The Day in Rock 8/21: Metallica Back In The Clubs- Chino’s Groin- Nelly Pimp Soda- Zakk’s Wylde Speak- Ben & Jerry Fest Is Kaput- Jello Blasts DK, Chevelle Live CD- Bizkits May Vary- FCC Give A Little- Death Metal Drive-by

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Metallica Back In The Clubs 
Metallica.com reports: There will be no shortage of power in New York next week as they boys roar back into town for TWO very special nights!

On Thursday, August 28th, Metallica will perform live to close the MTV Video Music Awards show broadcast from Radio City Music Hall. Air time is 8:00 PM EST with pre-show festivities beginning at 6:30 PM EST. (Check local listings for exact showtimes in your area) 

Hanging out in front of the TV just a little too quiet for you? The next night, Friday, August 29th, the band takes over the Bowery Ballroom in New York City for a private club show put on by 92.3 K-ROCK (WXRK). 'How do I get tickets?' you ask? Fan Club members can enter to win tickets at www.metclub.com, or you can listen to 92.3 K-ROCK (WXRK). 

Get ready New Yorkers . . . .

*** They might even bring in some special garbage cans from the Bronx for Lars to beat on during the show! 

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Chino’s Groin 
IThe Deftones’ Cheng gave MTV the skinny on Chino’s ailing groin: 

"It actually was a very serious thing," Cheng said. "He had somehow hit himself, probably onstage, and blood was collecting behind one of his [testicles]. So it was swollen up. ... His specialists told him that he could either pee it out or have it drained. He couldn't really stand for a few days."

The rested and relieved Deftones are gearing up for a European tour with A Perfect Circle beginning next month. After that they'll embark on a headlining tour of North America in mid-October.- Get the 411 about the group’s new video and ever changing directors from MTV’s Joe D'Angelo 

Nelly Pimp Soda
It’s not rock related but this one was so “Ludacris” we had to report it. 

Much Music reports: Riding on the success of his hit single "Pimp Juice", Nelly has now launched his very own brand of energy drink named, you guessed it, "Pimp Juice". The bright green drink, made with ten percent apple juice, contains vitamins, taurine and guarane. It also "mixes perfectly with numerous vodkas," according to Nelly's Team Lunatics company. Portions of the proceeds from Pimp Juice sales go to Nelly's not-for-profit organization, 4Sho4Kids.
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Zakk’s Wylde Speak
SMNnews.com has just received full assurance from axeman Zakk Wylde himself that OZZY OSBOURNE will be playing the rest of this years OZZFEST: 2003, contrary to reports that he flew home to London following yesterday's show cancellation.

As for a the six-string slinger's opinion on Fred Durst, "f*ck that f*cking, f*cking f*cker", and on a possible PanterA/Black Label Society tour "[Phil Anselmo] f*ck him".

What would Zakk say to us if we pointed out his love for the “F” word? Not hard to figure that one out. 
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Ben & Jerry Fest Is Kaput. 
Billboard Reports: Blaming "an economic downturn coupled with an unexpected slump in the music industry," the Ben & Jerry's One World One Heart Festival has been canceled. The festival at the site of the original Woodstock festival in Bethel, N.Y., was scheduled for Saturday (Aug. 23) and Sunday and was to feature sets by LeAnn Rimes, Third Eye Blind and Tracy Chapman, among others.

In a statement on its Web site, the ice cream manufacturer explained that Bethel Woods seemed the perfect site to celebrate the company's 25th anniversary and take its annual music festival to the next level. 

"Right place. Wrong time," the statement proclaims, saying the economy "forced our hand and the cancellation of this year's One World One Heart Festival." Published reports have pegged advance ticket sales at as low as 1,000. 

Those who did purchase tickets to the event will be automatically refunded.

Looks like the reality that it is no longer the 60’s has come crashing down on the hippy ice cream peddlers. Not to worry, they will most likely still push their whacky politics on the public along with their eccentrically named ice cream flavors.  What does politics have to do with sweets? Who knows, for an answer you must ask Ben & Jerry.  - Click Here for the Full Story

Jello Blasts DK 
Here is an update on a story we’ve been following. As you will remember the Jello-Free Dead Kennedy’s extended an invitation to Jello to perform with the band at their 25th anniversary show, which took place at the Key Club in Hollywood on Tuesday. 

