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Day In Rock 10/21: Green Day Says "F**K The Network"- GNR Greatest Hits- Microsoft Music Not Kosher- More on Metallica- Linkin Park & Papa Roach Smokeout- Avril +McLachlan = Cable Show- New Releases- Stone Temple Rehab- KISS Guitarist Recovering- Filter In Chains- Lamb Of God's Epic DVD- Zombie Comic
by Keavin Wiggins
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The Day in Rock Tuesday- antiMUSIC.com's look at Top Rock News Stories From the past 24 Hours

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Green Day Says "F**K The Network". 
From Green Day's official website: Green Day's Billy Armstrong is stirring the pot a bit in the Network controversy, which says that the new album by the masked band "The Network" released under Armstrong's vanity label is actually a studio album from Green Day that was rejected by their record company.  Armstrong gave fans a recorded message on the official Green Day site where he says, "Hey everybody, what's up? This is Billy Joe. Uh, I just wanted to talk about the rumors and the bulls*** that has been going on lately. All I gotta say is f*** The Network. These guys are totally spreading rumors. I try to do those guys a favor by bringing them to this country and putting out their record and this is how I get repaid, by talking s*** about my band. Anyways, unfortunately there is a contract and I have to put out their record. So, The only thing I can say is �f*** you Network, bring it on', [unintelligible]".-- Click Here for the Full Story

If you wake up at a different time in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?

GNR Plan Greatest Hits
siN's metal news reports: In a stretch for business, Universal Music will be releasing the official GUNS N' ROSES 'Greatest Hits' later this year.

The tracklisting for the album is as follows (in no order):

Welcome To The Jungle
Live And Let Die
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Sweet Child Of Mine
November Rain
Patience
Paradise City
Civil War
You Could Be Mine
Don't Cry' (original version)
Yesterdays
Ain't It Fun
Since I Don't Have You
Sympathy For The Devil

The scheduled release is November 25th.

- Click Here for the Full Story

Hum, live album, greatest hits, videos to DVD� check�   new studio album�.  ??? 

Microsoft Music Not Kosher
AP Reports - Nearly a year after Microsoft Corp. agreed to end its anticompetitive conduct, the government is raising concerns the world's largest software maker is trying to use its dominant Windows operating system to influence where customers buy their music online. 

If the dispute isn't resolved by week's end, it could become the first test of Microsoft's landmark antitrust settlement that was approved by a federal court in October 2002. 

Lawyers for the Justice Department and 19 state attorneys general have formally complained to a federal judge about a design feature of Windows that compels consumers who buy music online to use only Microsoft's Internet browser and steers them to a Web site operated by the company. 

Microsoft's design "may be inconsistent" with the settlement, government lawyers wrote in court papers asking U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to intervene if the problems aren't resolved. 

The company said Monday it is willing to work with the government but does not believe the design is illegal. Online music purchases are expected to be one of the most-lucrative areas for Internet commerce. 

"We believe that the use of Internet Explorer by the Shop-for-Music-Online link in Windows is consistent with the design rules established by the consent decree, and we will continue to work with the government to address any concerns," spokeswoman Stacy Drake said. -Click Here for the Full Story

As long as Bill doesn't get to choose which songs we play on our PC's. "Blinded Me With Science" and "Everybody Wants to Rule The World" 24/7 would get old real quick. 

More on Metallica Cancellation
siN's metal news reports: We now have an official statement regarding the cancelled METALLICA dates for South America and Japan. Here's from Intersandman.com. They pulled this quote from the a Brazilian chapter of the MetClub:

"We'd like to tell you that Brazilian concerts of METALLICA are officially cancelled. The producer just e-mailed us telling that. Also, the producer tells that money back thing will be know later today, through an official statement about the cancelation of the shows. We also know that Sony from Japan confirmed the cancelation on that country, like a newspaper in Chile. So, we all are very sorry about that and we getting worried because we sent e-mails for MetClub asking what happened and, until now, no answers we get."

A confirmation from the members of METALLICA has not yet been made.

.- Click Here for the Full Story

[Insert pots and pans joke here.] 

Linkin Park & Papa Roach Smokeout
Launch reports: Linkin Park and Papa Roach are among the artists confirmed to play the sixth annual Smokeout Festival on November 15, at the NOS Event Center in San Bernardino, California. Pennywise, Cypress Hill, Superjoint Ritual, and rappers Obie Trice and DMX are also scheduled to appear on the main stage, with a host of smaller and independent acts on a second stage. Click Here for the Full Story

Avril +McLachlan = Cable Show
Billboard reports: Canadian singers Sarah McLachlan and Avril Lavigne will share a stage for the first time when women's cable network Oxygen presents "Sarah McLachlan Custom Concert featuring Avril Lavigne." 
   
