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Love Vs. Manson
Blabbermouth reports: The New York Post
is reporting that Courtney Love seemed much more in control than usual
last week when she appeared at a court hearing in Los Angeles in connection
with her attempted Oct. 2 break-in at her ex-boyfriend's home. But she
did have one strange moment when she launched into an unsolicited attack
on rocker Marilyn Manson outside court. "You know Marilyn Manson is saying
that I staged [her July 9 hospitalization]," she said. "Isn't that sick."
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Cantrell Heart Jam
Blabbermouth reports: Former ALICE IN
CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell made a surprise appearance at the HEART
concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (August 1). He joined
in the encore on "Barracuda" and "Misty Mountain Top".
Jerry is currently writing new music and is expected to go into the studio in the next few months to record the follow-up to his 2002 solo effort, "Degradation Trip". The as-yet-untitled CD is tentatively due in early 2005 through an as-yet-undetermined label. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story
50 Cent Down With Simpsons
MTV reports: Next year, when you find
50 Cent in da club, his bottle full of bub will be popping in Springfield.
The G-Unit general will make a guest appearance in the next season of "The Simpsons," according to a FOX spokesperson. In an episode titled "Pranksta Rap," Bart sneaks off to attend a rap concert, featuring 50, without his parents' permission. When Homer and Marge realize their son is missing, he fakes his own kidnapping to avoid punishment.
rapper taped his voice last month for the animated series, which will start its 16th season November 7, but "Pranksta Rap" won't air until early 2005...[see full story for more] - Click Here for the Full Story
Boomtown Hits
MTV reports: The largest and most complete
greatest-hits album from the Boomtown Rats will hit stores on August 31.
The 19 tracks on Best of the Boomtown Rats � including their best-known
track, "I Don't Like Mondays" � were chosen via an Internet fan poll [more]-
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Kravitz Maps Out Tour
MTV reports: Lenny Kravitz is hitting
the road for a 19-city fall tour to promote his latest album, Baptism.
The outing will begin and end at casinos in two gambling capitals; the
first show takes place September 11 at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New
Jersey, and the last on October 16 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.-
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Stapp Solo debut
Rockdirt reports: Scott Stapp, former
lead singer of Creed, offers up a high-flying tune from 'Passion of the
Christ: Songs of Inspiration.' Hear why this rock star wants to 'Relearn
Love' on AOL Music's 'First Listen' at Netscape.com. -
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Twisted Sister Electrified
with AC/DC Frontman
Rockdirt reports: Brian Johnson of AC/DC
performed with Dee Snider of Twisted Sister at the 21st Rock and Blues
Custom Show Festival on Saturday (July 31) at an open field in Pentrich,
Derbyshire, England.- Click
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Chimaira Explain Musical
Drummers
Digital Noise reports: Chimaira have issued
a short statement in regards to the departure of drummer Richard "Ricky"
Evensand.
The statement, which was posted on their website, read as follows: "Chimaira have parted ways with drummer Ricky Evensand and have replaced him with Kevin Talley. There are many reasons for the split most of which have to do with visa issues. Chimaira kick off the Road Rage tour tomorrow night in their home town Cleveland and are excited to have Kevin behind the kit." - Click Here for the Full Story
Thrice Vocal Solo
Punkbands.com reports: Thrice vocalist/guitarist
Dustin Kensrue will be playing a number of solo acoustic shows, the schedule
is as follows:
August 05th Salt Lake City, UT - Lo Fi
Cafe
August 12th Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
August 13th Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
August 14th San Diego, CA - Epicentre
August 15th Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Courtyard
August 20th Los Angeles, CA - Knitting
Factory
August 21st Ventura, CA - The Loft
August 22nd San Francisco, CA - Bottom
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Nick Cave Double CD
Aversion reports: Nick Cave fans will
be treated to a pair of CDs' worth of songs this autumn.
Rather than a typical two-disc album, Cave and the Bad Seeds will release two albums, Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus in a single package. The album, recorded by Nick Launay Paris' Studio Ferber, was recorded this spring. It's set for an Oct. 26 release by Anti- Records. [more]- Click Here for the Full Story
Queers, Gamits Tour Kickoff
Aversion reports: The Queers and Gamits
revealed their tour plans.
