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Rock 11/30: Eminem Cult- Metallica Stole Song?- Maiden Dis U.S.- Child
of Bodom Goes Punk- Franz Bassist Hospitalized- Best Covers- Sting- Korn-
Lil Jon Hitched- Elvis- Haunted- Vaux- Coheed and Cambria Axe Dates- P.A.
Danielsson RIP- Aborted- Motley Crue- Tupac Pirates- U2- Blues Brothers-
Jacko Denied- Artie Mogull RIP- Dark Tranquillity- Fugaziless 05- Slipknot-
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 Eminem
Cult Priest |
Sohh reports: Eminem's politically charged
video for "Mosh" has earned him recognition as "honorary priest" of the
anti-violence UFO cult, The Raelian Movement.
Besides taking the top chart position this
week for his album, Encore, Eminem is getting another top position as an
"honorary priest" of the Raelian Movement. The group's founder, Rael, formerly
known as Claude Vorilhon, has bestowed the title upon Eminem for his anti-war
video, "Mosh," [see full story for more]- Click
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| Metallica
Stole Song? |
Metal Underground reports: Did Metallica inadvertently
"borrow" a musical idea from another band for their 1986 dark "power ballad"
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"? Several Internet reports definitely seem to
suggest so.
A song called "Rainbow Warrior" by the
obscure NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) band Bleak House appears
to contain undeniable similarities to the Metallica classic. The Bleak
House track was released as a seven-inch single in 1980 via Buzzard Records,
and was followed up by another seven-inch single in 1982 and various compilation
appearances before the band apparently called it a day.
A self-proclaimed NWOBHM fanatic, Metallica
drummer Lars Ulrich spent much of his time in the early '80s tracking down
obscure recordings from his favorite groups of the era. [see full story
for more, including mp3 samples of the songs]- Click
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| Maiden
Dis U.S. |
BW&BK reports: IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com
report that in a recent interview with Maidenfans.com member AirRaidSyren,
drummer Nicko McBrain spoke about the band's future in America.
Says Nicko, "Well, to be honest, we don't
like playing in America. It's not good, and it's not me that has the major
problems in the band since I live in America, but we have a real problem
with American's attitude".
Nicko didn't say specifically that Maiden
won't play in America anymore, but from this it's pretty clear that if
that's the case it'll be just a few dates, like on the Dance Of Death tour
last winter. - Click
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| Child
of Bodom Goes Punk |
BW&BK reports: According to the CHILDREN
OF BODOM fansite Scythes-Of-Bodom.com, frontman Alexi Laiho's KYLÄHULLUT
side project, also featuring Vesku Jokinen (KLAMYDIA) and Tommi Lillman
(ex-TO/DIE/FOR, SINERGY), have completed work on their full-length album,
Turpa Täynnä (Hammered). There are tentative plans to release
it in January 2005. Tagged as a "straightforward punk band", they recorded
12 songs in the space of a week [see full story for more]-
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Source: BW&BK
also has news on DARK TRANQUILLITY - The Gallery And The Mind's I Re-Issues
Detailed, STARWOOD's Marten Andersson Issues Update, TURMOIL - Ready To
Record Three New Songs, GORGOROTH Issue Tour Report, Atarfe Vega Rock Festival
Update - PARADISE LOST Confirmed and more click here to check it out
| Franz
Bassist Hospitalized |
Xfm reports: Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy
was hospitalised this weekend (Saturday November 27) following a show by
the band at Osaka's Mother Hall in Japan. He was diagnosed with a severe
case of gastro-enteritis.
During Franz' sell-out Japanese tour, Hardy
had started to feel ill on the Friday night during the journey to Osaka.
He completed the show at the Mother Hall the following evening, Saturday,
in considerable pain and for the most part seated.
He was then taken to hospital in Osaka
that evening where he was diagnosed with a severe case of gastro-enteritis
and admitted for the night before being transferred to a Tokyo hospital
last night (Sunday November 28). [see full story for more]-
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| Best
Covers |
Xfm reports: A new poll of the Top 50 best
cover versions of all time has just been published with Jimi Hendrix's
version of Bob Dylan's �All Along the Watchtower' topping the list, while
the Top 10 includes The Beatles, Sid Vicious and Scissor Sisters.
