Enforsaken Split

"It's official. After 8 years of existence, we have decided to lay ENFORSAKEN to rest. We will play our final show Saturday, August 19th in Chicago @ The Metro. This wasn't the easiest decision to make, but in the end, we agree that ENFORSAKEN has now run it's course. We've accomplished everything that we set out to do, and now it's time to move on. We're all very proud of our last album, Sinner's Intuition, and feel that now is a good time to end the band.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

MC Hasselhoff

Morrison's Final Journal

Morrison, who died in 1971 from a suspected heart attack in Paris, France, left a book with his final thoughts, songs and poems. It is being auctioned at Cooper Owen's Music Legends sale at Abbey Road Studios in London on 28 July. Estimated to be worth between £80,000 ($148,000) and £100,000 (£180,000), the journal contains 20 pages of previously unseen poems and random Morrison thoughts.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Pete Yorn Instores

The set lists for each of Pete's in-store performances will uniquely vary from location to location. Each of Pete's in-store performances will be recorded for a limited edition souvenir CD series, "Live From...," to be sold exclusively at the local independent record store originally hosting the mini-concert. Pete's upcoming acoustic tour will provide fans with an exclusive preview of songs from his upcoming, third, full-length studio album, Nightcrawler, now slated for release on Red Ink/Columbia on August 29.[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

J.Lo Tell-All Halted

Ojani's announcement prompted the cancellation of the of Friday's scheduled court hearing about the matter. Lopez had filed a suit against Ojani in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming among other things, Noa demanded $5 million from Lopez to keep him from selling the tell-all book. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Marcus Leaves Drist

"Dearest fans of Drist, All good things must come to an end, and it's been fun as hell, but the ride has ended for me here at Drist-world. I am leaving the band to concentrate on increased responsibilties professionally and personally, and i truly wish the guys the best of luck in whatever they choose to do. Let me say that it has been an HONOR to rock your ears and hearts, and i personally thank everyone that bought our music and supported the band because of the success of Guitar Hero. You may not hear this anywhere else, but i truly appreciate every fan and truly hope you guys will join me on my further adventures in the sonic battle against mediocre music. What's coming up will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!!" [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Silly News: Exodus Vs Emo

Midwest Excess: …..how do you feel about today's current music scene?

Gary: "I think it's really good. I mean, it's better in the United States than it used to be, but it still struggles, you know? Europe and Japan and other points around the globe still remain our bread and butter. It's getting better. The whole nu-metal thing died and I was so glad about that, but now we have all these emo kids who weigh like 105 pounds and wear girls' pants that won't even stay on there, 'cuz they have no ass to hold their pants up, they left their ass in the other pants. And they got their hair covering half their face, and the crooked hat, and I'm starting to miss nu-metal, to tell ya the truth. I mean, they have taken all the testosterone out of heavy metal, these guys. Stop whining and crying... Emo. The only emotion that's supposed to be in this music is anger and rage, not sissy complaints. I just don't get it. I look at those kinds and I'm like, 'Lift some weights, eat a hamburger, go do something.'"[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Gnarls Barkley Expand Tour

Tue-Jul-18-06 San Francisco, CA Fillmore 
Wed-Jul-19-06 San Francisco, CA Fillmore 
Thu-Jul-20-06 Costa Mesa, CA Pacific Amphitheater [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

F**k Jamie Kennedy

Indeed Kennedy, who is best known for his hit prank show on the WB The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, has already blown up in the online community. He is the Number One artist on My Space, the hugely popular social networking site, where previously posted tracks, including "Circle Circle Dot Dot" and "Rollin W Saget" received more than 2 million plays. In addition, the new video for "Rollin W Saget" - featuring former Full House dad Bob - hit the Top Ten on YouTube the day of its release and is now nearing half a million views.[see full story for an MP3 of "F**k Jamie Kennedy"]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Rise Against Preview

Don Caballero 2nd Leg

Damon Che, founder and drummer for seminal instrumental band DON CABALLERO, is featured in the August ‘06 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. The feature marks Che's first appearance in Modern Drummer and the issue (w/ the legendary Stewart Copeland on the cover) is available now on news-stands nationwide. 

August 10 Newport, KY Southgate House 
August 11 Columbus, OH High Five 
August 12 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl 
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Cactus V

Original members Carmine Appice (drums), Jim McCarty (guitar) and Tim Bogert (bass) are now fronted by former Savoy Brown singer Jimmy Kunes (Rusty Day died in 1982). The music of Cactus on V is rife with blues riffs, soulful melodic invention, kick-ass ax soloing and the kind of rhythm section interplay only bass/drum tandems that have decades-long mental telepathy can ever hope to achieve. Appice and Bogert have recorded and performed together in Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck/Bogert/Appice and numerous other high-profile projects.- Click Here for the Full Story 

Lonn's Tale

In 1994, Friend was wooed by music industry titan Clive Davis to join Arista as an A&R executive with a mandate to develop the label's roster of rock acts. He soon discovered, however, that his idealistic outlook on music flew in the face of how things got done on the inside, and, after three spirit-sapping years during which virtually every band he pitched-including Limp Bizkit and Eels-was rejected, his association with Arista came to a merciful end. "Clive's inflated sense of entitlement was representative of everything I'd come to despise about the record business," he writes. "Ego, power, greed-Babylon's holy trinity. Thanks, but no thanks. . . . Ultimately, I was not a record-company creature. I was a journalist, a music fan, who paid little mind to the industry's protocol or politics. I understood artists from an authentic place. I knew how to talk to them, on their level, without the invisible wall defined by the institution and suit. Hell, I didn't even own a suit." [Amen Lonn! Limp Bizkit is understandable but the Eels? You would think Durst had enough schmaltz for Clive. Ok, enough of our comments-- click the full story to learn a lot more about this book!] 
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Post Hotwire

Three years ago gave launch to the birth of inspiration for the current soothe-rock ensemble. Soaking in that certain bucket was the sponge that squeezed in October of 2004, spawning over twenty song ideas. For the next five months fourteen songs were finalized and the other six still in skeletal form. Therefore giving the composer's a chance to pick out the best of seven songs, re-record them, than release an EP on independent label Coming Home Records, rightfully titled Moonlit Behavior. Focusing on making every song unique means everything and always will, no song will ever go halfway through the writing process. 
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Homage for Satan

DEICIDE will be filming the video for "Homage for Satan" over the weekend and the video promises to be a bleeding burst of DEICIDE's finely tuned sense of darkness! "Homage for Satan" (666 Mix) and "Crucified for the Innocence" (666 Mix) are currently available in their entirety for download at the iTunes music store for only $1.99! Prepare your ears for blistering death metal at its' apex and mark your calendars for "The Stench of Redemption"!

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Metal Comedy

The video can be viewed exclusively at Brian’s MySpace page: [see full story link] as part of Brian's stint as the featured comedian this week (7/3 – 7/9/06) on MySpace Comedy.

'Live In: Nerd Rage' reveals the hilarious observations of a self-professed nerd and life-long fan of heavy metal. Recorded as part of Brian's appearances on the Comedians of Comedy tour, and including a sketch with Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show), 'Live In: Nerd Rage' is Brian at his funniest. 'Live In: Nerd Rage' will be released on July 11th in North America, with an international release to follow in August.
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