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 To/Die/For
Firing |
BW&BK reports: Finnish gothic metallers
TO/DIE/FOR have parted ways with guitarist Mika "Alli" Ahtiainen. The following
is the band's statement, posted in the forum section at their official
website:
"Hello all, With sad hearts To/Die/For
has had to let their guitarist Mika 'Alli' Ahtiainen go. After playing
and touring together for years, it just became obvious that we needed to
go our separate ways. This was a decision Alli and To/Die/For made together
and we hope you will respect our decision. [see full story for more]-
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| Warped
Dates |
TuneLab reports: Forty-five of the forty-nine
dates for the 2006 Warped Tour have been announced. The tour will include
Thursday, Anti-Flag, Rise Against, Motion City Soundtrack, Less Than Jake,
The Academy Is, Underoath, Helment, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts with
additional acts expected to be announced in the coming weeks. The dates
are:
June 15th in Columbia, MD
June 16th in Columbus, OH
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| Crossbreed
Vs Nothingface |
Day in Rock reports: Crossbreed have been
forced to ditch their co-headlining tour with Nothingface, after Nothingface
reportedly sabotaged them including trying to have them banned from a venue
and keeping them from selling merch. The band give a detailed blow by blow
(including memos) of what exactly happened on their Myspace Blog. They
signed off with this "As for the fans, promoters and venues owners, please
understand that all attempts were made to clear up this mess to remain
on the tour. In 10 years, Crossbreed has never EVER been in this situation
before. We thank god for bands like Mushroomhead, Rammstein and Static-X
for existing, cause if everyone acted towards us like Nothingface did,
we wouldn't ever want to tour with another band again!
"We are currently working with our agent
and promoters to book a make-up tour for all dates missed, it should be
around May." [see full story for all of the details]
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| Fall
Out Boy Secret Gigs |
punkbands reports: Fall Out Boy have been
playing secret shows under the pseudonym Saved Latin, it has been revealed.
The emo rockers will next perform under the name at New York's Knitting
Factory this Friday (March 4), MTV news reports.[see full story for more]-
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| TRL
Sucks but Vote For Us Anyway... |
Rockdirt reports: Hellogoodbye posted the
following message on their official website: "I know how many of you feel
about MTV... and our cohorting around with such company, but it would be
truly sweethearted of you if you could find it in your heart to put all
of that aside and vote for us anyways. Cause I mean, heres the deal. Our
songs aren't gonna be any different if they're played on TV or the radio
or not, but the exposure definitely helps the livelyhood of the band. Not
even so much financially but more so just that the more stuff like that
that rolls our way the more we're gonna tour, the more small cities we'll
be able to visit when we're out, the more love we'll get a chance to put
into our next record and everything. It really just creates more and larger
opportunities to do what we want to do, make music. Plus it helps our record
label, Drive Thru Records, out in many ways.[see full story for more]-
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| Unearth
Recording |
Adrenaline PR reports: UNEARTH joins forces
with Legendary Producer Terry Date to produce their next opus for Metal
Blade Records.
Tracking begins on March 8th with acclaimed
producer Terry Date (Soundgarden, White Zombie, Pantera, Deftones, at Studio
X (Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam) in Seattle. Terry Date will mix
the record as well.
Known for raising the bar; Unearth are
prepared to release their new album on August 8th With a solid foundation
of 130,000 records scanned in the U. S. of their monumental Metal Blade
Records Debut the oncoming storm –this highly anticipated recording will
be the blueprint for setting the standard for Metal and beyond.[see full
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| Arab
Strap MTV |
Transdreamer reports: Arab Strap has completed
its video "Dream Sequence." It was directed by Scottish filmmaker Ashley
Waddle and will have the Yeah Yeah Yeah's introduce its premiere on MTV2's
"Subterranean" on March 5, 2006. Arab Strap's new album "The Last Romance"
was just released on February 21, 2006. - Click
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| Stinking
Liz |
Earsplit reports: After just recently returning
from an amazing tour of the UK with Clutch and COC, Stinking Liz. are heading
back out the door again for a tour in March!
