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Today's Full Report for 03/27/2008
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Before we begin, we took a lot of heat for yesterday's sarcastic spelling of Chile. We're sure it is a fine country, but we were really poking a little fun at the band in the article (an off hand comparison to a not so great restaurant chain) and it seemed to go over like New Coke. Granted it wasn't funny but neither are 90% of SNL's skits. So have some baby back ribs and lighten up. We promise no Turkey jokes, but all this talk of food is making us Hungry.

Armed Forces Week: Day 4 "Rock N Roll N*gger Part Two"
antiMusic reports: This week we feature Armed Forces' frontman Brandon Jazz who tells us about his favorite tracks on the new album "Modern Gospel". We won't bore you with a long intro, instead we'll let Brandon speak for himself. Here he is with today's song "Rock N Roll ------ Part Two":

It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of punk rock, so I wrote this one as a throwback to the music I grew up on. The spirit of rock and roll has always been loud, fast, and dangerous and punk's always been fun for me cause they say anyone can do it. In the end it became a contest with myself to see how many parts I could cram into less than a minute, and I like that it feels like it ends before it really starts.

The lyrics are about being tired of getting talked down to, and trying to throw it back in the faces of the people who think they're better than you. Terms like "punk" and "------" and "faggot" are commonplace in society today, and the notion that certain people are inferior to others is absurd to me. My response is to be loud and proud about what I wanna do and let anybody that has a problem with it know that they can f*ck themselves. Ironically, what is supposed to be a rallying cry for anyone who's ever been discriminated against just gets me labeled as a racist...obviously missing the point.

Now go learn more about the group, check out some songs from the CD and see if you spot something rather interesting about - more on this story

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Guns N' Soda: A Plan for Chinese Democracy
Blabbermouth reports: Tired of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers and musicals about high schoolers pass as rock 'n roll music, Dr Pepper is encouraging (OK, begging) Axl Rose to finally release his 17-year-in-the-making belabored masterpiece, "Chinese Democracy", in 2008.

In an unprecedented show of solidarity with Axl, everyone in America, except former GN'R guitarists Slash and Buckethead, will receive a free can of Dr Pepper if the album ships some time � anytime! � in 2008. Dr Pepper supports Axl, and fully understands that sometimes you have to make it through the jungle before you get it right.

Commented Axl Rose in a statement: "We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr. Pepper with our album, 'Chinese Democracy', as for us this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead's performances are on our album, I'll share my Dr Pepper with him." - more on this story

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Outkast Overdose
antiMusic reports: Sad news in the Outkast camp. Allhiphop.com has the story: Outkast road Manager and former pro-wrestler Chase Tatum was found dead in his Atlanta home on Sunday (Mar 23), of an apparent drug overdose.

The 34-year-old actor and personal trainer, who appeared alongside Big Boi in 2007's movie Who's Your Caddy? had a history of being dependent on painkillers and was set to enter a rehab facility, his father Roy Tatum said.

"He was in the process of getting his life back together," Roy Tatum told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution on Monday (Mar 24). "He was confident he was going to turn things around, to live a normal life again without the painkillers." - see the Allhophop story for more

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Bon Jovi's Sambora Slippery When Wet Driving Bust Also Child Endangerment?
TMZ reports: Richie Sambora could be criminally charged with child endangerment. Richie Sambora was busted for DUI with 10-year-old daughter Ava in the car, along with another juvenile and another adult -- a woman. If Sambora was driving drunk, he could be charged with endangering the two kids.

Police sources tell us Sambora has not been charged with endangerment but the Laguna Beach P.D. is "actively investigating."
And, police sources say, after Sambora was busted the cops called Heather Locklear, Ava's mom. We're told Heather authorized the other adult in the car to drive her daughter home.
- TMZ's coverage of the arrest. The mug shot is scary stuff!

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Clint Goes Home to Sevendust
PR reports: Sevendust is pleased to announce the return of original guitar player Clint Lowery to the band. Lowery was with Sevendust when they formed in 1995 and singed to TVT Records in 1997. Lowery was a key member of the Sevendust attack throughout the their TVT years which saw the band release Sevendust (1997) Home (1999), Animosity (2001), Seasons (2003) and Southside Double Wide (2003). After leaving TVT in 2003 the band and Lowery mutually parted ways, with Lowery moving on to join his brother in the band Dark New Day.