The long-tipped tour will start Friday in Chicago and run until the middle of September. Ten Foot Pole supports the bands on the first leg of the tour, while Dynamite Boy takes up the banner for the second half of the jaunt. The Gamits are touring to support this year's Antidote (Suburban Home) [see full story for dates] - Click Here for the Full Story
Van Halen Glitch Explained
BW&BK reports: As previously reported,
there are sound errors on VAN HALEN's new Best Of Both Worlds compilation.
The main notable error is the sudden halt of �Finish What You Started'.
Van Halen's website has posted a message from producer Glen Ballard who
discusses the track:
"There's a great irony associated with our choice to present 'Finish What Ya Started' in a way that belies the title. We retrieved the analog master from the WB vault only to learn that it needed to be treated or "cooked" to restore its ability to be reproduced on the analog machine. The original two-track mix ends exactly as presented on the new Best Of Both Worlds. In the first mastering of the record nearly twenty years ago it was faded manually and that is the way it appears on the original OU812. We literally decided to let it 'Finish' in its truly original form, almost like a "director's cut."..." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story
Fates Warning Return With
New CD
BW&BK reports: FATES WARNING will
release their new album, FWX, on October 18th through Metal Blade Records
in Europe.
The follow-up to 2000's Disconnected was recorded at Carriage House studios in Stamford, Connecticut. [see full story for comments on the disc, tracklisting and a link to album art] - Click Here for the Full Story
Cinderella Goes Solo
BW&BK reports: Tom Keifer is currently
putting the finishing touches on a solo release and expects to be finished
by this fall. Also, Tom will be launching his own official website, www.tomkeifer.com.
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Anthrax Skateboards
RIFTrock reports: Anthrax are putting
out a limited edition series of "Among the Living" skateboards. The skateboards
are in the style of the old school 1986 models. [see full story for links
to photos of the deck]- Click
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Serj, Homme, Perry Shortlist
RIFTrock reports: Serj Tankian of System
of A Down and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age along with Jane's Addiction
frontman Perry Farrell will be just a few of the judges for Shortlist Music
Prize. The gathering features artists that are not very known that are
given a chance to win the contest and boost their name up to much higher
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Atreyu, Bleeding Through
Team for Rocktober Tour
siN's metal news reports: ATREYU, BLEEDING
THROUGH, SCARS OF TOMORROW and SILVERSTEIN will all be hitting the road
together this October.- Click
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Traffic Reunion Halted By
Illness
Reuters reports: The reunion tour of seminal
U.K. rock act Traffic has been canceled due to illness suffered by founding
member Jim Capaldi. The drummer was diagnosed last week with a severe gastric
ulcer that will require treatment. The group's first trek since 1994 was
due to begin Oct. 1 in San Francisco and visit North American theaters.
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Billy Idol Return
ArrowFM reports: it looks like Idol has
been working on his first studio album in over a decade and lining up a
handful of live shows to promote the album. Seems as if Idol and longtime
guitarist Steve Stevens teamed up with veteran producer John Kalodner,
who has fostered careers of such acts as Bon Jovi and Aerosmith. Even though
no release date has been set for the album, Kalodner said that it will
hit stores sometime "in winter or spring of 2005." "The style will be classic
Billy Idol hit songs," Kalodner wrote. He invented an amazing style and
he's sticking to it."- Click
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Waters' Wall Protest
ArrowFM reports: Waters is the first of
many musicians, artists and actors to sign and 8 ft mock up of the wall,
which will travel about the UK and be presented to its government as a
protest and petition. Roger scribbled, "We don't need no thought control"
under his signature. The campaign will focus on the poverty and marginalization
caused by the wall which Israel has been building to separate itself from
the occupied territories of Palestine. [see full story for more]-
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Rise Against Preview
IAYM reports: The entirity of Rise Against's
new album "Siren Song For The Counter Culture" can now be streamed online
at www.purevolume.com/riseagainst. The effort will see a release via Geffen
on August 10th.- Click
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KGB Band
IAYM reports: Steve Austin and Chris Debari
of Today Is The Day fame have formed a new project with Most Precious Blood
frontman Rub Fusco named KGB. Fusco will be handling vocals for the outfit,
with Austin on guitar and Debari playing bass. Plans are currently underway
for the group to record their first demo... [more]- Click
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Ex-Creed Tour
liveDaily reports: Alter Bridge--featuring
former Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti, drummer Scott Phillips and bassist
Brian Marshall, along with former Mayfield Four frontman Myles Kennedy--is
gearing up for its inaugural tour.
