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Snoop Bus Bust, Ratt Lose Member, de la Rocha Returns, Let Be DVD Denied, Ozzy Working on New CD, Late Night Mellencamp, No Lesbian Kiss for Miley and more


08/01/2008
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(antiMusic) Thought for the day: Your specially formatted email may look really pretty on your computer, but it probably looks like crap on the receiver's computer. Now let's get on to the quick stories making waves today:

A tour bus carrying Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas. more

BW&BK has learned that guitarist John Corabi (ex-Motley Crue) has quit Ratt, and that former Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo, has joined them.more

One Day As A Lion, the project featuring Zack De La Rocha (vocalist for Rage Against The Machine) and Jon Theodore (former drummer of The Mars Volta), has sold more than 17,000 copies of its eponymous debut EP in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 28 on The Billboard 200 chart. story submitted by HeadbangerNYC.com

Abbeyrd's Beatles Page sent us over this quick news about the rumored Let It Be DVD: The Daily Express and others ran a story Wednesday that pinning the blame for the non-release of the "Let It Be" DVD to Paul and Ringo. We had our doubts about this story and said so in our coverage. We sent out several emails to people who should know about the situation and received this word back exclusively from Apple: "We do have plans to release it some time in the future." more

Sharon Osbourne told Parade: "[Ozzy] 's working on a new album at the same time as doing live shows. He never stops writing music." full interview

John Mellencamp fans should tune-in or TiVo Friday's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. John Mellencamp is a guest and will perform a song from his new album Life Death Love and Freedom, backed by T Bone Burnett who, not so coincidentally, produced the album.

Canadian guitarist Dave Martone, billed as one of Guitar One Magazine's "top 4 underground shredders in North America", will release his debut album, Clean, through Magna Carta on October 7th. Featured guests on the album include Joe Satriani, Daniel Adair, Greg Howe, Billy Sheehan and Jennifer Batten. more

Tesla drummer Troy Lucketta contacted BW&BK directly today (July 31st) to announce that the band has finished recording their new album and will start mixing it tomorrow with an October release date in mind. more
Miley Cyrus, has come out and said she will not be engaging in some same-sex -underage-dear-god-that's-just-plain-weird smooching with Katy Perry. more
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is suing an Illinois filmmaker, alleging his work was sub-par and that he refused to give him the video footage owed him unless he receives more money. more
Mystery Jets have cancelled a number of upcoming festival appearence because frontman Blaine Harrison is ill. more

Britney Spears' father will retain control of her affairs, according to a court order issued in Los Angeles today (July 31). more

Against Me! have released a five-song b-side EP taken from the recording sessions of last year's New Wave. more

Ted Nugent will appear on TV's "Criss Angel Mindfreak" on August 25th Mistakes could often lead to death. Criss attempts to catch an arrow again, only this time it's being shot from a crossbow at a much faster speed. The archer, is special guest Ted Nugent. more

A 40-year-old documentary about Johnny Cash to air on the Public Broadcasting Service shows him in concert and in casual settings. But unlike the 2005 movie "Walk the Line," there's no mention of his well-documented substance abuse. The documentary "Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music" is expected to air Tuesday
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