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Rant: Jive 8 |
"We don't want your money, we want you!" Sounds good but it's kind of counter productive. They should have gone for the money because at the end of the day if Live 8 succeeds, the people will be stuck paying for it anyway. Don't get me wrong, what's going on in Africa is nothing short of tragic and they need all the help they can get but staging a global concert with the aim of putting pressure on the leaders of the free world to help is on the far side of naïve. Bono does far more on his own with his activism and by meeting with world leaders and discussing the issue and he doesn't need a media event to help him in that goal.
If these celebs really care about third-world
poverty, I have a better solution than getting free PR from a "benefit"
concert that when you look at it benefits the stars and the media companies
that broadcast it more than the people they are trying to help. I propose
that all of these rock stars, actors etc that care so deeply about this
issue set aside 20% of their income to help pay off third-world debt. It
wouldn't solve the problem but it would be far more effective than espousing
platitudes at Live 8.
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Floyd Fans Vs MTV |
Lemmy Hospitalized |
Korn DMC |
Soul Legend Luther Vandross Dead at 54 |
The statement did not specify a cause of death but did say that the eight time Grammy award winning singer "had a peaceful passing under the watchful eye of friends, family and the medical support team."
Vandross was the most recognizable romantic soul singers of the 80s with major success in the R&B market. He hit the pop mainstream in 1989 with the song "Here and Now," which broke the Pop Top 10.
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Chart Queen |
The band - whose first self-titled album debuted in 1973 - have spent 1,322 weeks on the chart. [see full story for more and the Top 10]- Click Here for the Full Story
Underground Busts |
Most of the charges were for drug possession. Officers and agents from Forsyth Municipal ABC Law Enforcement issued 116 charges.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story
Metal Bible |
Mushroomhead Reunion |
Maiden Benefit |
The Clive Burr MS Fund needs replenishing if it is to continue to ease and improve the quality of Clive's life, and others'. To help do this, IRON MAIDEN will stage a very special benefit performance at Hammersmith Odeon on Friday, September 2. The show, featuring songs from their first four albums ("Iron Maiden", "Killers", "The Number of the Beast" and "Piece of Mind"), will by then have toured Europe and North America playing to almost one million delighted fans and this will be the final date of the tour and the very last time some of the songs in the set will played live by the band. [see full story for a lot more info]- Click Here for the Full Story
Sony P2P |
Chevelle Bassist Speaks Out |
"First off, very typical. This is exactly what I expected from them. Try and make it look like I didn't want to be in the band. I was fired plain and simple; in fact there wasn't even a discussion about it they just dropped it on me. I told them I would never quit and they would have to fire me. They were trying to get me to quit and told my managers that I did. I called sam and said "why are you doing this?" and he said we don't want you to come back. I said I will not quit. The next day pete called for the first time and said "did (our managers) call you and tell you your out?" I said "no, were they supposed to?" he eventually said in that short conversation "your fired". [see full story for more of the statement]- Click Here for the Full Story
Stutterfly 86ed? |
The argument supposedly was over the band's
booking of a room at the hotel with a bogus credit card number. At press
time the source has failed to respond to a follow up email requesting more
information such as the name of the hotel and there is no word on this
matter from the Stutterfly camp. So without firm confirmation, this stands
as a rumor at the moment. If we hear anything else we will follow up. But
it seems the battle between bands and hotels rage on.
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Priest Unplugged |
Armored Saint Reunion |
The Scorpions needed an opening band for their show at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, July 30th, and a promoter/manager type who happened to be an old friend, gave John Bush a call and asked if Armored Saint would do it.
After thinking it over, the band said "why not?" They're gonna do a couple of rehearsals and then do the show. [see full story for more including a link to tickets]- Click Here for the Full Story
...Top Five Special: Quiet Riot's Kevin DuBrow |
Now that we have the official launch under our belt, we are moving to posting new lists on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. So stayed tuned over the next few months for more Top 5 lists, including special Top 5 song lists and Top 5 Artists lists.
Today we hear from Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot)
Kevin DuBrow's Top Five Albums of All Time!
The Who - Live At Leeds
(samples
/ buy cd)
Humble Pie - Rockin The Fillmore
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/ buy cd)
Free - Free Live
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Montrose - S/T
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/ buy cd)
Hughes/Thrall - S/T
(samples
/ buy cd)
About Quiet Riot: Quiet Riot was formed in 1975 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni. Randy and Kelly caught wind of Kevin's vocals and knew they had their frontman. After two albums in Japan and the exit of Rhoads and Garni (Randy left QR to join Ozzy's Blizzard of Ozz), Quiet Riot burst onto the international scene in 1983 with their US debut Metal Health. You couldn't turn on MTV or rock radio without catching their hit single "Cum on Feel the Noize.," That single, as well as the album's title track helped the band make history by becoming the first metal band to ever top the Billboard album chart. After a brief break-up the band reformed in October of last year and have been rockin fans around the globe ever since. The band is current in the midst of the "Rock Never Stops Tour" with Cinderella, Ratt and Firehouse. See Kevin's site for dates.
For more on Quiet Riot and Kevin DuBrow
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