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B Sides for 01/24/2012


Chris Cornell Slams Kanye West
(Banana 101.5) Chris Cornell used some harsh terms when voicing his displeasure with Kanye West after the rapper's tardy soundcheck interrupted Soundgarden's performance at Australia's Big Day Out Festival.

According to GrungeReport.net, Soundgarden's audience began booing at the disruption but they weren't the only ones upset.

Singer Chris Cornell quickly said to the crowd "Sounds like there's children playing music there, retarded children, retarded as in held back. There's no other word for it." more on this story

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Iron Maiden Preview En Vivo!
(hennemusic) Iron Maiden will release the new live package, "En Vivo!" on March 26 (March 27 in North America) and they have released a trailer to give fans a look at to expect.

Maiden were recorded and filmed live on April 10, 2011 in front of over 50,000 ecstatic fans at the Estadio Nacional, Santiago during the Round The World In 66 Days leg of The Final Frontier World Tour.

The concert was filmed digitally using 22 HD cameras and an octocam (a flying camera which captures aerial crowd scenes), recorded in both stereo and 5.1 audio and mixed by Maiden's longstanding producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley. Check out the trailer here

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Arctic Monkeys Delivers You and I Video
Arctic Monkeys have released a new music video for the song "You and I", which is the B-side to thier new single "Black Treacle".

The newly recorded track is by Richard Hawley and The Death Ramps and was produced by Ross Orton. The video was filmed in the studio during the recording session by Focus Creeps. Watch the video here

The "Black Treacle" single was released digitally this week and will be issued on 7-inch vinyl on Feb 21st. more on this story

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James Durbin Releases Two Stand Up Videos
(hennemusic) James Durbin has released the video for "Stand Up," the second single from his debut, "Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster."

Back in September, the song was featured in a season-launching marketing campaign by the NFL, and appeared on volume 2 of the Official Gameday Music of the NFL EP, alongside tunes by Jordin Sparks, Darius Rucker, Hinder and Sammy Hagar.

There's two "Stand Up" videos, including a sports version, since the song is a natural sports anthem. Check them out here.

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Def Steel Panther Leppard Jam
(hennemusic) Steel Panther continue to tour in support of their latest effort, "Balls Out." The band recently wrapped a UK tour with Def Leppard and Motley Crue, and teamed up with one of their former tour mates in Anaheim over the weekend.

Panther were joined by Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell for a couple of tracks at their House Of Blues gig on Saturday.

The pairing ripped through Leppard's "Rock Of Ages," as well as the DIO classic "Rainbow In The Dark." check out video here.

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Eric Clapton Still Raking It In
(Gibson) Guitar great Eric Clapton, affectionately dubbed "God" by guitar enthusiasts in the '60s, may be a veteran but he's still raking in the cash.

According to the Independent newspaper, Clapton has recently filed the accounts for his Marshbrook business, the company that runs his music and touring interests and the leasing of his luxury yacht (the six-bedroom Va Bene that can be rented for �179,000 a week).

Marshbrook's revenue was a cool �12m ($18 million), thanks to an increase in touring revenue. Clapton paid himself �3.98m ($6 million) for the year ending March 31. more on this story

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David Lee Roth Releases Handwritten Lyrics To New Van Halen Single
(hennemusic) David Lee Roth has offered up an image of his handwritten lyrics to the new Van Halen single, "Tattoo."

The song, from the band's February 7 album, "A Different Kind Of Truth," marks the first new VH music with Roth since 1996, when he recorded "Me Wise Magic" and "Can't Get This Stuff No More" for their "Greatest Hits Vol. 1" package.

The new album is Roth's first with VH since 1984 � the year and record � which spawned the group's first #1 single, "Jump." Check out the photo of the lyrics here.

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The Day Elvis Made History Across The Pond
(Gibson) On this day in 1958, Elvis Presley was at no. 1 on the U.K. singles chart with "Jailhouse Rock." It became the first-ever single to enter the chart at no. 1 and was Presley's second U.K. #1. It went on to sell more than 4 million copies in the U.S. Gibson takes a look back:

Written by the hall of fame songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" was released in the U.S. on September 24, 1957 to coincide with The King's third film (and first with MGM), Jailhouse Rock. Elvis actually contributed a bit to the song, including phrasing the term "crack, boom, bang" drummer, which referred to William Thomas Fairbanks, who played drums with Elvis. Some of the other characters in the song are actually real people, too. "Shifty Henry," who is portrayed in the song as a criminal, was actually a renowned Los Angeles-based musician, while the "Purple Gang" was a real mob of n'er-do-wells.

It's hard to pinpoint the actual inspiration for the song "Jailhouse Rock" (and the movie), though it's not a stretch to look at a movie that came out the previous year, The Girl Can't Help It, which also featured a similarly themed and performed song called "Rock Around the Rockpile." In that performance, the actor Edmond O'Brien plays a villain who alludes an attempt on his life by jumping onstage and launching into song (doesn't everyone do that?), while backed musically by prison-stripe-clad The Ray Anthony Band. O'Brien's performance of "Rock Around the Rockpile" even included similar Elvis-esque lower-body gyrations and hip-swiveling.

The producers for the movie The Girl Can't Help It reportedly wanted Elvis for the role, but Col. Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, wanted way more money than they were willing to pay, so O'Brien landed the gig. Two of that film's uncredited musical composers, Hugo Friedhofer and Lionel Newman, also composed music for Elvis' 1956 film Love Me Tender. more on this story

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