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5 of 05 |
Over the last few weeks of 05 we will be
posting our writers' picks for the best of 2005.
Each day we will post a new Top 5 list
from two of our writers. At the conclusion we will present the master list
comprised of the top picks from all of our writer submissions.
Dan Upton's Top 5 of 05.
5.
Ra - Duality
4.
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3.
3 - Wake Pig
2.
Sevendust - Next
1.
Mattias IA Eklundh - The Road Less Traveled
Honorable Mentions:
Roadrunner United - The All-Star Sessions
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Keavin Wiggins' Top 5 of 05.
5.
Thinking Aloud Remote Mind Control
4.
Hermano - Dare I Say
3.
Street Dogs - Back to the World
2.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin Vol. 1
1.
Tremolo - Love is the Greatest Revenge
Honorable Mention:
Enuff Z'nuff One More for the Road
(click on the CD lists to read that writer's comments on each CD and
for related links for release)
| Mariah
Vs 50 Cent |
AP reports: Pop songbird Mariah Carey, enjoying
one of the music industry's biggest comebacks, is giving rap star 50 Cent
a run for his money in a year-end, down-to-the-wire race for best-selling
U.S. album of 2005.
As of Christmas Day, 50 Cent stood at No.
1 in the United States with 4.8 million copies of sophomore album "The
Massacre" sold since March... Carey's latest is at 4.6 million... At current
sales rates, Carey would overtake 50 Cent by year's end[see full story
for more]- Click
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| Stalker
Sues Pop Star |
Contact Music reports: British pop star ROBBIE
WILLIAMS has reportedly been asked to attend a court hearing in Dusseldorf,
Germany, tomorrow (27DEC05), to face a fan attempting to sue him.
Earlier this month (DEC05), the woman -
named only as CONNY C - was ordered to stay away at least 500 metres away
from Williams or pay a fine of $302,000 (GBP168,000).
But Conny now claims the bad publicity
generated by the case has caused her to lose her job and she hopes to progress
with legal action against Williams.[see full story for more]-
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| KFed
is Comin' |
Day in Rock reports: Fiddy and Kayne better
watch their backs in 06, they are about to get some stiff competition from
K-Fed! Yes, not content to be known only as Mr Britney Spears, Kevin Federline
plans to launch his budding rap career in full swing in 2006, with his
debut album. The most anticipated new CD release since William Hung charmed
the record buying public! K-Fed took the next step in announcing his world
domination plans next year with the launch of his new website Kevinfederline.com.
According to MTV the new site (which was unreachable when this went to
press) "features a defensive animated intro chock full of sexual innuendo,
two snippets of music and a message to his fans ('I don't think we've ever
been formally introduced. My name is Kevin Federline. I'm 6 feet tall,
have brown hair and brown eyes. I enjoy horseback riding, long walks on
the beach
)'" Wonder how Britney feels about being called a horse? See
the full story link for MTV's story! - Click
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| Devo
2.0 |
Reuters reports: A new generation of music
fans will get hip to one of new wave's most iconic acts through Devo 2.0.
For the project, all five members of Devo
regrouped to re-record some of its best known songs, including the 1980
hit "Whip It!" with vocals provided by a quintet of kids. Also included
will be "Cyclops" and "The Winner," the first new studio tracks from Devo
in nearly two decades.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Fugazi
X 10 |
Aversion reports: Fugazi added another 10
albums into its swelling Fugazi Live series.
The Washington, D.C. post-hardcore act
announced that 10 more live albums, taped in March 1990 (Gainesville, Fla.),
October 1991( Sydney, Australia), May 1992 (Bordeaux, France)[see full
story for more]- Click
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| Glitter
Gets Off |
Aversion reports: Vietnamese police have dropped
rape charges against Gary Glitter, but he isn't out of legal hot water
yet.
Rape charges against the former disco singer
were dropped for lack of evidence. [see full story for more]-
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| Revolting
Cocks Return |
Aversion reports: Al Jourgensen is wiping
the dust off the Cocks after 10 years.
Jourgensens label, 13th Planet, will release
Cocked and Loaded from the Ministry main mans side project. Cocked and
Loaded is slated for a March 7 release. [see full story for more info,
including special guests!]- Click
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| Taj
Mahal Spring |
liveDaily reports: Legendary singer and multi-instrumentalist
Taj Mahal has lined up a number of concert appearances for next spring.
The blues/folk/funk/worldbeat master will
kick off his busy start to 2006 by participating in the Legendary Rhythm
& Blues Cruise, a floating music festival aboard a cruise ship departing
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jan. 8 and bound for the Western Caribbean. Mahal
will be part of a lineup including Bobby "Blue" Bland, Millie Jackson,
Buckwheat Zydeco and others.[see full story for more including dates]-
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| Adler
Vs Jizzy |
Blabbermouth reports: Juan Pablo Dominguez
of Jedbangers magazine spoke to former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S
APPETITE drummer Steven Adler during ADLER'S APPETITE's three-date tour
of Argentina in early November. The brief question-and-answer session follows:
..Jedbangers: As far as I know, you were
playing with other musicians. Brent Muscat, for instance.
