antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 6/27: Concert Stabbing- Glasto Death- Tupac Beats Frog- Motley Walk- Testament- Night Ranger Vs NBC- Def Live 8- more

Day In Rock 6/27: Concert Stabbing- Glasto Death- Tupac Beats Frog- Motley Walk- Testament- Night Ranger Vs NBC- Def Live 8- Drowning Pool- Clash Tribute- Flaming Lips- NIN Voodoo- Chet Helms RIP- Eminem Save Detroit- Nickelback- Iron Savior- Skinny Puppy- Taproot- C&C- Rancid Recovery- Metal OnDemand- Into The Moat- Black Dahlia Fisticuffs- Antimatter Shakeup- Hellfest Boycott- more

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Fatal Stabbing At COC Concert

antiMusic reports: A Corrosion Of Conformity concert in Florida turned deadly last week after a fight broke out between two women in the mosh pit during the show which lead to the stabbing of four people, one fatally, after the boyfriend of one of women wielded a knife against concert goers that were reportedly trying to break up the fight.

AP reports that Tampa Police Spokesman Joe Durkin said a "shoving match" started between two women on the club's dance floor just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday night at the Masquerade club in Ybor City, Fl. The tussle escalated when others tried to break the women apart. That's when a bald man with a knife began stabbing patrons, Durkin said.

Thomas Laskas, a 30-year-old man from St. Petersburg, Fl. died from his injuries; his wife was in critical but stable condition at Tampa General Hospital on Friday. Two other people were treated for injuries and released, according to Billboard. [see full story for more including statements from COC]- Click Here for the Full Story

Glasto Death

Contact Music reports: Britain's annual Glastonbury Festival was marred by tragedy after a 25-year-old man died after falling ill on Friday (24JUN05).

Father-of-two BENJAMIN SHEPHERD, a fan of Grammy-winning dance star BASEMENT JAXX, passed away over the weekend after collapsing at the three-day gig in Somerset, England. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Tupac Beats Frog

BBC reports: An unreleased track by late rapper Tupac Shakur has pushed Crazy Frog off the top of the UK singles chart.

Ghetto Gospel, which features vocals from Elton John, is produced by Eminem and is taken from an album released last year, Loyal to the Game. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Motley Walk

Blabbermouth reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE are among the entertainers in motion pictures, television, radio, live theater, and recording that have been selected to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it was announced Friday (June 24) by Johnny Grant, chairman of the Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. These individuals were chosen from among hundreds of nominations to the committee at a meeting held June 20, and ratified by the Chamber's Board of Directors.

The list of 2006 honorees also includes Steve Martin, Charlize Theron, Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick, Holly Hunter, William Hurt and Nathan Lane. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Testament Assault

Blabbermouth reports: TESTAMENT and NUCLEAR ASSAULT will be teaming up for several shows in late August. Confirmed dates so far as follows:

Aug. 27 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Aug. 28 - Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey [see full story for breaking metal news]- Click Here for the Full Story

Night Ranger Vs NBC

BW&BK reports: NIGHT RANGER is striking back at Hit Me Baby One More Time producer Paul Jackson for comments made in this week's US Weekly (June 27, 2005 issue) regarding the band's withdrawal from the show. Night Ranger frontman Jack Blade has issued the following statement:

"We were absolutely stunned and appalled when we read that we supposedly pulled out after a bad rehearsal and that Paul Jackson would have the audacity to make the comment to US Weekly in regards to Night Ranger that 'You have to be good and prepared to do the show.' That statement is an absolute lie about the reasons for us not doing the show." [see full story for more comments from the band and why they pulled out (aside from the fact that the show blows!]- Click Here for the Full Story

Coldplay Vs Indie Band

Transdreamer Records reports: In an astonishing editorial piece on NPR, the nation's most prestigious public radio broadcast, rock band Coldplay were pitted up against Dressy Bessy on its June 22 broadcast. NPR's critic Ken Tucker compares and contrasts the two artists in what became a duel of indie rock vs. commercial rock giant. It was a "David and Goliath" story that left Coldplay bruised and battered.