Sevendust statements on Lowery's return: "This was extremely tough considering Sonny is our brother and has been amazing to work with. He didn't do anything wrong at all, we just owe it to ourselves and all the folks that grew up with us to put our original band back together. Clint has always been our brother and Sonny will always remain our brother as well. We are sorry to say goodbye to Sonny and I'm sure this will be tough on the fans that follow him, but we're excited about reuniting the original lineup of Sevendust." Morgan Rose, Drums

"Everything happens for a reason. Sonny is an incredible person and we thank him for everything. Just like when you leave home, you come back! Hopefully everyone will understand the decision we have made. God bless you all. Welcome home Clint Lowery." LaJon Witherspoon, Vocals

Sevendust's new record Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow is out on Tuesday, April 1st
- more on this story

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Kill All Emos Pt II
antiMusic reports: There appears to be a concerted effort in Mexico to rid the country of emo kids. Blabbermouth has a story about the violence against the emotional teens: LA Weekly's Daniel Hernandez reports on his blog Intersections that a bizarre wave of mob emo-bashings ("emos" are followers of the "emo" subculture, which is short for "emotional") is sweeping across Mexico.

According to Hernandez, "The movement is being generated on message boards and social networking sites by non-emo youth who highly dislike like the emo look and attitude. The spark came first in Queretaro on March 7. An estimated 800 young people poured into the city's Centro Historico hunting for emos to beat the crap out of. They found some.

"The next weekend it spread to Mexico City, where emos faced off against punks and rockabillies at the Glorieta de Insurgents, the epicenter of emo social space in the capital. There's also been reports of anti-emo violence in Durango, Colima, and elsewhere."
- seeing is believing

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Diddy Vs LA Times
TMZ reports: Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorney tried to talk the L.A. Times out of publishing an article last week that said his client had advanced knowledge of an attack on Tupac Shakur. But they did it anyway, and now the story is blowing up in their face -- and Diddy is pissed.

The story ran first on the L.A. Times' web site on March 17, and was then published a day later in the paper. When Diddy's attorney, Howard Weitzman, read the story online, he sent a letter to the Times asking them to "refrain from reprinting [the article] and that the false accusation be immediately be retracted." The paper did nothing.

Diddy's lawyer tells TMZ, "The Times completely ignored my letter, did nothing to correct their defamatory article, and never held the reporter, Chuck Philips, to the Code of Ethics the paper supposedly had set for its writers. We will continue to seek a retraction and to pursue appropriate remedies given the egregious and reckless conduct of Mr. Philips and the L.A. Times." - more on this story

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Cheap Trick, Journey and Heart Tour
ABC reports: Three legendary rock bands are teaming up for what is sure to be the tour of the summer. Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick are heading out on the concert trail.

The tour kicks off July 9 in Denver, CO through October 4 in Albuquerque, NM. Fans should check local listings for on-sale dates, which begin Saturday, April 5.

Journey --Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums) and new lead singer Arnel Pineda-is hitting the road to promote REVELATION, the highly anticipated three-disc CD/DVD package set for release June 3 exclusively at Wal-Mart stores in North America.
- more on this story

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Obituary Pull Tour
antiMusic reports: Obituary have pulled the plug on their tour plans this May for an undisclosed reason, but have promised to reschedule the trek later in the year. Blabbermouth had this statement from the band:

"We regret to inform you for reasons beyond our control we must cancel this May tour. We wanna thank everyone for their hard work and dedication for this tour and we WILL reschedule this for September 2008... Look for updates."

