Scum Of The Earth Week: 13 Freaks

antiMusic reports: When it came time to pick a band to feature for Halloween week a perfect opportunity presented itself in the form of Scum of the Earth. For those not familiar: the band is spearheaded by former Rob Zombie guitarist Riggs and the band's new album 'Sleaze Freak' hit stores last week. So we asked Riggs to pick his five favorite tracks from the CD and tell us a little about each and he more than delivered in true Riggs fashion. Here he is with today's song "13 Freaks":

I tried to do an old school metal song for this CD instead of a lovey dovey, check out how sensitive and full of sh*t I am song. So I wrote a song about thirteen inbred hillbillies snooping around the red light districts around the world acting like JACK THE RIPPER of the new millennium, except they are all cannibals snatching up hookers and selling them on the black market for food, or dog food!

Now if that didn't get your attention nothing will. Learn more about the band, the new CD, listen to some tracks and more - right here

Led Zeppelin Tour

antiMusic reports: Tours and rumors of tours but it looks like some insiders have tipped BW&BK that a full blown Led Zeppelin reunion tour might be in the planning stages. Here is their report: According to BW&BK sources, strong rumors suggest that LED ZEPPELIN live dates are being planned for next spring.

A block of dates at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey have been reportedly put on hold for June.

And BW&BK is told that a plethora of merchandise is currently in production in Asia. - more on this story

Shots Fired At Lordi

Metal Underground reports: According to ESCtoday.com, LORDI's manager and bodyguard were shot at, and a fan was robbed, following the band's performance in Louisville, Kentucky Friday night (October 26). The events started after the concert when LORDI mainman Mr. Lordi, his wife Johanna and the band's keyboardist Awa had just entered the tour bus. The rest of the group went into a nearby bar for a drink. Their tour manager Rikk Scholvinck and a bodyguard were escorting some of their fans towards the bus when a van appeared next to the bus and four or five teenagers jumped out of it.

"One of the men with a gun took a fan, a girl, put the gun to her head and forced her to lie down on the ground," Mr. Lordi said. "Also one of the boys froze on the spot while the others fled away, including Rikk and the bodyguard while another man started shooting at them. Luckily he missed and no one was hurt. Rikk ran to the bar and called the police who arrived soon.

"In a moment we were surrounded by like five police cars but the guys managed to escape. They were a group of drug addicts that had stolen the car earlier that night, and police were already looking for them but have still not managed to catch them." - more on this story

Fall Out Boy Injury

Gigwise reports: Fall Out Boy's bass player Pete Wentz broke his foot on stage on Sunday (October 28th), it's been revealed.

Wentz confirmed the break – which happened during the band's performance at the Voodoo Music Experience festival in New Orleans - in a message on his blog, which he accompanied with a picture of the injury.

"For anyone who was at the Voodoo Fest, you got to see me jump around," he said. "I ended up breaking the bone that connects my shin to my foot." - more on this story

Frank Callari RIP

Contact Music reports: Frank Callari, the svengali behind the careers of Ryan Adams, The Mavericks and Lucinda Williams, has died. He was 55.

The former hotel manager and self-employed club DJ, who passed away from natural causes, began his career as a music boss when he agreed to manage The Mavericks in the late 1980s.

Moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Callari co-founded Lost Highway records in 2001 - more on this story

Slayer Halloween Treat

HER reports: The live video clip for Slayer's 2007 Grammy-winning track, "Eyes Of The Insane," from the "Unholy Alliance Tour DVD," will be LIVE on MySpace TV beginning TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 31 - HALLOWEEN - at 12MIDNIGHT PT/3:00AM ET.

The "Unholy Alliance Tour DVD" is in stores TODAY, October 30. The 90-minute program features this year's Unholy Alliance Tour line up, which was hailed as "the heaviest, darkest metal tour of the summer, if not the year" - Slayer, the undisputed kings of speed metal/thrash, and the "future of heavy metal contenders" - Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed.

The "Unholy Alliance Tour" DVD/CD was shot at Vancouver's General Motors Place on July 13, 2006, was directed by Adam Rothlein (Speedway Films), and boasts performance footage plus bonus material to include backstage, behind-the-scenes and one-on-one interviews, many of which were conducted by the Unholy Alliance artists themselves. - Catch the special Halloween video posting here

Robert Goulet RIP

AP reports: Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.

The singer died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting a lung transplant, a Goulet spokesman said in an e-mail.
- more on this story

Halford's Fight To Hit Theaters

Metal Underground reports: Compelling, stark and aggressive "War Of Words - The Film", starring Rob Halford and his first solo band FIGHT, unleashes upon legions of metal maniacs November 20 in North America, November 30 in the United Kingdom and Europe, December 3 in Australia and New Zealand and December 19 in Japan.

"Fight War Of Words - The Film" brilliantly documents a key moment in heavy metal history combining behind-the-scenes, hand-held and pro-shot footage of FIGHT's original 1992 K5 rehearsal and demonstration-recording sessions; 1993 Amsterdam recording sessions of the original "War Of Words" Epic/Sony audio release, and pre-tour interviews climaxing with a full-length 5.1 concert filmed at 22 venues in 20 select cities during FIGHT's first five months of its "1993 - 1994 Nailed To The Road / War Of Words World Tour".

