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Report for 04/06/06
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Static-X week: Evil Disco Behemoth
Day in Rock reports: We've had a lot of fun with our special Static-X week with Wayne sharing info on some of his favorite songs on the new CD 'Cannibal'. In fact, we had so much fun we're going to continue next week! But you don't have to wait til Monday, today Wayne explains the track "BEHEMOTH". Here is Wayne: "One goal of mine for Cannibal was to get back to the Evil Disco a bit more than our recent efforts. This song is 100% pure Evil Disco. I started with the intro programming which is full-on dance floor material, then just started building up the layers. First the live drum beat, then the guitar. I love this song, before you know it you've gone from dancing to banging your head." Grab a listen of the track at the full story link and if you still haven't picked up the new CD, this weekend would be a good time to do it. See you next week with our conclusion of this special! - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Former KISS Guitarist Mark St John Dies
Sleazeroxx.com reports: Former KISS guitarist MARK ST JOHN passed away this morning of a brain hemorrhage. He was 51. Mark replaced KISS guitarist VINNIE VINCENT in 1984, only to shortly thereafter develop Reiters Syndrome, a form or arthritis, which left his hand too swollen at times to play guitar. Mark played on all but one of the tracks of the 1984 Animalize album. On the subsequent tour his condition had deteriorated and was only able to play 1 full and 3 partial shows. BRUCE KULICK was called in as a temporary guitarist to play the remainder of the partial sets as well as the rest of the tour. Mark's condition was not improving and sadly had to soon step down to have Kulick take his place permanently on December 8,1985. 

His musical career not over, Mark later formed the band White Tiger in 1986 and then interestingly enough teamed up with former KISS drummer PETER CRISS to record a demo in 1990. A self-produced CD entitled the MARK ST JOHN Project was released in 1999. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New Police CD
pr-inside reports: Reunited rockers THE POLICE are planning to follow their comeback world tour with a new album.

STING, ANDY SUMMERS and STEWART COPELAND recently announced they will perform a string of gigs this year (07), 23 years after they split. And guitarist Summers reveals they may make an LP of new material. He says, "If we do well with these concerts we may well make a sixth album. I can't see why not.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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How Punk Went Pop
Gigwise reports: Green Day, Rancid and Blink 182 are some of the bands set to feature in a documentary about modern punk rock music. 

The film is titled �One Nine One Four' and looks at the genre of music in the nineties. 

It will consist of band interviews and archive footage, which will be all compiled together by the documentary makers Robot Academy Films in Australia. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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1st Wave of Bumbershoot Bands
CMJ reports: The Shins, Wu-Tang Clan, Steve Earle and Lupe Fiasco are among those who have already committed to this year's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, with more to be announced in the coming weeks. In addition to film, visual and performance arts, there will also be three comedy stages, for which performers will be announced this summer. The annual Seattle event, will take place over three days during Labor Day weekend[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Whitney Wins Custody Battle
BBC reports: Whitney Houston has been given custody of the teenage daughter she shares with estranged husband Bobby Brown, as their 14-year marriage comes to an end. 

The singer, 43, told a Californian court that Brown was "unreliable" and their daughter could not depend on him. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Girls Aloud Singer Roofied
pr-inside reports: GIRLS ALOUD singer KIMBERLEY WALSH collapsed in a London nightclub after her drink was spiked with a date rape drug, according to bandmate SARAH HARDING.
The singer hit headlines last month (MAR07) when she was photographed being carried, apparently intoxicated, from showbiz nightspot Embassy by her singer boyfriend JUSTIN SCOTT.

But Harding insists Walsh hadn't over-consumed. She says, "Her drink was spiked. I've never seen her like that.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Korn Lose Another Drummer
pr-inside reports: Heavy rockers KORN have lost a second drummer in just three months, after TERRY BOZZIO walked away from the band.
Bozzio, who had worked with FRANK ZAPPA in the past, stepped in last December (06) when DAVID SILVERIA left to take a break from music.

Bozzio performed on the band's next album, but has now left - leaving Korn looking for another new drummer in time for their Family Values tour in July (07)- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Extreme Reunite for Benefit
KNAC reports: The original lineup of Extreme will reunite for a benefit concert and auction in New York City in honor of music manager Steven Hoffman who worked for the legendary Leber Krebs organization (AC/DC, Scorpions, Aerosmith). His first big professional success was his discovery of Extreme; Steve was a key player in their runaway ride to the top of the rock charts with 'More Than Words' and their achievement of household-name status. Steve passed away at the age of 38 on October 26, 2003 at Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital.

