antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 6/22: Oasis Vs Eminem- Pumpkins Reunion- Live 8 Canada- Coldplay Beat Boys- KISS Bomb- more

Day In Rock 6/22: Oasis Vs Eminem- Pumpkins Reunion- Live 8 Canada- Coldplay Beat Boys- KISS Bomb- Sepultura Rap- Disturbed- Nighwish- Dissection- Celeb Idol- P.O.D.- Trapt- Skindred- Hater Dates- The Cure Reunion- Promise Ring Reunion- dredg- Shadows Fall- Aborted- New Clapton- Phish- Venom- Pop Punk Dylan- Sonic Syndicate- Waxapples- Anthony Hamilton- Meet Staind- more

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Oasis Vs Eminem

Ananova reports: Oasis star Noel Gallagher has accused rappers Eminem and 50 Cent of encouraging youth violence.

The guitarist told Observer Music Monthly that he hates hip hop because of the negative messages it gives to fans.

"I despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is an idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever crossed in my life." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Smashing Pumpkins Return

antiMusic reports: Billy Corgan plans a smashing return for his seminal alternative band The Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan let the cat out of the bag in a big way on Tuesday when he placed a full-page advertisement in his hometown newspaper, The Chicago Tribune, declaring his intention to bring back the band.

The ad, in the form of a letter starts off talking about his new solo CD TheFutureEmbrace and his pride at representing Chicago as an artist. Corgan then details his immediate plans to support the new CD with a tour that kicks off on Wednesday.

But the bombshell comes later when Corgan wrote, "When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the Metro stage believing that I was forever leaving a piece of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new band, but found that my heart wasn't in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking for. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in The Smashing Pumpkins. [see full story for more including the full text of the ad and tour dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Live 8 Canada

andPOP reports: Barrie has conquered Toronto, as the northern Ontario city was announced today as the host of the Canadian Live 8 concert.

Being held on July 2 at Park Place, formerly known as Molson Park Confirmed artists include: Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Our Lady Peace, The Tragically Hip, Sam Roberts, Great Big Sea, Blue Rodeo, Simple Plan, Gordon Lightfoot and many more. U.S. acts include Motley Crue and Deep Purple. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Coldplay Beat Boys

Rockdirt reports: Backstreet Boys fans were hopeful when early indications suggested that their comeback effort 'Never Gone' (293k) would top the album charts this week, but Coldplay's first week sales drop of 'X&Y' (336k) wasn't enough to do the trick, and a late surge by the Foo Fighters with 'In Your Honor' (320k) relegated the boy band for a #3 debut, according to Hits Daily Double.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

KISS Bomb

reuters reports: Rock act Kiss' first official retail store KissWorld is holding a closing down sale before it ever opened for business. The store, planned to open November 2004, was a joint-venture between Kiss and Melbourne-based paper goods manufacturer, World of Stars.

The 10,000 square meter Melbourne store was to stock merchandise relating to the band and other music, sports, movie and television personalities. It was to include a museum of stage outfits, a cinema to show unreleased Kiss footage, a cafe and a wall of fame.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Sepultura Rap

Blabbermouth reports: SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera will be collaborating with hardcore Brooklyn rapper NECRO on a track for NECRO's upcoming release, "Circle of Tyrants".

NECRO's most recent CD, "The Pre-Fix For Death" (Psycho-Logical Records), featured guest appearances by OBITUARY members John Tardy and Trevor Peres, Danny Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ex-BRUTAL TRUTH), Danny Diablo (a.k.a. Lord Ezec of SKARHEAD/CROWN OF THORNZ), Jamey Jasta and Sean Martin of HATEBREED, Sid Wilson of SLIPKNOT and Away of VOIVOD. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Disturbed Tracks

Blabbermouth reports: According to Billboard.com, DISTURBED have set the track listing for their third album, "10,000 Fists", tentatively due September 20 via Warner Bros.

"10,000 Fists" track listing: 01. 10,000 Fists
02. Just Stop
03. Guarded
04. Deify
05. Stricken
06. I'm Alive
07. Sons of Plunder
08. Overburdened
09. Decadence
10. Forgiven
11. Land of Confusion
12. Sacred Lie
13. Pain Redefined
14. Avarice
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Nightwish Collection

Blabbermouth reports: According to a posting on NIGHTWISH's web site, the group's upcoming CD collection, entitled "Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish", will be released on September 28. The set will be issued in two different formats: normal version, and limited edition, featuring a bonus disc containing three video clips filmed at the Mera Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003: "She Is My Sin", "Dead to the World" and "Kinslayer". [see full story for tracklisting]- Click Here for the Full Story

