antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 4/20: AHC Death?- Concert Brawl- Darkness Injury- Free Bizkit- 50 Cent Beat- Rare Beatles- more

Day In Rock 4/20: AHC Death?- Concert Brawl- Darkness Injury- Free Bizkit- 50 Cent Beat- Rare Beatles- Piracy Bill Passes- Sting U- DMB Island- Greens Vs iPods- Tom Waits- Blue Van- Slayer- Stratovarius- Danny Wilder RIP- M.O.D. Tour- Onslaught- Motley DVD- Oasis Leak- Stretch Arm Strong- Otep- Idol Warped- QOTSA- Nashville Poison- Joe Perry- Bush Terrorist?- Crossfade Seether- more

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AHC Death?

The PRP reports: Rumors abound that a member of American Head Charge passed away today. Details are sketchy but band guitarist Bryan Ottoson was reportedly found dead in his bunk, though this has yet to be confirmed.

[the following came from a fan report on the band's forum, not the article referenced here. Again like the PRP reported this is not confirmed yet but here is the fan's report: Hey all, I registered on these forums so I could fill you in on as much as I know. I went to the Charleston, SC concert tonight @ The Plex, and while we were standing in line, an ambulance came roaring by, and just before 8:00pm, they notified us that the show was cancelled due to the death of a member of American Head Charge. I have NO CLUE who it is, as they are notifying family. Don't pm me and ask me, I don't know any more than that.]- Click Here for the Full Story

Concert Brawl

Punkbands reports: Milwaukee's Chaos Fest 2005 came to an abrupt halt on saturday as a member of From A Second Story Window was attacked shortly into the band's set. The brawl apparently started when a member of Indiana hardcore band Blood In/Blood Out attacked FASSW's singer. [see full story for 1st hand account of what happened]- Click Here for the Full Story

Darkness Injury

Ananova reports: Justin Hawkins is nursing broken ribs and torn leg muscles after falling off a giant donut.

The Darkness singer was injured while on holiday in Dubai reports The Sun.

He was on the donut attached to a speed boat when the accident happened. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Free Bizkit

liveDaily reports: Limp Bizkit is taking an untraditional approach to promoting the release of its upcoming album, "The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), which is due in stores May 3.

Frontman Fred Durst reportedly has asked Geffen Records to forgo its usual promotion efforts so that he can instead implement a guerilla effort to blanket the streets with mp3s of the album's first single, "The Truth."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Mariah Beats 50 Cent

Contact Music reports: MARIAH CAREY has ended 50 CENT's six week reign at the top of the US album charts with her biggest sales week ever.

The singer's new album THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI has sold more than 400,000 copies in its first week on release, making the pop superstar's comeback complete. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Rare Beatles Film

BBC reports: Some rare footage of the Beatles' visit to the South West has been unearthed in the BBC library in Plymouth.

The film of them at Plymouth Hoe in 1967, as part of the "Magical Mystery Tour", was found during a transfer of old film reel onto digital format.

It is part of the uncut original film - much of it unseen for nearly 40 years. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Piracy Bill Passes

FMQB reports: Today the House Of Representatives approved the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 today, legislation that will greatly increase the penalties for bootlegging music and films. The bill bans the act of sharing a song online before it has been released, or sharing a movie before its video release, with a maximum penalty of up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Bad Vibrations

KVIA reports: The Beach Boys had some great hits in their career but not on Broadway.

The musical "Good Vibrations" will close on Sunday after a disappointing three-month run.

The show, which opened in February second to largely negative reviews, will have played 94 performances and six weeks of previews.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Sting U

Reuters reports: British singer Sting went back to the classroom this week, assuming the role of a musical mentor for a group of college students.

The one-time school teacher surprised students in a music composition class at the University of Illinois at Chicago, barging in with MTV cameras in tow to speak and jam with them on Monday. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

DMB Island

Reuters reports: Dave Matthews Band will overtake New York's Randall's Island on July 30-31 for its first Island Getaway event.

