antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 8/05: Beatle Vs J.Lo- Def Lep Brawl- Britney Wonka- Elton Slams Live 8- Ryan Adams- Hermano- NIN

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Report for 8/05/05

Beatle Vs J.Lo

Contact Music reports: SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has slammed stars including SEAN 'P DIDDY' COMBS and JENNIFER LOPEZ for flaunting their wealth by wearing expensive fur coats - because animals are tortured to make them look good.

The former BEATLE has marked PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS' (PETA) 25th anniversary by urging celebrities to watch the animal rights group's videos - which show animals being tortured and slaughtered - before investing in animal skin fashion statements. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Def Lep Brawl

Blabbermouth reports: According to the Schaumburg Review, a fight broke out during the DEF LEPPARD/BRYAN ADAMS concert at Alexian Field in Schaumburg, Illinois at about 9:30 p.m. July 30 resulting in the arrest of three men, Schaumburg police said.

According to a police report, a group of concert-goers sitting in the main concourse had complained that occupants of a skybox had been spilling beer, ice cubes and cigarette ash on them during the concert. On three separate occasions they had approached security on duty, requesting assistance in stopping the skybox patrons' behavior to no avail.

The patrons on the concourse level attempted to stop the skybox patron behavior by throwing plastic beer bottles back up into the skybox area, allegedly hitting occupants of the skybox. The skybox patrons retaliated by throwing full beverage containers down onto the concourse patrons, who then went to the third-floor skybox level to confront the skybox occupants. Words were exchanged, which "ignited a melee" between the two parties, according to police reports. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Silly News: Britney Wonka

Ananova reports: Britney Spears reportedly wants to call her baby Charlie - after the character in Roald Dahl's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Britney is expecting her first child in October with husband Kevin Federline.

Britney attended the US premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a few weeks ago and thinks the name would be great for a boy or a girl.[Don't worry, another King Kong remake is coming out soon as well as a new Deuce Bigalow waste of time. Maybe Britney will change her mind about the name. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Elton Slams Live 8

Gigwise reports: The media hailed the awareness-raising extravaganza in Hyde Park as the greatest show on earth, yet Elton clearly doesn't seem to think so.

Speaking to The Telegraph, Elton candidly said: "I thought it was a bit of an anti-climax, to be honest.

"The thought behind it was fantastic, but Hyde Park is a charisma-free zone. There was no sense of occasion and from a musical point, I didn't think there were too many highlights."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

September Adams

Aversion reports: Ryan Adams announced he'll release his next album, September in, you guessed it, September. How clever.

The album was originally titled Jacksonville, and no reasons were given about Adams' change of title.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Hermano Live CD

Blabbermouth reports: HERMANO, the California-based band featuring vocalist John Garcia (UNIDA, KYUSS), have completed work on their live album, tentatively due later in the year via Suburban. "The artwork is badass, thanks to our good friend in Atlanta, Mr. Charlie Owens," the band write in a press release. "The disc has tunes from each release and some special nuggets for your enjoyment... It's loose, loud and totally HERMANO!"[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

NIN Vs Scalpers

Blabbermouth reports: NINE INCH NAILS has launched a special ticketing program for its upcoming run of U.S. tour dates. A two-tiered effort to combat ticket scalping has been put in place to help ensure that true fans have the maximum opportunity to obtain premium seating for NINE INCH NAILS concerts. Through the band's fan club ticketing and online auction program, NINE INCH NAILS is helping prevent scalpers from its selling tickets at inflated unauthorized prices and, in true Robin Hood fashion, NINE INCH NAILS will donate to charity, what would have been the scalper's proceeds. [see full story for details]- Click Here for the Full Story

Megaflop?

Blabbermouth reports: The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine:

Artist/Event: GIGANTOUR: MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE, LIFE OF AGONY, SYMPHONY X, DRY KILL LOGIC, BOBAFLEX
Venue: Selland Arena
City/State: Fresno, Calif.
Date: July 21, 2005
Attendance: 1,866
Capacity: 6,545

Artist/Event: GIGANTOUR: MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE, LIFE OF AGONY, SYMPHONY X, DRY KILL LOGIC, BOBAFLEX
Venue: Open Air Theatre
City/State: San Diego, Calif.
Date: July 28, 2005
Attendance: 2,228
Capacity: 4,598
[see full story for more reports on other metal tours]- Click Here for the Full Story

Ozzfest Postponement

Blabbermouth reports: According to Minnesota's Pure Rock 93X, the Ozzfest concert originally planned for this Sunday, August 7 at the Float-Rite Amphitheatre in Somerset, WI will be rescheduled for Saturday, September 10. "The word is: Ozzy [Osbourne] injured his voice and needs a break," reads a posting on the radio station's web site.

