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| Monday |
| Weiland
Slashed By Former GNR Manager |
Day in Rock reports: Metal Sludge has posted
a rather interesting statement that reportedly came from Guns N' Roses
former manager Alan Niven. Here is an excerpt but you'll have to click
the full story to read it all.
"Categorically, Slash is utterly accurate
- Mr. Weilland is, in my personal opinion, a clueless posturing fraud,
of no particular or obvious abilities, including, and most apparently,
composition. The band is a thorough waste of a truly great guitar player
and terrific rhythm section. [their output has been entirely forgettable
and one dimensional].
"As for Mr. Rose, I have no doubt he is
still genuinely and profoundly gifted, and it is self evident that he has
provided more insight and memorability in a single line of composition
than Mr. Weilland has managed in an entire career.
"For the record, Mr. Rose wrote the majority
of the melodies and lyrics on the guns records, which include the best
selling rock debut of our times, with 16,000,000 sold in the United States
alone."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Borland
Vs Durst |
Day in Rock reports: Wes Borland posted a
Myspace Blog in responce to Fred Durst's "free style" song posting that
took aim at Wes and he's recent comments that the Bizkit might be over.
Here is part of what Wes had to say.
I am actually going to respond to you guys
AND Fred. Here it goes:
It is a shame to have things once again
come to head because of lack of communication between two people. Was I
right to speak for everybody in Limp? Probably not. But I thought the fans
deserved to know what was going on at least from my perspective. After
years and years of dealing with each other, it seems that Fred and I still
have not figured out how to keep it positive. I'm to blame, he's to blame.
It sucks. We never talk. So, it's hard to ever know what's really going
on. I still stand behind everything I've said. LB doing something is as
much news to me as it is to everybody else. If Fred is making music, that's
great, more power to him, but I wasn't aware. So, here we are now.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Suge
Label Goes Death Row? |
Gigwise reports: A judge has pledged that
he will take control of Marion Suge Knight’s business and personal assets
after he failed to pay a $107million civil lawsuit from last year.
At the hearing yesterday (March 23), Los
Angeles Judge Ronald Sohigian revealed he is to appoint a court officer
to organize Knight’s assets. [see full story for more]-
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| Buck
Owens RIP |
Reuters reports: Honky-tonk star Buck Owens,
who sold more than 16 million albums and popularized country entertainment
on television as host of "Hee Haw," died on Saturday at age 76.
Owens, who helped spread the twangy "Bakersfield
sound" as an antidote to Nashville's slick country music, died of heart
failure at his home, said his keyboard player Jim Shaw[see full story for
more]- Click
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Weiland
Slashed- Borland Vs Durst- Death Row RIP?- Radiohead- Buck Owens RIP- Arctic
Monkeycast- Cobain Doll- Queensryche- Hermano- Stone Sour- (Hed) Delay-
Zombie Vs Haters- Sabbath Curse Lennon Film- MTX- Vision of Disorder- Sevendust-
Bolt Thrower- Switched- Whitesnake- Buckcherry- Yeah Yeah Peta- Free Hoobastank-
Ours- more
| Tuesday |
| Nikki
Sudden RIP |
CMJ reports: Nikki Sudden, former frontman
for the Swell Maps, died Sunday (March 26) after a performance Saturday
night at Manhattan's Knitting Factory that was billed as "Farewell To New
York." He was 49. No cause of death has been announced. Sudden had just
finished work on a new solo record, The Truth Doesn't Matter, according
to Billboard, and was expected to perform a show at London's 12 Bar Club
March 29 with his current band the Jacobites.[see full story for more]-
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| Alan
Confrey RIP |
Mammoth Press reports: Irish punk band, Blood
Or Whiskey, has suffered a great loss, tin whistle player, Alan Confrey,
suffered a heart attack and passed away on March 23, at the young age of
33 yrs. old. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Linkin
Tattoo fest |
Blabbermouth reports: LINKIN PARK singer Chester
Bennington has lined up several performers to appear at the 11th anniversary
concert for his Club Tattoo shops, according to MTV.com. Bennington's bandmate
Mike Shinoda will play with his rap act, FORT MINOR, and other artists
scheduled to show up include STORY OF THE YEAR, DJ Z-Trip and WICKED WISDOM,
the group featuring actress Jada Pinkett Smith. Bennington himself will
also perform with his "fun" side band, BUCKET OF WEENIES. The event will
take place on April 22 in Tempe, Arizona.[da plane, da plane... see full
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| Vandals
to Rock Afghanistan |
Fanscape reports: Orange County punk rock
legends the Vandals will once again take their act to the theater of war
next month as they head to Southern Asia to play for the armed forces troops
deployed in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The Vandals, who first made the trek to
the region Christmas 2004/2005 playing for troops in forward operating
bases in Iraq and Kuwait, will play 4 to 6 shows in the Afghan region during
their 10 day trip beginning April 5, 2006 on a tour arranged by military
entertainment contractors AKA Productions.
