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Eternal Lose Member |
SMN reports: HATE ETERNAL drummer Derek Roddy
has issued the following statement regarding his decision to leave the
band: "Real life situations have forced me to resign as a member of HATE
ETERNAL. I can on longer afford the expenses of touring. I have put MUCH
thought into this for the last several years and kept coming to this conclusion.
I must be able to afford the quaility of life that I enjoy, and thus far...
touring in extreme bands has not allowed me to do anything other than go
into a financial hole. Every tour has put me in finanancial burden. Now,
I'm not complaining (because I never expected to "make it" playing metal)
But, I cannot continue to pay to do it either!!! Too expensive.[see full
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| Jade
Tree F**ked UP |
The Gauntlet reports: Jade Tree is pleased
to announce yet another addition to its ever growing roster; Toronto, Ontario's
very own F**KED UP. F**KED UP will release its first full-length for Jade
Tree, entitled Hidden World, in early Fall, with a preemptive single arriving
in mid-Summer.
F**KED UP have been honing their brand
of vicious hardcore for roughly five years. Hailed as the "Second coming
of hardcore" by Maximum Rock and Roll[see full story for more]-
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| Motley
Bob Rock |
The Gauntlet reports: Motley Crue is expected
to head into the studio this June and July for the follow-up to 2005's
compilation Red, White and Crue. The eighties metal legends have been at
work with rock producer Bob Rock, who produced the group’s 1989 album Dr.
Feelgood, and have a month of rehearsals scheduled to prepare.
“We need a month to get all the songs together
and demo them, because there are lots and lots of ideas floating around,"
said singer Vince Neil to Rolling Stone. [see full story for more]-
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| Live
Idols Live |
Epic reports: Live is excited to announce
U.S.tour dates this spring in support of their seventh studio album Songs
From Black Mountain out May 9th on Epic Records. Kicking off the tour in
Providence, RI on April 22nd, the 18 city tour will take them across the
country until the end of May.
With the recent controversy swirling around
American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry's strikingly similar rendition
of Live's 2001 cover of the Johnny Cash favorite, "I Walk The Line," lead
singer Ed Kowalczyk has nothing but praise for the American Idol fan favorite.
"We wish Chris the best of luck in the competition! I thought he did a
great job with the song. There's no doubt he's a talented performer and
I hope he goes far," says Kowalczyk. [see full story for confirmed dates]-
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| Sweet
Hoffs Covers |
Special Ops reports: Under The Covers Vol.
1, the new duet album celebrating 60’s pop music by Matthew Sweet and Susanna
Hoffs. The album will be in stores April 18th.
Two of pop music’s darlings – Matthew Sweet
and Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles - have joined voices in celebration of
one of the most important eras in pop music. Featuring 15 of the duo’s
favorite pop tunes from the 1960s, Under The Covers Vol. 1 combines popular
hits and obscure gems from such important names in music as The Beatles,
Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Who, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Zombies,
The Mamas And The Papas, The Left Banke, The Bee Gees, The Marmalade, Fairport
Convention, Love, The Stone Poneys, and The Velvet Underground. Sweet and
Hoffs, each with a stunning and highly distinguishable voice of their own,
mingle melodies and tones for new, unique harmonies that truly reflect
the sounds of the time.
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| Built
to Spill Revamped Tour |
Cornerstone reports: Five years of waiting
will finally come to an end for fans as Boise, Idaho band Built to Spill
will release their already critically hailed You In Reverse out April 11,
2006. The national tour that was supposed to coincide with release is postponed
due to emergency surgery. Doug Martsch suffered a detached retina and as
a result is restricted to ample rest. All tickets will be honored or refundable.
Check your local outlet for details. [see full story for the new tour dates]-
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| Talkin
Yngwie |
Press Release reports: TalkingMetal.com has
posted episode 53 of their “Talking Metal” podcast. The episode features
a brand new interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with
legendary guitarist Michael Angelo Batio as well as an interview Ostronomy
conducted with legend, Yngwie Malmsteen, last fall. In the interview with
Batio, topics include Batio's “Hands Without Shadows” CD and “Speed Kills
2” instructional DVD as well as Tommy Holland, Nitro, Jim Gillette, and
Gene Simmons. The interview also addresses rumors involving Batio, Axl
Rose, and Guns N’ Roses. The podcast can be downloaded at the full story
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| The
Rewinds |
Press Release reports: The Rewinds are set
to release their self-titled debut album on Livewire Recordings/Ryko, June
6, 2006. The band emerged from the Birmingham, Alabama music scene with
their creative blend of southern power pop rock. Focused on well-crafted
songwriting and influenced by the likes of Paul Westerberg, Guided by Voices,
Big Star, Sloan and Superdrag, The Rewinds bring brilliant melodies and
hummable hooks to their supercharged live show infecting the audience with
their rock and roll energy. The album’s first single will soon hit college
and commercial rock radio. [see full story for more]-
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| Gibson
Stomp |
conqueroo reports: This May, the New Orleans,
Louisiana-based music festival the Ponderosa Stomp - on the road since
hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Crescent City and the Gulf Coast
- is setting its sights on Memphis, Tennessee. Stomp organizers the Mystic
Knights of the Mau Mau, a 501c3 non-profit, will descend on the Gibson
Guitar Factory in downtown Memphis May 8-10 for a three-day fundraiser
benefiting the New Orleans Musicians Clinic an MusiCares.