"Those that have reservations to camp this weekend at Float-Rite campground are encouraged to keep their plans. Upon on arrival at Floatrite this weekend ... campers will be given a complimentary certificate for camping at the September 10th Ozzfest performance." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Motley Illness?

BW&BK reports: Doctors fear for rock hellraiser TOMMY LEE's health after a photo of him with a fan showed his tongue covered in brown lesions.

Ilana Alonzo, 25, met the MOTLEY CRUE drummer at a radio station in Los Angeles and posed for a snap with him, while he struck a pose.

Only when the hospital worker developed the picture did she spot the raised spots on Lee's tongue and alerted doctors where she works. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Yahoo Your Music

Reuters reports: Web media company Yahoo Inc. on Thursday launched a free Web audio search service that helps users find, hear and buy everything from music downloads and podcasts to interviews and newscasts.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Mudhoney Recording

Reuters reports: Veteran Seattle rock act Mudhoney is in the studio working on its first album since 2002's "Since We've Become Translucent." The as-yet-untitled set is expected to be released in early 2006 via Sub Pop.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Little Milton Campbell RIP

AP reports: Mississippi bluesman Little Milton Campbell has died in a Memphis hospital from complications of a stroke, his publicist Carrie Newton

Newton said Campbell, 71, died Thursday about 8:50 a.m. Newton said no other details were being released immediately.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Nickelback Release

Audio Aggression reports: Nickelback have titled their upcoming release 'All the Right Reasons', which is due out on October 4th. The first single, "Photograph", will be hitting rock radio next Monday, August 8th. According to an MTV article, the single is described as a mid-paced melodious rocker about the mistakes we make and those milestone moments we experience as confused, mixed-up teenagers as we struggle to figure out what life's all about. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Linkin Solo

Audio Aggression reports: Linkin Park's frontman Chester Bennington is currently in the studio recording his debut solo album with producers Amir Derakh, and Ryan Shuck, of the band Orgy. The as-yet-untitled cd is expected for an early 2006 release. - Click Here for the Full Story

Fiddy Movie?

NME reports: Renowned soundtrack composer QUINCY JONES is to score the forthcoming movie based on the life of 50 CENT.

The film, which takes its name from 50 Cent's debut album 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'', is to be directed by Jim Sheridan, director of 'My Left Foot' and 'In The Name of The Father', which also received Oscar nominations. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Sworn Enemy Release

The PRP reports: Sworn Enemy have confirmed an official October 18th release date through Abacus for their new album "The Beginning Of The End".[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Boysetsfire Ink Deal

The PRP reports: BOYSETSFIRE have now officially signed a deal with Equal Vision for the North American territory. The group have been hard at work on a new album as of late with plans to release it through the aforementioned label in the not too distant future.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

40 Below Drummer

The PRP reports: 40 Below Summer have recruited Ali Nassar as their new drummer, he replaces Carlos Aguilar, who recently exited the group.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Promise Ring Reunite

punkbands reports: Hot damn. The headline above is not a typo. First Lifetime, now The Promise Ring will be reuniting to headline a showcase at Flower Booking's 15th anniversary celebration and fundraiser, Flower15, this November. The kings of Midwestern feel-good pop have not played a show since they disbanded in 2002 and their performance on November 12th will be their one and only reunion. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

...Top Five Special: All That Remains frontman Philip Labonte

The Top Five special returns! We kick things back off with Philip Labonte from All That Remains Top Five albums list plus the next staff list, this time from antiMusic editor Keavin Wiggins.

Philip Labonte's Top Five Albums of All Time!

5. At The Gates - Slaughter The Soul:
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4. Clutch - Clutch:
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3. Iron Maiden - Killers:
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2. Carcass - Necroticism:
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1. Sarah Mclachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy:
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About All That Remains: All that Remains is touring hard in support of their critically hailed sophomore set This Darkened Heart. After ripping it up with the Sounds of the Underground Tour, All That Remains jumped right back on the road with Chimaira, Six Feet Under and 3 Inches Of Blood to bring their metalcore to the masses across the US this month. See the link to the band's website for tour dates and to learn more about them.

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