Haakon Dissection

BW&BK reports: Swedish black metallers DISSECTION have announced the replacement for bassist Brice Leqlercq who suddenly decided to part ways with the band on June 17th. Dissection's new bass player is Haakon Forwald (ex-SLAVIA). [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Celeb Idol

andPOP reports: Celebrities will soon be trading in their dancing shoes for skates and a microphone. Hoping to mimic ABC's hit show "Dancing with The Stars," NBC is planning a "I'm a Celebrity but I Want to Be a Pop Star" series, according to Variety.[Bob help us all! see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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P.O.D. Testify

Digital Noise reports: P.O.D. has set "Testify" as the title to their upcoming new album. The album is expected to surface sometime in October through Atlantic. The album will feature a number of guest appearances, including Hasidic reggae artist Matisyahu and the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

New Trapt

Digital Noise reports: Trapt will return on September 13th with their highly anticipated sophomore release, entitled "Someone In Control", on Warner Bros. Records. The new album was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam). The first single, "Stand Up", will be impacting radio in the next few weeks.[see full story for more including tracklist]- Click Here for the Full Story

Skindred Beat

IAYM reports: Skindred recently finished recording a cover version of The English Beat's 'Twist N Crawl' for inclusion in the forthcoming "Sky High" movie.[see full story for more breaking heavy rock news]- Click Here for the Full Story

Hater Dates

IAYM reports: Hater, the one-time side project of Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd, will be embarking on a string of U.S. dates in August, although they will not be joined by fellow 'Garden member Matt Cameron this time around. Stops include:

August 07th San Francisco, California Thee Parkside
August 10th Glendale, California The Scene
[see full story for more dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Cure Reunion

NME reports: THE CURE have recruited their old guitarist to re-join the band’s line-up.

Guitarist Perry Bamonte and keyboard player Roger O’Donnell are no longer with the group, leaving singer Robert Smith, bassist Simon Gallup and drummer Jason Cooper.

Now, the group have revealed that Porl Thompson, who has played with the band on two occasions before, will be back for their summer tour. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

...Top Five Special: Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses)

Welcome to the Top Five special! We send out requests to tons of bands and labels to have their artists share with us their Top Five Albums of All Time and we have quite a collection of artists from across the musical spectrum that have turned in their picks! In the coming weeks we will be unveiling a new Top Five list each week day. Lists from big names as well as indie artists will be included, so we hope you enjoy this special and you discover some music in the process. – Keavin (antiMusic.com editor)

With the kick off this week we're going to feature lists from a rather diverse collection of artists (members of Guns N' Roses, Styx, As I Lay Dying as well as Chino XL). To get things started right we're kicking off with two lists today! With his birthday we had to begin this special with Dizzy Reed, the longest running member of Guns N' Roses (aside from Axl) and from the other side of the musical spectrum, Chino XL.

Dizzy Reed of Guns N' Roses's Top Five Albums of All Time!

5. Best of Mountain - Mountain: Don't like to include best of records but all my friends had this one when we were kids learning about rock and roll. There would be no Metal at all without this band.
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4. Rocks - Aerosmith: One of the first records I ever bought. If you look at the sound levels compared to records that came out before this one, this one is when things suddenly started to get loud. Rock song writing at it's best.
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3. One More For the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd: The best live album ever by the hardest working band of that era or possibly any era, except for the band I'm in. And the best pure rock blues piano player ever.
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2. Machine Head - Deep Purple: They heard "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain on the radio. They thought about giving up 'cause they didn't think they could top that. They wrote this record instead. 'Nough said.
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1. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones: I would have included every Stones record from the 70's but that would have been retarded. This is my favorite record by my favorite band. It's magic. If you don't get it, listen to the other stuff they were doing around that time (Sticky Fingers, It's Only Rock and Roll, Goats Head Soup, etc.) then go back and listen to this. If you don't get it then, then you are retarded.
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About Dizzy Reed: What's cool about Dizzy is that he takes every opportunity to showcase his favorite music and influences. When he's not working with GNR he's playing shows with his band Hookers N Blow which features a set of rock classics (many included in his list above). It's a great time so if you get the chance to see him, definitely do so! They tour regularly. You can also catchy Dizzy most Thursday nights at the Cat Club in Hollywood playing with The Starf**kers, an all-star jam headed by Stray Cat Slim Jim Phantom and Dizzy's old bandmate Gilby Clark. They bust out the classics too and you never know who will show up to jam with them! Finally, if you're in the LA area comedown to The Joint (on pico) tonight (June 22, 2005) for a birthday bash for Dizzy!

Click here for more including links for more from Dizzy and Chino XL's list!

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