that Motörhead!” he excitedly told The Other Paper, in reference to Motörhead frontman Lemmy. “Our VH1 Supergroup performed ‘Ace of Spades,’ and my fire-breathing guitar made it spectacularly angry and animal.”

On the subject of reality TV, Nugent says doing each show is simply a blast.

“Our award-winning Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild TV show on Outdoor Channel continues to obliterate all things status quo,” he said. “You gotta witness it as often as possible. Killer TV. Literally.”

No matter how you carve it, Nugent is here to stay, and he says this period of playing live is his best yet.

“I’m living way beyond the dream, baby!” he said. “Best rock season of my life, headed for the best hunting season of my life, family is great, spirit and attitude on fire.”

Ozzy Osbourne is taking a breather from the road, and his new six-stringer, Gus G., is using the down time to tour with his Greek power metal group, Firewind. Firewind recently played alongside Judas Priest in Greece, and Gus G. used the opportunity to gush about new Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner.

“Priest are doing great and are putting on such a great show,” Gus G. told Rock AAA. “Richie [Faulkner] is doing a great job, and I’m very glad he got the job [to join the band.] He’s a ripper, is doing great on stage, people seem to really love what he is doing and he deserves it.”

As for whether it’s tricky to switch between playing the straight-ahead metal in Ozzy to the prog-rock textures of Firewind, Gus insists they come from “the same roots.”

“With Ozzy I’m playing all these classic songs where I try to do them justice. Then I go and do my own things and the songs I wrote with Firewind and stuff that is natural to me,” he said.

“But the thing is it’s not a big problem for me to switch like that, because I come from that same school of heavy metal and rock guitar, and it feels natural for me to play these songs, and I’m really enjoying both. They are very different things but at the same time they have the same roots.”