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Report for 12/16/05
Top 5 of 05

Over the last few weeks of 05 we will be posting our writers' picks for the best of 2005. 

Each day we posted a new Top 5 list from one of our writers. At the conclusion we will present the master list comprised of the top picks from all of our writer submissions. 

Travis Becker's Top 5 of 05.

5) Erik Larson - Faith Hope Love
4) Corrosion of Conformity - In the Arms of God
3) High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
2) Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
1) Street Dogs - Back to the World

(click on the CD lists to read that writer's comments on each CD and for related links for release)

Emo Suicide
MTV reports: Tim Jordan, the former touring keyboard player for the All-American Rejects, committed suicide on Wednesday in Little Rock, Arkansas, according to the band's label, Interscope Records. Jordan played keyboards in Wisconsin emo-act Number One Fan and had joined the Rejects this past summer[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Laguna Vs MTV
Contact Music reports: Hit MTV reality show LAGUNA BEACH: THE REAL ORANGE COUNTY has come under fire from local residents who have accused programme makers of exploiting its teenage stars and ruining their seaside town.

The community in Laguna Beach is so incensed by the image they believe their California town now has, as a result of MTV, they are demanding the show be ditched immediately after the upcoming third series. [That's ok they can replace it with Brentwood: The Real Los Angeles. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Doherty HIV?
Contact Music reports: British rocker PETE DOHERTY's former drug dealer has begged the troubled singer to have an HIV test, after he was diagnosed with the virus.

OWEN O'DWYER started selling heroin to the ex-LIBERTINE three years ago (03), and he tells British newspaper The Sun the pair regularly injected it together.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Oasis Slams Fans
Contact Music reports: Rocker NOEL GALLAGHER has slammed fans of his band - deeming OASIS devotees "dopey".

He moans, "I don't like having my picture taken with them because half our fans are too dopey to use a camera. I've already wasted hours of my life on idiots with cameras in their hands who can't even work the flash.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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My Morning Spyware Fix
MTV reports: After answering many e-mails about the [Sony copy protection spyware] debacle, My Morning Jacket posted a link on their official site detailing how fans can bypass the MediaMax software, thereby allowing Z to play in most computers. And if that didn't work, the band members said they will happily burn fans a CD of the album, completely free of copy-protection software. "As our fans have been experiencing varying degrees of difficulty with the copy-protection mechanism employed by Sony BMG, we have responded to each e-mail with an apology ... assuring them that My Morning Jacket was not responsible for the decision," Martinovich wrote in a statement to MTV News [see full story for more including details on the software]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Google Music
AP reports: Online search engine leader Google Inc. will begin giving some musical artists the star treatment by spotlighting links to their songs, lyrics and other related material at the top of the results page. The music section, scheduled to debut Thursday, is designed to provide a more direct route to the content that most music fans want to see when they inquire about a singer or band[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Mad Division
Gigwise reports: Mark Owen has shocked fans at one of his gigs by pretending to hang himself at the end of a performance of Joy Division classic �Love Will Tear Us Apart'.

The Take That pop reject was appearing in Manchester when he performed the sick stunt by yanking his tie up and lolling his head to one side while letting his tongue hang out.[see full story for more including the lame response from his hack]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Louis XIV Euro Plans
Gigwise reports: Louis XIV are to tour Europe in the New Year playing in the UK, France and Germany along the way.

The L.A. sleaze rockers have announced eleven dates so far, with a promise of more to come, staring in Oxford on February 25.[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Urge Coming
liveDaily reports: [A little bit more info on this story] MTV Networks has unveiled plans to launch a digital-music service dubbed URGE, which the company has designed and developed with help from Microsoft. When launched in 2006, the service will offer more than 2 million songs from the major labels and thousands of independent labels[Interesting combo - MTV and Microsoft- the only problem is the songs may be interrupted every minute for three minutes of commercials and then crash when it tries to resume. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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War Cry.US Illness
Blabbermouth reports: WAR CRY.US singer Rich "Roar" Rozek (ex-WAR CRY) has announced that, like actor Michael J. Fox, he has been dealing with the effects of Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson's Disease is a neurological disease that kills brain cells that produce a chemical that controls your muscles. As the disease progresses, there could be tremors, rigidity of the muscles, slow movement, and a loss of balance.[see full story for more including a statement from Rich]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ozzy Sellout Continues
Blabbermouth reports: According to Hendon & Finchley Times, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne were at the Regent Banqueting Suite, Regents Park Road in Finchley, England late last month for the filming of the latest Pepsi commercial. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Denial of God regrouped
Blabbermouth reports: Long-running Danish "black horror metal" band DENIAL OF GOD have completed their lineup with the addition of a new bassist and drummer. The group's current formation is as follows:

Ustumallagam - Vocals
Azter - Guitar
The Unknown - Bass
Galheim - Drums
[see full story for more info on what these fine fellows are going to do together. Although unknown's ability are just that]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Roadrunner United Songs
Roadrunner reports: [we changed this to the past tense since we didn't get it until after yesterday's report posted)Last night's Roadrunner United show at the Nokia Theater in NYC brought together the best and brightest from the Hard Rock / Metal genres in a series of never-before-seen collaborations. This landmark live event consisted of moments like Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Life of Agony's Keith Caputo singing Stone Sour's hit "Bother" together and HIM's Ville Valo singing a song that influenced his music, Type O Negative's classic "Black No. 1," along with many other collaborations! [see full story for track and artist listing]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Poison Theft Arrest
BW&BK reports: On October 24th, 2005, the home of legendary rock guitarist, C.C. Deville was broken into and over 30 pieces of equipment were stolen. A concentrated effort lead by the LAPD's Van Nuys Burglary Division, Planet Deville and VH-1 came to a culmination with the arrest of the thief at the Ranchero Cucamonga Guitar Center on December 8th, 2005.

Giorgio Alessandro Trabucco of Van Nuys California was arrested while attempting to sell C.C.'s Les Paul Jr to Guitar Center. An employee, who had been alerted earlier in the day that his location was in possession of pieces stolen from C.C., quickly called Johannessongs and the Cucamonga Police.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sno-Core Dates
Audio Aggression reports: The complete Sno-Core tour schedule is now available. The tour will be co-headlined by Seether and Shinedown, with Flyleaf and Halestorm opening. The dates are as follows:

January 20th in Lubbock, TX @ The Pavilion
January 21st in Amarillo, TX @ Aztec Music Hall
January 23rd in Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theater
January 24th in Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Marky Returns
Audio Aggression reports: Former Adema front-man Mark Chavez has resurfaced in a new band, Midnight Panic. The band is expected to independently release five-thousand limited edition versions their self-titled debut later this month[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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RIAA Strike Again
tinfoil.music reports: The Recording Industry Association of America said Thursday it had filed a new round of lawsuits against 751 as-yet-unnamed people who are accused of making copyright music available on file-trading networks. The suits are the latest in a campaign that has now targeted more than 17,000 people. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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