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Babs Inspired Aerosmith Hit

Blabbermouth reports: Jeff Walker of the Wilkes Barre Times-Leader has issued the following report:

Although "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is by far and away AEROSMITH's biggest hit, it was not written with them in mind. Songwriter Diane Warren, who is easily the most successful songwriter of the past 20 years, was asked to write a song for the movie "Armageddon" and — as shocking as this sounds — it was largely inspired by Barbra Streisand and James Brolin![This is why you don't let other people write your music! see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Onslaught Bloodstock

Blabbermouth reports: The reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bloodstock Festival, set to take place September 29-30 at the Assembly Rooms in Derbyshire, England. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Rik Emmett Returns

BW&BK reports: Former TRIUMPH singer/guitarist RIK EMMETT (www.rikemmett.com) has lined up the following performance dates for 2006:

January
28 in Crystal Lake, IL - Willow Creek Auditorium (with DAVE STODDARD opening)

February
11 in Atlanta, GA - Vinyl (Earthlink Live Complex) (Solo acoustic show)[see full story for more dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

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iRadio

Audio Aggression reports: Motorola is getting into the commercial-free radio game with iRadio, a new music subscription service that will go on sale this year. iRadio, which will be broadcasting content from Clear Channel Radio, will initially launch with 435 commercial-free channels. The channels will include 40 different styles of Rock, 12 different Jazz offerings, and niche genres such as "One Hit Wonders" and "Angry Women." Motorola's iRadio service will first run on the Rokr E2 cell phone, which unlike the first Rokr phone, will not include Apple's iTunes software. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Stephen King/Mellencamp Musical

tinfoil.music reports: Cats, shmats. Thanks to the combined firepower of Stephen King and John Mellencamp, get ready for the singin'est, dancin'est, finger-snappin'est, top-tappin'est--and possibly spookiest--musical hit of the millennium.

In one of the weirder collaborations in the history of musical theater, the king of horror and heartland rocker are--we kid you not--working on a haunted musical, according to Billboard.

"Our goal is someday to end up on Broadway," Mellencamp tells the trade paper. [and we thought his last CD was scary! see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Starting Line Virgins

punkbands reports: We have recieved word that, after parting ways with Geffen late last year, pop-punk band the Starting Line are labelless no longer. It's been confirmed that the Philadelphia-based quartet has signed with Virgin Records The band will record and release their follow-up to 2005's Drive-Thru/Geffen-released Based On A True Story later this year. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Sundance Goes Hardcore

punkbands reports: American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980 - 1986 is set to be screened at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this year. The film by Paul Rachman was inspired by American Hardcore: A Tribal History, a book by Steven Blush. The filmmakers also have a myspace page.

The 98-minute film primarily deals with the most influential acts of that era, including Black Flag, Bad Brains and Minor Threat. It features appearances from Lucky Lehrer (Circle Jerks), Vic Bondi (Articles Of Faith), Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion), Henry Rollins (Black Flag), Mike Patton (Middle Class), Greg Ginn (Black Flag, SST Records), Jack Grisham (TSOL), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph Records) and many others who took part in that era. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Morningstar is Born

siN's metal news reports: MORNINGSTAR RECORDS, a new Norwegian label started by members of SATYRICON live, NECROPHAGIA, KEEP OF KALESSIN, CHTON, MANES, MAX MIDSUN has been launched. The label is planning their first release, BLOODTHORN's "Genocide", in Europe for Februrary of this year.

The goal of Morningstar Records is to establish a solid independent label within quality metal and rock as a label run by musicians for musicians.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Queensryche Ink Deal

Chipster reports: The progressive metal band Queensryche is announcing it has signed with Rhino Records. Rhino is scheduled to release 'Operation:mindcrime II' in January 2006. This is the eagerly awaited sequel to Queensryche's groundbreaking 1988 concept album 'Operation:mindcrime.'

"'Operation:mindcrime II' is about revenge and what it does to people -- their emotions and the situations they find themselves in," says Tate, who conceived the sequel's direction last year while working on a screenplay based on the original album. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Parson exhibit

Press Release reports: An exclusive new exhibit of extremely rare photographs of rock icon Gram Parsons is set to open at Los Angeles’ Harmony Gallery on Friday, January 20, 2006, with a special Opening Night Ceremony scheduled to run from 8:00 – 10:00 PM. The vast scope of the photos on display at this unique showing has been designed to illuminate the man behind the myth- Click Here for the Full Story

Sound The Alarm EP

Press Release reports: On Tuesday, January 24, 2006, Sound The Alarm will release a self-titled EP featuring six irresistible and well-crafted pop/rock gems. This is the Rock Ridge Music debut from this young, Pennsylvania-based group.

Consisting of songs that scored the pop/rock band industry buzz and tunes written for their first full-length album, this EP chronicles the band’s early beginnings. The songs are an impressive example of multi-layered modern rock which belie the band’s young age.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Flaming SxSW

Day in Rock reports: We got this from a publicist over at World's Fair Label Group (Czar's label) "The Flaming Lips will be playing wherever The Czars are playing for SXSW." No more info available at press time.- Click Here for the Full Story

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Adair Set Release

Chipster reports: WARCON Enterprises has announced that, in conjunction with the Taste of Chaos Tour, newly-signed artist Adair is set to release its much-anticipated album The Destruction of Everything is the Beginning of Something New on February 21st. Adair will be performing on the tour (which kicks off February 16th) along side such acts The Deftones, Thrice, As I Lay Dying and more.

Produced by Allan Hessler, who has worked with The Used, Story of the Year and Goldfinger, the album is a rich testament to the hard work and perseverance that the band has put forth since its inception.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Lilys Set Release

Press Release reports: American shoegazing stalwarts Lilys are gearing up to release Everything Wrong Is Imaginary in early March on Manifesto Records.

Head Lily Kurt Heasley, possibly one of the tallest men in indie rock, has assembled a new cast of characters for the forthcoming opus Everything Wrong Is Imaginary. The band has had many musicians periodically join its ranks but the glue has always remained Heasley and his seductive songwriting skills.www.myspace.com/thelilys[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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