The tour was also set to include Dying Fetus, Origin and Thy Will Be Done. No word if the other bands will still carry on with the tour, as of Wednesday Origin and Thy Will Be Done still listed the dates on their Myspace pages. - Read the Blabbermouth report

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Corgan Slams Music Biz
antiMusic reports: Rolling Stone posted a rather candid interview with Smashing Pumpkins mastermind Billy Corgan on Wednesday. Here is the intro and just a small part of the exchange: The Smashing Pumpkins filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against their former label, Virgin Records, alleging the band's name was used without permission for a Pepsi promotion. Band leader Billy Corgan called up Rolling Stone from a bathroom in Australia to explain his side of the story and wound up dishing dirt on his career, explaining how the Pumpkins will release music in the future and offering an opinionated take on Amy Winehouse, Radiohead and the state of the record industry

Corgan: We've been treated very poorly by [Virgin] as a label for years now. Even when we were going to put the band back together, we went to them for the umpteenth time and said, look, it's a natural thing to want to put out a best of, and they keep telling us nobody cares. And then to turn around and use us like this against our will obviously shows you how full of ---- they are, because obviously you have value or they wouldn't be trying to make money on you on the side. And in our case we actually have the right to say no to these types of things. They had to ask our permission to put our music on iTunes. So this is just them getting really sneaky trying to push stuff through, because the only place they're going to get money now is from corporate sponsors.

And look, it's no secret that the record labels are out of touch. They've lost money continuously for seven or eight years and they continue to hold on to the Titanic. This is just another indication of them thinking that they can get away with whatever because they're the big old record business. You know, Josh Homme from Queens [Of The Stone Age] came out talking about Interscope, Trent Reznor ... It's a very difficult position because whether it's blogs or people posting on Web sites, fans can get very frustrated about what they perceive about how you do your business, not being aware of how we continually have a gun pointed at our head. - It's a great interview, read it all right here

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Ra Start Label and Plan New Release
antiMusic reports: Ra is one of the most underrated bands on the scene right now. Two excellent studio albums and one notable live album have helped them build a solid audience, but they still haven't gotten the breakthrough success they deserve. Maybe with their new studio album they can finally catch the attention of the world. We learn this week that the album will be released in June on a new label headed by the band's frontman and distributed by Universal.

Here is what the band had to say on their Myspace: Sahaj has entered into an exclusive label deal with Universal Music Distribution. Sahaja Music Records will be releasing several albums over the next year or so. At he top of the list of course will be the long awaited "Black sun" lp by RA. It's been a crazy year thus far for Sahaj having ruptured a disk in his back and having surgery to correct it while trying to complete not only "Black Sun" but his yearly musical obligations to ESPN and a handful of bands that hired him for there recordings all the while trying to negotiate a deal with UMD to have a real distribution in place for all his endeavors.

RA's new single "Broken hearted soul" moves to radio and becomes available on I-tunes mid April while "Black Sun" finally hits the stores late June... 3 years to the month after the release of "Duality". The band is excited to get out and play shows as well as connecting with friends here [on Myspace]. - Get a taste of the new album and hear some of the past songs you may missed out on.

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Mother Nature Doesn't Like Fall Out Boy
antiMusic reports: MTV's James Montgomery is embedded with the cable network's favorite band, Fall Out Boy, as they keep meeting obstacles in their quest to set a world record by playing on all seven continents. Yesterday we told you about them being held hostage in their hotel in Chile by screaming school girls and how their trip had been delayed by bad weather. Now it turns out that nasty b***, mother nature, is determined to keep the pop band out of Antarctica. This time she decided to do away with the slab of ice where the band was scheduled to land. Who votes they should go anyway?

Here is part of Montgomery's report for MTV: On Tuesday, when he wasn't giving faux weather reports, Pete Wentz was, like the rest of us, reading about the collapse of Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf, a slab of ice reported to be seven times the size of Manhattan (but, you know, not nearly as interesting).

Fortunately, we have a reporter in the area. I asked Wentz what he thought of the whole thing and he said, "Someone sent (the story) to me and they're like 'Oh now you guys are going and this ice shelf fell that wasn't supposed to fall for another 15 years." And I'm like, 'We didn't even land there so that wasn't even our fault." - read the whole article and find out why it's really Al Gore's fault

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Kanye Jacked Good Life?
TMZ reports: A wacky songwriter-producer in Maryland says that Kanye West is diggin' his gold, lifting his tune "Volume of Good Life" for the Kanye smash hit "Good Life."

