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P2P Jail

NME reports: PRESIDENT BUSH signed a new law yesterday (April 27) which rules that people who pirate music and films on the internet face up to three years in jail.

The bill will target file-sharers who put copies of new films and songs online before their commercial release. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Jacko's Ex Lied

NME reports: MICHAEL JACKSON’s former wife has admitted that she lied when she said that the star was a model parent in a video the singer made to defend himself.

However, Debbie Rowe denied in the Santa Maria court that she was forced to praise him or read a script in the 2003 video. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Amen Illness

The PRP reports: Amen have had to postpone their May UK tour as a result of Casey Chaos being diagnosed with "internal bleeding due to multiple ruptured hernias." According to doctors orders, Chaos will need to lay low for 8 weeks time to convalesce.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Staind Release

The PRP reports: Staind are now planning an August 09th release date through Atlantic for their upcoming new album "Chapter V". [see full story for a link to a teaser for the CD]- Click Here for the Full Story

Taproot Delay

The PRP reports: Taproot's upcoming new album "Blue-Sky Research" has now been scheduled for an August 16th release date through Velvet Hammer Music/Atlantic. [see full story for some "smashing" details]- Click Here for the Full Story

Warped CD

punkbands reports: The track listing for the upcoming Warped Tour 2005 compilation has been announced. The 50 track sampler is due out on June 7th. The tracklist is as follows:

MxPx - "The Darkest Places "
Dropkick Murphys - "Sunshine Highway "
Offspring - "Beheaded "
Fall Out Boy - "Saturday "
Hot Water Music - "Poison "
Academy Is... - "Checkmarks "
Gogol Bordello - "Start Wearing Purple "
Street Dogs - "You Alone "
Atreyu - "Bleeding Mascara "
Rufio - "Out Of Control "
[see full story for a lot more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Memphis Bleek Arrested

MTV reports: Memphis Bleek was arrested early Thursday morning at New York's club NV after fighting with another man around 2 a.m., according to police.

Bleek has been charged with assault in the second degree. Details surrounding the altercation were unavailable, but Bleek and the Young Gunz were on hand at the club to perform. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Gwen Beats 50 Cent

Reuters reports: With a leap from No. 3 to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" ends the nine-week reign of 50 Cent's "Candy Shop" featuring Olivia, which slips to No. 3.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

GFR Murder Conviction

AP reports: A 27-year-old Temple man has been convicted in the slaying of a former manager of the 1970s rock group Grand Funk Railroad.

A Bell County jury deliberated less than 40 minutes Wednesday before finding Donald Alan Fair guilty of murder in the Nov. 1 death of Richard Terrance "Terry" Knight.

Authorities said Fair stabbed Knight to death during a domestic dispute at an apartment complex. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Bob Mould in July

liveDaily reports: Former Husker Du and Sugar singer/guitarist Bob Mould will release a new album titled "Body of Song" on July 26.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Le Paris

Soul Shine reports: Word on the street has it that feminist punk band Le Tigre are working away on a song for Paris Hilton’s long-delayed musical debut. Exactly how collaborative the resulting song actually is remains to be seen, but the American trio will reportedly receive both co-writing and producing credits for their work on Hilton’s album (once rumoured to be titled Paris Is Burning). [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Michelle Albano Debut

press release reports: Michelle Albano, a singer, pianist and songwriter from New York City, has released her debut album "Second Guesses". The album contains 11 tracks of R&B, pop and rock infused with smart lyrics, soulful vocals, and hooky melodies. "NYU grad and onetime classical piano prodigy pulls off convincingly emotive and full-throated early-Mariah-style R&B on her Second Guesses debut. And as a bonus, she writes all her own songs," legendary Chuck Eddy of the Village Voice writes.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Arch Enemy Update

Century Media reports: Metal titans ARCH ENEMY – whose dynamic mixture of melody and aggression has earned them massive critical acclaim, a rabid worldwide fan base and a slot on this summer’s Ozzfest – have officially signed a new agreement that sees Century Media Records, in conjunction with band leader Mike Amott’s Savage Messiah Music label, become the home for the group’s future albums worldwide outside Southeast Asia.

