Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com – Avenged Sevenfold ‘s M. Shadows reveals the band is about “six songs” into writing for their next studio album. [ Loudwire ] – Slipknot ‘s M. Shawn Crahan will step behind the lens to direct the ‘We Are’ video for Hollywood Undead . [ Loudwire ] – Rage Against the Machine ‘s Tom Morello says that there are no plans to write or record new music. [ Loudwire ] – Courtney Love has started a Kurt Cobain documentary project on his life. [ Loudwire ] – Machine Head ‘s Robb Flynn checks in with everything you may have wanted to know (and perhaps what you didn’t) about his recent hernia surgery. [ Loudwire ] – Emmure have been rocking long enough to reach their 1000th show. [ Rock Music Report ] – Check out Led Zeppelin ‘s performance of ‘Black Dog’ from the ‘Celebration Day’ film. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – Bruce Springsteen , Paul McCartney and The Who are just a few of the rock heavyweights taking part in a Hurricane Sandy benefit. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – Former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno let loose with some Bruce Dickinson bashing after audience members started chanting the singer’s name at one of his shows. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – Phish ‘s Trey Anastasio has detailed his past drug and alcohol addictions. [ Diffuser.fm ]