So, when White and his bandmate/ex-wife Meg tried to play the shortest concert ever in Newfoundland, Canada by performing only one note in the form of a clash of a cymbal and the Guinness Book of World Records people turned down their entry, White was less than thrilled.

“We were in Newfoundland and the idea that I came up with at breakfast was, ‘Let’s play one note today,’” explained White in an interview. “I told Meg as we were getting out of the car. I said, ‘Make sure you grab your cymbal and when you hit the cymbal, grab it so that the note only lasts a millisecond.’”

White expressed his dislike of the Guinness Book of World Records people in his interview with Buzz Aldrin in Interview Magazine.

“I was thinking that afterwards we could contact the Guinness World Records people and see if we could get the record for shortest concert of all time. So we did it, but ultimately they turned us down,” said White. “The thing is, though, that the Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There’s nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what a record is and what isn’t.

“Most of the records in there – who has the biggest collection of salt-and-pepper shakers or whatever – are just whatever they want them to be,” White continued. “So with something like the shortest concert of all time, they didn’t think whatever we did was interesting enough to make it a record.”

“I don’t know why they get to decide that, but, you know, they own the book.”

–Nadia Noir, CBS Radio Los Angeles

Now, according to Iero in an interview, My Chemical Romance has enlisted their tour drummer Jarrod Alexander and “can’t wait to start tracking” with producer Doug McKean.

“It’s going really well, actually,” said Iero when asked about what would be My Chemical Romance’s fifth studio album. “I’m really excited…I think we’re maybe a month away from the record button lighting up. “

According to the Aquarian Weekly, a New Jersey-based art and music blog, My Chemical Romance is very happy they brought Alexander into the fold.

“Jarrod is a rad guy and a fantastic player,” explained Iero. “It’s been really fun making music with him these past few months. He loves coffee and hitting drums super-hard … and the fact that he’s not a thieving piece of garbage is a breath of fresh air.”

“Since we only had a week’s worth of notice to prepare for this show and with scheduling conflicts and all, we decided that instead of using a real-live human drummer,” said Iero about the band’s stepping in for Blink-182 at Bamboozle after drummer Travis Barker got his tonsils removed. “We are going to use the super computer from ‘War Games’ instead. However, we have nicknamed the computer Jarrod.”

–Nadia Noir, CBS Radio Los Angeles

The delightfully eccentric rock star is now celebrating his first charted number one album with his recent solo work Blunderbuss and his record label–Third Man Records–has kept up accordingly with balloon music delivery systems, party favor vinyl that is nearly impossible to play, and White’s plans to be the first-ever person to play vinyl in space.

Most recently, White has unveiled a video of a Triple Decker Poster that was created, designed, and printed by Matthew Jacobsen and Bryce McCloud for White’s Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee shows with the Alabama Shakes.

According to the Third Man Records website, the Triple Decker Poster is “composed of three separate posters that when combined create an all new poster on it’s own… It’s kind of a ‘fourth wall’ inter-dimensional type thing and you’re going to want one, two, or all three of these posters.”

The Black poster, or the bottom poster is letterpressed and features a peacock and vulture egg. The White poster is laser-cut and features no ink, but a cut-out peacock. The Blue poster features a vulture. All three posters includes Jack White’s logo.

The posters will only be available at the Ryman Auditorium shows and only 150 were made of each.

You can play around with the posters at ThirdManRecords.com.

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Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) May 15, 2012

–Nadia Noir, CBS Radio Los Angeles

The family followed the original Spike Jonze-directed music video as closely as possible. The end result is a fun twist on one of the most iconic videos of all time, the 1994 classic “Sabotage.”

In a phone interview this morning with Winter he explained that not only is he a fan but his sons recently fell in love with The Beastie Boys, “When their last album came out, Hot Sauce Committee, we got that and and somehow managed to get a clean version so we’ve just been bumpin’ the heck out of it and they’ve just been lovin’ it.”

“When we decided to do the project I showed them the Sabotage video and one of the recent videos for “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” featuring G.I. Joe figures getting blown up… and they loved that.”

When asked about the response so far, Winter says that this is the first interview he’s accepted, “This was done because I’m a fan. And I’ve been a fan since I was a kid. I saw them when I was 14 at the Palladium in Hollywood and they changed my life.” He continues about his 1987 concert experience, “I was a punk rock kid and they introduced me to hip hop. When I was at the show it was general admission, open floor, and there were gang bangers and punk rockers and jocks and cholos but everybody was united under these guys. To me, that what the Beastie Boys represent… this spirit of joy no matter who you are, get into the moment and get down.”

Winter popped one of his sons onto the phone to weigh in on his favorite moment of the video. Ivan, with an expectedly squeaky 4 years old voice says, “I loved the when the dummy fell off the bridge.”

Says one viewer, “man, that is so awesome. what a beautiful tribute. you’ve just made my day. say what ? my whole week ! and you made me cry in the end. thanks for this. hope this gets a zillion views. Beastie Boys forever.”

And to think the original video was nominated for five VMAs back in ’94 and lost all of them.

-Jay Tilles, CBS Local

The four-piece punk powerhouse played an intoxicated, but lively small gig at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach which they followed up with KROQ/Los Angeles’ Weenie Roast y Fiesta where they rocked the main stage.

