Artisan News Service recently caught up with Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE to get their thoughts on being kicked off ROB ZOMBIE's tour because they complained about how they were being treated by the headliners.

BULLET's 2006 trek, which also featured LACUNA COIL in the middle slot, came to a premature close after frontman Matt Tuck posted a rant on BULLET's official message board calling the ZOMBIE camp "money-grubbing fucks" for forcing the other bands on the tour to sell their T-shirts at inflated prices. [See previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET stories: Story#1, Story#2, Story#3, Story#4, Story#5]

"Well, we stand for what we...we stand up for ourselves, really, and I guess he didn't like what we said," drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas told Artisan News Service. "Whatever. It don't bother us." Guitarist Michael "Padge" Paget added, "We got dropped from the tour but we joined the GUNS N' ROSES tour, so it kind of worked out well for us, you know. Yeah, kind of. Cheers, Rob!"

So does Matt Tuck feel any ill will about the Zombie situation looking back at it in hindsight?

"No, I sleep soundly each night," he said.

As previously reported, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE bassist Jason "Jay" James rejoined the band in Brisbane, Australia on Tuesday night (May 6) as the Welsh quartet resumed its world tour in support of the band's second album, "Scream Aim Fire". James left the group during the final two weeks of its stint on the U.S. Taste of Chaos tour last month when his daughter became gravely ill back home in Wales. Although the band attempted to play two shows with a guitar tech subbing for James, they quickly scrapped their remaining five shows on that trek and headed home.

Matt Tuck discussed the situation earlier this week with an Australian radio station, saying, "Yeah, (Jason's) back. He's ready to roll. Everything's cool back home. It was a very, very horrible situation at the time...But everything is cool with his little girl — she's not 100 percent, but she's on the mend. And he can relax and just do what he does best, which is rock out."

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will remain in Australia through mid-May before heading to Japan for four dates. Following that, the band will begin a European tour on June 2 in Ireland, wrapping up in early July in Finland.

The latest single and video from "Scream Aim Fire" is "Waking The Demon".