The show, to take place Nov. 4 in New York, will be broadcast Nov. 9 by Oxygen at 9 p.m. ET. 

McLachlan will perform songs from her forthcoming Arista album "Afterglow" (due Nov. 4), but the artist will allow Oxygen viewers to choose other portions of the night's set list. Fans who visit Oxygen's Web site (http://www.oxygen.com) through Nov. 2 will have the opportunity to vote on which of McLachlan's hit songs -- including "Building a Mystery," "Into the Fire," "I Will Remember You," "Sweet Surrender" and "Possession" -- she will perform. 

Lavigne will perform a cover song -- Metallica's "Fuel," Green Day's "Basketcase," Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door" or the Police's "King of Pain" -- also chosen by fans/viewers. . Click Here for the Full Story

"Oxygen is like totally like punk rawk. But um, I'm more punk than you! Look, I'm like totally wearing Dickies!!, " screams Advil Latrine. "How's my hair look?" 

New Releases
RIFTrock reports: This week Something Corporate's second album North hits stores, along with Dope's Group Therapy, Anti-Flag's The Terror State, the long awaited release of Punk Goes Acoustic, Lucky Boy Confusion Commitment, All Out War's Condemned to Suffer, The Rapture Echoes, Under A Dying Sun's Supernova, Zebrahead's MFZB, Pipedown Mental Weaponry, Joy Electric's The Magic of Christmas, Bleach's Astronomy and Between the Buried & Me's The Silent Circus. 

Next week look for new releases from The Strokes and Hatebreed..- Click Here for the Full Story

Stone Temple Rehab
Blabbermouth reports: a U.S. judge has allowed STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/VELVET REVOLVER lead singer Scott Weiland to remain free while he tries to kick a persistent drug habit, but has warned him that could change if he has another "dirty" drug test.

Judge Colette Serio on Monday (October 20) congratulated Weiland on completing most of the drug testing and counselling requirements stemming from his August no contest plea to two felony drug possession charges. The 35-year-old California native tested positive for drugs shortly after his May 17 arrest in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank but subsequent tests have been clean, Serio said.

"Overall this is an excellent report," Serio told Weiland. "I want to advise you that if you have any other positive tests you will have to go back to residential treatment."- Click Here for the Full Story

KISS Guitarist Recovering
Launch reports: Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick is feeling better after being shot last week in West Hollywood, California. He's planning on keeping up his schedule of appearances for the rest of the year, including the Kissapalooza Kiss expo in Winnipeg, Canada, on November 1, and a November 8 show in Jupiter, Florida, with his current band, classic rockers Grand Funk Railroad.-Click Here for the Full Story 

You mean Fozzy wasn't really held hostage all those years in Japan and didn't really write all those songs? I'll be damned!

Filter In Chains
Blabbermouth reports: FILTER mainman Richard Patrick has posted the following message to the "Rich's Words" section of the group's official web site:

"Ladies and gentlemen the new FILTER record is unbelievable, it's coming along nicely and it's full of lots of variety. [Engineer] Rae Dileo and I are pounding out the songs and I've been talking to new producers to bring on board, there's some really talented folks out there. I recently had the honor and privilege of having [former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist] Jerry Cantrell come into the studio and work on new material with me. He came and pumped out about 100 hundred riffs and it was awesome, I had a lot of fun and it's great to work with him. Ya know, I've been sober for more than a year now, and the first thing I did to mark the anniversary was to go out and get a tattoo of my sobriety date on my arm. It didn't hurt at all, it only cost me $60 and it'll be there forever. I've been seeing a lot of shows in LA recently including RADIOHEAD and MARILYN MANSON, they both rocked and its making me want to get back out on the road again. So yeah thanks for the support, expect a new FILTER record in the near future, love ya and I'll talk to you soon."- Click Here for the Full Story

Lamb Of God's Epic DVD
Metal Underground reports: Lamb Of God have set "Terror and Hubris" as the title for their forthcoming DVD, due out by the end of the year via the group's official web site (early 2004 through all retail outlets). The disc, which is set to be released with a list price of $9.99, will consist of 13 chapters and 11 extras, including 4-5 live performance tracks taken from this year's Hellfest and New England Hardcore and Metal Festival, all three Lamb Of God videos, interviews with the group and individual members, promo videos and various self-recorded behind-the-scenes material.

