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| Billy
Preston RIP |
AP reports: Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist
who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed
his own hit singles including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing,"
died Tuesday at 59.[see full story for more]- Click
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| 666:
Mark of the Aiken |
antiMusic reports: Some Claybots were incensed
that we dare link Clay Aiken with the Biblical Mark of the Beast yesterday.
We have bad news for them; we didn't make this up as his birth name Clayton
Holmes Grissom really does translate to 666 using Gematria (the Greek method
of assigning numerical values to words). If you take Clay's first and middle
initial and last name of birth it totals 666. Good thing that those researches
we reported on yesterday contend that the mark of the beast is really 616.
An interested aside; strange as it may sound Ryan Seacrest's name equals
the divine number 888. So that should tell you how much stock to put in
this!
C=18 H=48 G=42 R=108 I=54 S=114 S=114 O=90
M=78 Total=666
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| US
Vs UK |
MTV reports: To commemorate punk rock's 30th
birthday, Sanctuary Records will release U.S. Vs. U.K. Punk, a 16-track
collection featuring selections from several pioneering British and American
� well, New York and Los Angeles � punk acts, including the Sex Pistols,
the Ramones and the Damned, but not the Clash.[see full story for more]-
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| Silly
News: Hilfiger Loves Axl |
TMZ reports: Last month, fashion designer
Tommy Hilfiger and Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose were involved in a heated
altercation at a Manhattan nightclub after Rose allegedly moved Hilfiger's
date's drink. But now it seems that the two have kissed and made up.
Last night, Hilfiger -- making light of
the situation -- arrived at the Council of Fashion Designers of America
Awards in New York forgoing couture and sporting a Guns N' Roses t-shirt
instead. When asked what he thought about Rose, Hilfiger responded, "He's
cool," adding that the two have "no more beef." [see full story for more]-
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| Decemberists
Rocktober |
Gigwise reports: Cult American heroes The
Decemberists have revealed the first details of their major label debut.
Since signing to Capitol Records the band
has been working on the follow up to 2005's rather brilliant �Picturesque'.
The record they have produced �The Crane Wife' will hit shops on October
2 with the band working on around 22 songs for the album [see full story
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| Eurotrash
TV |
Gigwise reports: The United States is set
to get its own version of the Eurovision Song Contest. Speculation has
been rife for some time that American would adopt the contest, but now
plans have become concrete after the European Broadcasting Union sold its
rights to the show.
Broadcasting giant NBC is apparently eager
to find a show to compete with the viewing monolith �American Idol' shown
by Fox. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Em
Tones Stopped |
TMZ reports: Eminem's publishing companies
have settled a lawsuit filed in what they said was an effort to illegally
sell the Grammy-winning rapper's songs as cell phone ring tones.
Michigan-based Eight Mile Style and Martin
Affiliated filed the lawsuit last October in U.S. District Court against
five companies. The lawsuit asked for an order to prohibit the companies
from illegally selling Eminem song ring tones on the Internet.[see full
story for more]- Click
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| N
Sync Metal |
Mammoth Press reports: Dillinger Escape Plan
have covered Justin Timberlake's 'Like I Love You' in the studio and will
release it as part of an internet-only EP, out later this month.[see full
story for more breaking news]- Click
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| Celtic
Frost Illness |
Blabbermouth reports: As BLABBERMOUTH.NET
first reported over the weekend, CELTIC FROST cancelled their scheduled
appearance at the Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany Saturday
night (June 3) after mainman Thomas Gabriel Fischer was rushed to the hospital
as a result of suffering from "acute kidney problems" and was flown back
to Switzerland on Sunday.[see full story for his comments about what happened]-
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| Pumpkins
Addiction? |
Blabbermouth reports: Former JANE'S ADDICTION
bassist Eric Avery has been tapped to join the reunited SMASHING PUMPKINS,
according to a posting on a fan site dedicated to Avery's long-defunct
POLARBEAR project.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Head
Case Movie |
Blabbermouth reports: Former KORN guitarist
Brian "Head" Welch (photo) has announced plans to release a documentary
film, "Washed by Blood", and his debut solo album, "It's Time to See Religion
Die".