Singer Dave Quackenbush said, "The most
frequently asked question we get when we tell people we are going to Iraq
or Afghanistan is, 'are you going to play for the troops?' The insurgents
aren't really interested in us, truthfully. And the only musical activity
permitted by the Taliban is the singing of certain types of religious songs,
and Taliban chants. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Stone
Sour Diversify Even More |
Day in Rock reports: In his latest MorleyView,
Morley caught up with Stone Sour's Josh Rand while the band is in the studio
recording their new album. Josh tells Morley a bit about the new CD and
the direction it is taking in the following excerpt.
antiMUSIC: So bring us up to date on how
the record is going.
Josh Rand: Right now we're in Los Angeles
doing the follow-up, obviously. We've brought in Nick Raskulinecz to help
produce this and help steer the ship. We've wrapped up drums and are working
on guitar now. We're going to track 18 songs. Probably only 12-13 will
be on the record. That's yet to be decided. They're very diverse. If you
like the first record, and certainly mainly people comment on the diversity
of that one….this one will be far and beyond that one. There's some really
heavy stuff. There's some really melodic stuff and a new direction we've
yet to go until now. It's going to be cool. I'm really excited about it.
[Click the full story link to read the full MorleyView!]-
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Morrissey
Vs Canada- Bono Buys Nirvana?- Worst Album- Kelly Burnt- Nikki Sudden RIP-
Eels- Art Brut- Euro Flotsam- Alan Confrey RIP- Helloween- Linkin Tattoo-
Evanescence- Aussie Lay Dying- Tool- Yakuza- Strummer- Plastic Idols- Elvis-
Gorillaz- Sparks- Def Journey- Vandals- Dankomania- Vines- Adrian Belew
- Claymates Vs Ozzfest- more
| Wednesday |
| Kanye
Injury |
Contact Music reports: Rapper KANYE WEST was
forced to halt a concert in Australia on Sunday night (26MAR06) after he
twisted his ankle. The GOLD DIGGER hitmaker hurt his ankle early in his
first set and was forced to take a break to have it tended to.[see full
story for more.. A cynic might say he tripped over his ego.]-
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| Pete
Wells RIP |
Contact Music reports: ROSE TATTOO guitarist
and founder PETE WELLS has lost his battle with prostate cancer in a Sydney,
Australia hospital. He was 59. The Australian blues rocker was diagnosed
with cancer in 2002. As a member of Sydney heavy metal band BUFFALO, Wells
recorded the first Australian metal album to go gold (VOLCANIC ROCK) in
the 1960s and founded Rose Tattoo in the mid 1970s with iconic Aussie rocker
ANGRY ANDERSON. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Beatles
Vs iTunes |
Aversion reports: The latest battle in a decades-long
trademark tiff between The Beatles' Apple Music and Apple Computer is scheduled
to start before a London magistrate tomorrow (March 29).
The suit, filed by Apple Music, alleges
that Apple Computer’s iTunes service infringes upon a previous settlement
that placed all music-distribution interests under the Beatles’ umbrella
[Didn't The Beatles start Apple to change the world? see full story for
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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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Kanye
Injury- Britney Vs Bodyguards- GNR Clash- Pete Wells RIP- Destiny's Child-
Disco Cop Bust- Beatles Vs iTunes- Replacements Reunion?- Van Bomb- Henry
Rollins- Velvet Floozy- Raven- Sepultura- Buckcherry- Losa- Icepick- Receiving
End of Injury- Hate Eternal- F**ked UP- Motley Bob Rock- Live- Built to
Spill- Motorjesus- Manntis- more
| Thursday |
| Broken
Jovi |
Contact Music reports: BON JOVI guitarist
RICHIE SAMBORA was treated for a broken left arm after a fall at his home
in Los Angeles last week (ends24MAR06). Although his arm is in a sling,
Sambora will still perform when Bon Jovi begins the Japanese stadium leg
of their HAVE A NICE DAY world tour on 8 April (06). [see full story for
more]- Click
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| Moz
Boycotted |
Gigwise reports: Canadian Morrissey fans have
made a fight back against the star for boycotting the country over its
seal ‘culling.’