The list of the Top 50 cover versions was
chosen by Daily Telegraph music critics and includes well known favourites
such as Johnny Cash's version of U2's �One', Ryan Adams' reworking of Oasis'
�Wonderwall' and The Vines' take on Outkast's �Ms Jackson'.
Topping the list though was �All Along
the Watchtower' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience as recorded by the guitar
legend in 1968, only one year after Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the original
on his album �John Wesley Harding'. [see full story for more, including
the list]- Click
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| Reading
& Leeds Tease |
Xfm reports: Two out of the three main stage
headliners for next year's Carling Reading and Leeds Weekender festivals
have already been decided upon, according to Mean Fiddler's director of
festivals Melvin Benn.
It may seem a long while off (nine months
to be exact), but according to a new interview with Benn, it appears that
two thirds of the main stage bands have already been booked. Perhaps predictably,
Benn refused to be drawn on the identity of the two bands, but did rule
out any major shift in musical policy.
"We've booked most of the acts for Reading
and Leeds already and have confirmed two of the three headliners," Benn
confessed to Virtual Festivals You know I can't tell you who they are,
but they've both got singers and use guitars. They both have drummers as
well! That's as much as you're getting!" [see full story for more]-
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Source: Xfm
also has news on Stores Stock 1Mill Band Aid Singles, Doherty Joins Coxon
Live Onstage, Xfm Winter Wonderland Tickets On eBay, Plenty More Manics
For Your Money, The Others Want You In Their Video Today and more click
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| A
Perfect Sting |
Pollstar reports: Sting will return to North
America in April with his Broken Music Tour, a stripped-down show featuring
two guitars, bass and drums.
The four-piece will comprise Sting on bass;
longtime bandmate Dominic Miller plus Shane Fontayne on guitars; and Josh
Freese from A Perfect Circle on drums.
The tour starts April 1st at the Event
Center at San Jose State in California. L.A. rockers Phantom Planet will
open the show on all dates.[see full story for more]-
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| Korn
Covers EP, New CD |
Billboard reports: While touring behind its
recently released "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1," Korn is already looking forward
to its next studio project. According to guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer,
the alternative metal act's seventh album is slated for a late spring/early
summer 2005 release.
"On Jan. 2, we're going to go back and
finish writing our next album," Shaffer tells Billboard.com. "It's definitely
more of a progressive [sounding] Korn," he adds, declining to divulge any
tentative song titles.
After including covers on its Epic/Immortal
set "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1," Shaffer hints the Bakersfield, Calif.-based
five-piece is working on a covers EP, with a tentative title of "Korn Kovers,"
for a possible April release. [see full story for more]-
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Source: Billboard
also has news on Stooges, Black Keys On Kimbrough Tribute, Vibe Vows Awards
Show Return In 2005, Billboard Bits: Grammy Auction, Crespo, Cash, U2 Bombs
U.K. Album Chart, Groban Plans 2005 Tour and more click here to check it
out
| Libertine
Blur Jam |
MTV reports: Brit-rock past and present met
over the weekend when the Libertines' Pete Doherty joined former Blur guitarist
Graham Coxon onstage in London for a cover of the Libertines' "Time for
Heroes." Coxon was performing to support his solo album Happiness in Magazines.-
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| Lil
Jon Hitched |
MTV reports: The King of Crunk married his
queen this weekend at a resort in Puerto Rico.
Lil Jon walked down the aisle at the Wyndham
El Conquistador Resort and Golden Door Spa in Fajardo, near San Juan, at
a small Saturday afternoon ceremony.[see full story for more]-
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No Mo Hoes For You
Source: MTV
also has news on Eminem 'Went Crazy' With Tupac's A Cappellas For Loyal
To The Game, Mixtape Monday: Young Buck Gets Shine On G-Unit City, Luda
Talks Birth Of 'Virgo', JoJo Says She's 'Not That Kind Of Girl,' Wants
Dr. Dre For Next Album, Ying Yang Twins Obscene? University Just Figured
That Out, Julia Roberts Welcomes Phinnaeus And Hazel To The World and more
click here to check it out
| UK
Loves Band Aid |
Celebrity Cafe reports: A remake of the melancholy
Christmas tune, Do They Know It's Christmas, released as a charity single
by many of Britain's top bands, has sold 95,000 copies on its first day
of release. It is expected to open at the number one slot on the British
charts and stay there at least until Christmas.[see full story for more]-
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| Elvis
Bday Reissues |
Reuters reports: The U.K. arm of RCA Records
will launch an ambitious singles release campaign next year to mark the
70th anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth on Jan. 8.
