As you may have seen earlier, today marks the 20th anniversary of Whitesnake's triumphant rise to the top of the charts with the song "Here I Go Again."

This song is not just another hair-metal anthem or party song. Oh no. As everyone who has every been to a bar knows, this is one of the biggest party-starting anthems in our nation's history.



A lot of songs can get people fired up, but when it comes down to it, there are three songs that have always started the party better than the rest. This is the Triumvirate of Party-Starting Anthems...

When Rod Stewart was 13, he wanted a model railroad set, but his father bought him a guitar instead. That worked out pretty well.

But even though he chose a career in music, Stewart has always been a huge fan of model railroads, and this December, he will reach the Mecca of model railroading when one of his creations graces the cover of Model Railroader magazine.



If that's not enough, the December issue will also feature MR's "Guide to Wireless Throttles." Talk about saving all your A-material for the end of the year!

Yes, there's a documentary coming out about Cobain but now a dramatic portrayal has the greenlight. And, no, this guy is not writing it.

The soundtrack for the upcoming I'm Not There features many a decent musican taking on Dylan songs. Hear four of them give it a shot here.

Wondering if that reunited Led Zeppelin setlist is going to warrant the $255 ticket price? I assure you that it's not, but apparently the setlist will include "all" of the fan favorites. As if that were possible. If you can't afford it, you can always go for some of their new digital tunes.

The band is currently in rehearsals for the November 26 one-off show at London's O2 Arena, which is for charity. As for specific songs, we'll have to wait.

"You don't want to give it all away. We played kind of the normal songs at the rehearsal," said John Paul Jones. He added that they'd play "a few lesser known numbers" and that there would be a couple of acoustic songs.

Bono and company are turning into quite the corporation. U2 will lead the industrial train into the Republic of Ireland by building the first skyscraper there, "The U2 Tower." The band plans to put a studio in the peak of the skyscraper, which will be about 394 feet in the air, a bit shorter than the Empire State Building. Construction begins in 2011 with a pricetag of $284 million.

Can't you picture Bono almost 400 feet in the air, recording the new Spice Girls track circa 2014?

Chrome Dreams II hits stores a week from today, but you can hear four of the songs from the album that's been in the works for over 30 years here.

It must be a wonderful day in the AC/DC camp. The band has finally recovered the domain name ACDC.com from an internet-porn company that previously owned it. That's great for them, since there's plenty going on with them these days. On the other hand, fans of the former website will be sad to learn that the next time they're in the mood for a good piece of flesh, they'll get an earful of sweet rock stylings and an eyeful of schoolboy-outfitted Angus Young. Talk about a buzzkill.

Just days ago, Bryan Adams announced that he would play multiple shows in the Middle East in an effort to bring peace to the region. Sadly, Adams has now canceled these concerts. The shows were canceled because of... wait for it...

Just when you thought you'd covered your bases with KISS merchandise, the stingy Gene Simmons goes and puts the band's name on a toothbrush. Truth be told, it's actually been out a while, but now Paul and Gene have helped out with a TV spot. "Brushing never rocked this hard!" That's true Paul "Heart Trouble" Stanley, and not that we're making fun of KISS merch, but we never really requested that our tooth brushing experience rock any harder than it already does. Fight gingivitis!

 

If I was five again, I'd probably be using one of these. Although I think I'd go with Queen's "We Will Rock You" or the soon-to-be-released Transformer themed brush. Anyway, here's Paul and Gene in the commercial (I Still prefer Ace's appearance for Dunkin' Donuts):

 

 

You know how a few of those songs from Neon Bible (the Fire's latest release) sound like Bruce Springsteen? Yeah, well, now it all makes sense: The Canadian band joined Bruce and the E Streeters onstage in Ottawa last night.

One of the major downloaded music holdouts, Led Zeppelin has finally decided to release its catalog digitally - and we all kinda saw it coming. It's good to know that one of the great rock bands the world has seen will be re-joining modern society. Where have they been? Well, old Robert Plant has been off canoodling with Alison Krauss for a new country album. Jimmy Page has been putting the bad guys away as the band gets ready to play a quite large reunion show at London's 02 Arena.

The group's albums will be up for grabs as full-albums and single downloads. It's going to be a big Led Zeppelin day too, so if you're a fan, I hope you've been saving or at least have plans to hold someone up. The digital catalog will be out the same day as the group's new hits release, Mothership - on November 13.