AC/DC – Backtracks (2CD+DVD)
- release date 11/10/09
Adam Lambert -Take One
- release date 11/17/09
Adam Lambert -For Your Entertainment
– release date 11/23/09
Anthrax -Among the Living
– release 11/10/09
Bon Jovi -The Circle / When We Were Beautiful (CD + DVD)
– release date 11/10/09
Bon Jovi -The Circle
– release date 11/23/09
Dashboard Confessional -Alter the Ending
– release date 11/10/09
David Bowie - Space Oddity (40th Anniversary Edition)
- release date 11/17/09
Devo - Freedom of Choice Deluxe Remastered Edition
– release date 11/3/09
Flyleaf -Memento Mori
- release date 11/10/09
Foo Fighters -Greatest Hits (Deluxe CD/DVD)
– release date 11/3/09
Genesis - Movie Box [DVD]
– release date 11/23/09
Halford -Halford III: Winter Songs
– release date 11/3/09
Hollywood Undead -Desperate Measures
– release date 11/10/09
John Mayer -Battle Studies
– release date 11/17/09
Motley Crue – Greatest Hit$
- release date 11/17/09
Nirvana - Bleach (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
- release date 11/3/09
Pearl Jam -Backspacer
- release date 11/10/09
The Doors -Live in New York
– release date 11/17/09
The Fray -The Fray
– release date 11/10/09
The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Let It Rock
- release date 11/10/09
The Rolling Stones -Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert [40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set] [3 CDs + 1 DVD]
– release date 11/3/09
Tom Petty -The Live Anthology (4 CD)
- release date 11/23/09
Weezer -Raditude
– release date 11/3/09
U2 -The Unforgettable Fire
– release date 11/10/09

Zak Wylde fired from Ozzy’s band – “Ozzy and Sharon basically set me down at the kitchen table” and said we are proud of you son but you’re 42 and it’s time to get out of the house! Zakk has been a guitarist since he was 19. from Blabbermouth.net

Aerosmith Breakup? – Tyler joined the Joe Perry Project on stage in New York to perform the classic “Walk This Way”. He stated I just want New York to know “I am not leaving Aerosmith. Joe Perry you are a man of many colors, but I motherf%&*er am the rainbow!” There have been conflicting reports all over the internet. The other band members say they are looking for a new singer, but Tyler states he is not leaving Aerosmith. from Blabbermouth.net

Tommy Lee and Dane Cook project – Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and comedian Dane cook are collaborating on music for Cook’s next album. “I used to listen to Motley Crue all the time and Tommy is a big fan of mine”. The music will be different than anything Tommy has ever done, a little bit funky, a little jazzy. from MTV.com

Kirk Hammett’s House for Sale – Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is selling his San Francisco mansion for 9 million dollars. He bought the house in 1993 for 2.65 million. I wonder what life would be like if he stayed in the band Exodus? from smnnews.com

Former Rage Against the Machine Guitarist Worked as a stripper? – Tom Morello, guitarist, formerly with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave and currently with Street Sweeper Social Club, worked as a stripper after graduating from Harvard and moving to Hollywood because he couldn’t find a job. He was hungry and decided to strip for bachelorette parties, but only down to his boxers. from Noisecreep.com

I have always considered myself a very patriotic person. I often get emotional when I watch a military funeral and see the guns being fired as they salute a fallen soldier. Having watched one on TV the other day it immediately reminded me of AC/DC’s “For Those About to Rock, We Salute You“, so I decided to dust it off this month and give it another listen.

In my personal opinion this is a decent album. Many people tend to want to compare it to AC/DC’s classic “Back in Black” but frankly there is no comparison to a masterpiece like that!

I would have to say that there are only four songs on this album that deserve recognition. Song number one, the title track, is just a great rock anthem. It has a killer intro that gets you pumped like no other. It starts out slow but finishes strong. Godsmack has used this song at the beginning of some of their shows, gets the crowd fired up, a great idea!

The second song, “I Put the Finger on You” is a very energetic song that seems to keep you charged up and ready for the rest of the album to come. Just when you thought your volume couldn’t go any higher, you find yourself reaching for the button on your CD player.

Song number three is the most typical of our AC/DC boys. It doesn’t get much more sexual than, “Let’s Get It Up.” How about those lyrics? “Loose lips sink ships, so come aboard for a pleasure trip“, It’s high tide so let’s ride“, “the moon is risin and so am I“, priceless!

The album then goes on a lull until song seven, “C.O.D.” Just makes you rock out whether you like it or not with it’s raw sound and lyrics like, “Call out the devil in me“. Everytime I hear it I think of the Highway to Hell album cover. Just look at it and you’ll know what I mean.

As I stated earlier, stop comparing this to “Back in Black“, none of AC/DC’s albums will ever touch it. “For Those About to Rock” will offer the same as every other AC/DC album, raw, guitar driven sexual lyrics that we have all come to know from the band. Based only on the four songs I’ve listed above, if anyone asks me if I think the album rocks, yeah I would still salute it!