It seems that the front man from The Foo Fighters was really marked by the fact that he became a father… and this is apparently reflected in his work too. David Grohl explained the monumental change: “It’s changed everything that I do. When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It’s inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting. I used to tour nine months out of the year. Now I don’t like being away from my kids for more than 12 days.” At least David Grohl is one of those so few that write music out of sentiment and not sales figures. And it’s not so uncommon that having kids makes you have less time for other stuff… that part’s pretty clear, nothing extraordinary there.

These are the latest and rather unusual rumors from the Aerosmith camp. It seems that Billy Idol was supposed to meet up with Joe Perry but couldn’t go through with it because of health issues. The general idea is that Billy Idol might be the sought-after replacement for Steven Tyler in Aerosmith. A source said the following about the singer’s meeting with Joe Perry: “Joe said he wanted to talk to Billy about joining Aerosmith, because the band were having problems with Steven. As far as I know Idol did not show up due to having a cold.” It’s not that Steven Tyler’s shoes don’t fit Billy Idol… it’s just that they’re probably not something he would wear. Ah, the cold, such a classic excuse for avoiding things.

It seems the rocker from Good Charlotte chose to name his son Sparrow so that it would make his life difficult. Joel Madden related the following about his choice for his son’s name: “It reminded me of the Johnny Cash song ‘A Boy Named Sue.’ My worry raising a son in Hollywood is, what will he have to struggle for? I wanted to give him a name that he’s going to have to stand up for. I love it, I think it’s a beautiful name.” Somehow it is doubtful that Joel Madden’s plan is going to work. How many bullies are there in Hollywood anyway? And from that limited number, how many would pick on a kid just for having the name “Sparrow”… especially when his dad is a rocker. Not too much thought put into the matter there, Joel Madden.

Bad Flirt checked in before their show in NYC last week for a quick songwriting lesson. Watch Evan talk about their new instruments from Phil Collins and Laura rock out on the hand flute.

The Montreal-based band also share another in-depth history lesson, this time about Pittsburgh, including how the city was settled by pirates and was the birthplace of the Rolling Stones.

Catch Bad Flirt on tour in the US now in support of their album Virgin Talk.

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Pittsburgh History Lesson Video:

These Green Eyes “Sucker Punch”-ed their way to a win this week on mtvU’s The Freshmen. The post-hardcore outfit from Connecticut crowns their win with a sweet reward, their video added to rotation on mtvU.

Things are looking up for These Green Eyes, who not long ago lost a friend to suicide and journied through the healing process while writing their second full length Relapse To Recovery which will hit stores March 24th.

These Green Eyes can be seen live at Bamboozle and select Warped Tour dates. For more information on the band check out their MySpace

“Sucker Punch” video embed:
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These Green Eyes have taken time to update us on their latest dirty escapade via their YouTube channel. Watch as the band tries to get themselves out of a muddy mess in the newest webisode.

Relapse To Recovery featuring the single “Paramedic” hits stores March 24th!

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With their new album Lonely Road finally hitting stores on February 3rd, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have teamed up with the number one free game on the iPhone, Tap Tap Revenge. All you need to do to play is download the game onto your iPhone or iPod Touch. The band’s current single, “You Better Pray” is featured in the addictive game.

Tap Tap Revenge is a free game that challenges players to keep up with infectious songs by tapping the right spots on the phone’s (or iPod Touch) screen. Since the game debuted in July, it quickly found its way towards the top of the iPhone application store. It has since been downloaded more than 3 million times and is now Apples most popular free game.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus recorded Lonely Road, at the Valley Village, CA, studio of super-producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Hoobastank, P.O.D., Less Than Jake, Daughtry, Seether, All-American Rejects). The album follows up Don’t You Fake It, the band’s breakthrough debut, which charted for 62 weeks on Billboard’s Top 200, scanning over a million copies in the U.S. to date, and selling more than 2.1 million copies of its singles.

Check out The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus here: www.myspace.com/RedJumpsuit

Check out the Pussycat Dolls’ just released video for “I Hate This Part.” The Joseph Kahn (Britney Spears, Chris Brown) directed video features Nicole at the piano in one of the more emotional tracks off of Doll Domination. Watch the always fashionable Dolls show their softer side in the desert.

“I Hate This Part”:

Someone definitely got off lucky as the insane guy who snuck on stage and pushed Oasis singer Noel Gallagher into some speakers in the middle of a Canadian gig last weekend was charged with assault on Monday. The assailant is lucky that the bad boys from Manchester didn’t get a good hold of him. The Gallaghers are the type of guys that you wouldn’t even dare to look at if you ran into them on the street. The attacker obviously didn’t know who he was dealing with. After his attack, the boys didn’t hesitate to fight back. Too bad they weren’t able to finish the job as they still had a show to do.

The Jonas Brothers performed at the HMV music store on Oxford Street in London on Friday. The band of brothers recently took to their blog about their experience at the store. They said “It was fun to see the people from the label there with their mouths wide open and their hands over their ears. The shouts were so loud. We signed for 300 people that waited in line. They told us that there were a lot of people that had been in line since the day before. The wristbands were gone in 30 minutes. As we were leaving there was a group of girls running after our vehicles. It will never grow old to us to see hundreds of screaming fans chasing our car AND the looks on the faces of people when our fans come around the corner running after our cars screaming.