Ozzy kicks out the jams with 10 year old guitar prodigy, Yuto Miyazawa, in Hartford Connecticut on August 21, 2010.

You might have heard about little Yuto Miyazawa before (seen here on Cherrybombed.com last year) but, this clip of the now 10 year old Yuto performing “Crazy Train” with Ozzy LIVE, just made my day. Word.

Endless Boogie. From 2010’s Full House Head. For Surly.

Endless Boogie are from Brooklyn. And they fucking rock. As you will see by way of today’s Daily Earwig from Endless Boogie, Tarmac City.  And, let’s be honest. If you’re gonna have the balls to name your band after a John Lee Hooker song, you better be able to back it up with some first class jams. Which Endless Boogie does, masterfully. Despite the fact that the band has been been around since 2001, they just released their second studio album, Full House Head, this past July. The record is full of epic, indulgent tunes that rival those of their classic rock predecessors. Word.

More from Endless Boogie, here.

Steven Tyler clocks Joe Perry in the head with his mic (34 seconds in) at Jones Beach on August 12th. Six days later, Joe Perry hip-checked Tyler head first into the audience in Toronto.

Now that a video of Steven Tyler accidentally clocking Joe Perry in the skull with a mic has found it’s way to the Internets, many media outlets are reporting that Tyler’s mic-assault was payback after Joe Perry “accidentally” bumped Steven Tyler off stage at an Aerosmith show in Tornoto.

However, the microphone incident occurred at Aerosmith’s show in Jones Beach on August 12th, six days before Perry tried to see if a m@therf*$king rainbow could actually fly when, he bumped Tyler with his hip, sending the 62 year old head first, into the audience. Today, a rep for Perry issued a statement saying that he wanted his fans to know that he would, “never deliberately push Steven off the stage”, adding that Joe is a “total gentleman”.

Now, I know getting hit in the head with a mic really hurts (thanks, Surly) but, Perry’s reaction rivaled that of a toddler throwing a tantrum in a toy aisle. Except Perry’s tantrum consisted of tossing his guitar into a stack of amplifiers, then stalking off-stage, leaving the band to finish Sweet Emotion, Perry-less. I mean, who is Joe Perry’s life-coach these days, Axl Rose? All Perry-bashing (ha!) jokes aside, the video is completely hilarious. That and Joe Perry really needs to get a grip (pun indented, it stays).

Slightly better quality video via Red Lasso, here.

Smash Guitar. Built for smashing! 500 yen. By K’s Japan.

The “eco-friendly” Smash Guitar, designed and manufactured by K’s Japan, is specifically designed to be smashed to bits. Once it’s owner gives it the Pete Townshend treatment, the guitar is shipped back (in a guitar shaped coffin no less) to K’s Japan where it is rebuilt and sold to another guitar wielding maniac.  Smash Guitar comes in your choice of black or white as well as a model that comes loaded with guitar picks (the Bomb Smash) that naturally deploys guitar picks through the air during the guitar smashing process. Of course, since guitar smashing can be dangerous, K’s Japan has a few cautionary words (as well as a liability form that is required for the buyer) for the potential wanna-be guitar destroyer:

When smashing the guitar, pieces are known to fly over ten meters – which can cause damage (10 meters! Sweet!)

Smashing your guitar can also cause electrocution (Yikes! But I’m still game.)

You will need a wall or some alternative defense plan to prevent parts from to areas that will cause damage (Translation: incoming guitar shrapnel = duck. Got it.)

Person that will smash guitar should be wearing gloves, eye protection gear, and a helmet for their own safety (Gloves, helmet, goggles. Check!)

Please note that if you are going to smash this guitar, you will need to do so at your own risk (If Pete can do it, so can I!)

Sadly because it’s dangerous as fuck, Smash Guitar isn’t available anywhere but Japan (BOO!).

Via Tokyo Mango.

Van Halen are set to rock ‘n’ roll again! For LP.

Warner Brothers, Van Halen’s current label, has confirmed that the band (minus bassist Michael Anthony) are back in the studio with David Lee Roth (!) recording their 12th studio record, set for release sometime in 2011. And sure, I’m pretty excited at the thought of hearing new VH with DLR on vocals. Except when I think about Van Halen, the image that comes to mind looks something like this…

Van Halen, circa 1980-awesome!

And this image, directly downloaded from my very metal memory gland, sounds as awesome as it looks. Right? At least it used to. And I say that because this is what Van Halen looks like this now:

The “new” Van Halen. Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and son Wolfgang, age 19.