03/13 Harrisonburg VA @ Luigi's
03/14 Louisville KY @ St. Andrews Pub
03/15 St. Louis MO @ Way Out Club w/ Debris
INC
03/16 Little Rock AR @ Downtown Music
w/ Debris INC
03/17 Austin TX as part of Tone Deaf Touring's
SXSW Showcase
03/18 Longview, TX @ Hawaii Club w/ Debris
INC
03/19 Memphis TN @ The Buccaneer w/ Debris
INC
03/20 Johnson City TN @ The Hideaway
03/21 Norfolk VA @ Blue Plate
03/24 Purchase, NY @ Purchase College[see
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| Burst
Video |
Relapse reports: BURST will see their video
for "Where the Wave Broke," the lead-off track from the band’s acclaimed
new album Origo, make its North American premier on this weekend's edition
of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball". "Headbanger's Ball" airs Saturdays from
10-12 PM EST on MTV2.
The video was shot on location in Stockholm,
Sweden with the Harvest Light Production Co., headed up by Kim Peterson
and Peter Reinholdsson. “Where The Wave Broke” is the first video from
Origo and is the band’s second overall.[see full story for more]-
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| ALO
DMB |
Press Release reports: ALO (Animal Liberation
Orchestra) will be opening up for Dave Matthews Band for four of the dates
on their summer tour; including the Saratoga Peforming Arts Center in Saratoga
NY on Friday, June 16 and Saturday June 17, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, June 20 and the Alltel Pavilion in Raleigh,
NC on Wednesday, June 21![see full story for more]- Click
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| Best
Music on Campus? |
Fanscape reports: College-focused channel
mtvU has recently announced the “Best Music on Campus” (BMOC) contest along
with Drive-Thru Records (New Found Glory, Something Corporate). mtvU is
asking aspiring bands to submit their profiles on mtvU.com, including three
(3) original songs, to be reviewed by mtvU and Drive-Thru Records executives.
After entrants have been narrowed down to 50, mtvU will invite college
students to vote for their favorites starting March 27, 2006. The top 5
finalists will again be judged by a panel comprised of mtvU and Drive-Thru
Records executives, as well as music celebrities. The grand prize winning
band will receive a record deal with Drive-Thru Records, and a video on
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| Queen
DVD: Making of A Night At The Opera |
Kayos reports: Eagle Rock Entertainment, through
its wholly-owned Eagle Vision imprint, announces the next title of its
lauded Classic Albums series with an in-depth look behind-the-scenes at
the recording of Queen’s first platinum album: 1975’s A Night At The Opera.
This is the album that catapulted singer Freddy Mercury, guitarist Brian
May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon into the upper echelon
of the international rock community, spawning the #1 (for nine straight
weeks) British hit single “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Queen would ultimately record
14 studio albums between 1973 and 1990.
Produced with the help and cooperation
of May and Taylor (Mercury succumbed to AIDS in 1991; Deacon retired in
1992), the DVD contains an exhaustive cut by cut run through of all 12
tracks, new interviews with May, Deacon and producer Roy Thomas Baker,
archival performance footage, interviews with Mercury, and comments from
such rock luminaries as Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt
and Mott The Hoople’s Ian Hunter, among others. It also features brand
new acoustic performances of “’39” and “Love Of My Life” by May, and a
special drum and acoustic demonstration of “I’m In Love With My Car” by
Taylor. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Loudon
Wainwright III Reissues |
conqueroo reports: The very first recordings
of Loudon Wainwright III – Loudon Wainwright III (also known as Album I)
and Album II – will be reissued on Collectors Choice Music on March 14.
Critically acclaimed yet criminally underappreciated
by American music fans (he’s been better appreciated in Great Britain),
singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III has had a 30+ year career making
the personal universal with wit, clarity and tunefulness. He’s also an
actor (recent film appearances include The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Elizabethtown
and The Aviator) and, you may have heard, father of the talented Rufus
and Martha. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Mini-Ponderosa
Stomp at SXSW |
conqueroo reports: The Ponderosa Stomp’s Gulf
Coast Revue at SXSW, slated for the Continental Club in Austin, TX, on
Friday, March 17, 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. during the world-renowned five-day music
festival, will offer a sneak preview of the 5th Annual Ponderosa Stomp,
scheduled for the Gibson Guitar Factory in downtown Memphis, TN, May 8-10.