The band is currently wrapping up work on their highly anticipated new full-length album Doomsday Machine, which is set for a July 25 release in Europe (July 26 in North America). “We have all been working hard in the studio to make the ultimate metal album,” Mike says. “The drums sound totally amazing, as Daniel (Erlandsson, percussion) has excelled himself yet again and the grooves he's created are catchy but powerful as hell. People will be stunned when they hear what he has done. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

MC5 DVD

press release reports: Music Video Distributors and Book Beat are pleased to announce the home viewing release of the MC5 - Kick Out the Jams for worldwide distribution on DVD July 12th.

Conceptual artist and Destroy All Monsters co-founder Cary Loren has assembled rare film of the band shot by Leni Sinclair into a swirling psychedelic art piece. This film features much never-before-seen footage of the MC5 during the peak of the band’s creativity, with audio performances selected to complement the visuals. The result is an exploding kaleidoscopic mind-trip filled with sparkling surrealism that cuts to the heart of the musical-mystical-political-chemical nexus of the MC5 experience (which Norma Mailer referred to as the “electro-mechanical climax of the age”).- Click Here for the Full Story

Shout Out Louds

Capitol Records reports: Swedish indiepop faves Shout Out Louds have been confirmed as the primary support for The Dears on a U.S. tour that kicks off in Los Angeles on May 24 and concludes in Atlanta on June 18.

Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, the gloriously melodic debut album from Shout Out Louds, will be released in the U.S. on May 24th and has already drawn strong praise. The band will perform at this weekend's Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, California and has been added to the bill for this summer's Lollapalooza, to be held in Chicago's Grant Park on July 23 and 24. And Shout Out Louds will make their late night television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman in early June. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Stuck Mojo Solo Kung Fu

Special Ops reports: My Kung- Fu Is Good by The Duke will hits stores on May 3rd

Rich “The Duke” Ward has carved a name for himself as a guitarist, songwriter and founding member of Stuck Mojo. Stuck Mojo toured the world a dozen times and to date has released seven critically acclaimed albums pioneering the fusion of reggae, rap and metal that would open the doors for what would become nu-metal.

As well as Stuck Mojo, Rich is also the guitarist and founding member of the band Fozzy, which features WWE superstar Chris Jericho. Where Stuck Mojo and Fozzy are instantly recognizable by Ward's brutal riffage, The Duke takes a more melodic approach and focuses on songwriting for My Kung-Fu Is Good. [see full story for a preview]- Click Here for the Full Story

Avenged Sevenfold Studio Update

Day in Rock reports: Avenged Sevenfold posted their latest video update filming in the studio during the making of their long-awaited new release City of Evil, due out June 7th. Click the full story link to check it out- Click Here for the Full Story

Rufio Tracks/Preview

antiMusic reports: Rufio's new CD The Comfort of Home will be in stores on July 12th. The band have posted a special preview for fans of the first single. Click the full story link to checkout the mp3 for the first song from the disc "Out of Control".

Here is the tracklisting for "The Comfort of Home"

01) Out Of Control
02) Let Fate Decide
03) A Simple Line
05) Never Learn
06) Bitter Season
07) Mental Games
09) Drowning
10) Questions And Answers
11) Life Songs
13) Walk Don't Run
14) A View To Save
15) On Our Own
16) My Escape
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Motley DVD Bomb

BW&BK reports: You'll thank modern technology for the overdubs.

When MOTLEY CRUE's much-hyped live DVD - filmed Wednesday night in Van Andel Arena in front of a near-capacity crowd of more than 10,000 - hits the store shelves, don't be surprised if Vince Neil's voice sounds, you know, surgically modified.

Kind of like his face was recently.

The dirtball-rockers' inexplicably popular reunion tour has been, and will be, packing hockey barns all year. Too bad Neil has been subjecting rabid audiences to his half-hearted, watery warble.

He doesn't just skip words when he sings, he skips consonants, choosing to sing mostly vowels. Who knew Bob Dylan has been giving him enunciation lessons? [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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