All fading metal glory hating aside, I have to give it to Eddie for fixing himself up, getting new teefs and swearing off the cuckoo juice. And say what you will about Diamond Dave, but his abs still look as good as they did in the 80’s and, he can still hit a few of those high notes, generally reserved for canine VH fans. But what do you think? Should Van Halen attempt to light up the sky with a new studio record or, should they just cut their losses and take their whiskey home…?

Listen up Earth people, the Internet is OVER!

Okay, everyone. I’ve got some bad news. Throw away your iPhone, Droid, Crackberry and that brand new iPad you waited in line for five hours for. You no longer need them. Forget Google, Bing, Yahoo iTunes, the all the beautiful boobs of Youtube. Why? Because Prince has declared that the Internet is…OVER!

The Internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it. The Internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you.

You know, I can’t really disagree with the almighty purple one on the numbers thing. I hate numbers. They make me angry. And, I’m down with the Purple One when it comes to MTV. However, hearing Prince declare that the Internet is “over”, just makes me think of him waving his fist at the sky from his porch (in a yellow, ass-less jumpsuit) telling God to keep his clouds quiet because he’s trying to sleep at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Electric Mike knows how to rock. Photo by August Heinrich.

Exciting news to all you Cherrybombed.com faithful! Today I’m launching the first entry from our new, very metal contributor, Mike Frame. Or as he will be known here at Cherrybombed.com, Electric Mike.

When he’s not wielding his guitar with the punk trio, The Electric Kisses, Frame likes to write about rock. Currently, Frame writes for the excellent zine Razorcake. Over the last decade, you may have also read the words of Mike in Hit List Magazine, Jeff Dahl’s Sonic Iguana and Big Takeover Magazine. I can’t tell you how excited I am to have Mike on board!

Today Electric Mike uses many excellent words to describe the virtues of long haired Australian band Airbourne and their new record, No Guts, No Glory. Take it away Electric Mike!

Can’t Get Enough of that Long Hair Music
AIRBOURNE – No Guts, No Glory CD (Roadrunner)
As a long term believer in the “Fuck originality, let’s rock!” point of view, I absolutely LOVE Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE.  This band kicks so much fucking ass, I cannot believe that they got a major record deal.  I have played their debut record, “Runnin’ Wild”, to death the last coupla years and was anxiously awaiting this new long player.  I am happy to say that the second record is just as good as the first and once again I have a soundtrack for summer.  Raging, high energy aussie hard rock is what I wanna hear more often than not and this band delivers in spades.  They sound like 80’s AC/DC with Angry Anderson from ROSE TATTOO on vocals, how is this not going to be my new favorite band??  They are not quite as good as Acka Dacka or the Tats, but they are better than other similar great bands like Kix, Dirty Looks and Rhino Bucket -pretty good territory to be in for rockin’.  This is music made for driving around in the sun and I will be doing plenty of that this summer.  –

Mike Frame

Airbourne – Blond, Bad and Beautiful.

Bootsy’s Funk University! It’s real! Mostly! For Electric Sarah…

Since Bootsy Collins already has more Funk than he knows what do do with, he decided to open an online school for Earth-dwelling bass players like himself called, Funk University. So if you’re a bass player currently residing on planet Earth that loves the funk and, really-don’t-give-a-funk-about-anything-but-the-funk, Bootsy Collins wants YOU.

Click here to learn more about the virtual world of Bootsy Collins and Funk University.

Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction. Don’t worry Mark Manning, nobody can see what you’re doing. For K.

We are Volsung is the first studio record in five years for Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction. Expect to see ten fresh from the gutter tracks from the UK band on September 28th (U.S.), followed by a tour of Europe and the U.S. (!) in November. Here’s the complete track listing for Volsung:

1. We Ride
2. Stark Von Oben
3. Kill Me a Mockinbird
4. Tree Rider
5. We Are Volsung
6. Don’t Touch My Guitar
7. Die Pretty
8. Lucille
9. White Trash
10. Key to Your Heart

Right now, Zodiac is streaming the very sludgy cut, We Ride, via their Myspace.

More on Zodiac here. For an in-depth look into the groovy metal mind of Mark Manning, click here.

Slash featuring Lemmy, Dr. Alibi. From Slash’s 2010 self-titled record.