Performers at the SXSW showcase represent
a veritable dream team from the New Orleans and Gulf Coast music scenes
of the 1950s and ‘60s: Eddie Bo, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Tommy McClain
and Warren Storm, Barbara Lynn, Archie Bell, DJ Fontana[see full story
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| Sharon
Sucks Pt 47 |
Rock N Roll Universe reports: In a brand new,
exclusive interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe drum legend Carmine
Appice discusses his entire career, from his early days in VANILLA FUDGE,
CACTUS, BECK, BOGERT & APPICE, through his years spent with ROD STEWART,
KING KOBRA, OZZY OSBOURNE and BLUE MURDER, all the way to his present activities
with TRAVERS & APPICE. Also covered in the interview are the drummer's
recollections of LED ZEPPELIN'S first U.S. tour where the rock legends
opened for VANILLA FUDGE, the upcoming CACTUS reunion at this summer's
Sweden Rock Fest, as well as possible BLUE MURDER and BECK BOGERT &
APPICE reunions.
A short excerpt from the interview follows
:Rock N Roll Universe : The reality show really kind of tore down a lot
of credibility that Ozzy had with the hard rock/metal community unfortunately..
Carmine Appice : Yeah, but look what she
built. She built up Ozzfest, it's unbelievable. It's amazing what she did.
She got cancer... I guess we were always considered "the enemy" with Sharon
after that because I sued her. What she said in the press. The same thing
she said about Billy Corgan, "He left for medical reasons, he made me sick."
When I heard her say that about him I said, "God, can't you think up a
new one? You said that 20 years ago about me." But had I stayed with them
it would've been great. Because when I went with them, I told Ozzy and
Sharon, "I'm looking for a home, I don't want to be jumping around anymore
I want to stay with a band." I had offers to go out on tour with other
people for big money, but I decided to go with them because they were looking
for someone to stay with them, too. I let her know that I always got a
lot of press in America, which I did at the time. They didn't like the
fact that I was doing sold out master classes in every market, making a
lot of money from it. I hadmy own press agent, I had my own t-shirts on
tour, which she okay'd the deal. You can read about that in the Motley
Crue book, 'The Dirt.' She cut the heads off of my t shirts, hundreds of
my t shirts. How long does that take to do? (Laughs) I couldn't believe
one day my one drum riser didn't work, when I had a full page ad in the
Cincinnati paper that talked about the drum solo was the biggest effect.
It wasn't my idea, it was their idea. I said that in the article. That
they designed it, I'm just the one that plays it. But it is the biggest
effect in the show. Unfortunately that night, it didn't work. So, I asked
Bob Daisley, "Hey Bob, would she sabotage her own show to try and make
me look stupid?" Bob looked at me and said, "Oh, without a doubt." So,
next thing I know, 4 weeks later, maybe sooner, she fired me. She said,
"Your name is too big, you need to start your own band. We need someone
who's more of a sideman, like Tommy Aldridge." Gee thanks. (Laughs)[see
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| Gilmour
Contest |
ElectricArtists reports: Columbia has put
together a pretty cool contest for those that preorder David Gilmour's
new album “On an Island”. Here are some of the details.
PRE-ORDER “On an Island” today and be automatically
entered to win the ultimate trip for two to Los Angeles to see David Gilmour
- the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd - LIVE IN CONCERT on the final night
of the most anticipated concert tour of 2006!
The Grand Prize includes:
-Two tickets to see David Gilmour’s April
20th sold out concert at GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE in Universal City
-Two round trip tickets to Los Angeles
-Hotel accommodations at the legendary
Chateau Marmont hotel
-Transportation to and from the concert
- rock and roll style
-An autographed David Gilmour Guitar
-“On an Island” CD plus the David Gilmour
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| Himsa
No 1 |
Prosthetic reports: HIMSA's Hail Horror has
overtaken the #1 position at American metal radio, as measured by FMQB,
a radio trade publication. Beating out fierce competition at both college
and commercial metal radio, the success for Hail Horror comes at a perfect
time when the band is receiving hoards of positive press both domestically
and overseas, as well as logging video airplay for the single "Sleezevil"
and partaking in the hugely successful "Undoing Ruin 2006" tour alongside
Darkest Hour and Prosthetic Records labelmates The Acacia Strain. MTV2
will be re-airing the "Sleezevil" video on this weekend's edition of "Headbangers
Ball," while HIMSA will continue touring the US through April 8 before
heading back to Europe with Death By Stereo and The Banner for live appearances
in April and May.[see full story for more]- Click
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