Rare audio and film footage of FIGHT's earliest concert performances in Europe, United Kingdom, USA, Mexico and Japan have been restored. Stereo and 5.1 Dolby surround mixes have been produced by Roy Z. 5.1 Dolby surround encoding and mastering for DVD and The Metal God's theatrical premiers handled by industry giant Technicolor. "Fight War Of Words - The Film" will theatrically premier at 5.1 Dolby Surround Digital cinemas - listed here along with more info on the film

Bands To Rock The World for Darfur

PR reports: MySpace, the world's most popular social network, today announced the second annual "Rock for Darfur" , a one-day philanthropic concert event created by MySpace to generate awareness and raise funds for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. On Saturday, Nov. 10, 37 pre-scheduled concerts will take place across four continents and showcase passionate bands that share the common goal of promoting peace in the African region. Fans can show their support for the cause by attending one of the local concerts taking place world wide.

MySpace has arranged for a portion of proceeds from each concert to be donated to Oxfam America, a leading international relief and development organization, and to the Save Darfur Coalition, an alliance of more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations, united together to help the people of Darfur.

The "Rock for Darfur" concerts will feature bands from around the world representing all genres of music including pop, rock, country, punk and reggae, uniting to make a positive impact on the Darfur crisis. - see which bands are involved and where they will be playing

Social D Won't Make Waves Down Under

antiMusic reports: Bad news for our friends Down Under as Social Distortion have pulled out of the Soundwave Festival 2008. They weren't really specific about why they pulled out simply saying in a statement on their website, "Due to circumstances beyond our control, Social Distortion is regrettably unable to perform at Soundwave Festival 2008 in Australia and must officially withdraw from the bill.

"Our sincere thanks to the Soundwave organizers for their support and understanding. We apologize for any inconvenience to our Australian fans and hope to make it there as soon as possible."

At press time the band was still listen on the festivals website. Hopefully the show will go on and the tour is still set to include: The Offspring, Incubus, Killswitch Engage, Coheed And Cambria, As I Lay Dying, Shadows Fall, From Autumn To Ashes, Bleeding Through, Carpathian, Still Remains, Divine Heresy, The Fall Of Troy, Motion City Soundtrack, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Chiodos, Saosin, Plain White T's, Jim Ward(Sparta), Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Boys Like Girls, Cartel, Mindless Self Indulgence, Mewithoutyou, The Dear Hunter, Sugarcult, Arthur Ace Enders (Early November), All Time Low, The Starting Line, Kevin Devine, Mae, The Receiving End of Sirens, Socratic, Halifax, Haste The Day, Dan Nigro (As Tall As Lions), My American Heart, Madina Lake, The Matches, Envy On The Coast - more info on the fest

Kid Rock Off The Hook as Lee Drops Charges

antiMusic reports: Remember a few weeks back at the MTV Video Music Awards when Kid Rock made the show actually entertaining when he bitch-slapped Tommy Lee? At the time the former Motley Thru drummer reportedly pressed charges but has now apparently decided to let the whole incident drop along with his complaint.

Las Vegas police cited Kid Rock for misdemeanor battery following the slap heard round the world, but on Monday the Clark County District Attorney's Office announced that will they "will not pursue a battery charge against Robert James Ritchie, aka Kid Rock, involving a confrontation with Tommy Lee on Sept. 9, 2007, at Palms Hotel and Casino," Chief Deputy D.A. Ron Bloxham said in a statement.

"It should be noted that Tommy Lee has requested that there be no prosecution relating to the incident and there were no injuries to either person." Bruised ego aside, Tommy let it go. Now if you missed the blow by blow on this feud including the verbal fights that took place in statements and interviews, E! has the whole sorry mess laid out for your reading enjoyment
- right here

Coolio Gets Real

antiMusic reports: Remember Coolio? That's ok, he was a rapper that had a hit way back in 1995 with the song "Gangsta's Paradise." And while he hasn't topped the charts in over a decade he will soon return to the public spotlight in the form of a reality TV show on a women's cable network.

A bit strange that, but Oxygen (Not We or one of those other women's cable networks) has ordered up six episodes of "Coolio & the Gang," which the Debby Beece, president of programming and marketing at Oxygen compares to "My Three Sons." (Ask your parents or grandparents what that was.)

According to Reuters "'Coolio & the Gang,' is set to air in the second-quarter of 2008, will follow the California rapper as he raises six teenagers by himself, while maintaining his rap career and launching a clothing line." Reality really is stranger than fiction. Of course, most reality TV is fiction. Who knows? This might be great. It has to be better than that Tommy Lee disaster. If you just gotta know more about this potential Emmy winning series, - click here

Hippy University To End War and Drug Abuse?

antiMusic reports: Rich old hippies don't die, they start universities. While most "normal" universities are up to their ivy in aging hippies masquerading as professors, a 60s icon has decided to start a university devoted to transcendental meditation. A movement that lost a lot of hippy cred when the Beatles famously fled after a short flirtation with it (Ringo didn't like the food but George actually stuck with it).

Now Donovan, who's best work may have been in a Alice Cooper song (Billion Dollar Babies), wants to build the Invincible Donovan University. The man that gave us Hurdy Gurdy Man" and "Mellow Yellow," now thinks the world is ready for the enlightenment. Or at least Glasgow or Edinburgh might be ready for it. He still hasn't decided which fine city will host his "oommmm" factory according to the Associated Press.

"I know it sounds like an airy-fairy hippie dream to go on about '60s peace and love," said Donovan." But the world is ready for this now, it is clear this is the time." It appears that his guru told him to build the university way back in 1968 but he's just now getting around to it. "The Maharishi told me during that 1968 visit that I should build a university in Edinburgh. I went to my room and drew a beautiful dome-shaped place of learning," he said Friday. You'll never guess who he teamed up with for this project. Will give you a hint the partner said of this undertaking: "For a country the size of Scotland it would take only 250 students meditating to protect Scotland from its enemies and to bring peace, to stop violence and drug abuse." While we try to stop laughing, you can find out who the mystery man is - here

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