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Killed in Hit and Run |
antiMusic reports: Dallas Ryan Cook from the
band Suburban Legends was killed in a hit and run accident on Wednesday
morning on an Orange County California freeway.
The Orange County Register reports that
Cook, 23, was riding a black Honda CB570 at 12:25 a.m. in the car-pool
lane on the Costa Mesa Freeway just north of MacArthur Boulevard and hit
a dark-colored Hyundai that was blocking the car-pool lane.
Cook was thrown from his motorcycle and
was struck multiple times by oncoming cars, according the CHP. He died
on the scene and the driver of Hyundai fled. The CHP are looking for the
dark-colored Hyundai which should have rear or side damage. Anyone with
information about the accident is asked to call (714) 567-6000.
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| Stupid
Fingaz |
hecklerspray reports: Rapper turned actor
Sticky Fingaz has got himself in trouble by checking out of his Manhattan
hotel and forgetting to take his unlicensed semi-automatic pistol with
him.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Bush
Bono II |
Reuters reports: Bono may not have had to
sing for his meal, but the U2 rocker had the ear of President George W.
Bush over lunch on Wednesday.
In town to perform a concert, Bono was
invited to the White House residence to follow up on discussions he and
Bush had at the Group of Eight summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in July,
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.[see full story for more]-
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| Blur
EP |
Gigwise reports: Damon Albarn has revealed
the first tentative details of the new Blur EP set for release before the
end of 2005.
Albarn described the new material as aggressively
laid back and explained that there wont be a lot of coverage around the
release.
He told XFM: I think were gonna do an
EP first, sometime by the end of this year,[see full story for more including
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| Coldplay
Winners |
Ananova reports: Coldplay and James Blunt
were the big winners at this year's Digital Music Awards.
Blunt scooped the award for Best Pop Act
at the ceremony beating Goldfrapp, KT Tunstall, Natasha Bedingfield and
Turin Brakes to the gong.
Coldplay were the night's big winners,
picking up awards for Official Site, Best Campaign and Best Digital Music
Community.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Britney
Bummed |
Ananova reports: Britney Spears is reportedly
suffering from baby blues, according to US tabloids.
Star People reports that Britney is "down
in the dumps" and "cries at the drop of a hat," after giving birth to Sean
Preston just over a month ago.[Could be she realized who she had a baby
with? see full story for more]- Click
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| Korny
Songs |
Blabbermouth reports: BLABBERMOUTH.NET can
exclusively reveal the final tracklisting for KORN's new album, "See You
on the Other Side". It is as follows:
01. Twisted Transistor
02. Politics
03. Hypocrites
04. Souvenir
05. 2-Way
06. Throw Me Away
07. Love Song
08. Open Up
09. Coming Undone
10. Getting Off
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| Van
Halen Rock Star II |
Blabbermouth reports: [follow up to the story
earlier this week] MTV.com is reporting that a source close to the "Rock
Star" TV show has claimed that the core VAN HALEN trio brothers Alex
and Eddie Van Halen and bassist Michael Anthony will be auditioning potential
frontmen and women for the show's still-hypothetical second season. The
winner would be stepping into the shoes previously worn by David Lee Roth,
Sammy Hagar, and (briefly) former EXTREME singer Gary Cherone.[see full
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| Rigor
Mortis Gig |
Blabbermouth reports: The original RIGOR MORTIS
lineup of Bruce Corbitt, Mike Scaccia (MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS), Casey
Orr (GWAR, X-COPS, THE HELLIONS, THE BURDEN BROTHERS), and Harden Harrison
(PERVIS, SPEEDEALER, MITRA) have been confirmed as the headliners of this
year's Thrashtoberfest 2005, set to take place November 4 at North Six
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Also scheduled to appear at the festival
are DECEASED, THINE EYES BLEED (featuring John Araya, brother of SLAYER
frontman Tom Araya), SUN DESCENDS, DIMENTIANON and SUNLORD. Doors open
at 6:30 p.m. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Ministry
Prong |
Blabbermouth reports: 13th Planet unleashes
its debut release, "Revolting Cocks: Cocked and Loaded", on February 14,
2006. Produced by Al Jourgensen, the CD features the contributions of guest
artists Jello Biafra (DEAD KENNEDYS), Gibby Haynes (BUTTHOLE SURFERS),
Rick Nielsen (CHEAP TRICK), Billy Gibbons (ZZ TOP), Stevie Banch (SPYDER
BABY) and Phildo Owen (SKATENIGS) and Robin Zander (CHEAP TRICK). The anticipated
new MINISTRY album, "Rio Grande Blood", will follow with an April 2006
release. Also produced by MINISTRY founder Jourgensen, the new album features
Tommy Victor (PRONG) and Paul Raven (KILLING JOKE).[see full story for
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| Drowning
Pool USO |
Audio Aggression reports: Drowning Pool along
with new vocalist Ryan McCombs will make their way to the Persian Gulf
later this month to perform for the troops. Up on their return they have
booked a couple one-off shows. [see full story for more]-
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| Pennywise
Halloween Party |
The Gauntlet reports: Calling all party monsters.
Pennywise will be returning to the Vault 350 in Long Beach California on
Friday October 28th for what is sure to be a special Halloween celebration
with some very spooky special guests.[see full story for more]-
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| Tea
Party is Over |
tinfoil reports: Jeff Martin, singer &
guitarist for one of Canada's premier bands The Tea Party, has left the
band to pursue a solo career. The band will not be continuing without him.
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| iPod
Tax |
music.tinfoil reports: C|Net is telling us
that Apple is expanding its iPod tax to manufacturers who make devices
that connect to the "dock connector" of the iPod. In the past, a tax has
been paid for a device to wear a "Made for iPod" label, but this is reportedly
a new thing. The new tax is allegedly 10% of the wholesale price of the
device, steep indeed. [see full story for more]- Click
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| DMB
Cruise |
Billboard reports: Dave Matthews will anchor
a February concert in the Bahamas as part of the Dave Matthews & Friends
Caribbean Cruise Getaway.
Fans will overtake the Royal Caribbean
cruise ships the Majesty of the Seas and the Sovereign of the Seas from
February 3-6. Onboard they'll be treated to music from Bob Weir and Ratdog,
G. Love and Special Sauce, Toots and the Maytals and the North Mississippi
Allstars, among others.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Soul
Asylum Return |
Billboard reports: Soul Asylum is nearing
the release of its first new studio album in seven years, Billboard.com
has learned.
The as-yet-untitled set is due in March
via Columbia/Legacy and is the Minneapolis band's first since the death
of bassist Karl Mueller in June. A North American tour is in the works,
with dates to be announced.[see full story for more including tour news]-
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