Chelsea Schmid's blog

At 46 years old and preparing to start rehab from an auto injury in June, it seemed Dave Matthews Band Saxophone player LeRoi Moore was recovering quite nicely from the accident. However on Sunday night, the late sax player was admitted to Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles due to unknown complications.

Moore had originally been hospitalized in late June in Charlottesville, NC following an accident on his farm in an all-terrain vehicle on June 30.

His admittance to the hospital on Sunday night and his untimely death on Tuesday were both wholly unexpected.

After a dozen years reigning as the summer metal tour, OZZfest 2008 simmered down to only one date at the Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX on Aug. 9.

The annual event, featuring the most popular names in metal, has brought bands such as Danzig, Selputura, Coal Chamber, Pantera, Slayer, The Union Underground, Walls of Jericho, Taproot, Tool, Soulfly, Lamb of God, Marilyn Manson and Fear Factory to the stage over the years, with the Ozzman himself headlining each stop.

Nearly a year after cancelling a fall 2007 White Stripes tour, Meg White appeared onstage at the encore of a Raconteurs show last weekend at the Fillmore in Detroit. The ill-fallen drummer was forced to briefly retire from the road last year, reportedly suffering from a case of acute anxiety.

While White did not join ex husband and former bandmate Jack in an encore with a White Stripes song, she reportedly emerged to sit behind Raconteurs drummer Patrick Keller's kit and tap around a bit before disappearing backstage after jack White shouted "Hey everybody, this is Meg White!"

After 10 long years spent without studio collaboration, the all-original lineup of Candlebox has regrouped in the recording room, this time laying down tracks for their forthcoming Into The Sun record.

The Seattle-based band came together in '91, during a time when grunge rock bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam pervaded the scene, and with their first studio release, hit the charts hard, singles "Change," "You" and "Far Behind" earning them spots on coveted tours that would effectively launch the band's career.

Get ready rockers, thousands upon thousands of metal heads, music fans and media will descend upon Frisco, TX this summer when the one and only date for OZZFest '08 hits the Pizza Hut Park on August 9.

It’s amazing where you find inspiration. I’ve taken the summer off in favor of world traveling and rock concerts, but Monday night I saw a movie so terrible I pulled the laptop out of the woodwork and dusted off the keys.

Six years after Shangri-La Dee Da and a post-release break-up, the Stone Temple Pilots are back together and out on the road again, for a 65-date United States reunion tour. STP debuted in 1992 with Core; their second single "Plush" establishing them as a multi-platinum act. The band's second album, Purple was released in '94, with one of the record's singles, "Interstate Love Song" beating out the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" for the record on top of Billboard's Album Rock Charts when it held on for an unprecedented 15 weeks.

Independent's Day will take on a double meaning this year as the world's first ever global independent music celebration is scheduled to begin on 4th of July weekend.

The event will kick off in New Zealand, and with participation from 10 countries including the UK, Spain, Austria, Australia, Japan, South Africa, Italy, France and the United States, boasts to be the largest ever auction of independent music, rarities and memorabilia.

The 10-day ebay auction has been coordinated by the World Independent Network, with National Trade Organizations governing each countries activities.

Weezer's "Pork and Beans" off their forthcoming Red Album is holding strong to the number one spot on Bilboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart. This year's first single marks the first chart topper Weezer has seen since 2005's "Perfect Situation" held that same position the charts in 2006.

Weezer first appeared on the charts in '94 wiht "Undone-The Sweater Song," and also produced such hits as "Say It Ain't So," "Buddy Holly," "Island In The Sun," "My Name Is Jonas," and "Hashpipe."

For more information on Weezer, visit the band's official website at weezer.com

Just when we thought there could be nothing left in The Beatle's repetoire than compilation albums, Fuego Entertainment announced that it had 15 "lost" Beatles tracks. The songs were recorded in 1962 at the Starr Club in Hamburg, Germany and are believed to be the first live tracking after drummer Ringo Starr joined Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.