The Day in Rock Digest for 2/1/11: While recovering from heart surgery, Bret Michaels suffered a massive drop in blood pressure, but his doctor found the cause and the singer is doing better again, reports People.com. "Bret suffered no setbacks and is fine. It's always good for patients to be evaluated when they're not feeling well," says Dr. Mansour Assar, an interventional cardiologist. moreSix Feet Under bass player Terry Butler has revealed to Blabbermouth.net that he and drummer Greg Gall have quit the band (Butler will be playing with Obituary). more
The members of Bonded By Blood are all doing fine after a van accident that had occurred this past weekend. Bassist, Jerry Garcia updated fans on the situation with a statement written on his Tumblr page: "We were on our way to Trenton, NJ and our trailer took us for a spin on the highway. We had a great gig last night and we were happy to finally get into the groove of things, unfortunately everything has come to a cold and dreadful stop. I was driving the van on our way to New Jersey when we suddenly skid across the road and nearly hit a wall. Unfortunately our f**king trailer flipped over and broke off the hinge!" more
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has posted some new experimental solo material online. Three new solo tracks are available for streaming here
U2 has added what the band says will be the final North American date added to their "360" tour. They will play the Magnetic Music Festival in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on July 30 more
Diamond Head will be joining the Big Four of thrash at the Sonisphere Festival this year. more
Ozzy Osbourne is "Feeling Much Better", tonight's Los Angeles show will go ahead as planned more
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is expected to release a third volume of his Alone series of demos in March, along with his Pinkerton Diaries book more
Tune in for Peter Bjorn and Johns debut live TV performance of their upcoming album Gimme Some on Conan tonight at 11/10c They will be performing first single off the album, Second Chance
How Dare You have joined Anchorless Records and will be releasing their sophomore LP, The King, The Clown and the Colonel in the late spring. more
Upon A Burning Body will headline the cleverly titled "Welcome To The Jungle Tour" with support from The Color Morale, I The Breather, and Like Moths To Flames. more
In the first Parlour to Parlour episode of the year, Michael Fortes pays a visit to Matt Adams of The Blank Tapes here
Set Your Goals has finished recording their next album. A June/July release through Epitaph Records is expected. more
On this day in 1963, 17 year-old Neil Young performed his first professional date at a country club in Winnipeg.
On this day in 1967, at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles started work on a new song Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It wasn't until The Beatles had recorded the song that Paul McCartney had the idea to make the song the thematic pivot for their forthcoming album. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
Finally, a huge congrats to Day in Rock partner hennemusic on their one year anniversary! more