RCA will reissue each of Presley's 18 U.K.
No. 1 singles weekly, in chronological order, as limited edition CDs or
10-inch vinyl discs. The campaign will begin Jan. 3 [see full story for
more]- Click
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| Haunted
Plan 05 Tour |
siN's metal news reports: According to what
the band members themselves have been saying at recent shows, THE HAUNTED
will be headlining in the U.S. next spring. [see full story for more]-
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| Metallica
Wrap Tour |
siN's metal news reports: METALLICA played
their final show of their two year world tour last night in San Jose, CA
at the hp Pavilion. From here, the band will go on a break, possibly play
a show (or more) around New Year's eve, and then go back into the studio.
The band's next album is due out in the fall of 2005. [see full story for
more]- Click
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Source: siN's
metal news also has news on Dark Tranquillity - Lost to Apathy hits the
Swedish charts; The Mind's I and Gallery re-releases out in early 2005,
Slayer - Videos from 1983, P.S. - Three shows, In Flames - Working on DVD,
Nightwish - Itinerary update and more click here to check it out
| Vaux
Almost Done |
Punkbands.com reports: Vaux has finished recording
their new record (with the exception of the vocals, which will be tracked
in January). The band has spent the past 5 weeks in the UK working with
producer Garret Lee (U2, Snow Patrol) at Jacob's Studios in Farnham.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Coheed
and Cambria Axe Dates |
Punkbands.com reports: Coheed and Cambria
were forced to cancel some upcoming shows due to personal issues. Here
is the message from the band: "Dear friends, A series of personal events
have arisen that have forced Coheed and Cambria to cancel our final run
of shows, starting with Providence on November 29th, and through December
5th in Tampa.
Sometimes life can come along and deal
a bad hand that makes time with family the only priority in one's life
for the moment. With two car accidents and now a sudden life-threatening
illness all striking the inner Coheed family circle in the last 2 weeks,
the band needs to spend this time with those closest to us. [see full story
for more]- Click
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| P.A.
Danielsson RIP |
Blabbermouth reports: Former TIAMAT touring
keyboardist P.A. Danielsson was killed in a single-car accident in Italy
last Friday (Nov. 26). He was 35 years old.
In addition to touring with TIAMAT, Danielsson
helped write the early LION'S SHARE songs "Sins of a Father" and "Scarecrow",
and played on several LION'S SHARE demos around 1993. Danielsson had also
recorded with VENI DOMINE in the early '90s. - Click
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| Aborted
Recording |
Blabbermouth reports: Belgian gory death metallers
ABORTED will enter Antfarm Studios in Denmark on December 8 with producer
Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, PANZERCHRIST, MNEMIC, EKTOMORPH, DESTINY) to begin
recording their new full-length album, "The Archaic Abattoir", tentatively
due in early 2005 through Listenable Records.[see full story for more]-
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| Red,
White and Crue |
Blabbermouth reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE
have set "Red, White and Crüe" as the title of their upcoming greatest-hits
collection, tentatively due in January/February 2005, informed sources
have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. The set is expected to include at least one
new song recorded recently with the band's original lineup of Vince Neil
(vocals), Nikki Sixx (bass), Tommy Lee (drums) and Mick Mars (guitar).
[see full story for more]- Click
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Source: Blabbermouth
also has news on MARDUK Guitarist Explains Lineup Changes, BLACK SABBATH
Drummer BILL WARD: Solo Track Available For Free Download, STARWOOD To
Film 'All My Girlfriends Have Boyfriends' Video, KATAKLYSM Announce Final
Dates Of 2004, THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN To Release Debut Album Early Next
Year and more click here to check it out
| Tupac
Pirates |
Launch reports: Another posthumous album from
deceased rapper Tupac Shakur, Loyal To The Game, is due to drop on December
14. However, due to bootlegging and illegal downloading, the set has already
turned up online prior to its release date. [see full story for more]-
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| U2
Hit Big |
Launch reports: It looks more and more like
U2 will have the Number One album in the U.S. when the new Billboard chart
is announced on Wednesday (December 1). How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
came out last week, and industry sources predict it will easily sell 900,000
copies, with a million well within reach. By comparison, the last U2 album,
2000's All That You Can't Leave Behind, sold just under 430,000 copies
in its first week. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Blues
Brothers Live |
AP reports: CLEVELAND - Jim Belushi and Dan
Aykroyd arrived on Harley motorcycles and also hammed it up with a performance
of "Sweet Home Chicago" at the opening of the newest House of Blues in
a renovated storefront.