Steven: "Yeah, Brent Muscat was in the
band, Robbie Crane, Keri Kelli
and also another jackass singer, I don't
remember his name. I didn't like him very much. Not a good singer."
Jedbangers: Are you talking about the guy
who recorded your EP [Jizzy Pearl; ex-LOVE/HATE, RATT]?
Steven: "Yeah. If I would've known anyone
who sang like that, I would've gotten someone else before we record that
EP]. I'm serious. I didn't like him very much. Not a good singer, not a
good person and he can kiss my ass. I didn't like that guy."[see full story
for more]- Click
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| Maiden
DVD |
Blabbermouth reports: The complete track listing
has been revealed for IRON MAIDEN's highly anticipated DVD release, "Death
on the Road", due in the U.K. on February 6, 2006 through EMI Records.
This will initially be available as a limited-edition special digipack.
The DVD package contains the full performance
of their "Dance of Death Tour" in December 2003. Filmed at the Westenfalenhalle
Arena, Dortmund, the show has been personally edited by founder band member
Steve Harris, to fully capture the magnificent stage production and to
cut right to the heart and the electricity of the band's performance. Over
a four-month period, Steve made thousands of edits, thus ensuring he was
personally happy with every single shot included! [see full story for a
lot more details as well as the tracklisting. It looks like it's gonna
be a killer set that will put even more hair on $haron's chest!]-
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| Motley
Tour a Joke |
Blabbermouth reports: Regarding KILLING JOKE's
stint as the opening band for MÖTLEY CRÜE on the U.K. leg of
their tour in June 2005, bassist Paul Raven said, "The MÖTLEY CRÜE
tour was a fucking joke and we hated it. There was problem after problem
and a whole bunch of bullshit from the business end to get through that
made the whole experience pretty draining all round. We overcame adversity
and 'kicked ass,' as those morons would say. Always got time for [Nikki]
Sixx, he's a true geezer with low end to spare, but the rest can go hang.
Our crew excelled and CRÜE's stage crew were accommodating, but the
headaches outweighed the fun, and as usual, that usually means destruction
and chaos in return from our end culminating in MÖTLEY's manager getting
knocked out in London. Well done that, man! We drank a lot and went fucking
mental non-stop, ending up in London with debts and a hangover like you
wouldnt believe." [see full story for info on the new KJ CD!]-
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| Disturbed
Not Metal |
Blabbermouth reports: DISTURBED drummer Mike
Wengren recently spoke to The Baltimore Sun about the group's latest album,
"Ten Thousand Fists".
"We don't pigeonhole ourselves in metal,"
said Wengren, 34. "We think our music is more rhythmic. There's a lot that
gets attached to metal the look, the weird vocals that really don't fit
our music.[see full story for more]- Click
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| American
Dog Reissue |
BW&BK reports: AMERICAN DOG vocalist/bassist
Michael Hannon has provided BW&BK with the following update:
France's Bad Reputation label will re-issue
American Dog's debut, Last Of A Dying Breed, in February as a double CD.
The first disc being the Last Of A Dying Breed CD with two bonus tracks:
a cover of VAN HALEN's 'Take Your Whiskey Home' and a cover of THE CULT's
'Peace Dog' with additional vocals from Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS/BROKEN
TEETH). The second disc is a live show from 2000 called, If You Want Bud,
You've Got It! [see full story for a lot more Dog happenins]-
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| Bizkit
Goes Limp |
Audio Aggression reports: In its first week
out, Limp Bizkit's latest release back in May, "The Unquestionable Truth
(Part 1) (a collection of seven songs with a full-length album's price
tag) sold 37,000 copies, according to SoundScan, a dismal showing compared
to first-week totals of "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water"
(1,055,000), "Significant Other" (635,000) and "Results May Vary" (325,000).
So what happened? Did Limp's label give
up on them? It's not an inconceivable thought in an industry known for
being cutthroat. Fred Durst explained below to MTV.com"
"I'm the main one in the band right now
trying to go anti-everything," he said. "I feel like radio and television
are selling so much sh-- these days and that sh-- is not who I want to
be," he continued, quoting almost word-for-word the opening lines to "The
Channel," the fifth track on the latest album. "I don't even care if you
get it; it's clear that we're not a part of this, and I don't even want
to be a part of it. 'Cause I was a part of it, and getting your intentions
out and having it be clear and seeing the heart in it, that's not what
it's about in that field."[see full story for more]- Click
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