According to the film's official synopsis,
the "Washed by Blood" story, in a nutshell, "is the unraveling of the man,
'Head', as well as the unraveling of a culture. Head is the multi-platinum
winning rock star who takes us on a roller coaster ride to the heights
of fame and fortune and then into the pit of hell. Through his unraveling,
the true man is revealed... the father, the poet, the musician. Untangled
from the encumbrances and lies of materialism, Head comes through with
the faith of a child.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Stoner
Victory |
Blabbermouth reports: On Saturday, June 3,
2006 in Reggio Calabria, Italy, STONER KINGS vocalist and top European
pro wrestler "The Canadian Rebel" Starbuck won the Italian heavyweight
championship, defeating longtime title holder El Dinamico in a hard-fought
outdoor match. With the rain pouring down in this outdoor event in front
of a capacity crowd, Starbuck managed to nail his famous spike piledriver,
dropping Dinamico hard on his head, for the fatal pinfall victory. This
marks the first time in Italian history that a foreign wrestler has held
their heavyweight title.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Metallica
Debut |
Blabbermouth reports: METALLICA premiered
a brand new song during their headlining appearance Tuesday (June 6) at
Waldbuhne in Berlin, Germany. According to several fans that attended the
gig, the as-yet-untitled track is about eight minutes long with a "killer
main riff" and "lots of double-bass parts." [see full story for more]-
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| 36
Crazyfists Tour |
TuneLab reports: 36 Crazyfists, Trigger Point,
and Falling Closer will be embarking on a tour this summer with The Autumn
Offering and Re:Ignition joining on select dates. More dates are expected
to be announced soon, but those announced so far are as follows:
July 3rd in Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas
July 5th in Wichita, KS @ JC's House of
Rock
[see full story for more dates]-
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| Faktion
Rockline |
TuneLab reports: Faktion will be featured
guests on the nationally syndicated radio show Rockline with host Bob Coburn
on Monday night June 19th, 8:30 PDT. [see full story for more]-
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| Rx
Bandits Set Release |
punkbands reports: After months of speculation,
Rx Bandits have announced that their upcoming album, ...And The Battle
Begun will be released on frontman Matt Embree's MDB Records on October
10th. Though the retail date is in October, the band is promising to have
advance copies tentatively by June 25th for their headlining tour. [see
full story for more]- Click
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| Anger
as Art in Sept |
SMN reports: L.A. based Thrash Metal leaders
ANGER AS ART have completed the recording process of their next album for
Old School Metal Records - www.osmrecords.net . "All we gotta do now is
mix!" says main man Steve Gaines. " Chris Trent (producer) has done an
amazing job - and we are excited about it".
Entitled "Callous And Furor", the band
is still aiming for a September 2006 release[see full story for more]-
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| Bury
Your Family |
The Gauntlet reports: Bury Your Dead will
be taking part in this years edition of The "Family Values Tour". The group
will more than likely be performing on the Second Stage of the trek[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Hell
of a Lawsuit |
antiMusic reports: Meat Loaf is mad as hell
and he ain't gonna take it any more! Actually Meat is upset at his former
creative partner Jim Steinman (the man that penned most of the singer's
hit songs.) Loaf, real name Michael Aday, is battling Steinman and his
former manager David Sonenberg over trademark rights to the term "Bat Out
of Hell" and says his former partners are interfering with his career.
The term was used as the title of Meat
Loaf's 1977 multi-platinum album that featured songs that Steinman wrote.
Turns out that 11 years ago Steinman trademarked the term and Meat is suing
for more $50 million saying the term should legally be associated with
him not Steinman and further accuses Steinman and Sonenberg of blackmail
in the federal lawsuit filed on May 26th in Los Angeles.
Aday is currently recording the second
follow-up album to "Bat Out of Hell" and claims that his former partners
are interfering with distribution contracts by refusing to release the
trademark rights to the name. You can read more details about this case
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