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 Brand
New Fairweather |
punkbands reports: Former members of Fairweather
have teamed up with the former singer of Brand New Disaster to create a
new rock band called Olympia. Just out of the studio, Olympia has made
two songs from their demo available for download on myspace.com.[see full
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| Melvins
Update |
punkbands reports: After numerous changes,
Melvins have finally solified a new lineup by enlisting the aid of Hydrahead
act, Big Business. That band released Head for the Shallow last year and
the addition of the two piece gives the Melvins a new bassist and two drummers.
Current drummer Dale Crover had this to
say about the unusual setup to Billboard:
He's left handed, so we want to do this
'mirror image' type of thing. We've kind of fused our two drum sets together,
and we're going to try and do some crazy thing with it. We're sharing these
big toms in between us The band hopes to begin working on a new studio
full length in the next year, but are planning a live CD which documents
a recent performance of the entirety of their 1993 release, Houdini. [see
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| Red
Chord Drumless |
siN's metal news reports: THE RED CHORD have
released the following statement about how you can be their new drummer:
"Just when you thought we'd keep the same five guys in our band for more
than six months, think again. We have switched out drummers. We'll chock
it all up to personal issues and irreconcilable differences... best of
luck in future ventures... long and happy life... yadda yadda yadda. But,
everything is going 100% on schedule. We're still doing all of our upcoming
tour dates and we have some really big tours to announce in the near future.
Our long time friend, Kevin Talley (ex-CHIMAIRA, MISERY INDEX) will be
joining us on our upcoming tour with THROWDOWN. It's about time we finally
jammed together and we're looking forward to seeing how it all goes.
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| de
la Rocha Rejects Bad Brains |
Rockdirt reports: The New York Post hears
that former Rage Against the Machine singer Zack de la Rocha turned down
an offer to join rasta-punk legends the Bad Brains[see full story for more]-
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| Suicidal
CD |
The Gauntlet reports: SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
frontman Mike Muir has posted the following message on the band's web site:
"We're happy to let you know that our good friend and someone that talent
wise and as a person we all highly respect, Paul Northfield [producer],
has flown back into town and work has started on the new SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
CD.
"For the next month we'll be sorting, working
on and finishing up all the projects that we hope to release in the next
year...of course starting with the new SUICIDAL TENDENCIES CD. [see full
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| Def
Covers Release |
The Gauntlet reports: Def Leppard will release
an album of covers, titled Yeah!, this spring and will support it with
a summer tour. Guitarist Vivian Campbell and singer Joe Elliott were both
influenced by songs from the glam rock era as children in the early '70s,
so they've recorded Roxy Music's "Street Life" "as more of a punk rock
song," Campbell told RollingStone.com.
The group will start working on a new studio
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| 3
Japan |
Press Release reports: 3 are on their way
to become international stars! Their post-metal, melodic, emotional textured
sound has created a fan-base across many genres from pop punk to metal!
Gaining global exposure, 3 will be performing at the Independence-D Festival
on March 4th in Japan. Here's what vocalist, Joey has to say, "The opportunity
to perform in Japan is one of the greatest honors of our career. Words
can't express�So we'll let the music do the talking." Unfortunately, Chris
Gartmann will not be able to make this trip. 3 have enlisted the help of
Josh Eppard, the drummer for Coheed & Cambria, to take his place. [see
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| Greatest
American Bands |
antiMusic reports: antiMusic contributor Trent
McMartin is counting down the Top 30 Greatest American bands of all time.
Like all lists of this kind, this should spark quite a debate. Here are
Trent's No 26-30. See the full story for a lot more on how he came up with
the list and explainations for each pick.
30. Earth, Wind, and Fire
29. MC5
28. Lynyrd Skynyrd
27. The Byrds
26. Fugazi
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| Mad
Francis Acoustic |
Press Release reports: Mad Francis, producer
of an upcoming Daniel Johnston CD "The Electric Ghosts," releases his own
brand new album of acoustic renditions entitled "Let's Get Naked". The
arrangements on "Let's Get Naked" include singing, piano, acoustic guitar
and cello. Included is a full version of the song "Let's Get Naked" as
bonus track #12. The package also contains the DVD "Out Of The Basement"
consisting of a live performance music video. It is available at online
music outlets everywhere including, but not limited to: Amazon.com, CDnow.com,
Madfrancis.com and eMusic, iTunes and MSN digital stores.[see full story
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| Talkin'
Fireball |
Ostronomy reports: TalkingMetal.com has posted
episode 33 of their Talking Metal podcast. This episode is part one of
two episodes featuring Fireball Ministry. It features interviews host Mark
Strigl conducted with guitarist/vocalist James A. Rota and bassist Johny
Chow. Interview topics include Judas Priest, CKY, Ozzfest, and Clutch.
