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| D12
Murder |
Gigwise reports: US rapper Proof, a member
of Eminems D-12 crew, has been shot and killed at a bar in Detroit.
According to reports Proof, real name Deshaun
Holton, was one of two men shot at an after hours club on the cities Eight
Mile Road in the early hours of the this morning.
The second man shot, currently unnamed
by the Police, is critically ill in hsopital.[see full story for more]-
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| Idol
Fraud |
Contact Music reports: TV talent show AMERICAN
IDOL has been caught up in yet another scandal after it has been revealed
finalist BUCKY COVINGTON duped police to spare his twin brother a possible
prison stint. Producers of the show have learned that Covington, one of
the last eight Idol finalists, deceived a North Carolina state trooper
in 1998 and was arrested on charges of resisting a public officer, giving
fictitious information, driving with a suspended license and leaving the
scene of an accident.[Bucky? see full story for more]-
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| Who
Loves Kok? |
antiMusic reports: If you ever hear some dude
proclaim, "I love Kok" it does not mean that he just joined the Clay Aiken
fan club, it means he's heard or saw LA rockers Bangkok Five. But if you
hear a certain Hollywood starlet issue that proclamation, she might have
the more obvious in mind and apparently she found it on Craigslist, this
according to a song on the band's major label debut Who's Gonna Take
Us Alive.
During the live intro to the track "Tiara,"
frontman Frost explains that the song was inspired by an actress friend
that "actually found a guy on Craigslist to have sex with so that her boyfriend
would stay with her." Frost doesn't identify the actress by name ("Because
[he] has that much class") but a quick read of the liner notes may or may
not solve the mystery of which Hollywood bad girl Frost & Co are singing
about. [see the full story for our review of the band's kick ass new cd]
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| RIAA
Vs Education |
MTV reports: Like many of the thousands of
other people who've been sued by the Recording Industry Association of
America for allegedly downloading music illegally, 20-year-old Cassi Hunt
is in no position to pay off thousands of dollars in fines.
But the advice a RIAA representative gave
the sophomore physics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
didn't really sound reasonable: Drop out and get a job or switch to a cheaper
community college.[you really need to click over for the full story on
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| Extreme
Reunion |
Blabbermouth reports: Boston radio station
WAAF has announced that original EXTREME members Gary Cherone (vocals,
ex-VAN HALEN), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Paul Geary (drums), and Pat Badger
(bass) will be reuniting for a show at the Bank of America Pavilion (formerly
Fleet Pavilion) in Boston on Friday, June 30.[see full story for more]-
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| Dark
New Crue |
Blabbermouth reports: DARK NEW DAY drummer
Will Hunt (ex-SKRAPE) has been tapped by MÖTLEY CRÜE to fill
in for injured drummer Tommy Lee on the last few dates of their North American
tour. [see full story for more]- Click
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| New
New York Dolls |
Blabbermouth reports: On July 25, 2006, the
seminal NEW YORK DOLLS, a band that has been accused of inspiring everything
from punk rock to hair metal, will release their eagerly anticipated album,
"One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This".[see full story for more]-
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| Rockline
Rebel |
Blabbermouth reports: Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN
drummer Vinnie Paul will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated
radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, April 24. The live show begins at
8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET[see full story for more]-
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| Jizzy
Rear Ended |
Metal Sludge reports: [Hookers N' Blow usually
fronted by Dizzy Reed of Guns N' Roses were involved in a car accident.
What follows is from Jizzy Pearl as posted on Sludge] Hey. Still alive
and well. Sunday night Alex [Grossi], Scott Griffin and I were hit from
the rear by a drunk driver going appromixately 70MPH. We crashed into a
guardrail and went airborne for what seemed to be about 5 seconds, then
spun upside down and skidded for 40 or 50 feet. A 'rollover' in cop lingo.
I was front passenger, Scott driving, Alex
in back with the gear. We were returning to our hotel after eating at the
club when all of a sudden Scott yells 'F**K!' and what feels like a baseball
bat slams into my back. The guy had hit us on the right rear and we went
crashing into the guardrail bending it into a large U-shape.[see full story
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| More
Strhess |
The PRP reports: Shadows Fall, Poison The
Well, It Dies Today and Still Remains have been locked in for this years
third annual edition of the "Strhess Tour". Darkest Hour, Bury Your Dead,
Himsa, Throwdown and Suffocation will also be joining the bill on select
dates[see full story for more]- Click
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| Dio
Mindcrime |
antiMusic reports: This week Morley spoke
with Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate about the sequel to their landmark
Operation Mindcrime. Below are a couple excerpts from the new MorleyView.
antiMUSIC: How did you go about assembling
the story? Did you have it laid out in your mind pretty much when doing
the first record?
Geoff Tate: No. No. Not at all.
I started a file on my laptop years later. Actually called Nikki, and go
there and do character sketches and that kind of thing over the years and
it really was just a lot of random thoughts and passages, and chapters.
Things like that. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I kind of
fine-tuned it and opened it up one day and realized there was a story there.
A worthy story to conclude the big story.
antiMUSIC: How did the inclusion of
the duet with Ronnie James Dio come about?
Geoff Tate: Simply a brainstorm.
We wrote the song. And of course when you write a song like that with two
voices, you have to find that other voice, so Doctor X needed a voice at
that point. And Ronnie just came to mind and he'd always been one of my
vocal idols, you know, and I've worked with him several times over the
years in different areas, touring mostly, and he's just an incredible person,
the kind of person that you want around when you're doing a project because
he brings a lot of positive energy to it. So I'm glad he said yes. He was
very interested in and came up to San Francisco where we recorded him and
we just had a wonderful day with the studio work. He's a legend. Just an
absolutely phenomenal singer. [see the full story for the full MorleyView
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| Todd
and Toad |
MTV reports: Toad the Wet Sprocket will play
their first shows together in several years this summer, including some
dates with Big Head Todd & the Monsters billed as Todd and Toad. Toad
singer Glen Phillips will play a solo set at all the shows and will also
play several dates without his band[see full story for more]-
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| Blueberry
(Capitol) Hill |
AP reports: A high school band plays Beethoven.
President Calvin Coolidge delivers his inaugural address. Fats Domino turns
"Blueberry Hill," a hit for big-band leader Glenn Miller, into a rock 'n'
roll classic. They're among the 50 records that the Library of Congress
has deemed worthy of preservation this year.
Other rock classics being inducted include
Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and Buddy Holly's "That'll
Be the Day," both from 1957; the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Are You Experienced?"
from 1967; and Sonic Youth's landmark noise-rock album "Daydream Nation,"
from 1988.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Digital
Beatles |
Contact Music reports: THE BEATLES' entire
back catalogue will soon be available for download - but only when each
track has been digitally remastered to perfection. The Fab Four are one
of the few acts to have resisted making their work available on Apple Computer's
iTunes Music Store up to now.[see full story for more]-
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| A
Wilhelm Bass |
punkbands reports: A Wilhelm Scream have officially
welcomed bassist Brian Robinson from The Fullblast to replace Curits Lopez
who departed the band a few months ago.[see full story for more]-
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| Hatebreed
Skip Canada |
punkbands reports: Hatebreed's upcoming Canadian
tour has been cancelled. The trek was to take place in May and also feature
The Warriors, Scars Of Tomorrow, and Despised Icon. The cancellation is
apparently due to a "radius clause" in the contract for Hatebreed's late-summer
tour with System Of A Down.[see full story for more]-
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