The group will be joined at the first show by Barenaked Ladies and Robert Randolph and the Family Band on the mainstage, while Mike Doughty, Jem and Ray LaMontagne will perform on the second stage. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Greens Vs iPods

Dis reports: I'm no environmental crusader myself - we only got a recycling bin in my office a couple of weeks ago - but this message from The Green Guide seems to suggest that the makers of the world's favourite personal stereo are taking the substantial piss: Apple claims that environmental protection is a priority for them but they actually lag behind companies like Dell and Hewlett-Packard in offering take back programs for their products.

The diminutive iPod is a time-bomb for our health and environment because of the toxic metals that will either go into incinerators or landfills. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Tom Waits Ripoff

DiS reports: Opel cars is in hot water after it screened advertisements in Scandinavia featuring a soundtrack spookily similar to the style and sound of Tom Waits. Even the 'impersonator's singing voice was a close match. Waits is now taking legal advice and has issued the following statement:

"In answer to the many queries I have received: No, I did not do the Opel car commercial currently running on TV in Scandinavia. I have a long-standing policy against my voice or music being used in commercials and I have lawyers over there investigating my options... [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Blue Van Support Hot Hot Heat

TVT reports: Denmark’s finest The Blue Van will take their electrifying live show on the road in support of Hot Hot Heat on a major-city U.S. tour starting May 20 at Webster Hall in New York. Also appearing on the bill will be New Line Records recording artist Robbers On High Street. The Blue Van’s debut album The Art Of Rolling has been receiving rave reviews from major publications like Rolling Stone, FHM, The New York Times and Giant Magazine while their live gigs have been the stuff of legend, playing more than 60 times in the NYC-area alone since last summer. This will be the band’s first proper tour of the United States.[see full story for date]- Click Here for the Full Story

Darkest Hour Complete CD

Victory Records reports: Darkest Hour Announces Album Completion “Undoing Ruin” is done and in the can!

Here is the track listing:
1. With A Thousand Words To Say But One
2. Convalescence
3. This Will Outlive Us
4. Sound the Surrender
5. Pathos
6. Low
7. Ethos
8. District Divided
9. These Fevered Times
10. Paradise
11. Tranquil

[see full story for more include comments from Mike Schleibaum]- Click Here for the Full Story

Oasis DualDisc

press release reports: Oasis are excited to announce additional U.S. tour dates in support of their May 31st release of Don't Believe The Truth. Taking only an hour to sell-out the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City as well as shows in Philadelphia and Detroit, Oasis have added nine tour stops in September with Jet and Kasabian to support.

A must have for any fan, on May 17 Oasis will release a Dual Disk of the 1994 Gold-certified album Defintely Maybe. On the video portion of the Definitely Maybe Dual Disc, fans will get 30 minutes of documentary footage from the making of the legendary album plus two live audio tracks - "Live Forever" live from Glastonbury in 1994 and "Columbia" live from the Hammersmith Palais in 1994. The Dual Disc of Don't Believe The Truth, out May 31, includes more than 15 minutes of select making the album footage as well as the video of their first single "Lyla." [see full story for more including those dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Flynn Apologizes To Slayer

Blabbermouth reports: MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message in the band's official forum: "...SLAYER has helped this band more than any other band out there, period. Kerry King, in particular, played a pivotal role in making that happen. It is something I will forever be grateful for, even if we never are friends again.

"So with that said, I am issuing an apology to Kerry for the role I've played in our ongoing 'feud.' To be honest, I can't even remember why it started. With every barb we trade, I feel like I'm losing a part of my youth, and with it, a part of who I used to be, before MACHINE HEAD came into existence....

[small part of a much longer quote.. see the full story for it all] - Click Here for the Full Story

Stratovarius Release

Blabbermouth reports: Finnish metallers STRATOVARIUS will release their brand-new self-titled effort in late August/early September via Sanctuary Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Maniac Dance 02. Fight
03. Just Carry On
04. Back To Madness
05. Gypsy In Me
06. Götterdämmerung (Zenith of Power)
07. The Land of Ice and Snow
08. Leave The Tribe
09. United
[see full story for more details]- Click Here for the Full Story

Danny Wilder RIP

Blabbermouth reports: Former TUFF bassist Danny Wilder has died of a suspected heroin overdose, according to a posting at Metal Sludge (which is headed up by Wilder's former TUFF bandmate Stevie Rachelle). Danny "had finished another rehab stint and was in the process of cleaning up his life when he decided to dabble again," the posting adds. "It cost him his life."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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