Hosts John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl also discuss topics including Motorhead,
Probot, Elijah Wood, and Brant Bjork of Kyuss, who will be interviewed
along with Fireball Ministry guitarist Emily Burton in part two of this
special. A photo as well as the 40-minute podcast can be downloaded at
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| Disturbed
Video |
Day in Rock reports: Disturbed's new video
for "Just Stop" off of Ten Thousand Fists has been released. Click on the
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| Pink
Spiders Preview |
Fanscape reports: Geffen Recording artist
The Pink Spiders release their debut single "Little Razorblade," from their
first major label release Teenage Graffiti, due out in spring of 2006.
Hailing from Nashville, The Pink Spiders was born in the summer of 2003.
The band draws inspiration from the dance scene, soul music, and 70's punk
rock to form their unique and unmistakably catchy sound. The Pink Spiders'
self-produced and distributed EP, The Pink Spiders Are Taking Over!, was
released January 2004 and received critical acclaim. The EP caught the
attention of CI Records who sent the band into the studio to record their
debut full length Hot Pink, which hit stores in January 2005, with a sound
reminiscent of Elvis Costello, The Clash, The Beach Boys, and the Who.
Three months later, The Pink Spiders signed with Geffen Records, and headed
back to the studio to record their second full length album, Teenage Graffiti,
set for release in spring of 2006, which features the undeniably poppy
debut single "Little Razorblade." [see full story for to hear the song]-
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| Velvet
Underground DVD |
Special Ops reports: Rhino Entertainment presents
the 1st-ever Velvet Underground DVD � in stores January 24th. Velvet Redux:
Live MCMXCIII features sizzling performances from the quartet's European
reunion tour.
Filmed live at the Paris Olympia on June
15, 16, and 17, 1993, Live MCMXCIII captures the original line-up- Lou
Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Moe Tucker - on extended versions
of VU classics like "Femme Fatale," "Pale Blue Eyes," and "Heroin," and
on more obscure fare like "Hey Mr. Rain" and "I'm Sticking With You" (both
of which remained unreleased for years after the band's breakup), and there's
even a new song, "Coyote." The DVD also features digitally re-mastered
audio.[see full story for an eCard for the DVD]- Click
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| God
Bless Bloc Party |
Press Release reports: Finally you can bring
the Bloc Party live show to your living room. Out today is the God Bless
Bloc Party DVD, with a tour documentary and live performance. The DVD is
only available at independent record stores, Tower, Virgin, and Amazon.
God Bless Bloc Party consists of a one-hour
documentary filmed around Bloc Party's June 2005 shows at the El Rey Theater
in Los Angeles, and a July 2005 festival performance in Belfort, France.
Featuring interviews, backstage footage, and blistering live performances,
the documentary also shows the band taking in Los Angeles, discussing the
meaning of their music, and navigating their newfound celebrity. Includes
live performances of 13 songs, including Banquet, Helicopter, Like Eating
Glass, She's Hearing Voices, This Modern Love, So Here We Are, Positive
Tension, Price Of Gasoline, The Marshals Are Dead, Pioneers, Blue Light.
Luno, and Little Thoughts.[see full story for list of the stores]-
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| Children
of Bodom Tour 06 |
Adrenaline PR reports: Finland's own, CHILDREN
OF BODOM, fast and furiously made the grade with the release of Are You
Dead Yet? (Spinefarm 10/05), blasting out of the starting gates with a
nearly totally sold out US tour in November-December with openers Trivium
and Amon Amarth. Now, in 2006� Hot Topic Presents: CHILDREN OF BODOM's
Spring US Tour with main support split between God Forbid and Chimaira;
also on the bill- rotating in different cities are Bullet For My Valentine
and If Hope Dies!
Tour dates are as follows
Sat/Mar-18 New Haven, CT Toads
Sun/Mar-19 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Mon/Mar-20 Norfolk, VA NorVa
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