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| Linkin
Park Stalker |
blabbermouth.net reports: Sandia National
Laboratories has fired an employee accused of using a computer owned by
the labs to hack into phone and computer accounts owned by Chester Bennington,
the lead singer of the band LINKIN PARK, a labs spokesman said.
Devon Lynn Townsend, who worked in Sandia's
Technology and Manufacturing Group, has been charged with fraud and related
activity, according to filings in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.
In October, an agent from the Department
of Defense Office of the Inspector General uncovered evidence that Townsend
had hacked into cell phone and computer accounts owned by Bennington and
his wife, Talinda Bennington, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
The U.S. Secret Service had received a complaint from the Benningtons that
"an unknown person, without authorization, had somehow accessed their Verizon
Wireless telephone account," according to the complaint. [there is more,
see the full story for all the details
the suspect hass no relation to
Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad, but it might be fun if he renamed
the group Stalking Young Lads..] [see full story for more]-
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| Fiddy
Vs Bond |
pr-inside reports: 50 CENT is accusing Hollywood
of double standards after seeing the new JAMES BOND holding a gun in posters
for CASINO ROYALE - a year after billboards of him sporting a weapon caused
a furore. The rapper - real name CURTIS JACKSON - is appalled by the fact
no one has raised a fuss about DANIEL CRAIG's gun-toting posters when he
was castigated for posing with a weapon in billboards for movie GET RICH
OR DIE TRYIN'.
He says, "Get Rich Or Die Tryin' comes
out and they want to protest because they see a gun in my hand but James
Bond comes out or MR & MRS SMITH will come out with guns and it's acceptable.
You can see any kind of gun there is to see on the covers of films. You
can go in Blockbuster and see every gun that was ever made." The rap star
calls for one universal ruling about weapons in movie posters and he'll
accept whatever the Hollywood film police decide.[see full story for more]-
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| Jet
Slam Madonna |
Gigwise reports: Jet have launched an outspoken
attack on pop queen Madonna - accusing her of only getting famous by "masturbating".
The Australian retro-rockers are clearly
no fans of the veteran singer or her extensive back catalogue of pop gems
- whose recent adoption of a Malawian child has created worldwide headlines
- and aren't afraid to say so. Drummer Chris Cester rallies, "Can everyone
just shut the f**k [up] about Madonna? Like A Virgin? Please! How the hell
did she become so f**king famous? What for, masturbating? Everyone does
that love!"[see full story for more]- Click
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| No
1 Game |
Reuters reports: Two popular rap acts occupied
the top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the Game's "Doctor's
Advocate" coming in at No. 1.
The release moved 358,000 copies during
the week ended November 19, according to Nielsen SoundScan, down sharply
from the 587,000 start for his 2005 debut "The Documentary."
Akon's "Konvicted" sold 284,000, enough
to earn him the No. 2 slot.[see full story for more]-
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| Rolling
in Cash |
pr-inside reports: THE ROLLING STONES have
overtaken Irish rockers U2 for the record of biggest grossing tour in history.
The MICK JAGGER fronted group's A BIGGER
BAND tour have made $437 million (£226 million) from 110 concerts
and performed to over 3.5 million fans.
The group's success comes despite several
setbacks, including delays and cancellations due to Jagger developing laryngitis
and a postponement when guitarist KEITH RICHARDS fell from a tree while
on holiday in Fiji.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Warped
Religion |
punkbands reports: Bad Religion is the first
band announced for this summer's incarnation of the Warped Tour. The band
should have a new album out by then, their follow up to 2004's The Empire
Strikes First. Of course more acts are expected to be named soon.-
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| Glassjaw
Return |
punkbands reports: The rumours are true -
several sources say that Glassjaw is indeed back and will be touring with
Deftones in December. Confirmed tour dates are as follows:
12/14*Nashville, TN
12/16*Ft. Worth, TX
12/17*Tulsa, OK
12/18*Kansas City, MO
12/19*Minneapolis, MN
12/31*New Haven, CT (as you know)
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| Cocaine
Kitaen |
Reuters reports: Actress Tawny Kitaen, best
known for starring in a series of 1980s heavy metal videos, has been charged
with possessing 15 grams of cocaine, prosecutors said.
