antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 8/22: Sharon Vs Maiden- Gwen Boycotts MTV- QOTSA Accident- Love in Rehab- Rammstein- Venom Box- 311 Fan Injury- more

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Report for 8/22/05

Sharon Vs Maiden

Metal Underground reports: I received an interesting email from a reader (Jonny) who attended the San Bernardino Ozzfest:

"I went to OZZFEST 2005 san bernardino last night and things got pretty crazy. Sharon osbourne had people throwing eggs at bruce dickenson and messing with Iron Maiden's equipment during Maiden's set. Bruce said "I'm going to rip your fucking eyes out if I see who's doing that" "This is fuckin' Maiden Fest" Almost every song was plagued by her mischeif, such as Bruce's vocals being cut off and being replaced by an annoying OZZY OZZY OZZY chant. Bruce was livid. He said america stands for "we the people" and the people were the only reason he didn't leave. There were other subtle signs of the "shit hitting the fan" [keep in mind this is an email account and unconfirmed - see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Gwen Boycotts MTV

Gigwise reports: Pop diva Gwen Stefani is refusing to attend MTV's Video Music Awards, after bosses at the channel were unable to offer her a performing slot.

Stefani was said to be "deeply offended" by the supposed snub and has declared that she is staying away in protest, despite being up for several nominations.[She should change her name to Madonna. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

QOTSA Accident

Blabbermouth reports: News.com.au is reporting that 31 people were slightly injured late Friday (August 19) when a wooden gangway collapsed during QUEENS OF THE STONE's performance at a music festival near Salzburg in central Austria, the Red Cross has said.

None of the injured was in a serious condition with most suffering fractures and bruising, Gerhard Huber, the head of the local Red Cross, told the agency APA. Eleven have been taken to hospital, he said.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Love in Rehab

AP reports: Courtney Love tearfully admitted using drugs in violation of her probation terms Friday. The rocker-actress was ordered into a 28-day drug treatment program by a judge who said he had wanted to put her in jail.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Rammstein Update

Blabbermouth reports: German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have set "Rosenrot" as the title of their follow-up to to last year's "Reise Reise", tentatively due this fall. The group recently shot a video for the album's first single, "Benzin", which was aired live for the first time this past June. Several remixes are curerntly in the works, as is the artwork for the cover of the single and the album.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Venom Box

Blabbermouth reports: Castle Music has set a September 26 release date for a four-CD 25th anniversary box set from black metal pioneers VENOM, entitled "MMV".

"MMV" is the first ever fully comprehensive four-CD box set that traces the entire career of this seminal metal band.

Compiled and re-mastered by VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant, the set features demos, outtakes, rare tracks and alternative versions including radio spots and an exclusive interview with Metro Radio from 1983. Also featured is a complete disc of live and re-recorded tracks from the rare and highly collectable "Assault" series of albums.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

311 Fan Injury

Blabbermouth reports: ChannelCincinnati.com is reporting that a 22-year-old man might lose his left eye after a rowdy 311/PAPA ROACH concert Monday (August 15) at Riverbend in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"I can't sleep, can't eat because medicine makes me sick. It's terrible," Nicolas Holmes said of the injury that left him with 12 stitches.

Now Holmes said he’s planning to sue the venue for what he says is a lack of security.

He said that about 50 people started a mosh pit near him and his friends.

"We get pushed over. Next thing you know, when I'm trying to get up, that's when I was struck. Just instant pain. It was bleeding all over my face. I couldn't see out of both eyes because there was blood everywhere," Holmes said. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Hellfest Protest

Blabbermouth reports: A coup of screaming Hellfest supporters terrorized the parking lot of the Sovereign Bank Arena [Friday, August 19], turning the spot of the canceled three-day event into their own personal demolition derby.

Witnesses said the Hellfest bus, a yellow school bus painted in the concert's logo that was used to promote the event, was seen doing doughnuts, knocking down traffic cones and driving wildly through the South Broad Street parking lot around the same time the first guitar swipe was scheduled to start the event.

"Their actions speaks for itself," said Eric Cuthbertson, the arena's general manager, who announced the event was canceled on Wednesday. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Testament DVD

BW&BK reports: In the merch section of their official website, TESTAMENT are now selling a Live In Paris Bootleg DVD. Filmed this past May by Walter Morgan of Deadly Embrace, it features the original lineup of Chuck Billy - vocals, Alex Skolnick - guitar, Eric Peterson - guitar, Greg Christian - bass and Louie Clemente - drums.
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Clutch DVD

BW&BK reports: CLUTCH singer Neil Fallon, recently spoke to Metal Temple magazine’s Katrina Thompson recently about a number of topics including their intention of releasing a live DVD, hopefully by the beginning of 2006. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

Metal Temple: Are there any plans for an official live DVD?

Neil Fallon: "Yeah, there have been plans for that for so long now. The problem with that is those things cost a whole lot of money. We finally bit the bullet and tried to do it ourselves but we just haven’t been able to get together. So hopefully, we’ll hire somebody and have it out by the beginning of next year." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Audioslave Arena Tour

Audio Aggression reports: Audioslave will launch their first ever headlining arena tour on September 25th in San Francisco and wrapping things up in Long Beach November 18th. Gutiarist Tom Morello told MTV, "We've done smaller tours at the beginning of records, we've done Lollapalooza, but this is our first real official Audioslave tour." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Solo Stapp

Audio Aggression reports: Former Creed frontman, Scott Stapp, will be releasing is solo debut on November 22nd via Wind-Up Records. The first single titled "The Great Divide" will hit radio on September 26th.- Click Here for the Full Story

Ryan Leaves Distillers

punkbands reports: Following the departure of drummer Andy "Outbreak" Granelli, bassist Ryan Sinn has quit the Distillers. This past Thursday Sinn posted the announcement to the band's now-removed MySpace page. [Check here tomorrow for an exclusive interview with Ryan about the break-up and his future plans] see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Love Child

Rockdirt reports: Courtney Love sensationally revealed Saturday night that she is pregnant by British actor Steve Coogan. The former Hole frontwoman told News of the World, "Yes, I am pregnant with Steve's baby." She then added, "I'd rather not talk about our relationship."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

No XS $ for INXS

Gigwise reports: The estate of the late Michael Hutchence, frontman for the internationally successful Australian band INXS until his death in a Sydney hotel room in 1997, has been valued at nothing, according to reports.

It had been estimated that Hutchence had a personal fortune of between 10 and 20 million Australian dollars (up to 15 million US dollars). However, the executors of his will have told his family that the balance of his estate as of July was zero, his mother Patricia Glassop told The Sydney Morning Herald. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Legal Jack'ing

FMQB reports: Last month we reported that a new company called SparkNet Communications became the exclusive U.S. licensor and owner of the Jack-FM format, including the trademarked “playing what we want” slogan. Now it appears that the company is suing Clear Channel over their usage of the Web address JackFMSanDiego.com for KMYI/San Diego and the slogan “playing whatever we want” on Clear Channel’s WLTY/Columbia, SC. Furthermore, SparkNet says the slogan “playing whether the hell we want” airing on KDRB/Des Moines is “confusingly similar” to the trademarked phrase. The suit was filed in San Diego Federal District Court. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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