Says drummer Chris Adler, "This is a quick snapshot of the past several years and a way for us to make a video collection for ourselves and the people that have helped this band build without insulting them with a big price tag."

In other news, Lamb Of God have officially confirmed that they have inked a new recording contract with Epic Records (Sony Music) via a special arrangement with their previous label Prosthetic Records. The signing was officially announced by the band during their appearance of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" this past Saturday night (October 18)..- Click Here for the Full Story

Zombie Comic
Metal Underground reports: The first issue of Rob Zombie's long-awaited comic book, "Spookshow International", is set to hit the stands on October 29. 

Described by Rob as "an anthology comic," "Spookshow International" will have "three stories in every issue that continue on throughout the course of the book," Zombie explained to DigitalWebbing.com. Each story will be written by Rob with art by such talents as Mike Manley, Will Conrad, Pat Boutin and comic-book legend Gene Colan.

"The first [story in the first issue] is called 'El Superbeasto', which is sort of a superhero-masked-mexican-wrestler guy who lives in this world that sort of a monster world," Rob said. "But it's funny, y'know? It's sort of like Austin Powers. It's a take on '60s spy movies, and has that vibe. Sort of 'Rat Pack' meets 'The Munsters' � secret agent � superhero � monster � guy!

"The second story in there is sort of a 'House Of 1000 Corpses' story � sort of different adventures of some of the characters. The third story is one that Gene Colan, who was always one of my favorite artists in the '70s, did for me many years ago but like I never printed. It's like 'The Origin of Zombie' story! It's kind of this fictitious thing, as if it's a character that kind of keeps coming back. It's kind of a 'House of Frankenstein' almost � with Professor Lampini traveling circus � and this character kind of looks like Boris Karloff in that movie. It's pretty cool."- Click Here for the Full Story

Shameless plug. Also be sure to check out our guest Top 5 with Rob Zombie where he gives his Top 5 Favorite Horror films in honor of Halloween.  

Rocktober Song of the Day

Rocktober 21st:
MxPx - "Everything Sucks (When You're Gone)"
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**Press Releases**
Snippets from some of the press releases that have come in over the past 24 hours

DreamWorks DVD's
All American Rejects � just released Live From Oklahoma�The Too Bad For Hell DVD!  The band brings you back to their home town and shows you how they rocked the Brady Theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  The DVD features 10 live performances, some videos and a tour of Stillwater, Oklahoma with your tour guides Tyson, Nick, Mike and Chris.  For more info on the band go to www.allamericanrejects.com.  Don't forget to catch AAR on the Nokia Unwired Tour with Hoobastank and Ozomatli.

Jimmy Eat World � Believe In What You Want was just released exclusively on the bands website www.jimmyeatworld.com. Believe In What You Want boasts more than two hours of footage.  It's accompanied by a bonus audio disc bearing previously unreleased versions of the songs "Hear You Me" and "My Sundown" (cut at a studio session featured on the DVD) and live renditions of "Bleed American," "Sweetness" and "The Authority Song" (culled from a Washington, D.C., show captured on the DVD).  Perhaps most compelling, however, is a 45-minute documentary that tells the story
behind Jimmy Eat World, the quartet's platinum 2001 album.  This is a must for any Jimmy Eat World fan.  For more information on the band go to their site www.jimmyeatworld.com

Nashville Pussy Keep on F*cking
NASHVILLE PUSSY - Explosive, head-banging, foot-stomping, obscenity-laden, punk charged, sexually fueled --  Grammy nominated Nashville Pussy IS raunchy, "southern discomfort" rock & roll! The key line in Say Something Nasty (ARTEMIS RECORDS) comes from the uproarious "Keep On F*ckin'," which declares, "even a dog can understand it."  "That's what this band's really about," declares singer Blaine Cartwright. "We rock for the stupid and the smart. Our audience runs the gamut every night but everyone wants to get laid." 

Nashville Pussy's new DVD is Keep on F*cking In Paris will be released on 11th November 2003. The video will be presented in 4:3 full-frame and the disc will carry a Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) soundtrack. The tracklisting includes: Something Nasty, Struttin Cock, Piece of Ass, She's Got the Drugs, The Bitch Just Kicked Me Out, You Give Drugs a Bad Name, Shoot First and Run Like Hell, Go To Hell, Let's Ride, High As Hell, Gonna Hitchhike Down to Cincinnati and Kick the ---- Outta Your Drunk Daddy, Fried Chicken and Coffee, Shot Down in Flames, Age of Pamparius and Go Mother F*cker Go. 

Extras include a potentially amusing sing-a-long option; a bonus video; a slide show and the lyrics. The suggested retail price will be $19.95.

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