Although by the time the first performer
hits the stage, the factory assembly line will have ground to a halt for
the night, a more appropriate venue could hardly be imagined: In this monolithic
building, located a block south of Beale Street, craftsmen create Gibson
ES Series electric guitars - specifically, the B.B. King "Lucille" model
and the Chet Atkins model. The roster for the 2006 Ponderosa Stomp reads
like a Gibson guitar dream team of rockabilly, blues, R&B, and soul
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| Sudden
Death Motorjesus |
Kayos reports: Locomotive Records has an impending
crash on its hands when two metal forces—Motorjesus and Sudden Death—explode
in April.
On April 4, Sudden Death, from a small
town in Indiana called Angola, builds on a hardcore and thrash base to
put forth Unpure Burial. Call it post-metalcore. Beau, Bill, Corey, Joe
and Jon honed their craft gigging throughout Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and
Iowa, establishing a fanatical fan base (that even extends to Texas and
Florida where the final member of the band, Jon, joined). Their all-out
assault fuses a speedzip punk aesthetic with heavy-as-hell metal to produce
a sweltering effect that will be celebrated onstage with a spring tour.
On April 25, Motorjesus, from Germany,
takes a Classic Rock and Trad-Metal approach with the release of Deathrider.
Formerly The Shitheadz, Motorjesus has been rockin’, in one form or another,
since 1992. Guitarist Guido Reuss, bassist Mark Neschen and drummer Oliver
Beck have been the foundation. Now, with vocalist Christoph Birx and lead
guitarist Andreas Peters, the building is complete. The band considers
the sound more traditional and less metalcore than its 2004 Dirty Pounding
Gasoline debut. With the production talents of The Resetti Brothers (Vince
Sorg and Jorg Umbreit) behind the board (who have finetuned albums by Kreator
and Grave Digger in their own Principal Studios), Deathrider has a modernistic
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| Euro
Manntis |
Century Media reports: Finally, the explosive
Southern California quintet MANNTIS will play Europe! The band are excited
to finally be able to bring their fiery live show to Europe and support
their current album “Sleep In Your Grave”, as part of the European Sounds
of the Underground tour. Expect nothing less than unrelenting metal intensity!!!
Confirmed bands: CHIMAIRA - MADBALL - UNEARTH
- TERROR - ALL THAT REMAINS - MANNTIS
Sounds of the Underground Co-Founder and
Ferret Music director Paul Conroy explains "We're very pleased to bring
Sounds of the Underground across the Atlantic with some of the artists
that played such a huge part in launching this tour in North America last
summer. Band's like Madball, Chimaira and Unearth represent the diversity
and growth within the underground heavy music scene, which reflects the
spirit of our tour. We're proud to have these bands as well as our friends
in Terror, All that Remains and Manntis representing our 1st international
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| Cantor
Pays Tribute |
Press Release reports: Versailles Records
is excited to announce that Grammy-winning pianist/arranger Randy Cantor
will contribute piano tracks to forthcoming tribute albums to Guns N' Roses
('Don't Cry'), Def Leppard ('Love Bites'), Sammy Hagar ('Dreams'), and
Motley Crue ('Afraid.) Cantor's resume includes multiple Grammy nominations,
and two awards. Additionally, he has collaborated with artists including
the Fugees, James Taylor, Ricky Martin (including arranging and playing
keys on 'Living La Vida Loca', for which he recieved a Best Arranger Grammy
Nomination), Sting, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Bon Jovi, and more
recent collaborations with Tim McGraw, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, the Rascal
Flatts, Scott Storch, and Shaggy among others. Additionally, Cantor worked
as an in-house arranger, producer, and engineer alongside legendary rock
songwriter Desmond Child between 1998 and 2002." - Click
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