With a few near-faultless gigs in their system and an upcoming tour, Offspring is now prepping to release their ninth studio album, Days Go By, this June 26th on Columbia Records. Frontman Dexter Holland said in an interview that on this ninth record, the band is going to “dig a little bit deeper, and that’s what we want to do as well.”

Holland talked Days Go By with Rolling Stone a few days before the Weenie Roast y Fiesta. It’s been four years since Offspring’s last record and the band has been together for a long time.

“You can really let the numbers get to you. We were playing at a 21-and-over place last night, so that means some of those people [could] have been one year old when this record came out,” said Holland.”But you can’t think about that stuff too much. We still enjoy what we’re doing and I feel like it was yesterday.”

Holland also said that the band is “down to try different things musically” and that the record they’re “doing now is very different from what we did then.”

“This is our ninth record, so we’ve got to dig a little bit deeper, and that’s what we want to do as well,” explained Holland. “I think music is so diverse today and bands are so diverse. If you were a rock band in the Eighties, you kind of had to stick to one thing. Now, in this age of Coachella and European festivals and stuff, it’s kind of anything goes, so that allowed us to try different things.”

“I know no one’s gonna buy our album, but I still spend two years trying to make a great record,” Holland continued.”If you’re in a band, if it’s really what you care about, then that stuff isn’t what’s important. You can’t help the fact that you’ve got to make something great; it’s got to be sequenced right, no matter what.”

More so than anything else with their music, Holland said that the Offspring are trying to impart a message through their music. He gave an example with “Days Go By.”

“Part of why I chose ‘Days Go By’ as the single and the title of the album is because it really kind of shows – not only with me – that the world has been through a sh**ty few years and it’s been really tough on a lot of people,” Holland explained. “People have really gotten hurt and, at the end of the day, no one’s gonna pick you up.”

“You’ve gotta pick yourself up and figure out how to move on. So I guess acknowledging that it’s been tough, but also having a message of hope, is what I really wanted people to take away from this record.”

–Nadia Noir, CBS Radio Los Angeles

Antony Gonzales and crew will perform their smash single “Midnight City” along with several other exclusives. Those lucky enough to catch the band’s set at Coachella understand just how special this performance will be.

The session will be webcast one-time only, so make sure you’re tuned in to catch every minute. The webcast starts at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET.
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The song seems to echo the mindset of the evil queen, played by Charlize Theron, who literally sucks the breath of life out of young women in the film to retain her beauty and youth. Snow White & the Huntsman hits theaters on June 1.

In addition to their soundtrack duties, Florence + the Machine have just announced a slew of fall U.S. tour dates.

9/14 – Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
9/15 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
9/16 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
9/18 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
9/19 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
9/21 – Raleigh Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC
9/25 – USF Sun Dome, Tampa Bay, FL
9/26 – BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, FL
10/1 – Starlight Theater, Kansas City, MO
10/4 – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
10/5 – Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
10/7 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
10/10 – Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion, Alburquerque, NM

-Courtney E. Smith, CBS Local

The multi-talented television host has performed quipping environmentally-conscious songs like “Balls In Your Mouth” with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, “Scrambled Eggs” with Paul McCartney, and the internet viral sensation, the “History of Rap” with Justin Timberlake.

Blow Your Pants Off also features old-school artists like Neil Young and Bob Dylan performing television theme songs such as the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Charles in Charge.”

Tracklisting:

1. Neil Young- “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
2. Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake-”History of Rap”
3. Jimmy Fallon-”Tebowie”
4. Jimmy Falloon and Paul McCartney-”Scrambled Eggs”
5. The Doors-”Reading Rainbow”
6. Jimmy Fallon and Eddie Vedder-”Balls in Your Mouth”
7. Jimmy Fallon-”My Upstairs Neighbors Are Having Sex (and Listening to the Black Eyed Peas)”
8. Bob Dylan-”Charles in Charge”
9. Jimmy Fallon and Dave Matthews-”Walk of Shame”
10. Jimmy Fallon and Brian Williams-”Slow Jam the News”
11. Jimmy Fallon-”New French Girlfriend”
12. Jimmy Fallon and Big & Rich-”Cougar Huntin’”
13. Jimmy Fallon-”You Spit When You Talk”
14. Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert-”Friday” (with Stephen Colbert)
15. Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen- “Whip My Hair”

Blow Your Pants Off hits stores June 12th.

–Nadia Noir, CBS Radio Los Angeles

But once Velvet Revolver and Guns N’ Roses member, Slash, heard this news he didn’t hesitate to say that Weiland is “out of his mind” and the band doesn’t want to retread old territory, especially after Weiland left the band in 2008 citing “ego and jealousy.”

“He did not say that,” says Slash in disbelief. “He’s out of his mind.” In an interview, Slash continues, “There’s been a common rumor going around, I know that he’s been positive on that subject. When grilled further on the possibility of Weiland’s return to singing duties, Slash said, “We have no intention of going backwards.”

Scott Weiland allegedly told ABC News Radio that he’s back in the rock supergroup which includes Matt Sorum and Duff McKagen. “We’ve all grown a lot,” said Weiland. “We’re able to put egos and differences and old conflicts aside and so that’s really cool.”

“Slash’s solo album gets released [on May 22] and so he’s gonna do some touring on that,” elaborated Weiland. “And then we’re gonna go and do some [Velvet Revolver] shows in the later part of summer into early fall.”

–Nadia Noir, CBS Radio Los Angeles