In a rambling lawsuit filed in Maryland District Court, Dayna Staggs (aka D'Mystro) is suing Kanye -- and his record label, Roc-a-Fella -- for copyright infringement. Staggs says that West "didn't obtain a license to use 'Volume of Good Life'" for his tune, and points out that Kanye was "only at the age of 6 or 7 years of age [sic]" when his song was written.

D'Mystro is also peeved because Kanye's song "contains vulgar and offensive" images and "harms the reputation" of his much cleaner song. He wants 85% of all world sales of the proceeds from the music that uses his work - more on this story

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McCartney Remembers Neil Aspinall
antiMusic reports: Paul McCartney issued a statement on Wednesday about the death of the "Fifth Beatle," Neil Aspinall, who died of cancer on Sunday night in New York City.

Aspinall was a longtime friend of the band and began working with them as a driver and eventually ascended to the head of their company Apple Corps Ltd until he resigned last year.

Paul said of his friend in a message on his website "Neil was a great man who I knew even before I met any of the guys in The Beatles. I met him at school when we were both eleven and we remained friends ever since. I was able to say goodbye and thank him for everything he did for us and I send my deepest loving sympathies to his wonderful family. I will miss him but will remember the laughs, there were plenty." - http://www.paulmccartney.com/

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Top 5 Reasons Why Axl is Better Than Weiland
antiMusic reports: It is I, antiGuy! I have returned to inspire gigabytes of hate-mail! Did you miss me? I didn't think so. In all seriousness, I had planned to resurrect my old Top 5 lists next month in honor of antiMusic's 10th anniversary, but on Monday I read Scott Weiland's childish hissyfit and it opened the door to a topic that I've been wanting to cover for a long time; how Weiland doesn't measured up to Axl.

I, for one, was excited when I heard that Slash, Duff and Matt were teaming up for a new group. The first info out was that Josh Todd was to front the group. I had my reservations when I heard this because, while Todd has a powerful voice, he's not that dynamic of a singer. Apparently the group agreed and he was out of the running. Then a host of names were floated, included a longtime antiMusic favorite Kelly Shaefer, but ultimately the band made the surprising choice of Scott Weiland. I was a little shocked because of Weiland's troubles and explosive personality, but maybe they felt his voice was strong enough to overcome those shortcomings.

Then the moment of truth arrived and we finally heard what this new supergroup sounded like and to be honest, I was under-whelmed. I wasn't expecting Guns N' Roses Pt II, but what I heard didn't make the sale and after a few spins, the CD was placed on the disappointment shelf to gather dust. I gave them another chance with their second CD and that was even more disappointing. The songs were strong, but the vocals just didn't have the power needed to make them shine. Velvet Revolver's music style calls for a lot more than the underpowered "Layne Staley lite" style of Stone Temple Pilots.

I understand that a lot of people loved what Velvet Revolver had to offer. They heard something that I must have missed, but I'm sure that most would agree that VR hasn't come anywhere close to matching what Guns N' Roses did musically. I personally lay a lot of blame for that on the vocals. So for this Top 5 list, I look at the reasons why Axl is better than Weiland.

5: Attitude - Axl may have an attitude at times, but it's mostly because he is a perfectionist and doesn't want to give less than 100%, which can cause problems with bandmates, whereas Weiland has an attitude because he's an a....

4: Power - When the song calls for it, Axl can take it PAST 11, whereas Weiland tends to top out around 6 1/2.

3: Appreciation - Axl is pretty reclusive, but when he does go out in public, fans can approach him and he'll talk with them, take photos etc, whereas Weiland has been reported to tell fans that want autographs or photos that he "doesn't do eBay". Damn, I might have paid 50 cents for that autograph.

2: Quality - 'Appetite' is a classic that is still selling well today, whereas 'Core' etc are largely forgotten now that the Alice in Chain clone trend is over.

And the number one reason why Axl is better than Weiland...

Originality -Axl has a very unique and dynamic voice that is unmistakable, whereas we're heard Weiland's voice from a dozen bands and it's about as original as a Fox reality show.

- Weiland fans can tell antiGuy off right here

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