Former Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg On Kurt Cobain: “He’s the most talented person I ever worked with because he was talented in so many different ways. He’s a guitar player and a lead singer and he wrote all the songs. He did everything for Nirvana that it took Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to do for Led Zeppelin. Kurt also designed the album covers and wrote treatments for the videos. He even designed the t-shirts.” Check out the full interview here.

Guns N’ Roses new track titled Better can be heard here. The unmixed and extended version of this track has been floating around the net for at least a year. This track is better (no pun intended) than Chinese Democracy and finds itself closer to the early days of eighties glam.

The Leakers: The entire Britney Spears album that is scheduled to hit streets on December 2nd has leaked online. The entire album can be heard and found on multiple links on Youtube. Her last album leaked as well.

50 Cent’s new album “Before I Self Destruct’ which was suppose to come out during the Christmas Holiday has been pushed back to 2009. Interscope says the artist was “rushing” to meet the December date but “with the deadline to secure advertising and retail placement for the album imminent,” the rapper opted to wait until next year. Other sources say the real reason for the delay is that the lead single “Get Up” failed to react with radio and listeners.

Unreleased Beatles Track? An unreleased Beatles track could be made public after 41 years. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and McCartney has the master. Before the track is released, McCartney needs the green light from Ringo Starr and the estates of Lennon.

Hollywood Scales Back Parties: The economic crisis has ripped through Hollywood and partygoers can expect less Eggnog this Christmas Season. Some big companies have canceled their annual celebrations all together while others like Disney and Universal will be scaling down.

The reviews are starting to come in for the new album by Nickelback titled Dark Horse that hits stores tomorrow.

Rolling Stone Mag says, “What’s a poor rock band to do when your last album sold 8 million copies at a time when nobody buys CDs anymore? You can hire a guy who produced AC/DC, Def Leppard and Shania Twain albums that sold even more.

New York Times says, “For the first time Nickelback is produced by Mutt Lange (AC/DC, Shania Twain), who has nudged from the band a tougher sound more suited to its inner louse. But he couldn’t fully jolt the band out of its comfort zone. Sprinkled throughout this album are vintage Nickelback songs, the brooding slow burners that have defined the band.

The Boston Herald says, “The good news? It’s the Canadian band’s least-boring record yet. Between the stupid lyrics and obnoxious glossy ’80s production, there are actually hooks and legit riffs here.

Some of the biggest releases this year came from rock artists and metal acts including Metallica, Slipknot, and AC/DC. Sure, these monsters of rock released solid albums and will be backed with near sold out tours, but where are the disciples?

Listen to The Treatment and Wonderful Life by Death Pilot. The Hollywood, California band should be releasing a record shortly which was produced by Dirty Icon Productions and co-produced by Tomo Milicevic (30 Seconds to Mars).

Nov 19 Â Â Â The VooDoo Lounge – San Jose, California
Nov 22 Â Â Â The Fire Escape -Â Citrus Heights, California
Dec 15 Â Â Â The Key Club -Â West Hollywood, California

Producer and songwriter Dr. Luke who has worked with Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry says the new Kelly Clarkson single could be out next month. He also said the song has a country twang. Luke says the song is called ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ and that he wrote it with Max Martin a couple of years ago. Dr. Luke says. “It’s sick. She sings a song in two hours and kills it. You’re just, like, ‘holy s—.’ She has powerful lungs. She’s like the Lance Armstrong of vocal chords.”

Australia Cleans Up The Net: Australia is planning to block 10,000 websites. Unwanted content impacts internet speeds and costs to the industry.

Chinese Democracy Review: Rolling Stone Mag reviews Guns N’ Roses “Chinese Democracy. Check it out here..

New Video Stream: The new Mudvayne video for the track ‘Do What You Do’ can be seen here. This track is edgy with a cool bass hook. The new album ‘The New Game’ can be streamed here and will be released on November 18th via Epic Records.

Journey’s power ballad “Don’t Stop Believin” has become the biggest-selling digital catalog track ever. It is the first catalog song to sell over
2 million downloads, achieving double-platinum status according to SoundScan.

The track resonated with the people when it was first released in 1981 on the Journey album titled ‘Escape’ which peaked at #8 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart and at #9 on the Pop Singles chart.

The massive power ballad still resonates 30 years later. Everytime the track is featured on a television series or a movie it sees a massive sales spike. To illustrate, ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ was featured in the movie Monster, starring Charlize Theron and it immediately soared onto iTunes’ Top 10 Most Downloaded Singles” list in 2005. The track also appeared on Fox’s “Family Guy” and MTV’s “Laguna Beach.”

In 2007, ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ saw a resurgence in popularity when it was featured on the final set-piece of “The Sopranos.” In fact, download sales of the song sky rocketed a 482% during a 3 day period.

Of course, Steve Perry has one of the most unique and recognizable voices in rock and as Guitar Player Magazine says, “It’s hard to think of any guitarist in the history of mainstream rock who plays more singable solos than Neal Schon.

The current success of ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ proves that GREATNESS is still recognizable and acknowledged in today’s culture. The big question is will today’s music ever transcend culture and time like the music of the past? For the moment, it doesn’t seem to give much promise.