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Report for 11/17/05

Ozzy Moons Rock Hall

BBC reports: Rock heroes Pink Floyd, The Who and New Order have been saluted by the music industry at a ceremony to induct them into the UK Music Hall of Fame. 

But Ozzy Osbourne, whose band Black Sabbath were also honoured, stole the show with a bottom-baring performance. 

"That was a lot of fun," he said after mooning at the crown which gave him a standing ovation at the London event. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Manson Movie

The Gauntlet reports: Marilyn Manson has signed up to star as a hideous ancient prophet who "eats ostriches and rapes women" in a new supernatural vampire movie.

The shock rocker will star alongside Nick Nolte in 'King Shot.'[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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iTunes Price Hike

tinfoil reports: EMI Group (UK:EMI) expects Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) to increase the price of popular songs and cut those by unknown acts on its iTunes Web site within a year, according to a published report Wednesday. The chief executive of EMI Music, Alain Levy, said EMI had discussed the issue with Apple CEO Steve Jobs and believed Apple planned to end its single-price policy for iTunes music[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Chesney Beats 50 Cent

E! reports: He might be a tough guy on the silver screen, but on this week's album chart, 50 Cent got an old-fashioned butt-whipping from Kenny Chesney.

Chesney scored his fourth straight number-one debut with The Road and the Radio making roadkill of the Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Murder Inc Trial Starts

Reuters reports: Rap stars came to court on Wednesday in support of two rap mogul brothers accused of living up to their gangster image by laundering drug money in a case blurring the image of rap and the drug underworld. 

The defendants, Irving and Christopher Lorenzo, are CEO and president of the rap label formerly known as Murder Inc. and who also took the nicknames of Irv and Chris Gotti after the notorious Gambino crime family[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Darkness Vs Pete

Gigwise reports: Justin Hawkins, fresh from wishing Coldplay would die, labelling Chris Martin's involvement in Live 8 fake and calling Frankie Poullain "talentless", has waded in on Doherty too.

The NME reports Hawkins as saying: "I'd say firstly (Pete) doesn't do rock music, and secondly, he only sells records because people are curious as to what a junkie sounds like. I think that's really wrong and really irresponsible...I think he's a talent less waste of f***ing skin!"[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kaiser Chiefs Virus

Gigwise reports: Kaiser Chiefs have been forced to cancel a host of tour dates in Spain after the band were struck down by "a highly contageous & rare virus" among their travelling party.

The Leeds five piece were due to take part on the ‘Wintercase' tour but have now had to cancel according to a statement on their official website. [At first we thought it might be the killer virus sucius assius but that's not that rare these days. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Deftone Poetry Jam

Blabbermouth reports: According to a posting at DeftonesWorld.com, DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng will read some of his poetry at this year's Crossing Border Festival on November 18 in The Hague, the Netherlands beginning at around 8:00 p.m. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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More Charges in Opeth Case

Blabbermouth reports: Police have filed two more charges against Leon R. Whitman the Michigan tour bus driver arrested Sunday amid allegations he flew a Michigan teen to Tampa over the weekend and had sex with her inside his room at the Wyndham Westshore Hotel. 

After reviewing pictures and footage on Whitman's digital camera and camcorder, investigators charged him Tuesday with one felony count of using a child for a sexual performance. They also filed an additional count of computer pornography, jail records show.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Storm Destruction

Blabbermouth reports: Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have been forced to cancel their previously announced shows in Oulu, Finland and Oslo, Norway. The group have issued the following statement via their official web site:

"A storm on the north and east sea and the cancellation of several ferries from Tallin, Estonia to Helsinki, Finland seems to be the reason for the cancelled concerts in Oulu, Finland and Oslo, Norway! [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bass Dethroned

Blabbermouth reports: GOD DETHRONED bassist Henk "Henke" Zinger will be temporarily replaced after the first four shows of the band's upcoming tour with THE HAUNTED and GOD FORBID (November 21 onwards) due to "other obligations." However, Zinger's position in the group will remain unaffected and he will resume his duties before the end of the year.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dimebag TV Tribute

Blabbermouth reports: Music Choice, the premier, multi-platform music network, remembers legendary hard rock/metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, whose life ended tragically on December 8, 2004. Music Choice On Demand will feature the best of Dimebag on its video-on-demand service from November 28 to December 11. The Dimebag Darrell Tribute Hot List showcases four music videos featuring Dimebag, along with a musical and personal tribute to Dimebag from fellow guitarist and best friend Zakk Wylde of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Outkast Delay

MTV reports: Bad news for all you Outkast fans out there: Despite promises from Big Boi himself that they'd drop a new album in December, it's just not going to happen. The ATL duo had originally planned on releasing Idlewild — the soundtrack to the film of the same name — on December 6, but apparently, they never checked with their label, LaFace Records.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Jacko Rumors

MTV reports: The rampant rumors aren't true, insists Michael Jackson's spokesperson. No, he has not purchased any property on Bahrain's Amwaj Islands. No, he has not put Neverland up for sale. And no, he didn't intentionally use a women's restroom in Dubai to reapply makeup.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Morbid Behemoth Tour

Blabbermouth reports: MORBID ANGEL, BEHEMOTH, and KRISIUN will apparently be teaming up for a U.S. tour next spring. Only two dates have been announced so far[see full story for those]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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HHH Special: Troll

antiMusic reports: Mark is on a roll and today's special Hensch Hometown Hero is Troll, a band that delivers a multicultured, multi-genre explosion of style. Here is Mark with more.

On their 2001 debut, Que Son Los Trolls Y En Que Nos Ayudan? (henceforth referred to simply as Que), Troll mix varying degrees of J-Rock (a slang term for Japanese pop rock), brit-pop, 1960's-1970's American West Coast Garage rock, Kyuss stoner vibes, Pixie freakouts, Latin beats, Texicana folk, and straight new-age noise rock to make a band so diverse it is unique. This represents a perfect analogy for America itself; how did a country formed almost entirely out of immigrants (i.e. unoriginal inhabitants) go on to represent something wholly separate and unique from anything else in the entire world? Troll come across in the exact same way; on one hand, music fans can probably detect a million different styles and influences here. On the other side of the divide, Troll blends those influences so well that everyone will swear they're hearing a musical revolution that has never been done before. .. see full story for the rest of the review- Click Here for the Full Story 

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