The run, which is booked into North American clubs, launches on Sept. 23, and dates are set through late October. Tickets for all of the currently confirmed stops are scheduled to hit the box office throughout August. [see full story for more including initial dates]- Click Here for the Full Story
Rollins To Rock The Troops
liveDaily reports: Rocker and spoken-word
artist Henry Rollins will soon embark on a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment
tour to provide a morale boost to U.S. troops stationed at Soto Cano Air
Base in Honduras.
Rollins, one of many former Black Flag frontmen, is scheduled to meet with service members, tour various job posts, sign autographs and give a spoken-word performance, according to a USO press release. - Click Here for the Full Story
Jimmy Eat World MP3-EP
Xfm reports: Today sees the release of
a downloadable EP by emo-punks Jimmy Eat World as a precursor to their
forthcoming new album. The band will return in October with the follow
up to 2002's �Jimmy Eat World' LP.
Jimmy Eat World have today (August 3) made the �Firestarter EP' available for download through iTunes. [see full story for more, check out the Firestarter cover and compare to Gene Simmon's remake) - Click Here for the Full Story
The Beta Band Disband
Xfm reports: After eight years and three
critically acclaimed albums the Beta Band have decided to call it a day.
Following the critically acclaimed release of this year's �Heroes To Zeros'
LP, the Scots four-piece will disband but not before a farewell tour this
autumn.
A statement from the band reads: "All good things must come to an end. And so it is that after eight years of creating consistently innovative music, releasing three critically acclaimed albums and staging some legendary live shows, The Beta Band have decided to call it a day. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story
Warped Wednesday
press release reports: Every Wednesday
all summer long between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM (EST), Fuse's air will be
overtaken by the hottest bands on the tour, hosting hours of their favorite
music videos and sharing their Warped road stories. Later in the day, fans
can then tune-in to Fuse's live daily studio telecast between 6:00 � 7:00
PM (EST) for a final fix of tour updates, news, exclusive interviews from
the road, and much more.
THIS WEEK'S GUEST: THE STARTING LINE- Click Here for the Full Story
Blackfield Debut
press release reports: Snapper Music today
confirm September 14 as the US release date for the anticipated self-titled
debut album from Blackfield. Featuring musician/producer Steven Wilson
(Porcupine Tree) and Israeli singer/songwriter Aviv Geffen, the album's
stateside release will follow the already growing European pre-release
buzz; European release set for August 23.- Click
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Charlie Watts Jazzes Up Solo
Effort
press release reports: Despite having
one of the greatest day jobs in rock n¹ roll, drummer Charlie Watts
went out and got himself a second job and unexpectedly ended up with a
new career this time as a jazzman. Charlie Watts And The Tentet is
his latest labor of love, a 10-piece jazz band that he performs with whenever
he gets time off from The Rolling Stones. On August 24th, they release
Watts At Scott's, a double-CD live album recorded at legendary London jazz
club Ronnie Scott's. - Click
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The Used Set Date, Single
press release(total assault) reports:
The highly anticipated sophomore album from The Used, entitled "In Love
And Death", will be released on September 28th. The Used once again teamed
with producer John Feldmann (Story Of The Year) on the effort. The first
single "Take It Away" will be available on iTunes and other digital music
retailers on August 24th. The Used recently filmed the video for the track
in Toronto with Motion Theory (REM, Less Than Jake). The Used are currently
out on the Projekt Revolution Tour with Linkin Park, Korn, Less Than Jake
and Funeral For A Friend. - Click
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A Year Ago Today: Jack White
Gets Screwed
Day in Rock reports: [Here is one of the
Top stories from one year ago today in the Day in Rock - see the full story
link to read the full report from a year ago]Sorry, couldn't resist that
headline.. now read the story from Undercover so you'll understand:
White Stripes guitarist Jack White has gone under the surgeons scalpel after breaking his finger in a car accident and is now the proud owner of a shiny new screw to help mend him back to action.
"A bone in the index finger of my fretting hand was shattered in an automobile accident," Jack says in a message at the band's website, "making it absolutely impossible to play guitar, especially since I've been instructed by doctor's that there is no way I can move my wrist until it is completely healed. The break did not heal properly, and surgery had to be performed. Three screws were placed in my finger to set the bones and insure complete recovery, three screws that will remain in my hand for life"
� The White Stripes Livid Shows in Australia
in October are safe but all White Stripes shows until the middle of September
have been cancelled. "This includes the festivals in the British Isles,
T in the Park, Witness, Reading, and Leeds" Jack says. -
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