The event will take place on May 18th at the Canal Room (285 West Broadway [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Illness Ends Against All Authority Tour
punkbands reports: Miami's Against All Authority have had to cancel the European leg of their tour due to illness. The band had this to say: "Unfortunately, we had to cancel the European leg of our tour. Danny [Lore], our singer/bassist was admitted to the hospital with severe kidney problems. We wish him a speedy recovery, and would like to apologize to our friends and fans in Europe. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Panic! At The Disco Plan Concept CD
punkbands reports: The upcoming Panic! At The Disco album is said to be a concept album with a love story. The band writes: We all got together and created this � I guess you could call it a concept � that we all wrote and we were all involved with and pretty interested in. Most people who listen to our music can't relate to what it's like to tour and play shows and live on the road. That's the last thing we want to write about, because we do it all the time anyway. It's kind of a love story. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Victory Vs eMusic
CMJ reports: Chicago-based Victory Records, fresh off expanding their operational capacity, has announced that it will remove its music catalog from the popular subscriber-based online music store eMusic. Victory founder Tony Brummel, an outspoken opponent of outlets like eMusic for making music "disposable," was reportedly upset with the new eMusic service Connoisseur, which allows users who download in mass quantities to get songs for as low as 25 cents a track when they stretch the plan to its max. When contacted by CMJ for comment, Brummel simply stated "Quarters are for parking meters and we're in the record industry." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Good Charlotte Still Popular in Japan
PR reports: With the release of their fourth album GOOD MORNING REVIVAL (Daylight/Epic Records), GOOD CHARLOTTE have achieved Top 10 chart debuts in eleven countries including the U.S., marking their highest international chart positions ever. The rankings are: #1 in Japan, #2 in Canada and New Zealand, #4 in Hong Kong, #5 in Australia, #6 in Mexico, #7 in the U.S. and Switzerland, #8 in Thailand and #10 in Germany and Austria.

The band is set to make multiple U.S. and international TV appearances in support of the album. First, GOOD CHARLOTTE will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, April 9, the Outdoor Stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, April 11 and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Friday, April 27. JOEL and BENJI MADDEN, the band's lead singer and guitarist respectively, will also co-host the Australian MTV Video Music Awards with Fergie on Sunday, April 29. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Knife's Silent Shout Deluxe Edition in May
PR reports: Mute releases The Knife's "Silent Shout Deluxe Edition" on 2CD plus DVD May 8, 2007. The 3-disc package will include "Silent Shout," the album, the DVD " Silent Shout: An Audiovisual Experience" featuring the Andreas Nilsson-directed live show, the entire collection of Knife videos � including videos shot by Nilsson ("Silent Shout," "Heartbeats," and "Like A Pen") and acclaimed Japanese artist Motomichi Nakamura ("We Share Our Mother's Health") � as well as the animated short "When I Found The Knife." A previously unreleased live audio CD with music from the DVD performance will complete the package. [see full story for tracklisting]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Cat Empire US Return
PR reports: Australia's The Cat Empire are returning to the US in early May for a TV appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a handful of West Coast tour dates. The Leno performance on May 7th is the band's third national late night TV appearance since releasing �Two Shoes' in February, following performances on the Late Show with David Letterman and the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. 

Fueled by the band's legendary live shows, The Cat Empire is already a household name in Australia, where "Two Shoes" has gone double platinum. If the buzz in America is any indication, the band is poised to take off in the States as well. URB Magazine gave The Cat Empire 3 1/2 out of 4 stars and The Washington Post says, "It's nearly impossible to listen to 'Two Shoes' while sitting still". The Boston Globe calls The Cat Empire "a genuine musical phenomenon." [see full story for tour dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bonnaroo Tops Festies
PR reports: MelodyTrip today announced the winners of The Festies , the 1st Annual US Music Festival awards. 

Thousands of fans voted for the Festies in over 20 categories. MelodyTrip staff and an independent of music bloggers and media also contributed to determine the winners. 

Bonnaroo was the big winner, taking home Festies for Best US Music Festival and Best Rock Festival and Superfly/AC Entertainment, the producers of Bonnaroo, were recognized as the Best Festival Production Company. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival also fared very well, winning awards for Best Jazz Festival, Best Post Festival Scene/Nightlife, Best Music Festival Performance (Bruce Springsteen). Quint Davis of Festival Productions, producer of Jazz Fest, was recognized as Festival Producer/Promoter of the Year. Telluride Bluegrass also multiple awards, for Best Bluegrass Festival and Most Scenic Festival Setting.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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