Fans on the website Stille Post – Canada’s
biggest indie music message board – have launched a campaign urging Canadians
to boycott buying Morrissey records.
A small minority of the fans are outraged
that Morrissey has decided to axe shows in the country because of what
he sees are ‘barbaric’ acts, reports the BBC. [see full story for more]-
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| Prince
is King of charts |
Reuters reports: Innovative funk rocker Prince
scored his first No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts in almost 17 years
with his latest release, "3121," his record label said on Wednesday.[see
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| Red
Hot Space Peppers |
TuneLab reports: Each disc in upcoming Red
Hot Chili Peppers double album, 'Stadium Arcadium', will have its own title.
The twenty-eight track set will be divided between two discs, 'Mars' and
'Jupiter'. Track listing for the albums are as follows:
'Jupiter': 1. "Dani California" 2. "Snow
(Hey Oh)" 3. "Charlie" 4. "Stadium Arcadium" 5. "Hump de Bump" 6. "She's
Only 18" 7. "Slow Cheetah" 8. "Torture Me" 9. "Strip My Mind" 10. "Especially
in Michigan" 11. "Warlocks" 12. "C'mon Girl" 13. "Wet Sand" 14. "Hey"[see
full story for more info include the tracks to Mars]-
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| Cancer
Hits Close To Home |
punkbands reports: Bassist Bradley Quinn Andress
of the up-and-coming rock band Close To Home was recently diagnosed with
a deadly form of cancer while on tour with his band across the U.S. Andress,
20, was told he would die when flu-like symptoms brought him into a hospital
after a show and it was discovered he had a seven-inch tumor on one of
his lungs. That lung was removed, but Andress will still have to undergo
an additional surgery to see if the cancer has spread.
To aid Andress in his fight against cancer,
a benefit show is being scheduled in the band’s hometown of Cincinnati,
OH. Two tickets and on-stage seats to the Warped Tour in Cincinnati are
also being auctioned off by the T.J. Martell Foundation, with proceeds
going to “Brad’s Fight For Cancer Fund.”[see full story for more]-
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Rapper
Stabs Fans- Broken Jovi- Moz Boycotted- Prince- B.I.G Payoff- Whitney on
Crack?- Enuff Z'nuff- Weird Walk- Idol Threats- Down- Anthrax- Red Hot
Space Peppers- Country Halen- Pantera in Chains- AFI- Tupac- Damnation
fest- PC Beatles- Shakira Vs FOX- Game- Monkey Soph- Live Jihad- Band Attacked-
Unearth- Pearl Jam - more
| Friday |
| Nirvana
Sold |
FMQB reports: After the death of Kurt Cobain,
his widow, Courtney Love, inherited 98 percent of Nirvana's publishing
rights. Now Love has revealed to Rolling Stone that she sold 25 percent
of her share to Larry Mestel of Primary Wave Music Publishing, former COO/GM
of Virgin Records. Another source close to the deal told Rolling Stone
that Mestel likely paid in excess of $50 million for the rights.[see full
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| Wembley
Delay... Jovi Won't Play |
BBC reports: The new Wembley Stadium is not
due to open until 2007, BBC News has learned.
The project is already more than six months
behind schedule and over budget. Now four concerts planned for the summer
will no longer be staged there. US rock band Bon Jovi were due to be the
first band to play at the rebuilt stadium on 10 June. [see full story for
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| Replacements
Two Off |
punkbands reports: From Billboard.com: "As
tipped yesterday (March 28th) on Billboard's Jaded Insider blog, Replacements
members Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars have reunited to
record two new songs for an upcoming retrospective, Don't You Know Who
I Think I Was?: The Best of the Replacements. Due June 13 via Rhino, the
set will feature "Message to the Boys" and "Pool & Dive," the band's
first new recordings in 16 years.[see full story for more]-
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Sold- I, Lucifer- Paris Raps- Oasis Vs Stones- Darkness Suck- Pearl Jam-
Muse- Strokes- No Priest Reality - Defkorn tour?- Fandango- Off The Kobb-
Between The Covers- Jello Vs Kennedys- Replacements- Hatebreed- Cheap Trick-
Def Leppard- Metallica 3D- Mat Kearney- Duncan Sheik- Gorillaz- Punk Allstars-
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