More than 2,000 people turned out for Sunday
night's gala opening. Belushi and Aykroyd arrived wearing black leather
coats and escorted Mayor Jane Campbell into the concert and restaurant
complex. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Jacko
Denied |
AP reports: The judge in the child-molestation
case against Michael Jackson refused on Monday to order Jackson's accuser
and the boy's family to undergo psychological examinations. [see full story
for more]- Click
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| Artie
Mogull RIP |
Reuters reports: Veteran record executive
Artie Mogull died Nov. 25 in Beverly Hills of heart failure. He was 77.
Mogull began his music industry career
in 1949 with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. He was involved in management during
the '60s and early '70s, working with Peter, Paul & Mary, Kenny Rogers,
Helen Reddy, Deep Purple, Electric Light Orchestra, Laura Nyro and Olivia
Newton-John. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Dark
Tranquillity Reissue Bonus |
IAYM reports: Dark Tranquillity plan to re-release
both their "The Gallery" [1995] and "The Mind's I" [1997] offerings in
North America early next year as 'Deluxe' remastered editions through Century
Media. The albums will feature a wealth of bonus material as well as brand
new booklet layouts [and "cover tune" bonus tracks. see full story for
more details]- Click
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| Genuflect
(ex-Reveille) |
IAYM reports: Former Reveille vocalist Drew
Simollardes has been fronting a new band dubbed Genuflect as of late. Original
Reveille guitarist Greg Sullivan is also involved with the project, you
can find further details at www.genuflect.tv.- Click
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Source: IAYM
also has news on Glassjaw Update, In Flames DVD, dredg update, Twin Zero:
"Monolith", Entombed/Crowbar/Pro-Pain Dates, Stutterfly/The Bled Tour Dates
and more click here to check it out
| Fugaziless
05 |
Aversion reports: Fugazi won't be kicking
back into high gear any time soon.
The pioneering post-hardcore act plans
to keep a low profile in 2005, according to a Billboard report. The band
members plan to continue playing in side projects and, for some, staying
home with family rather than touring and working as Fugazi. -
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| Dynamite
Boy Split |
Aversion reports: Dynamite Boy announced it
will break up shortly into 2005.
The band made the official announcement
late last week, saying that the tour it just wrapped up with Lucky Boy's
Confusion will be its last national tour ever. The act will play a handful
of shows around its Texas homeland, culminating in a farewell bash in Austin
in April. No specifics have been arranged for the final show.
The band cited artistic exhaustion as the
key reason for its demise. [see full story for more]-
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Source: Aversion
also has news on Midnight Oil Front Man Hospitalized, Ozzy Offers Reward
for Family Jewels, Charges Against Ms. Dynamite Dropped, Thrills Singer
Jams with Concretes, R.E.M. Reissue Extravaganza and more click here to
check it out
| Gregg
Allman Tour |
liveDaily reports: Rocker Gregg Allman has
recruited a five-man backing band for a four-week tour of the East Coast
and South, which kicks off early next year.
The outing gets underway on Jan. 21 in
Pennsylvania, and so far Allman has penciled in a handful of dates in the
Northeast, including a two-night stand at B.B. King's Blues Club in New
York City. [see full story for more, including initial dates]-
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| Slipknot
Go North |
liveDaily reports: Masked metal marauders
Slipknot brave the cold north of the border in early 2005 during a headlining
run through Canada.
The group has planned a short stretch of
shows throughout the country that runs from Jan. 7-16. [see full story
for more, including dates]- Click
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Source: liveDaily
also has news on liveDaily's Best of 2004 Music Survey accepting nominations,
Jimmy Eat World plays holiday festivals, books 2005 dates, Sarah McLachlan
returns to the road in April, Briefly: Ruben Studdard, Eminem, Destiny's
Child, Prince, Limp Bizkit, Elton John packs for a busy touring year in
2005 and more click here to check it out
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