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 Metallica
Drop Rock? |
Melodic Rock reports: Has Bob Rock worn out
his welcome with Metallica? Rumor has it that renowned producer Rick Rubin
will helm the San Francisco metallers next studio album, due to commence
recording soon.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Kanye
Angers Dad |
Contact Music reports: Rapper KANYE WEST's
sociology professor father is urging his son to stop degrading African-Americans
in his songs.
RAY WEST, a former Black Panther activist,
smarts every time his son uses the word 'n**ger' in his hits and wishes
the JESUS WALKS star would refrain from using the term.[see full story
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| Bobo
Vs Aids |
hecklerspray reports: Bono is such an easy
target for mockery - a tiny, middle-aged Irish man dressed as a teenager
with ridiculous sunglasses trying to save the world by going "doo doo doo"
on iPod adverts.
So it sort of annoys us when Bono does
something smart and kind and decent, like roping in a number of huge brands
to create Red, a superbrand which will dedicate a portion of revenue to
help fight AIDS in Africa. It annoys us, because we can't really take the
piss too much.
What's that? You'll be able to buy special
Bono-style Red sunglasses so you can fight AIDS while looking like Bono?
That's ridiculous. Oh thank God.[see full story for more]-
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| Sharonfest
Rumors |
Lambgoat reports: The Dillinger Escape Plan,
Terror, and Himsa will reportedly be playing Ozzfest this year[see full
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| Bon
Jovi Gaff |
Contact Music reports: BON JOVI have been
forced to apologise to fans, after adding an extra early date to their
UK tour devastated fans who believed they had bought tickets to the first
concert at London's revamped Wembley Stadium. The New Jersey rockers' 11
June (06) gig was originally billed as the first music concert played in
Britain's most prestigious venue since it's closure in 2000, but high demand
prompted organisers to schedule another performance for 10 June, upsetting
thousands who had already purchased 11 June tickets.[see full story for
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| Motown
Parking |
Contact Music reports: The old Motown Records
building in Detroit, Michigan has been demolished to pave the way for a
American football stadium car park.
Crowds of people watched documents fly
around as the 10-storey building, which contained offices at the height
of the company's success in the 1960s, crumbled to the ground.[see full
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| Strummer
Movie |
FMQB reports: Music documentary specialist
Julien Temple (The Filth And The Fury, Glastonbury) tells MTV that his
next film will focus on the late, great Joe Strummer of The Clash. Temple
said he planned to make a movie "about his life...[see full story for more]-
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| Sly
Tribute |
FMQB reports: A number of artists will perform
a tribute to Sly & The Family Stone at the 48th annual Grammy awards
on February 8. Maroon 5, Will.I.Am, John Legend, Joss Stone, Steven Tyler
and Joe Perry, Robert Randolph and singer Devin Lima all will come together
for the tribute. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Charly
Manson Punkers |
Press Release reports: Wellspring proudly
announces the DVD release of LIVE FREAKY! DIE FREAKY!, the outrageous stop-motion
animation musical-comedy retelling of the Manson family crimes directed
by John Roecker and voiced by a legion of alternative rock icons, including
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day (the band that recently swept the MTV
Video Music Awards) and Rancid/Operation Ivy's Tim Armstrong. The film
is the first from Tim Armstrong's production company Hellcat Pictures.
"Live Freaky! Die Freaky!" will be release on January 31, 2006 On DVD (With
Bonus Complete soundtrack)
LIVE FREAKY! DIE FREAKY! gleefully pushes
the boundaries of good taste as it tells the story of a young man who discovers
a copy of Helter Skelter (the definitive book on the Manson killings) in
the year 3069 and decides to interpret it as a biblical tome, with Charles
Manson as the Messiah. The film flashes back to 1969 and presents a hilariously
debauched portrayal of Manson and his followers though the trials and tribulations
of teaching the world better living through "music, murder, and mayhem."
It is safe to say that never before has so much sex, violence, and ribald
tongue-in-cheek humor appeared in a stop-motion animated production. Paper
Magazine recently called it "the most deliciously tasteless piece of filmmaking
since John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS."
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| Hail!
Hail! DVD |
Hollywood Reporter reports: Image Entertainment
has secured DVD rights to "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," the seminal Chuck
Berry movie masterminded by Keith Richards.
The firm will release two-disc and four-disc
editions with never-before-seen footage, documentaries, interviews and
other bonus materials on June 27[see full story for more]-
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| Jesus
Buzzcock |
CMJ reports: The BBC has announced that they
are filming a musical "contemporary retelling" of the last hours of Jesus
Christ set in Manchester and featuring songs by that city's most beloved
musicians. According to London's Guardian newspaper, the show, entitled
Manchester Passion, includes songs by the Smiths, New Order and the Buzzcocks,
as well as appearances by some famous locals like Bez, the Happy Mondays
dancer who will be playing a disciple. The program, which will air on Good
Friday in the UK on BBC3, features an hour-long, live procession through
the streets of Madchester (whose gay/red light district will serve as Jerusalem).[see
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| The
Zutons Soph |
Mammoth Press reports: The Zutons have announced
details about their second record: Tired of Hangin' Around, produced by
Stephen Street will hit stores April 17. [see full story for more]-
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| Doherty
Arrested Twice Thurs |
Mammoth Press reports: According to the New
Music Express, Pete Doherty (of Babyshambles) was arrested not once but
TWICE today in London. The first incident was at 5:40a.m. and the second
incident came about 10 hours later, earlier this afternoon. Both charges
were for possession of a "Class A" drug.[Pete must hold the record for
the most headlines for any singer without a current album release. see
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| Baby
Judas Sabbath Band |
BW&BK reports: LUNARMILE is a new act
featuring singer Toni-Marie Iommi, daughter of BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi,
bassist Alex Hill, son of JUDAS PRIEST's Ian Hill, drummer Rob Stimpson
and guitarist Tom Williams. The band have just finished a new track called
'I Know' which they've put it up on the website[see full story for more]-
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| A-Hole
Secrets |
tinfoil reports: If the controversial Analog
Hole bill makes it into law, US technologists will have to obey a law whose
most important details are a trade-secret.
The entertainment industry, always a bastion
of media savvy, has proposed its "A-Hole" bill as a legal means of limiting
the conversion of analog music and video to digital files. Under the bill,
every maker of a device that can convert analog signals to digital ones
(like iPods, camcorders, and PCs) would be required by law to be built
with a detector for a proprietary watermarking technology called VEIL (the
use of free/open source in these technologies would be outlawed to prevent
the removal of VEIL detectors).[see full story for more]-
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| Farmyard
Futureheads |
CMJ reports: The Futureheads have finished
their sophomore album after spending five weeks recording on a farm in
the bayside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Like the farm's resident
chickens, they've laid 14 tracks for the forthcoming LP and are now in
the scramblingermixing stage. With their guitars set up in the greenhouse
and drums in the barn, they truly played until the cows came home.[see
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| Yellowcard
Virgins |
punkbands reports: Yellowcard will be headlining
the 2006 Virgin Mega College Tour this Spring with Mae as main support.
Below are the first handful of dates, expect more bands and dates to be
announced very soon.
Fri 04/07/06 Pomona, NJ The Sports Complex
Sat 04/08/06 Williamsport, PA Lycoming
College
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