Jello has publicly issued his response and we turn to Blabbermouth for the story:  Punk icon Jello Biafra has turned down an invitation from his former DEAD KENNEDYS bandmates to participate in what he called "their cash-in nostalgia show in Hollywood on August 19."

"To put it mildly, this reeks of false advertising," he said in an official press release. "They obviously aren't serious or they would have called me on the phone. Instead, their message came through their lawyers and their publicist.

"What's the matter, not enough Hot Topic bozo teens flocking to stuff cash in their bikinis? [Were] they having that much trouble selling tickets to a bar that holds less than 600 people?" he said, adding, "If they really want to 'bury the hatchet,' why won't they stop suing me? 

"I feel sorry for anyone duped into paying top dollar for a ticket because they heard, 'I might be there.' But I hardly think I'm 'letting fans down' by refusing to be part of a nostalgia scam.".Click Here for Full Story

Chevelle Live CD
siN’s metal news reports: Details regarding CHEVELLE’s 'Live From The Road' Bootleg CD will feature 10 tracks recorded on the bands headlining club dates in Spring 2003. CHEVELLE has also autographed a limited number of the discs, which will be available for preorder next Tuesday.

Tracklisting for 'Live From The Road' is as follows:

- "Family System"
- "Forfeit"
- "Point #1"
- "Until You're Reformed"
- "Send The Pain Below"
- "SMA"
- "Wonder What's Next"
- "MIA"
- "Grab Thy Hand"
- "The Red"
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Bizkits May Vary
The Pimp Rock Palace reports: limpbizkit have now set "Results May Vary" as the title to their upcoming new album which will see a release on September 23rd. A limited number of the album will come with a special 35 minute bonus DVD which will preview the groups long in the works "Poop" DVD release, which is expected out this winter.

stay tuned next week when Fred changes the name of the CD again in order to keep his name in the news. Maybe he should consider “Bargain Rack” or “Been There / Done That”, or “Where Did My Fifteen Minutes Go?” or perhaps “Drop Dead Fred”. 

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FCC Give A Little 
AP reports: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell announced Wednesday a series of initiatives aimed at ensuring broadcasters serve the communities in which they operate. 

The move comes amid intense criticism of the FCC's decision in June to revamp media ownership rules, which opponents said would promote more mergers and limit local programming. 

Powell said the FCC will form a task force that will make recommendations to the commission within a year on promoting localism in broadcasting. The FCC also will speed up the licensing of hundreds of low-powered radio stations, often run by churches, community groups and schools. And Powell directed his agency's staff to begin an inquiry seeking comment on FCC rules aimed at promoting localism. - Click Here for Full Story

Death Metal Drive-by 
OC Weekly reports: The anti-Christian rantings of an extreme death-metal vocalist may ensure  that the 22-year-old man who performs under the stage name Lord Morder  spends the rest of his life in prison.

Santa Ana Police on Feb. 6 arrested special-education teacher and Sol Evil   front man Raymond Earl Shipley, 22, of Riverside, in connection with a drive-by shooting that took place in the early morning hours of Jan. 19 outside a Christian drug-rehabilitation center in downtown Santa Ana. Four days later, the Orange County district attorney’s office charged Shipley with attempted murder and conspiracy to attempt murder with hate-crime enhancements that could result in a life sentence.

The DA’s felony complaint alleges that Shipley drove along South Main Street at 3:30 a.m., intending to murder an unidentified man living at the Teen Challenge Christian Ministry. Shipley’s 21-year-old passenger fired "a   number of shots into the Teen Challenge Christian Ministry facility dormitory area," where the intended victim was sleeping, the complaint alleges. No one was hurt in the shooting, but prosecutors charged both Shipley and his passenger with committing hate crimes because of Teen Challenge’s religious affiliation..  - Click Here for Full Story

Song of the Day.
Today’s song comes from a band everyone is buzzing about; S.T.U.N.  check out their new single "Annihilation of the Generations"

the band's website
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