Lemmy is one of a heavy metal hoard of musicians like Iggy Pop and every original member of G’n'R (except Axl), that appear on Slash’s new record, Slash.

Minister of Popaganda, artist Ron English, did the album cover art for Slash and you could win a groovy prize if you can guess how many fallen “angels” English worked into the cover.

Lastly, if you’re in LA this weekend, Slash and his new band will be doing a surprise show at The Roxy.

Ratt, Best of Me. From the forthcoming Ratt record due out in April, Infestation. For everyone who will inevitably give me endless shit for posting this.

Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot) has joined forces with the 2010 version of Ratt and also wrote today’s very metal Earwig, Best of Me. The band’s upcoming record (yes, really), Infestation is due out on April 20th, 2010.  Ratt released their first EP, one of the greatest metal recordings of the decade (yes, really) in 1983. Take that Nickelback…

Want more Ratt (yes, really)? Click here.

Lita Ford. Forever a Runaway…

Former Runways vocalist Cherie Currie says that she and Joan Jett will be headed into the studio to possibly record new music this summer. Currie, who is now makes her living as a professional chainsaw sculptor, collaborated with Jett for a song on that appears on the soundtrack to the new Runaways flick. It was the first time in 35 years that they had played together professionally. Says Currie:

We were on the mark. It was incredible. We had a fantastic time… It was just a blast! We’re definitely going to work together in music.

Currie’s new book, Neon Angel: A Memoir of A Runaway, came out earlier this week.

Keith Richards and his traveling companion, Jack.

In what was undoubtedly a huge relief for the makers of Jack Daniels, Keith Richards told Rolling Stone magazine that the rumors regarding his recent breakup with booze are false…:

The rumors of my sobriety are greatly exaggerated. And we’ll leave it at that.

I don’t know about you but, I’m pretty sure booze is what’s keeping Keef so well preserved. If Keef gave up the hooch, he would completely disintegrate. And he knows it. Good call Keef. Lucky for you, Jack is always there take you back…

Johnny Cash would have been 78 today.

American Recordings VI: Ain’t No Grave, contains the last tracks ever recorded by Cash before his death in 2003.  You can listen to the entire album, which includes a  heavy-hearted cover of Kris Kristofferson’s “For the Good Times,” by clicking here.

War Pigs cover by The Alex Skolnick Trio. From the 2009 record Neon Knights: A Tribute to Black Sabbath. For RDK.

The very metal Alex Skolnick and his Trio have also recorded jazzed up versions of Judas Priest’s Electric Eye and Detroit Rock City by KISS.

Title track for the “new” Jimi Hendrix record, Valleys of Neptune. The songs were recorded during 1968-1969.

On March 9th Valleys of Neptune, a dozen previously unreleased tracks (as well as alt versions of Fire, Stone Free and Red House) recorded by Jimi Hendrix during 1968 and 1969, will finally see the light of day.

Some of the tracks are making the rounds online as well as the dial if you’re lucky. Unquestionably, March 9th, 2010 is going to be a good day for your ears.

More via Jimi Hendrix.com.

Behind the Player, an intimate look at the life of KISS guitarist, Ace Frehley.

Here’s the trailer for the new Ace Frehley DVD, Behind the Player. The DVD, out on January 19th, includes rare vintage guitar-smoking footage as well as loads of other extras true Frehley fans will appreciate.

More via Ace Frehley.com.

Misa Digital Guitar. Retails for around $400.

No Strings? No problem…

More via Australian company Misa Digital.

Royal Mail UK Classic Album Covers. 4 euros or approximately $6 per pack.

Back in October, I told you about the new Classic Album Cover stamps for the UK Royal Mail. Now, here’s a good look at the presentation pack that will be available starting tomorrow, January 7th.  The individual stamps depicted are:

* The Rolling Stones“Let It Bleed” (1969)
* Led Zeppelin “untitled” fourth album (1971)
* David Bowie’ “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972)
* Mike Oldfield‘ “Tubular Bells” (1973)
* The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
* New Order “Power, Corruption and Lies” (1983)
* Primal Scream “Screamdelica” (1991)
* Pink Floyd “The Division Bell” (1994)
* Blur “Parklife” (1994)
* Coldplay “A Rush of Blood to the Head” (2002)

Get yours here.

New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain shot in New York by legendary photographer, Bob Gruen.

You should be so lucky to get your throat cut by Syl. True story.

Thanks!: FlashGlamTrash (site NSFW. Which is only a problem if you actually have a job).