After his ambivalent comments on Coldplay, respected journalist and critic Ken Tucker went on to praise and recommend Dressy Bessy: "What person with a healthy heartbeat wouldn't rather listen to Dressy Bessy. The band's new album Electrified is electrifying!" says Tucker. "I listen to a band like Dressy Bessy after listening to Coldplay and I think that I must be living in an alternate universe; where the spunkiest, most life-affirming music is pushed to the margins to make room for the coldly played stuff (now referring to Coldplay) that announces its intentions to be life-affirming, and then can't quite heave its huge ambitions into the postition of making good on that promise." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Live 8 Jet

Trent McMartin Special Report: Australia band Jet, whose hits include "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and "Look What You've Done," have been added to the Canadian edition of Live 8 taking place July 2 in Barrie, Ontario, north of Toronto. Organizers are hoping this will help to combat criticisms that the Canadian Live 8 line up is made up of a bunch of has-beens.

Since the concert line up was announced, critics have panned the event for the lack of youthful and relevant artists performing. Larry LeBlanc of Billboard magazine dismissed the roster as a "back to the future" lineup saying, "It's woefully out of touch with what's going on in today's music in Canada. Where is Nickelback, where is Feist, where is Death From Above 1979, where is Arcade Fire?" [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Def Live 8

BW&BK reports: UK rockers DEF LEPPARD have posted the following update at their website: "Def Leppard have been confirmed to play at the LIVE 8 festival, taking place around the world on 2 July 2005. LIVE 8 is organized by Bob Geldof, with eight free concerts that are held with the cream of international rock and pop artists... Def Leppard are performing at the Philadelphia show, where they will be joined by artists such as BON JOVI, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, STEVIE WONDER and many more. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Drowning Soil Pool

siN's metal news reports: According to Harddrive Radio, former SOiL lead singer Ryan McCombs has been enlisted as the replacement for DROWNING POOL's Jason 'Gong' Jones, who recently left the band for "personal" reasons. [see full story for a rumor about the band's fate]- Click Here for the Full Story

CKY Tour Dates

antiMusic reports: Dates have surfaced for CKY's upcoming North American tour. The band is hitting the road in support of their new album "an Ånswer can be found," which hits stores this week. Fireball Ministry and The Knives are reportedly onboard as support for the tour which kicks off on August 8th San Diego.

CKY Dates:
08/08 - San Diego, CA - Soma
08/09 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
08/11 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
08/12 - San Francisco, CA - The Pound
08/13 - Reno, NV - New Oasis
[see full story for dates and presale info]- Click Here for the Full Story

Clash Tribute At Fest

NME reports: BABYSHAMBLES paid tribute to THE CLASH’s MICK JONES last night (June 25) during the second of their two gigs this weekend at the GLASTONBURY festival .

The band ripped through the punk classic ’White Riot’ in honour of Jones’ 50th birthday.

The Clash guitarist has been producing Babyshambles’ debut album which is due out at the end of the summer. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Flaming Xmas Problems

contact music reports: FLAMING LIPS frontman WAYNE COYNE is being forced to re-edit his debut movie CHRISTMAS ON MARS because his cast has drastically aged in the four years it has taken him to shoot it so far.

Flaming Lips drummer STEVE DRODZ, who stars in the quirky festive film, admits he's partly to blame for the delay of the film because he has piled on weight since overcoming drug addiction problems.

Drodz says, "Everyone makes this comment about how long it has taken but I think we started work on it in summer 2001 and then our last record came out and we started touring and we ended up touring a lot more than we thought we would. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

NIN Voodoo

FMQB reports: The annual Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans will take place on October 29 and 30, and the initial lineup has been unveiled. So far the fest features Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age, Billy Idol, My Chemical Romance, Cake, The Flaming Lips, The Bravery, Social Distortion and many more.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

...Top Five Special: DevilDriver's Jon Miller

Today we hear from DevilDriver's Jon Miller

DevilDriver's Jon Miller's Top Five Albums of All Time!

5. Cave In - Until Your Heart Stops
(samples / buy cd)

4. Suffocation - Pierced From Within
(samples / buy cd)

3. Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
(samples / buy cd)

2. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
(samples / buy cd)

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets
(samples / buy cd)

About DevilDriver: DevilDriver looked at the sophomore curse and it kicked it right in the ass with their explosive new CD 'Fury Of Our Maker's Hand' which hits stores tomorrow via Roadrunner Records. Jon will be laying down the monster bass all summer with the band on the Sounds Of The Underground tour.

For more on DevilDriver

Official Website for DevilDriver
Preview and purchase DevilDriver music
Read our review of DevilDriver's new CD Fury Of Our Maker's Hand (4 1/2 stars!)

Click this following link to check that out Jon's explanations for his picks as well as past lists!

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