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| Ozzfest
06 |
antiMusic reports: The lineup for this year's
$haron
. err Ozzfest has been announced. System of a Down tops the bill
with Disturbed, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil and an as yet announced band rounding
out the main stage.
The second stage will feature headliners
Black Label Society along with Atreyu, Unearth, Bleeding Through and Norma
Jean in the top slots with the following bands in rotating spots: A Life
Once Lost, Strapping Young Lad, The Red Chord, Full Blown Chaos, Walls
Of Jericho, All That Remains and Between The Buried And Me. [see full story
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| Guitarist
Murdered |
Blabbermouth reports: Guitarist Henrik Johansson
of the Swedish black metal band APOSTASY was murdered in his home Thursday
night (March 9), the group's frontman, Fredric Edin, told BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
"According to the police, his girlfriend stabbed him without known reason
in his heart area and he bled to death before the ambulance showed up!"
Edin said.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Who
Retiring? |
Contact Music reports: THE WHO's upcoming
world tour is expected to be the last time the legendary rock band hit
the stage. The odyssey, which kicks off this summer (06), lasts a hefty
18 months - because the MY GENERATION stars want as many people as possible
to have a chance to catch them before they hang up their guitars.[see full
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| Roth
May Quit |
Contact Music reports: Former VAN HALEN frontman
and radio DJ DAVID LEE ROTH has warned station bosses at WFNY he will quit
if they continue insisting he copy shock jock HOWARD STERN in a bid to
boost ratings. The outspoken morning presenter blasted his management team
at the New York station in a crisis talk on Tuesday (07MAR06), allegedly
branding them "social retards", "beige baby-food sissies" and "ugly little
dysfunctional worms". [see full story for more]- Click
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| Film
School Robbed |
Contact Music reports: Cult rockers FILM SCHOOL
are hunting for all their equipment after their tour van was stolen yesterday
morning (08MAR06). After playing a show in Philadelphia on Tuesday (07MAR06)
night, the San Francisco-based band decided to check in at a local Comfort
Inn for the night because it boasts a locked car park with an attendant.
As the band members slept, a thief was able to break into their vehicle,
saw through its steering wheel lock and drive the van out of the parking
lot - even though a witness, possibly the attendant, called police while
the robbery was in process.[see full story for more]-
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| Beastie
Boys Cinema |
MTV reports: Beastie Boys will show their
new concert film "Awesome, I F---in' Shot That!" on 200 screens across
the country on March 23. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Neverland
Shutdown |
Reuters reports: Michael Jackson was ordered
to shut down his Neverland Valley Ranch on Thursday by California authorities
who have fined the pop star $169,000 for failing to pay his employees or
maintain proper insurance.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Stereo
Total Reissues |
CMJ reports: American fans of Berlin-based
electropop twosome Stereo Total are in luck. On March 21, the Olympia,
Washington-based label Kill Rock Stars is re-releasing the groups third
and fourth albums, Juke Box Alarm and My Melody. Both discs were originally
released in the States by Bobsled in 1999. [see full story for more]-
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| Pistols
Radio Reunion |
Day in Rock reports: Just a reminder, John
Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten) will be the featured guest today on Jonesy's
Jukebox, Former Sex Pistols' Steve Jones radio program on Los Angeles radio
station Indie 103.1 FM. The show airs between noon and 2pm PST but Day
in Rock's John Hardcore heard from the Jones camp that Rotten will be on
close to the 1 o'clock hour. You can listen online at the full story link.-
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| Linkin
Park Update |
Blabbermouth reports: LINKIN PARK rapper Mike
Shinoda has posted the following message on the group's official web site:
"We've been working on new stuff for a
few months at this point, and we have about 40-50 ideas. Some of them are
just little musical phrases, some are full-blown songs with vocals. All
are very exciting.
"As many of you know, we'll be working
with producer Rick Rubin on the next album. ...The other guys have put
me in charge of production on our end, so you'll see that the production
credit on the next record will read 'Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda.'[see
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| Into
Eternity Homecoming |
Blabbermouth reports: Tim Roth of the Regina,
Saskatchewan-based progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following
update on the band's curent and upcoming activities:
"Now on to the main reason for this update.
INTO ETERNITY would like to welcome back our original drummer Jim Austin,
who will be playing on our new record. Everybody is familiar with Jim's
drumming style from our albums 'Into Eternity', 'Dead or Dreaming' and
'Buried in Oblivion'. We are all happy that Jim is willing to help us out
with this new record.[see full story for more]- Click
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| ESP
Down Under |
BW&BK reports: Former KISS guitarist BRUCE
KULICK will be appearing with ESP - Eric Singer (drums - KISS), John Corabi
(vocals - ex-MOTLEY CRUE) and Chuck Garric (bass - ex-ALICE COOPER, DIO,
LYNCH MOB) - to play shows in Australia in April. [see full story for dates]-
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| Blue
October Foiled |
TuneLab reports: Blue October have cancelled
three of their performances in their home state of Texas. Their upcoming
release 'Foiled', has been pushed back to April 4th so that they could
spend more time "setting up the record," according to a blog post from
the band's manager Swim. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Tool
Time |
TuneLab reports: According to BillBoard.com,
Tool will release their new album '10,000 Days' on May 2nd. The band will
play their first show in the U.S. since 2002 on April 30th at the Coachella
Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA. [see full story for more]-
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| Drowning
Staind |
TuneLab reports: Drowning Pool have booked
a handful of shows including dates with Mudvayne and Staind. Check them
out on these dates:
March 18th in Amarillo, TX @ Rex Baxter
Building w/ Mudvayne
March 19th in Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
w/ Mudvayne
April 6th in Killeen, TX @ Hero's
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| Europe
in Chains |
antiMusic reports: Alice in Chains will make
a reunion run of Europe this summer. It is not known at press time who
be fronting the band in place of the late great Layne Staley. But Jerry
Cantrell has announced an initial string of dates via his official website.
5/26- Super Bock Super Rock - Portugal
5/28- Madrid Festimad - Madrid, Spain
6/02- Rock am Ring - Germany
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| Jonbenét
Sidelined by Injury |
punkbands reports: Due to a serious ankle
injury sustained late yesterday by the Jonbenét's vocalist, Mike
Murland, the band regrettably has to cancel the remaining dates of their
tour which was to run through March 19th. [see full story for more]-
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| Juliana
Theory MP3 |
punkbands reports: In the wake of The Juliana
Theory's break-up nearly a month ago, the band has made available an mp3
of another rarity from the Love sessions. This song is titled "Before I
Go," and can be downloaded at the full story link- Click
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| SOAD
Soulless |
the gauntlet reports: According to a post
on the bands official website, System of a Down have cancelled their benefit
at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
"The recognition of the Armenian Genocide
has always been a first and foremost priority in the minds of SYSTEM OF
A DOWN, so it's unfortunate for us to announce that Souls 2006 has been
cancelled.[see full story for more]- Click
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