Kitaen, 45, could face up to three years
in prison if she is convicted on the single count of possessing a controlled
substance, Orange County District Attorney's spokeswoman Susan Schroeder
said on Tuesday.
Schroeder said police were summoned in
May to the home Kitaen shares with her two children in San Juan Capistrano,
California, and discovered 15 grams of cocaine in a restroom and bathroom.
[see full story for more and here you thought the name White Snake referred
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| John
R. Pepper II RIP |
AP reports: John R. Pepper II, co-founder
of the first nationwide radio station with programming targeting a black
audience, has died. He was 91.
Pepper died Monday at St. Francis Hospital
after an extended illness, according to Forest Hill Midtown Funeral Home,
where services were held Friday. [see full story for more]-
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| Decrepit
Plea |
blabbermouth.net reports: KTVU.com reports
that former DECREPIT BIRTH guitarist Michael Jay Turner has pleaded not
guilty to sex crimes charges.
The District Attorney's office has filed
14 charges involving five girls and one woman against Turner, 27, who entered
his plea to Judge Samuel Stevens on Wednesday (Nov. 22).
Turner is accused of molesting three girls
and videotaping them along with two others in sexual positions between
2002 and 2006. He was also charged with sexually battering an unconscious
adult woman.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Metalcore
RIP? |
blabbermouth.net reports: IdahoStatesman.com
recently conducted an interview with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Howard
Jones.
On his opinion that metalcore music, which
has enjoyed widespread success over the past few years, is on the way out:
"The dream's over dude! .... It'll still
be around, because kids love heavy music; they love to be aggressive. But
it won't get as much mainstream attention as it's been getting. So mark
my words there. It's already happening."[see full story for more]-
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| Genesis
Sell Out |
pr-inside reports: Rock legends GENESIS sold
out their British comeback concert tour in just 90 minutes on Friday (24NOV06).
The band will perform gigs in London and
Manchester, England as part of their 2007 Turn It On Again tour, and all
100,000 tickets were snapped up by fans. PHIL COLLINS, MIKE RUTHERFORD
and TONY BANKS are reuniting 15 years after they last performed as a band,[see
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| Borat
Music? |
pr-inside reports: Fictional TV reporter BORAT
SAGDIYEV is set to release a Christmas single.
The Kazakhstani journalist, created by
British comic SACHA BARON COHEN, is aiming for the top spot in the UK festive
chart next month (DEC06). Sagdiyev says, "CLIFF RICHARD is a very popular
man in England at 'Chrishmash' time. He nice man and talented.
"But my song... is very very good. Please
come buy it. If it success, I get clock radio. If not, I will be execute."[see
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| GNR
Drop Eagles of Death Metal? |
blabbermouth.net reports: EAGLES OF DEATH
METAL appear to have been removed from the GUNS N' ROSES tour after only
one show due to an overwhelmingly poor reception the band got from the
GN'R audience during EAGLES' tour opener. According to several fans who
attended last night's (Nov. 24) GUNS N' ROSES concert at Quicken Loans
Arena in Cleveland, Ohio (also featuring SEBASTIAN BACH and SUICIDE GIRLS),
people were booing throughout EAGLES' hour-long set, with some of the GN'R
fans calling the group's performance "horrid at best" and describing the
band's music as "pretty fucking lame," with a repertoire of songs that
sound "almost the same." GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose apparently agreed
with his fans, because a few songs into GNR's set he reportedly said something
to the effect of, "So how'd you like THE PIGEONS OF SHIT METAL? Don't worry,
that's the last show they're playing with us."[see full story for more]-
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| Tuck
Can't Sing |
DiR reports: You can hear the 14-year-old
wannabe metal girls crying across the nation with their raccoon mascara
creating an environmental hazard in front of Hot Topic stores as news that
their favorite emo-mall-metal group has pulled the plug on their touring
plans. That's right the 21st century answer to Warrant (Bullet For My Valentine)
have been forced to postpone the rest of their UK tour and cancel their
upcoming U.S. tour. Why you ask? Because lead singer Matt Tuck can't sing;
yes, you already knew that but this time a doctor says it's so. Hopefully
for the band he'll recover before their 15 minutes are over. see the full
story for a statement from Tuck.
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